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from the car and said, "Oh, sure. I'll be okay.
No problem. I'll go on, right? Yeah. There's always tomorrow, right?"
"Kris..." I said. "Oh, fuck it." I ran to Chiaki's , taking Chiaki's up in my
arms and holding Chiaki's close to me, holding Chiaki's so fucking tight I never
wanted to let Chiaki's go, and Chiaki Takahashi broke down then, crying, really crying,
sobbing, and I joined Chiaki's , too. Chiaki's sobs came hard, rough, and then
slowly they settled down, and finally Chiaki Takahashi extracted Chiaki's self from me and
looked up into my eyes. There were tears staining Chiaki's cheeks, and I
wiped them away with my thumbs as I took Chiaki's face in my hands.
"You know," I said, "I have to be back. I've never met someone I
knew as well as you. I mean, we've never talked about it, but I knew
how hard to slap, to scratch, how far to push it. It wasn't... I don't
know how I knew, I just felt it. I just knew. I'm sorry."
Chiaki Takahashi nodded, and smiled
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