These Days
I, Yusei Fudo, was going to pick my best friend/crush Akiza Izayoi from the airport. I was glad Akiza was coming back home after being away from New Deal for six years. I had received a phone call from her last night for the first time in three years. I was standing at the tunnel for her to come through to get off the plane. I did not know her because she had grown more beautiful until she came up to me and hugged me.
"I am so happy to see you again, Yusei." She told me while still hugging me.
"I am glad to see you again too, Akiza. How did you like Germany?" I asked her quietly. "I enjoyed it, but I missed seeing you all the time. Are the others still with you or have they gone their different ways, Yusei?" She asked me cheerfully, but I could tell something was bothering her inside.
"We have gone our different ways. Luna and Leo come to see me sometimes. Carly is still working for the newspaper, Akiza." I tell her calmly.
"I thought she quit that job after her boss tried to have her, Yusei. She must really need the job then." She said to me.
"She owns the newspaper now. Do you want me to get your bags for you, Akiza?" I asked her kindly.
"I do not have any bags with me. Can you keep a secret for me, Yusei?" She asks me and I nod yes to answer her. She took a deep breath and told me something shocking to me. "I was accused of murdering my friend in Germany, but they could not prove that I did kill her. I was sent back here after being banished from Germany for life, Yusei." She confessed to me in a whisper voice.
"Do you have a place to stay yet, Akiza?" I asked her while we were moving through the crowd.
"I was going to see if my parents will let me come home with them for now. I have a job interview at the hospital here on Wednesday, Yusei." She told me and I knew that she did not really want to have to live with them.
"You can live in my apartment with me. I live by myself there so you will not be in anyone's way, Akiza." I told her and she nodded yes to my offer. We got on to my D-Wheeler and drove away from the airport.
I stopped by the mall so Akiza could get some new clothes to wear for her interview on Wednesday. I drove to my new apartment after that was done. Akiza's father had got it for me a year ago because I was living in one that need to be worked on, but the landlord would not do his job. I lived on the top floor of the building.
"You have a very nice apartment. I did not think you could afford something like this apartment, Yusei." She said to me because she knew that I did not have that much money.
"The truth is that your father got this place for me because my old landlord would not fix the problems at my old apartment, Akiza." I told her honestly and she nodded her head in response to the fact.
"It was nice of my father to do this for you, Yusei." She said to me calmly.
I sat there staring at her in wonder at what time can do to a person because her shyness was gone from her voice. I had always been in love with Akiza, but I was afraid to tell her about my feelings for her.
"Does Jack ever call you, Yusei?" She asked me to break the quiet mist that settled between us.
"I heard from him right you called me last night. Everyone is coming back here in two weeks for a reunion party, Akiza." I told her with excitement in my voice.
"It will be wonderful to see everyone again, Yusei." She told me quietly. I was glad that we would get to see our old friends, but then have to say good bye again. I finally decided to come clean about my feelings for her.
"I am in love with you, Akiza Izayoi. I always have and always will love you." I told her plainly just letting the words flow from my mouth.
"I love you too, Yusei Fudo." She confessed to me. I pulled her to me and kissed her lips gently. We are currently living happily ever after with each other.