>Had a "best friend" I knew from age of 7 'till I was in 9th grade.
>he was about 3 or 4 years older than me, but we still were great friends
>He'd come over all the time, I'd show off my comics and we'd play halo all the time, stay up all night, etc
>Sometimes stuff would go missing, small stuff unnoticeable
>We never suspected him
>Would go to the comic store together and bro out
>stuck up for me when i was being bullied
>get into hoodlum hijinks together
>We took him in after his family treated him like shit, we knew his family etc
>went on for years, blamed other kids for stealing shit
>fast forward to high school
>he stays for the weekend
>acting strange the entire time
>it's about time for him to go
>"oh wait anon, left my backpack inside"
>comes back with bag
>we drop him off, get back home
>stack of comics and laptop missing
>all signs point to him
>parents keep telling me it's him but I don't wanna believe it
>we go to his house, check all his shit but he's already hidden my stuff
>check my house, everywhere, nothing
>spend the next few week's realizing how many toys and stuff he stole from me for years and crying like a bitch because i was just that gullible and blamed other people for it.
>Tried to get back in contact with me for years after
>family never even answers him or responds to him
>Fast forward, 22 now, he's tried to get back in contact with me for years but always ignore, always block him on stuff
So yeah, my family and I fucked up lol.