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The end is the beginning.
It never was.
Yoshiro hated it, no, more like he detested it. The pitying looks the people on the street gave him and the unsung praise within their eyes, thanking him for being a part of the story that destroyed the Tree of Genesis.
He had never decided to act, it had always been Mashiro. The decision to avenge Aika's death, meeting Hakaze, destroying the tree. In the end, he was, as Aika always said, a follower.
But what happened to the follower now? After everything had ended and conclusions drawn, was there any room for someone who's only job was to follow someone else?
"Yoshino! Get over here, we're going home," Mahiro yells.
Mahiro.
After everything had happened, he had moved on. Enrolling into a good college and set to go into politics to change the world, he was aiming for new heights. Hakaze was intent on going to college too, and everyone else was easing into the semblance of what they called life post Tree of Genesis
"Yoshino, seriously, what are you doing?" Mashiro yells angrily, impatient, as he storms over, the wind whipping his golden hair as it caught the setting sunlight.
Ignoring him, Yoshino leans over the railing, the ocean waves lapping against the supports of the deck jutting out into the wild, endless ocean.
With an angry sigh, Mahiro walks over, his eyes blazing with that angry light that had simmered down, but sometimes, just sometimes it came back to scorch everything around him. Fire that burn so bright was so hard to contain, with that unobtainable brilliance hidden in it's depth, it was just that much more addicting.
"What would you do if I jumped in?" Yoshino asks with a soft whisper, his words barely heard above the vicious wind and thundering waves.
"What are you saying?" Mahiro asks angrily.
"What more is there to say? It's a simple question really," Yoshino asks, his face the ever calm.
"For what fucking reason would you do it in the first place. I mean, you're dating Hakaze aren't you? And everything else isn't absolute shit," Mahiro retorts angrily.
"Hakaze… Do I really like her? Or am I just getting pulled along again? " Yoshino says, still gazing into the endless ocean.
"What about me," Mahiro says, the question so sudden that it seemed like nothing was moving.
Yoshino freezes, the sound of his heart beating rushing into his ears, deafening and drowning out everything around him.
What did he think about Mahiro…
"What about you? You're free now, what could I possibly do," Yoshino replies, opting to gloss over the truth.
Mahiro, unimpressed by the response, jerks Yoshino from the slick railing. "Be real, What. About. Me."
" That still doesn't answer what you would do if I jumped in," Yoshino mutters, reluctant to give his answer.
"You wouldn't even have the chance," Mashiro says with a sneer, angrily jerking Yoshino away from the railing.
"Wait, I was joking," Yoshino says, trying to ease the pain from Mashiro angrily pulling him towards the car.
The two of them tumble into the car, the door clanking close behind them as the car lurches forward.
Leaning against the headrest of the car, Yoshino sighs as he rubs his wrists, already knowing that bruises would form tomorrow. Looking next to him, he see Mahiro scowling as he stares out the window.
In an instant, their eyes meet in the reflection of the window and Mashiro turns around, eyes still simmering as he says, " What are you looking at".
"Nothing, nothing at all," Yoshiro replies. Sometimes, just sometimes, Mahiro was too much for even him to deal with.
Mahiro stares at Yoshiro for a few seconds, and with a ghost of a sigh, one that barely escaped turned back to stare at the landscape speeding past them.
"We're home," Yoshiro mutters as he and Mahiro push through the door, shrugging off shoes and extra layers.
After they had defeated the Tree of Genesis, no one had gone around to moving out, the familiarity in a changing world a constant that everyone unconsciously had chosen to keep.
"Welcome home!" Hakaze says, popping out from the living room, a smile and blush splayed across her face.
Unconsciously, Yoshino steps back only to be attacked with a hug by Hakaze. In Hakaze's excitement, they bump into Mahiro who was trying to get past them.
Eyes flashing dangerously, Mahiro mutters, " Look who's acting like an idiotic school girl".
"What did you say!" Hakaze says, slightly bristling.
"Nothing, princess," Mahiro snaps and angrily walks to his room.
"And he's at it again," Hakaze scoffs and then looks up at Yoshino.
Is he…