AU without the letter. A rewrite of Kaori's final goodbye to Kousei. Yeah, and this is better listening to this song:

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I walk down the alley in a small park. I stop under a full bloomed sakura tree and look up at the sky. It's the same branch. Exactly one year ago, on this branch, I found a shoe. I was to find out, that if it wasn't for that shoe, I probably wouldn't have become the person I am today.

If it wasn't for that shoe, I wouldn't have met... her. Thanks a lot, shoe.

Why couldn't she wait? She died only dwo months ago, but it kind of feels like forever. I'm still thinking about wether it was a dream, or if it all actually happened. The whole fiasco with me playing the piano again.

I walk out into the playground. On that day, she was standing on top of the igloo, playing the melodica, blowing way too hard. Barefoot, hair slightly tangled. The look of a free spirit, but the look on her face said it all.

I don't have much time.

A blonde girl is standing in her place now. Playing the violin, pouring all of her emotions into her music.

Wait. Violin? Blond hair? It can't be...

She looks at me, and I see her face clearly. It's her. Miyazono Kaori, the girl, whose shoe changed my life. She laughs when she sees my (probably wearing a very dumb expression now) face.

'Well, if it isn't Friend A! I've been waiting!'

'What the-? You died! I even went to your funeral!'

'Duh, dumbo, I know I died. Now you shut up and listen.'

She takes a deep breath and looks into my eyes.

'Arima, I'll spare you the details of my illness. I just want you to know that only one thought kept me going through the thick and thin of it. I can't give up. I haven't played with Kousei-kun yet. So I kept struggling, just to one day end up on stage, playing with you by my side. Playing our symphony.'

Why me? I'm not special. I'm... Friend A. Just who I am. No one important. So why did she choose me?

'I wasn't planning on ever falling in love, but I did. And I love only to know, that that other person loves me too.'

'Sorry to break it to you, Watari has like, five other girls in store.' I say, shrugging.

'I know that. It doesn't take much brains to figure that out. I don't mind. It was all a lie.'

'What?'

'Miyazono Kaori likes Watari Ryota. That was the only lie I ever told. A lie, that would bring you to me. A person I trurly loved.

'Eh?'

'You won't get it unless I tell you out right, will you?'

'Um...'

'Gah! It's you I love, Arima! Yes, you, Arima Kousei! I love you! I love you, I love you. To me you were just like a magician that turned the melody of everyday into a masterpiece. To me, you were like Tchaikovsky, your playing gave me strength to struggle. I love you.'

'Thank you, Arima! For the little bit of forever we had! For every memory I have with you. Don't forget. Don't ever forget me. And if you do... Just eat a canele for me sometime, okay! Promise me!

'I promise' I stammer, not sure what's really happening.

Kaori smiles and turns around. She starts disappearing, slowly becoming more and more transparent.

'Wait! Wait just a second! I... I love you too!

The violinist turns her head and smiles. She mouths Thank You as she dissolves into milions of sakura tree petals. Leaving me behind. Just like she did.

I guess I'm comitted now. I have to remember her. I promised. I smile and my fingers start to move as if they were playing the piano. I'm almost certain I can hear a faint sound of violin in the April breeze.

A symphony I won't ever forget.