30 Hugs
Disclaimer: I don't own Spiral or any characters involved.
A/N: So here's the second pairing! This is Ayumu's final thought's before leaving to the next world. 2/30! This theme thing is tough.... Then again, I don''t think I quite grasp theme writing.... Post manga, so spoilers again.
Summary: Thirty hugs between the characters of Spiral. Various pairings.
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Theme 2: Rainbows and Butterflies
Narumi Ayumu x Yuizaki Hiyono
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Spring time had come around. Narumi Ayumu sat in his hospital bed and stared out the window beyond his grand piano. The weather was lugubrious, the rain, the dark clouds. This brought down Ayumu's mood. He had been playing his piano, but he couldn't focus because of the rain. He had also tried writing his music, but it was to dark to see, and his eyesight was fooling him as it is, so he quit. All he was able to do is watch the clouds spill water over the world. How was it that something so little can make the world seem so dark...?
'I wonder where she is....' He meant the girl who was known for a short while as Yuizaki Hiyono. She had not visited since her trip from Germany, that was two years ago, when he was first hospitalized. He had bypassed his teenage years and survived until adulthood. He might not be around to much longer. Even the Blade Children will outlive him. They had survived and defeated their fate. Ayumu had too, even if it was for a short while. His entire body was growing week. He couldn't bring himself to swallow food, his right arm was getting shaky and both his eyesight and hearing worked at random times. He also found it hard to breathe at times. 'I wanna see her one last time.'
Hours after that, the rain started letting up. The clouds began letting rays of light touch the ground. Ayumu watched as this happened. Almost immediately after the rain stopped, a rainbow appeared in the distance. This made Ayumu smile. He had walked with that girl in the rain, under the protection of an umbrella. The same thing had happened, after the rain had gone, she'd pointed out a rainbow and put on her trademark smile. The one that had fooled him and everyone that had involved themselves with him. She had said also said that day that she'd find the gold at the end of one of those one day, and she'd 'share it with Narumi-san'.
The more rays of the sun began to engulf the earth. He closed his eyes, or maybe it was his eyesight finally leaving. He didn't care which, because now, he was in a field with that girl under the sunlight like the one he'd closed his eyes to. There were beautiful flowers all around, including his brother's favorite, the Iris. He picked one delicately, and looked down at it fondly. The looked over at the girl, who was also admiring flowers while eating her bentou he had made for her. He let go a slight smile. Without him noticing, a small butterfly had landed on his flower. The girl saw this and pointed it out.
"Narumi-san!" She called. "A butterfly landed on your flower!" An innocent smile came across her face. "That's good luck!"
Ayumu simply stared at the animal. 'Good luck....'
The field, and the girl faded. He now stood on the street near his brother's home. He looked down the street, in the direction of the house. He saw two figures, they seemed to be talking. He approached them. What he saw, was himself and that girl. It was him, holding her. Time seemed to freeze. 'Why am I here?' He stood watching the younger him and the girl he had fallen for. He felt his chest burn as her saw himself let go of the girl.
Now, there was nothing. He stood in an empty room, alone. No more memories of the girl. No more anything. He saw a door in front of him. 'I guess this is it.' He reached for the knob, and once again, flashed onto the scene of their embrace. The burning came back. He thrust the door open and began walking through. 'Our first and final embrace.' He found himself chuckling. 'I guess the butterfly was good luck. You never shared that gold though.'
Narumi Ayumu had become a memory.