Chapter 1: New Beginnings
Tomoya was lying on his hospital bed. It was his junior year of high school and this surgery he was going to get on his shoulder would allow his arm to fully heal. And maybe, let him do what was his first love, basketball. As much as loved Nagisa, basketball was the void that filled his heart with everything that he was going through at that time. And when he lost it, he always had felt incomplete.
His thoughts were interrupted, when Nagisa, Sanae and Akio came into the room to see him off.
"Hey kid, if this surgery fails and my daughter cries, then I'll kill you." Akio said with a cocky smile.
"Tomoya I'll make some of my special bread for you to help recover once the surgery's over." Sanae said with a bright smile.
Tomoya smiled at their concern and thanked them both for everything and that he would be fine before turning to Nagisa who had yet to say anything.
"Tomoya-kun please be ok. I'm supposed to be the one with bad health. I don't want you to be hurt anymore." Nagisa cried.
She then went to Tomoya and hugged him as hard as he could as Tomoya held her back with a kind smile.
"Thank you for your concern Nagisa. I love you so much. But I need to do this. Basketball is really the only reason I had for going to school and even living. I felt incomplete without it when I lost it. Don't worry I'll be fine." Tomoya said as Nagisa stopped crying.
Nagisa looked into Tomoya's eyes and saw a look he never saw on him before. Determination. He had fire in his eyes like he couldn't be stopped no matter what.
Maybe this is what basketball does to him. Nagisa thought.
Tomoya gave her a reassuring squeeze on her shoulder before the doctor came and told him that it was time for the surgery. Tomoya smiled and told the doctor that he was ready. As he was bring wheeled out, he looked back at the family he had left and gave them a smile. And again, Nagisa saw that fire in his eyes that she hadn't seen before. She prayed that the surgery was a success. And for Tomoya to fulfill his dream.