You Breathe : Unexpected

 

       You called me this morning and you told me you had a haircut. I should’ve reacted back then. I roll my eyes as I watch your sleeping form. You cut your hair again and it is ridiculously short once more. Sometimes I wonder about you. Whether it be the hot weather or no, you should realize that your hair is one of the things that is beautiful things about you.

      

You wanted to be Nuriko yet you cut your hair. Sacrifices my dear friend, sacrifices must be made if you want to be who you want to be.

 

       Who you exactly are, I thought I would never find out. It was staring me in the face and if I could laugh out loud I would. Put simply, you are one of my closest friends and one of the dearest companions in this journey called life.

 

       There is a simplicity to you that I cannot help but think is rather complicated. How can you remain so simple, so happy in a time where everything has a price tag? That in itself is a contradiction. Not that we would’ve minded. We were walking contradictions, and we loved being so.

 

       I can’t imagine a day when you and would not crack green minded jokes. I had jokingly called you my student in the green minded philosophy and somehow it has stuck. And if we could spend the day just cracking green jokes or just being green minded, we would’ve survived.

 

       You are the most unexpected friend I could’ve had. There seemed to be and eternity of difference between you and me. But in reality, we’re far more similar than what I could’ve thought. We’re just two fool who show people that we’re mature, responsible and all serious about life in general. When in truth we’re just to kids trying to make our way through a very confusing maze with a big bag of humor.

 

       There is a child-like quality in the times we spend together. I never realized how much I missed having a playmate like you when I was growing up. Then again, you grew up as an only child, you never knew a playmate like me. With you I don’t have to pretend to be some mature teenager and instead go insane with every intention of having as much fun as possible.

 

       Strangely enough, you can be serious as well, perhaps surpassing me in the academic department. Who am I kidding, you are smarter than me. But you never really let that stop you. It was as if you really do just want a playmate. And all I really wanted was a friend who won’t tell me to grow up.

 

       Maybe that’s because we both haven’t grown up. We’re growing old, I know that. But there’s this little part of us that refuses to let go of dream about Never Never Land. We still both believe that one day, with a happy thought or two, we’ll soar into the sky.

 

       And with you my friend, we will explore the unexpected.