Kimi no Iru Machi Fanfiction "A town where we began to love each other." AU / What if – Haruto x Akari
I do not in any way own Kimi no Iru Machi or its characters. I just like the manga a lot and wanted to write some fanfiction based on it.
WARNING:
In order to for me to setup the reasons for this scenario, you must have read at least up to Chapter 221 of "Kimi no Iru Machi" (A Town Where You Live).
The start point of this story is after Chapter 99.
You have been warned!
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OK... lets continue,
In this scenario, the following has already occurred. Haruto Kirishima has declared to Kyousuke Kazama that the girl he came from his hometown is indeed Yuzuki Eba who is currently Kazama's girlfriend and he is going to take her back. After this deceleration, Kazama has decided to have the risky surgery to safe his life.
Other than that, the reason I have written this as a Haruto x Akari route is because I felt that Akari Kaga so far has not received any proper character development while she was in Tokyo or after. While the development of the main characters has essentially been (at the moment) stalled and sacrificed of the secondary characters' sake. All the other secondary characters have evolved some development except her. As it seems, she was essentially quickly written out by having her quit college, move back to her hometown in the Hiroshima prefecture because she was homesick. Then later to put to a hold her character development, then returns only to be married off to a tertiary character who just happens to be the person that she had a crush while in high school. Kinda sad for such a cute character(at least I think she is cute). So I paired her up with Haruto instead of creating a new original character.
Nighttime, Tokyo. Several days have passed since Kazama's surgery. It was successful. He was still in recovery but his doctors have told him and his family that his chances of living a long prosperous life have now gone up to 88 percent. That was the best news that he could have received.
When Haruto learned of this, he immediately started to wonder, 'Now that he is healthy, will I really be able to take Eba from him?' He pondered as he looked out the walkway from the apartment complex where his sister lived. ' I'm sure that Eba was only dating him due to his illness. Now, will she be true to herself and realize that she doesn't love him at all and was only doing it out of sympathy?' As he continues to think, he hears footsteps, it was Asuka Mishima coming back from the hospital. He looks and greets her.
"Good Evening, Mishima."
"Good Evening, Kirishima-kun. Why didn't you come to the hospital Today? Kyousuke was waiting for you to bring him some of your delicious meals."
"I just was too tired and needed some time to think alone."
Asuka ponders and then asks, "Is this relating to your deceleration to take back Eba-san?"
"Yeah..." Haruto responds, "I'm wondering if I will be successful... I just don't know if I can do it now..."
"Huh?" Asuka says, "Then all that talk was for not. Geeez... what a wimp you are."
"It's just that I care so much for my friendship with Kazama." Haruto stops and then says, "However, my love for Eba is so strong, that I wonder if its right..."
"What is right?" Asuka asks.
"If the term 'If you love someone, set them free.' is right... I love her so much that if her ultimate happiness would be to stay with Kazama. Then I will not interfere."
"So what are you thinking of doing?"
"I'm going to put it to the test, I'm going to call a truce to this deceleration and let Eba trully date Kazama. I know that she was going out with him due to his illness. But now, that is no longer the case."
"So what if she chooses Kyousuke?"
"Then we were not destined to be together like we thought and I will set her free. Then I will move forward."
Asuka asks, "So when are you going to declare this truce?"
Haruto quickly responds. "Tomorrow after school when I visit Kazama at the hospital."
Late afternoon, Haruto is walking with a bag filled with food containers to take to Kazama. He is just about to enter the hospital room.
He opens the door and hears Eba Yuzuki and Kazama laughing. Then their attention changes from each other to the door.
"Yo, Kirishima!" Kazama greets him as he enters the room.
"Yo!" , "Good Afternoon, Eba."
Yuzuki smiles and greets him, "Good Afternoon, Haruto-kun."
That smile always has pierced Haruto's heart like Cupid's arrows, each time gets to see it. Besides, Yuzuki's excellent figure and her heartwarming demeanor, that was his favorite feature that she had.
"I brought you Beef Stroganoff again."
"Ahh, so that's why you weren't here last night?" Kazama asks.
"Yep."
"So... serve it up chef!"
"ughhh... annoying..."
As Kazama and Yukari finish their meals, Haruto speaks up.
"So... how are you feeling Kazama."
"I feel great, especially since I will be discharged in 4 days. Now Kirishima, I can finally show you that Yuzuki will choose me over you."
Yuzuki blushes when she hears that.
Haruto notices Yuzuki's blushing face and then speaks up,
"I have to tell you guys something."
"What is it, Haruto-kun?" Yuzuki asks.
"I'm putting a truce to this declaration..."
"What?" Yuzuki questions.
"hmm... you admit defeat now that I'm healthy, Kirishima?" Kazama replies.
Yuzuki, seems annoyed at Kazama for his response.
Haruto continues, "The reason I'm doing is that I care for Eba. So, I'm not going to interfere on you properly dating her if she wants to. I still believe that the only reason that she dump me and starting dating you was because of your illness. But that is now that you are healthy, it will be up to her to decide."
"Haruto-kun..."
"OK, then it will be her decision."
"Then... I will be going. See you later" Haruto then leaves the room. Yuzuki continues to stare at the door for a minute and then turns to Kazama and tells him, "I will be right back." Then she quickly leaves the room and takes the staircase instead of the elevator. She eventually catches up to Haruto who is now just outside the main entryway of the hospital.
"Haruto-kun... wait!"
Haruto stops and turns to look at her, she is breathing heavily after running to catch up to him.
Haruto: "Eba?"
Yuzuki: "Are you sure about this?"
"Yes... this is the only way that I will know if you truly love more him more than you love me." Haruto responds.
"But..." Yuzuki tries to respond to him but is cut off.
"I have faith that you will make your decision and if it comes to it, I will accept your choice without any regret."
"Okay..., bye Haruto-kun." Yuzuki smiles again and then turns to return to the hospital.
As she walks away... Haruto turns around and walks away and quietly says..."Take care, Yuzuki." That was the first time he has called her by her given name. He realizes that he has put all his chips down for this one. No turning back now.
Several months have passed its almost Summer, Yuzuki and Kazama have been dating for close to a year. Kazama for his part has not mentioned anything about Yuzuki when he talks to Haruto at school. But Haruto has heard from Asuka how happy Kazama has been and how he dotes on Yuzuki by giving her gifts and taking her on dates. He has also noticed that Yuzuki has been really happy the times he seen her around town. Haruto now realizes that he might have not made the greatest choice to leave up to Yuzuki to decide. As he just can't forget about Yuzuki. As he is walking in the street, he encounters a familiar person.
"Rin-chan..."
Rin stands there with her arms cross looking extremely disappointed at Haruto. "So... are you giving up on my sister... you were all talk then. How pathetic."
"I just thought that if I let her date him properly that she would soon realize that she did just do it out of pity because he was sick and would realize that she can't forget about me... I guess I was wrong." Haruto says as he hangs his head lower with each word.
"You reap what you sow... because I have never seen her happier in my life."
"Yeah... I know.", Haruto responds.
Rin asks him, "So what are you going to do now?"
Haruto:"I plan to finish high school here and then I will go back to Hiroshima."
Rin: "So its really over..."
Haruto: "Yeah... If you truly love somebody, you should set them free."
Rin: "Just should know that I was pulling for you to be with Sis. Even if I seemed I wasn't."
Haruto responds, "I know you were."
Rin: "Then see you later."
Haruto: "Bye, Rin-chan. Don't tell your sister that you saw me."
Rin: "Ok, that is a promise."
They both go their separate ways. He returning to his big sister's apartment and Rin going back home.
That night at home, Rin goes towards her Yuzuki's room and knocks on the door.
"Come in." Yuzuki responds.
Rin opens the door then when Yuzuki sees her she greets her.
Yuzuki: "Oh Rin-chan. How are you?"
Rin: "Good, how are you, Sis?"
Yuzuki: "Come and sit down..."
Rin closes the door and sits down at the opposite side of her sister's table.
Yuzuki: "What's up?"
Rin: "mmm... how are things with Kazama-san?"
Yuzuki: "They have been good... why do you ask?"
Rin: "Well... I saw Haruto-kun earlier."
Yuzuki: "Oh... I have not seen him in a while, how is he?"
Rin: "Defeated..."
Yuzuki responds with a quick, "eh?" then she asks, "What do you mean?"
Rin: "He realizes that he made a mistake letting you and Kazama-san date. He heard and seen that you and Kazama-san are madly in love with each other. So, since he was wrong that you were only dating Kazama-san because he was sick, he has decided that he can no longer steal you away from him. He will no longer will try to win you back."
Yuzuki just sits there with her head hanging low as she hears Rin.
Rin continues, "Because since he loves you so much, he must set you free"
Yuzuki quickly lifts her head and looks at Rin and asks her, "Haruto-kun said that."
Rin: "Yeah... he also asked me no to tell you but I just had to do it. Because..." Rin starts crying, "Because I was pulling for you two to be together."
Yuzuki hearing that heartwarming thought from Rin immediately starts to cry herself. Realizing that she still has feelings for him deep inside her heart. She quickly jumps up and heads downstairs and is about to head out the door when Rin stops her.
Rin: "What are you doing?!"
Yuzuki: "I have to see him!"
Rin: "Its past our curfew, Dad will kill you."
Yuzuki: "I don't care..."
Rin: "Do you even know where he lives?"
Yuzuki: "No"
Rin: "Where the hell are you going to go then?"
Yuzuki: "I will call Kyousuke then."
Rin: "Are you going to tell your boyfriend the reason you want Haruto-kun's address is because you want to see him at this hour?"
Yuzuki accepts that she can't look for him because she doesn't know where Aoi-chan's apartment is located. Then she realizes that Rin must have Haruto's phone number.
Yuzuki: "Give me his phone number, you still have it right?"
Rin: "No, you asked me to delete it remember?"
Yuzuki: "Then you have Akari's e-mail right?"
Rin: "You are going to bother Akari at this hour just for that?"
Yuzuki: "I thought you were rooting for Haruto and me to be together."
Rin: "Sis... we will deal with it in the morning."
Yuzuki calmed down and said, "Okay..." then she headed back upstairs. She started to look for a picture of Haruto on her phone but then she realized that she had deleted every single one that she had of him because she had planned never to see him again or remember her time in Hiroshima when she broke up with him last Summer. That made her cry.
Early in the morning, Yuzuki called Asuka and asked for her address. She knew that Asuka lives in the same building where Haruto was staying with Aoi-chan. She decides to head over there first thing in the morning.
When she gets there she is finds Asuka at the door of Aoi-chan's apartment. She looks distraught as she talks to Aoi-chan. Aoi notices her coming and greets her.
Aoi: "Good Morning, Yuzuki-chan"
Yuzuki: "Good Morning... is Haruto-kun here?
Azuka starts tearing up and then Aoi looks at Yuzuki and tells her, "Haruto went back to Hiroshima at dawn."
Yuzuki: "eh? But... Rin told me that he said he was going to finish high school years here?"
Aoi then takes out an envelope, "Originally, Haruto wanted me to give this to Asuka and then have her deliver it to you. But since you are here..." Aoi hands it to Yuzuki. She quickly opens it and takes out the letter and starts reading it.
"Yuzuki,
As you read this, I'm heading back to Hiroshima. I'm sorry I interfered with your life after you broke up with me. I really thought I could win you back. I just could not forget you and wanted to bring you back to Hiroshima with me.
But I have realized, that you are now in love with Kazama. Since I love you so much, I must let you go so you could achieve your happiness with him and move on. However, I just can't do that in Tokyo. My life belongs in my hometown. Just as yours belongs here.
Please send Kazama by best wishes and congratulations on getting such a beautiful girlfriend. Also tell him I'm sorry, but I won't be able to be his racing sponsor.
So, as you wished in your letter to me a year ago, I'm officially agree to our break up. I don't plan to ever see you again. So take care for your rest of your life. Please remember our memories. I will never forget you since you will always be part of my heart.
I'm glad I was able to see you in the town where you live. Just as you did with mine.
Farewell,
Haruto"
As she reads it, her tears start dropping on the paper and she drops to her knees as she cries. She finally realizes what she did back last Summer, she broke his heart. Now... its her time to have her heart broken, because her first love who she does love has accepted their breakup and is now gone from her life forever.
Aoi kneels down to her and hugs her and says, "Yuzuki-chan, you should honor his wishes now that your relationship with him is officially over. Please, don't try to contact or go there to look for him. As his big sister, I can't allow you to break his wishes, because I love him so much."
Aoi starts crying... then says "I honestly wanted you to be with him and one day... I really wished that... I would have gained you as my little sister-in-law."
As Haruto travels on the shinkansen, little by little, the imaginary red string of fate that he thought tied Yuzuki and him, starts to vanish.
– End of Chapter 1 –
A/N :
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