*AN: This is just a one-shot that has two versions. Prepare the tissues and teddies cause I cried while writing this.

Five years after Kaori's death….

They're all gone.

Everyone…

Mom then Kaori, Dad in a car crash, Watari left and Tsubaki soon after. They said they'd come

back.

They never did.

Watari is probably playing somewhere in Europe and Tsubaki is making the major leagues. But even on their time off, they never called to check on Kousei.

Hiroko-san is now bedridden due to an illness

Kousei only sees Takeshi and Emi at competitions, but now they look at him with sympathy for what he's going through.

Takeshi told him if he wanted to talk to him, he wouldn't mind helping a fellow pianist. This touched Kousei but in the end, the troubled teen didn't want to bother anybody with his problems. So, he never called.

Kousei was now sitting on his couch. Looking at the tool that would either relieve him of his pain, or just send it back at him, travelling at 2,500 feet per second. The tool in his hand was a German Luger pistol with only two rounds left.

He somehow managed to find it in a box full of old war relics. Left in an alley he was walking in. The shine of the chrome caught his eye, and he stored the weapon deep in his closet.

Tonight though, he took the weapon out of it's keep, staring and contemplating while he ate the rest of his beloved egg sandwiches left in his fridge.

All he had to do was a quick google search on how to use a luger and there was even a video as well. As Kousei switched the safety off, he heard a noise upstairs. Then to his amazement, a violin started to play. But it was the familiar sound of the vibrant playing that brought colours to his life before that he could recognize.

Immediately he started running up the stairs, pistol in hand to his piano, thinking this was sick joke. In the room was the one person he fell in love with, whom, he intended to be his last. The one and only Miyazono Kaori.

But she didn't look sick. No. She looked alive but Kousei noticed that still somehow her presence was more of a come-and-go. She turned to look at him, violin in hand, in the same dress as their first performance. And she smiled. As she walked closer to Kousei, the boy realized she wasn't touching the ground. Scared he backed away. Thinking he ate a bad sandwich and was hallucinating or even already dead.

Kaori noticed the fear in the pianist's eyes. So of course, she tried to cheer him up.

"Yo..it's been awhile huh?", she asked trying to calm her love.

"...h..hai", was all the response she got from Kousei.

Kousei tried to reach out and grab Kaori's hand but all he grabbed was air. Kaori immediately saddened, of course knowing she was still dead. But while he couldn't touch her, she could in a way touch him.

The young boy soon felt himself being hugged. While he tried to hug back, all he got was thin air, but he still started to tear up. Soon he was crying while telling her how much he missed her and that everyone else has left. As Kousei started calming down, Kaori noticed how much of a mess his home had become. Charts were all over the place, as were books and it looked like the last time he cleaned his place was last year.

"Kousei….I'm sorry I lied to you...I love you….how about we play a duet together?!", her mood suddenly brightened.

"Mm-hmm", was all Kousei said as he was still recovering from his breakdown.

Soon Kousei was on his stool, and Kaori picked up her violin. After a bittersweet argument on what to play, they decided to play the song they played on their first performance together. As the notes came out from the two, Kaori noticed that Kousei was sounding like how he was before he met her. Black and white without any colour or emotion. But as the seconds went by, Kousei playing started emitting the colours he lost with Kaori. Outside his house, a bystander or two would admire the beautiful music coming from the house, but none of them could hear the violin that he was accompanying. As the sound of the final note resonated in the house, Kaori looked at Kousei, smiling yet tears were running from her eyes. Her beautiful blonde hair flowing even though there was no breeze.

"I'm so sorry….but I have to go now...It'll be alright you see? ... I love you Kousei… I'll be waiting for you ok?...just please take your time", Kaori said as her image started to fade away from Kousei.

No...not again...Please don't go! Please don't leave me again! Just a little longer! I don't care if all I'm seeing is just a dream...just please don't fade away. I'm a wreck without you, you see! Everyone has left and now you're leaving again. I love you Kaori! I love you, I love you, I love you!" Kousei pleaded with Kaori's fading image while heavily sobbing. Tears were getting on his music sheets and he tried to grab Kaori but, like before, he only got air. As he tumbled to the ground he started crying again, silently again pleading she only stay for a bit longer. As he watched from the ground, Kaori was disappearing from his eyes, suddenly he was pulled up into a hug. This one was warm and he could almost hug her back. But as quick as the hug came, it left, and as Kaori vanished from his sight, leaving only a single cherry blossom flower on where she stood.

Tears came flooding back to Kousei as he realized he lost Kaori a second time, even though she didn't come back. But the feeling was enough for him to do what he did next.

He got up and grabbed the pistol from where he put it. He pointed the barrel straight at his heart, so that everyone would know where most of his pain was from. Then in a single second, Kousei saw red, then black. All after a loud bang that would signal the end of his time on Earth.

It would only take several minutes as a police cruiser wasn't too far from his home when the shot was fired, but it was too late for the pianist by then. Death by blood loss and a broken heart. Missing a phone call from Watari, who was in England at the time. People who knew him mourned, other who didn't, respected the death of another great musician.

As Kousei was opening his eyes again, he knew he wasn't home. Definitely not home. No. This place was beautiful. The white clouds were high in the sky. The ground was like a mirror, reflecting the sky and in the middle, he saw a single cherry blossom tree with a piano next to it. And under that piano tree was Kaori, crying and not noticing Kousei, whom she didn't expect to arrive this soon.

Kousei ran to her, shouting her name. Immediately she looked up and was shocked. Once he got there she slapped him and yelled.

"Baka! I told you to take your time getting here!', she scolded him while still crying.' What about Hiroko-san and Nagi-chan huh? You shouldn't be here so soon anyway! You had a whole life ahead of you, especially with your skill. Baka, baka, baka, baka, baka!"

In a surprising move, Kousei grabbed Kaori by the hips and pulled her in for a hug. He too started crying as he said to her," I can feel you now….". Realizing what he just said he started blushing until Kaori grabbed his shirt and pulled him in for a kiss. Now he was as redder than a tomato.

As they pulled away for air, Kousei saw that Kaori was blushing as well.

"I love you Miyazono Kaori. Let's be together now okay?", Kousei asked.

"I love you too Arima Kousei. That sounds great!", Kaori returned with a smile.

This time when they kissed, it was passionate, filled with longing, sadness and comfort knowing this time, they'll never leave each other.

Soon after embracing each other, the two lovers started a duet. It was beautiful and it made the heavens cry as this song played a story of loss and comfort. As the two played they reassured each other with their music, that they were here to stay and that their love was eternal. They loved each other when they were alive and that love continued on through death.

"Till death do they meet again.", Watari said to Tsubaki over the phone.

*I'm sorry if this was kinda bad, but it's almost April, and "..another spring without you….is coming". Sorry if that was cringey. This made me cry so version two is gonna be slightly more uplifting. SLIGHTLY. Also should I make a fanfic about if Kaori survived along with my other ongoing fic? Idk so please read and review and give me some suggestions. Sayonora!