{Aoba POV}

I looked up at the night sky, finding a lot of stars even though it was kinda bright here. My eyes are slightly red from crying back at the hospital. I'm afraid what's going to happen after the surgery. I'm pretty sure that Noiz is afraid too, but just doesn't want to show it like usual. I stop walking in the middle of the sidewalk, tears staring to form around the corners of my eyes.

"What if...this was the last time I get to talk to him like this? What if..."

I lean against the wall, sliding down to the floor. I was crying again. Crying about not saying goodbye to him, crying about......

I can't think straight anymore.

{Koujaku POV}

Today was a long day at work as usual. All of my customers always hover around me, I don't mind of course. Anything to keep them happy. I left my house to buy a new carton of cigerettes, even though it's late, they're a few stores open that sell cigerettes. I was walking down the sidewalk when I see someone crouched up on the ground. It's dark out, but I still recognize him.

"Aoba?"

He looked up at me, and from one look of his face, I can clearly tell he was crying. I rush to him, helping him to stand on his feet. He was looking down, so I now I know that something happened.

"Come, let's go to my place"

He didn't respond, but only nod his head. I'm starting to get really worried here. I know that he's been hanging around with that brat after Platinum Jail collasped, so he probably did something to Aoba again. I opened my door, allowing Aoba to go in first. I closed it behind me. He sat down on the couch, still hanging his head. I walk over to him, sitting down next to him.

"What happened?"

{Aoba POV}

I looked at Koujaku from a side glance, resisting the urge to cry even more. I took a deep breath, calming down a little before I start breaking down, crying, again.

"....It's..Noiz"

"Noiz? What did he do to you this time?"

I knew what he meant. Whenever Noiz does something stupid enough to make me cry or angry, I always run to Koujaku to rant about my problems. It doesn't seem to bother him, so I only go to him. But this time....it's different.

"..He didn't do anything..."

"Then what happened?"

"He...got sick.."

"Sick? You mean like a cold?"

I start to cry a little bit, thinking that this is going to be difficult to say.

"No....he has..a tumor"

"...a what?"

I was close to bawling my eyes out. Crap...just thinking about it makes me want to cry until I have no tears left to cry with.

"Noiz....has a tumor....he's getting surgery tomorrow...but...he'll have to lose his memories..."

{Koujaku POV}

Lose memories? A tumor?...what the hell is going on. I know that brat is tough and he doesn't even flinch from a punch in the gut. But something like this, he can't pull through it on his own.

"I..I'm so sorry, Aoba. This must be very hard on you.."

"That's all you have to say!? Koujaku, he's losing his memories, he won't remember you, Clear, everyone...including me!"

I flinch a little. It was rare for him to yell at me like that. The last time he yelled at me was when I was at his place with everyone else. I think we were fighting or something....it was a long time ago, so I don't remember much.

"Calm down, Aoba! Look, I know that what's going on right now is hurting you...come here"

I reached out and hugged him, my kimono already getting wet from his tears. He hugged me back, putting his head on my shoulder, muffling his cries. This is all that I can do for him. I haven't seen him cry this much since we were children. But this time, it's a totally different reason. That brat...tomorrow...he's going to lose everything