"Who are you?"
I almost died the moment I heard that phrase from him. For 4 weeks, I longed to see those blue eyes again. Aomine has fallen into a deep slumber after the accident. Everyday, I prayed for him to wake up. Everyday felt like it's the end of the world for me. I want to see those bright blue eyes again.
Now, I'm a complete stranger.
"Do..I know you? " He said. Clutching his bandaged head. Confused, he looked around. Anxiety quickly settled in. He doesn't know where he is, he doesn't know who he is and he doesn't know who I am. Momoi quickly ran to call the doctor's attention.
"Aominecchi.." I tried to hold his hand to calm him down. He quickly brushed it off. "Don't hold me! I don't know you!" My chest hurt seeing him this way. The doctor finally stepped in and tried to calm him down.
Our memories. It's all gone.
Days quickly rolled into months.
With our friends help, eventually, Aomine remembered some things. Like, he was member of Generation of Miracles, Momoi was his long time childhood friend and his parents. However, not a single memory about us.
"Oi! Kise! It's been a while!" Aomine greeted me with a smile. Today, he will be released from the hospital. I want to make sure that he's fine.
"Yo. I'm sorry, I was busy. HAHA! Did you miss me?" I said, jokingly.
"What?! Pfft! Why should I? HAHAH!" This guy, one day, I'll get you back for it.
"Mou, Daiki. You should do that Kise-kun." A girl's voice..wait..that's not Momoi.
"Oh, Kise. Remember her? She's our classmate, Shino."
Eh? Classmate?
"It's been a while, Kise-kun. I'm glad you are doing good." This girl, she confessed to Aomine before but got rejected.
"Hi, yeah, it's been a while. How did you know?" I asked.
"Well, I saw the news and tried to contact Momoi and.."
"She's always here and she brings good food." Aomine interrupted her. Shino blushed.
"Hey! It's time to go." Momoi came in and told us there is a car waiting downstairs.
"Oi, Shino! That's heavy. Let me do it." Aomine said.
"But.. the doctor said you're not yet allowed to lift heavy things." I butted in. "I'll carry that for you. You can go ahead, Aominecchi. Don't make Momoi wait."
As I told him to scram and be quick, I carry the remaining baggage.
"He doesn't remember you, does he?" Shino said in a condescending tone.
"Huh?", Did I heard her correctly?
"He rejected me because of you, remember? Do you still remember what I told you before? What you have is just temporary. It seems I get a chance now." that grin, all along she was planning this.
"After all this time, Shino. If you do something to him, I'll.." I saw Shino smirked as she fix her hair.
"You what? Tell his parents that you were dating him? tell the media about you two? Don't be silly, Kise. A relationship between 2 guys is never accepted after all." She said as she did final touches on her make-up and swiftly walked towards the door.
A storm is brewing.
It's been a year since the accident. Aomine's back in school. He's playing basketball again.
Once in a while, I drop by to watch him. It always reminds me when we first met. Then, I realize I loved him more than basketball.
"YO! KISE!" This big idiot is running towards my direction, ready to glomp me
"Mou! Aominecchi! You're sweaty! You stink!" I tried to push him away.
"Oi! What the? Don't push me! You're not cute at all!" As he continues to hug me as if I'm a large towel.
"He's yours, Kise-kun. That guy is done for today. " Wakamatsu-kun said.
"Ah, is that so? Well, good work for today." As I continue to brush Aomine off me.
"See? We're done here. Let's go." Aomine dragged me by the arm.
"See you!" I waved goodbye to the other Too Basketball Team members as they pass by the gate.
I got away from Ahomine and told him I'll wait at the gate instead. But he's taking time! He's the one who told me he wants to meet up today.
Meet up and hang out in his place, we always do these things before. Sleepover is a common thing for us. Especially, when both of our schedules don't sync, we always make ways.
I miss those times. But I'm contented the way things are. He seems normal now but stressing him out will have a big toll to his mind. I don't want to lose him. I don't want see him in that state again. I have to protect him and be contented this way.
I'm still bothered about Shino.
I never took her word seriously before. I never see her as a rival.
"Rival"? Woah. I certainly cannot win, especially if morality is involved. All I have is my strong feelings for him now, even the memories are gone.
Why am I thinking about this? There is no way Aominecchi will be seriously involved with her.
"Oi! Sorry." Aomine tapped my back. "What's up? You're staringly blankly." his big hands ruffled my hair, it felt warm.
"HAHA! I'm fine! So what's up? It's rare for you to call me over to meet up." I said excitingly."Nothing special! I'm gonna tell you something. Just follow me." he said, smiling brightly
In no time, we have reached the park at the back of Too Academy.
Aomine's phone rang.
"Sorry. Can you wait for me here?"
Huh, what was that?
"Oh, ok." That's odd that Aomine hurries to answer a call.
I bought a drink and sat in one of the park benches.
"Perfect! Let's invite him to do one on one. Yosh! "
I opened the can and drank it all up.
I'm getting hyped! It's been a while since we played together.
"Hey." Aomine is back.
"Nee, Aominecchi~ Let's play..." Out of shock, I dropped my drink.
What I saw next was Aomine is holding Shino's hand.
"Well.. HAHA! This is what I've been dying to tell you. We're going out!"
Going.. out?
What? My hand starts trembling.
"Hey, Daiki. You got to be kidding me. That's not.." My words are not coming out.
"You're the first one I've told you about this. I didn't tell Satsuki yet because I don't want to hear her nagging.. so.." Aomine smiled
/slap
My vision blackened.
"YOU! WHAT THE HELL?! WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?! YOU KNOW FROM THE START THAT HE IS MINE! WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?!" Out of instinct, I have slapped Shino.
Why.. Aomine is MINE. From the start, he is mine!
"YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD HIM THE TRUTH, SHINO! YOU KNEW EVERYTHING ABOUT US!" I screamed as my tears become uncontrollable.
/punch
"WHAT THE HELL KISE?! WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?" Aomine now is in rage.
I fell after a strong punch landed in my face.
I quickly stood up and grabbed him."Daiki! Listen! You and me were together since middle school! You dumped her before because we are going out! Don't believe her! She did this because you don't remember anything! Listen to.."
Another punch landed on me.
"DAMNIT KISE! HAVE YOU GONE CRAZY?! THERE IS NO WAY..."
I grabbed his hand. "You've got to believe me, Daiki! I'm telling you the truth!"
"SHUT THE FUCK UP! I WAS WRONG TO TELL YOU THIS!" He grabbed Shino by the hand.
Shino looked over me, grinning like a villain.
Next day came too fast. I didn't go to school, not with this face and condition. I have died once again. My life was stolen. I'm unable to move. Tear stain is visible in my cheeks. All I did was protect him. Why should this happened?
My phone rang several times now. I don't have the will to look at it. Suddenly, someone knocked at my door.
"Ryota. Someone's here to visit you." It was my older sister. I didn't utter any word.
"Ryota, are you asleep?" I can still hear whispers on the other side of the door. Then..
"KISE-KUN. OPEN THIS DOOR NOW. DO YOU WANT EVERYTHING TO GO DOWN THE DRAIN?" It's Momoi.
"You shouldn't do that..." I can hear my older sister panicking
I opened my door. "Let her in, neesan. We will be fine."
Confused, she let Momoi in and went down stairs.
Momoi stared at me. "Kise. I know everything." she murmured. "It's over, Momoi-chan." tears once again flowed.
"We'll work this out. That girl! That's why I told Dai-chan to stay away from her!" Momoi let out a sigh
"You must talk to Dai-chan. I'll back you up."
"But.. Momoi-chan.."
"You love him, right? Take him back! To be honest, at first, I was shocked he was going out with you, but I realized he really loves you. Why should he go through all the trouble of dating a guy if he didnt." She said
"He have forgotten all about me!"
"Then make him remember! Are you just giving up this fight?" Momoi squeezed my hand.
"I understand, you don't want to worsen his condition. But he's a tough guy. I' sure he can get over this."
That same day, I went out with Momoi. He gave Daiki a call to make sure that he's at home.
"Shut up. Satsuki. Why are you here?" Aomine opened his door and suddenly stopped.
"Why is this person here?" pointing out his finger on me.
Satsuki shoved Aomine and dragged me inside, all the way to Aomine's bedroom
"OI!" Aomine quickly followed us.
"You guys need to talk." The pink haired girl shouted and pushed Aomine in and closed the door.
"What the hell is this, Kise? Even dragging Satsuki into this mess."
"I didn't mean to. I'm sorry." I softly said
"Can you listen to me for awhile, Aominecchi?" The blue-haired boy scratch his head and sat in the bed.
"Spit it."
"I.. I love you, Daiki." my voice is trembling.
"It's true, we were dating before, since 2nd year of Middle School. It was not a lie."
"Hah, this nonsense again. Why would I date a guy to boot?" Aomine smirked
"It's true! You can ask Momoi. you can ask Akashi and everyone. They know the truth!" These tears, please stop. I don't know what else show to prove it.
My phone! The pictures in it.I quickly reached my pocket and browsed through the pictures.
"See! We were together in a lot of places! We even went to a date in a amusement park..."
As I was busy with my phone, Aomine stood up and went to where I am. Slowly, I became like a cornered rat. He place his arm to block me and locked the door.
"Have we done it? If we were going out, did we do it? how many times?" he whispered to my ear.
"Huh? Why are you asking this, Daiki?" I turned bright red. Why is he asking this all of a sudden?
"You're a model, I'm sure you have done it a lot of times before with others.." This is not him, this is not the Aomine Daiki that I know!
"What the fuck, Daiki?! How dare you. I only gave myself to you!"
Aomine leaned over and kissed me roughly. I tried to push him away, but his strength is too much for me.
"D..daiki.. Stop!" I kept on struggling, he grabbed me by the wrist and pinned me to the wall.
"You want this, right? Why are you so afraid now? You said, you love me right?"
"I SAID STOP!" I shouted at the top of lungs. This is too much. I miss this kiss but not this. All I did is cry.
Aomine moved away and sat back to the bed. He let out a sigh.
"Kise. We may have dated before but things are different now. Can't you see the point? I almost remembered everything now aside from the fact that I'm your lover. I'm grateful that you are always there for me, but don't you think it's odd? Maybe, I was not serious before that's why those memories are not coming back." Aomine said.
"No, Daiki. Please try to remember! I get it! Let's go on dates again! I'll show you all the places we have been to. Our favorite cafe, everything! I show everything to you. I'll do anything and everything, just please... remember what we had before."
All I can do is beg. All I did was grabbed on his shirt and cry. Pathetic. I should have realized that the spark was gone.
"Daiki.. (hic) I don't want anyone else but you." tears just continue to flow and seems never ending.
Daiki gently held my hand. "I'm sorry for what I did before. I didn't mean to scare you. You should move on, Kise. I may not remember it, but I'm glad for the affection that you gave me. But Kise, I don't love you."
SIDE A - END