God, what a rollercoaster... I was sooooo surprised and happy when I saw Alex with so many espressions and with that cool outfit! It makes everything seem so much more alive! Then, I was even happier when I saw Alex laughing and opening up to Yuuichi and Aki, it was really sweet, as I've always wanted to see Alex act more normally and stuff, and not so stern all the time. Then, when Yuuichi was at practice, i was really happy again about his revelation about tennis, and seeing how happy everyone else was about it too. Everything was fine and dandy, and when Alex showed up and wanted to talk to Yuuichi, I was getting really excited because who knows what he wanted to talk about, I wasn't expecting to be something bad or anything, but when he said about the bruise I literally froze and felt cold, like I was in that situation. What a turn of events from seeing everybody laughing together and being really happy to this... Literary wanted to die in that moment. After that OF COURSE it had to end on a cliffhanger lol. It's an endless cycle of updates ending in a cliffhanger, then me waiting anxiously for 3 months for the next one, then getting another cliffhanger. So yeah, needless to say, it will be another 3 painful months lol. I just hope that Alex somehow finds Yuuichi at least somewhat trustworthy in the end, although I don't think I or Yuuichi will be able to look at him the same. I used to love him so much as a character, especially when he showed his softer side, but I think all of that is gone now, and I'm honestly really sad. Because again, I loved it so much seeing everybody including Alex having so much fun together and just simply enjoying themselves, but I dunno if that'll ever happen again. I understand that Alex's outburst completely justified, and that the violence was brushed off too easily, it makes total sense, and in a way, I'm kinda glad it's addressed, but I'm still so sad about how it happened... Not that it was written badly, quite the contrary in fact, it was written amazingly, and me being upset about it shows how much you got me attached to the characters and how you're making me have FEELINGS with your amazing writing. Happy New Year, and excuse me, I'll go cry and eat ice cream now XD