Black Heart
It was their last second year graduation at Totsuki Academy.
Time seemed to go by so quick for Soma Yukihira. When he joined the Academy, he never thought he would enjoy his stay so much. Before all it mattered to him was his father and cooking. But after coming here, it all changed. He changed. He made friends that he could call his family.
Polar Star Dormitory, despite being a broken palace among all, he couldn't have asked for a better place.
Soma loved to cook with them and loved when they praised him. Not a single day went by there that he didn't enjoy.
Specially he loved to work with Megumi Todokoro. She was really clumsy and nervous girl when he had first met her. He used to treat her as a younger sister who needed to be protected. But now it was not the same. She had the spirit that rivalled his when it came to cooking. It was funny how once she used hide behind him when in trouble but here he was now, crying like a baby while hugging her.
Why was Soma Yukihira, the one who would be the one to give others courage and hope, crying?
A lot of things changed. He had changed.
"S-Soma-kun… it's 3AM…. Etto… are you okay?" Her voice held concern and sadness. She hated to see her idol broken like this. She had never pictured him to be the one needing her. To her, Soma was hope, courage, and trust.
"Oh…" He slowly broke the hug and sat beside her, looking at his palm blankly. The tears had long dried yet left a stinging stain. He looked like a mess. His once golden fierce eyes was lifeless.
Megumi tightened her fist as she looked down with frustration and slight anger.
"Soma-kun… I want to help you but… but you have to trust me." She desperately searched for his attention but his just looked dead.
She wished she could help him. She would do anything. But sadly she couldn't do anything.
She wasn't the one who could make him smile just by a good gesture. She wasn't the one who could make him determined to be better every day. She wasn't the one who could make him blush by praising him. Nor was she the one who could make him feel special.
She could never be the one. She never was. That place was always reserved for her.
Erina Nakiri, the only person who held that position. Yet she was the one who hurt him.
Megumi never thought she could hate someone. But Totsuki even changed her.
"Ne…Megumi… will you miss me?"
Megumi looked at him with wide eyes. He wasn't looking at her. She couldn't understand him yet she had a bad feeling about it. She just hoped she was wrong.
"W-What? W-why you asking this, Soma-kun?"
The chilling night caressed their skins as his hopeless voice reached her ears. She wished this day never came.
"I am leaving Totsuki tomorrow."
…
"You can't…" She whispered lightly.
A sad chuckle left his lips as he looked at her. She was crying. Her lips were trembling as her fist was tight.
"I look pathetic to you right?" He asked.
She quickly shook her head. "No! You are never pathetic Soma-kun!"
He everted his eyes from her and shook his head. "Right…"
"I am serious Soma-kun! Please don't leave! We just graduated to third year! Soma-kun please don't let her leave me… us!" She was desperate to stop him yet deep down she knew it was over. Everything changed. He wasn't going to stay with her anymore. There would be no Soma to help her with assignments. No Soma to make her blush with compliments. No Soma to make her smile just with a good gesture. No Soma to make her determined to be better.
Her hope and support, Yukihira Soma, was going to leave her… and she couldn't stop him. She never could. That place belonged to Erina Nakiri. The person who hurt her most precious person.
"I really loved her…"
Those words completely broke Megumi's heart. She wasn't sad because of the fact that the person she loved was confessing about another girl. But the way Soma said that showed how much he had loved Erina. Yet she disposed him like a used rag.
Megumi just silently cried as she laid her head on his shoulder. The last time she could be this close to him.
"Soma-kun… I-I… c-can I do something to make you stay? I p-promise I will do a-anything… I-" Her words vanished in this air as she felt a pat on her head. His warm palm felt so soothing. His smile, despite being mixed with sadness, made her fall for him all over again.
"Just remember me… that's all that matters."
Megumi just cried and nodded.
'Erina you baka…' Was her final thought as she laid her head on his shoulder again and slowly drifted to sleep. She was fully aware once she woke up, he wouldn't be beside her.
And so it happened.
Megumi could only find a piece of note left beside her.
'Sorry for being a loser and leaving like a coward but I hope you understand. I can't explain this to anything from our dorm… so please, tell them not to hate me. I will always be with you all. One day… I will be back.
P.S: By the way Megumi, you snored! :v'
Fresh tears began to cascade down her cheeks yet she had a smile on her face.
'He said he will come back… yatta!'
Author's Note: I will just make one thing clear, it WILL BE Soma x Erina. I am sorry but I honestly don't see him with Megumi.
I am making this clear so that any of you Megumi fans don't read it with false hope since this chapter is only focused on her.
Next Chapter : Rejection.
Review~ Let me know if I should continue this as this is my first Shokugeki fanfic. I usually write Shounen stuff so~ It will be a bit challenge to write this but I will try my best.
Also let me know if you think Soma was OOC. I tried to keep him in character but I don't know, so feedback will be appreciated!
