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Josh waited, patiently until those eyes were back to his. After a few seconds, he dropped his hold and wrapped his arms around Akira instead. "See this man that you're looking at? That's Josh, and what he thinks is that you Akira, you are strong. Don't say to yourself thats not true...please, I know it's hard, but I can see it inside you that you are a good person." Josh felt his eyes begin to string and he had to close them for a moment.
"I just want you to be happy. If I can do that, then the both of us will feel so much better, I promise you that." Josh whispered.
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"Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?"
~Ernest Gaines
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