Let's Shine Together

Yeah the title's a bit lame, I know :p

It's just that... I don't know what shall be the appropriate title.

Anyway...

I met one of my old friends just now. It had been a while since we last see each other (like, 3 years).

She asked me how was life during the past years. You know, normal stuffs.

But then she asked me about one particular boy.

So I teased her, "Aww.. You missed him?"

She just smiled cooly.

"Heh, it's not like that. It was said that you realise the value of someone when they are not by your side."

This phrase struck me like thunder.

'You realise the value of someone when they are not by your side'.

This makes me aware of something.

I totally missed the old times when we were still in the same class.

We goofed together, we studied together, we laughed together. We eat together.

When some of us didn't submit our homeworks on the due date everyone had to listen to the teachers' lectures. We told each other jokes and giggled like little kids given their dream toys. We gossiped about this and that while still in class and the teacher would tell us to pay attention. When there was no teacher we sat together in groups and chatted idly about pointless stuffs that were fun to talk about. We even created the 'on-write' method just for the heck of it.

I don't know about you guys but when I close my eyes now I can hear everyone's laughters.

In my mind I only see your smiles.

Please don't leave me alone...

Everyone's voices sing me a beautiful song that needs no lyrics to be understood.

Cheers, minna-san...