Run With Me
An Azumanga Daioh fanfiction by Flower of Paper
Summary: One-sided platonic Chiyo/Kagura, written to celebrate White Day.
Disclaimer: Azumanga Daioh belongs to Azuma Kiyohiko.
Chiyo had always admired Kagura's strength and seemingly endless determination. Kagura never stopped training, never stopped running or swimming to improve both her body and herself.
Kagura, in fact, was the reason that Chiyo started running every night, culminating in the third-year Athletics Festival in which she (felt like she) had finally done something useful for the class. The class had never thought of her as useless, by any means, but it was important for Chiyo to prove it to herself. Her self-esteem hinged on little victories like that.
Often Chiyo wondered when and if Kagura would eventually burn out. She'd heard the scare stories about shin splints and even heart attacks, and had passed on the warnings to Kagura. Kagura took the warnings seriously, but underneath there was always that fighting spirit, that attitude of "well, at least I'll go down fighting".
Chiyo—little Chiyo, who, like Kagura, pushed herself to be the best—wanted some of that fighting spirit too.