748 Just Good Friends? (1/2)

Even though he was very touched by Francesca's words, he still couldn't look at his best friend. Biting his lip, he finally lifted his eyes to look at Darren. Darren's head was wrapped up after the surgery, his face was wan. Then he noticed the gauze around his arm as well and felt even more pain in his heart.

This wasn't his first time seeing Darren like this. Years ago, when Darren had gotten into the accident, he had been with him all along. But he never thought he'd see the same scene again.

”Dazi...” his voice sounded raspy. ”I'm sorry!” Looking at his face, his tears couldn't help falling again. ”I'm sorry for coming so late.”

He chewed at the inside of his cheek before continuing, ”I just didn't know how to face you. It just hurt so much whenever I thought about how you got hurt because of my sister.”

He had a reminiscent look in his eyes as he went on, ”Do you remember how we first met?” A sad chuckle left his mouth, ”I had a dog after me and you tried to help me. Eventually, we both got injured by the dog and had to go to the hospital to get the injection.” He closed his eyes as he could vividly recall that time, ”I was very scared of the injection and you held my hand and said, 'It's okay. I'm here. If you focus on me, it won't hurt.' We were the same age and yet, you were always braver and stronger than me. Even with your reclusive personality, you tried to help me and got yourself hurt as well.”

He rubbed his temples as he recalled how he had said to Darren back then, 'Why did you try to save me? Now, we both got hurt.'

And Darren had smiled back at him saying, 'Shouldn't friends be sharing everything?'

Dylan was stunned by his words, 'But we are not friends.'

Little Darren shrugged his shoulders, 'So what? Now that we have shared the same pain, we can be considered to be a bit more close? Soon, we'll be friends.'

Dylan had laughed at him saying, 'That's not how you make friends.'

'Oh? So, you don't want to be my friend?'

Dylan had instantly shaken his head vigorously and repeated, 'I want! I want! I want!'