Pairing : Sai - Hikaru (Yaoi/Friendship, you decide)
Rating : T
Disclaimer : Hikaru no Go doesn't belong to me

1000 Paper Cranes

Chapter 1 : Whispering to the Wind

It's the second year of the Sai-is-suddenly-disappeared-from-my-room anniversary for Hikaru. He went to Shuushaku's grave again as he did last year, that's the only place he could think of anyway. Hikaru brought some flowers with him; which he held tightly with his hands.

"Sai, this year I finally beat Yong Ha, can you see me? I want you to know how much I've improved. I'm no longer the weak Hikaru who has lack of spirit in Go, I can now catch up with Touya." He puts the flower down and stares at the grave for a few moment. "So Sai, please come back. I'll let you play more often; no, play every game." The multi-colour haired boy whispered with the blow of the wind as his answer. He then sighed and stood up.

Hikaru still couldn't admit the fact that Sai had left him, he thought that they would be together, forever. That's why he didn't want to listen to Sai's speech about he-will-disappear-soon topic. Sai is more like a brother to him than a wandering ghost who possesed him and made him fell into the world he is now in. Even though he's sometimes bothered by Sai's childish characteristic whom plead over Hikaru to let him play a game, cry when Hikaru rejected his idea or when he's sparkling in amazement of seeing something he never seen before.

Suddenly, he remembered a small talk in the Haze jr. Go Club, fairytale about something that would grant any wishes you want if you make, err... What is it again? Hikaru tried his best to remember what Tsutsui-san has told him. A keyword for him is 'crane'. How many do we have to make? Damn, why did he forgot such an important thing? Somehow, he thought it's a thousand but, that couldn't be, how come humans can bear to fold stupid cranes for a thousand times? How depressing...

So, he decided to call Tsutsui. That's what he thought he will be doing but, in the end, he came over to Tsutsui's home, it's been a while anyway.

Knock knock!

"Who is it? Ah! Shindou-kun!" Tsutsui smiled. "Come in!"

"Thanks..." Hikaru bowed a bit and get inside his house which felt quiet, apparently.

"You can sit down here first, I'm going to get something to drink."

"No, Tsutsui-san, you don't have to!" Hikaru said when Tsutsui has already gone then, a small noise came from the kitchen.

"Hey, Tsutsui, who was it?" Said a strangely familiar voice.

"It's Shindou, do you remember him?"

"Shindou... Shindou..."

"C'mon! You forgot him already? Kaga, you slack!"

"Kaga?" Hikaru tried to peep into the kitchen but, his action failed when his sight is blocked by something. "Damn, what is this?" He pushed that thing out of his way which is Kaga, unlucky for Hikaru.

"Trying to stalk or what? I'm here just for a visit, not ANYTHING else." Said the taller guy as he points his fan straight to Hikaru's forehead. "Gettin' taller again aint'cha? But you will never catch up with me, not your senior, at least."

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Well, to make long visit short, Hikaru sat on his chair inside his room, sighing.

"A thousand... Paper cranes..." Hikaru stared at the papers he had on his table, which is his test papers, actually. He took one of those, ripped them into small pieces of square using a ruler. Moving his fingers slowly, fold here and there, he finished his first crane then, he put it in front of him to make him feels spirited. "Sai, soon I will bring you back... We will be together again. I will do anything to make my wish come true. So, just you wait until then." He said as he folds the ripped paper into his second crane... Hikaru's new desire just started...

To be continued

I can't bear writing a fic without Kaga in it

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