I remember
One particular rainy Monday
When a red headed boy of fifteen stood
In the middle of a one summer, capricious rainy day
Amidst of the grayish gloomy picture the rain is making
He just stood in the middle of it, his red hair dripping wet endlessly
Like a flame defying the scene by contrasting it with its lively color...
I could not forget the feeling
His lively violet eyes looking straight at me, his lips smiling
I could not forget the fluttering feeling
In my stomach, in my heart
"Isn't that your best friend?" I heard one of my classmates asked from not far.
Without any words, I ran out from the classroom
"Idiot! Is he trying to get sick!?" I heard myself mumbled, my feet running double its speed
I don't know to where...
All I care for is that I am running to shake some sense on him
That I have to get to Marui Bunta
And pull him out there, fast.
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After picking up a something random on a nearby rack
I again ran as fast but carefully outside
And when I finally reached him...
"Will you be my girlfriend?" Are the first word that came out of his lips as I shielded him with an umbrella.
I ran to get him because I keep on telling myself I care since he is my best friend
But this proposal shook that very defense down
I couldn't believe it at first, knowing who Marui Bunta is...
I was so speechless then I thought...
Many admires him...likes him...loves him...wishes to be his girl
Vying for his attention, for his time, for his laughter
"Will you be my girlfriend?" He repeated with a more tender tone, melting my knees.
He then reached out his cold hand to my cheek and gently rub a finger on it...
His lips broke into a boyish grin, sensing that I am blushing terribly under that simple touch
Trembling like a frightened little girl
Though I am half sure it was of the wind that made me shivered...
Oh how it amuses him! And how gorgeous he looked like...
As if breaking from a stupor, I tried opening my lips for an answer but nothing seems to come out...the grin suddenly went into a frown and it almost freak me out...
Because I don't want this particular magic to end...
I wished for it...so hard...
I don't care about how many calories does he take every day...or how greedy he is when it comes on sweet confectioneries...how he loves teasing Akaya and Nioh...or even poor Jackal who is very sweet...or Sanada of all people that ends him with a hundred laps to be busy about...
What matters is that I wished for this day
For this magic to never end...
But I also tried to reason to myself
That this boy standing in front of me is like a dream...
That might disappear if ever I wake up...
"Y-yes," I suddenly stuttered, trying to meet his eyes so that I will look truthful to my words.
With one swift blurry motion, he gathered me into his arms
The umbrella flying away...
From my hands...away from us...
Though I lately realized that I should had hold on more tightly on that umbrella.
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What destiny unites, life divides
How true is that saying...
And there is no such things as happy endings
Maybe if I only hold on to that umbrella
There might have been a possibility that there's a happy ending for us
And now here I am under a rainy Monday
Again...
But this time, I'm alone
With the very same umbrella I thought I lost 10 years ago...
Under this only barrier between me and the rain
I pulled out a bitter smile I know I could not keep
"Happy anniversary..." I greeted on the tombstone, "Bunta...my love..."
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a/n: sappy and very short XD could't think of anything much better, really... I wish to continue it but I can't find the sufficient words to put to anywhere. so hope you enjoy it with your full heart. dedicated to Shina Toshikawa, for her 19th birthday this January 16th XD --sorry if it isn't a Shishido fic instead...