Disclaimer: I don't own Your Lie in April.
Note: this is the last chapter, the rest is left up to your imagination! Though I'll admit that for me, Kaori survives because, since she's not keeping her illness from Watari, he encourages her to take it easy and she has that surgery earlier when she has better chances of survival.
Enjoy!
"Hey, Tsubaki!" Watari called, waving his arms at his friend, who was just now being let out of softball practice.
"Watari?" Tsubaki blinked, surprised that he'd bothered waiting for her, since his own practice had let out a bit earlier. "What's up?"
"Do you have a minute?" he asked, intentionally not answering her question.
"Sure, I guess." The brunette said with a shrug. "An actual minute, or can I change first?"
Noticing his friend pulling slightly at the collar of her shirt, Watari waved her off to the locker rooms, content to wait a few minutes.
He grinned when Tsubaki emerged only a few minutes later, appreciating the fact that she didn't take forever getting ready like some of their classmates. Not that she needed to.
"So?" she asked, jumping to sit on the railing Watari was leaning against.
"You know that family reunion my folks took me to a few weeks ago?" he asked, earning a nod. "Well, as it turns out, one of my cousins goes to our school. Neither of us knew we were related until then, though."
"Woah, seriously?!" Tsubaki asked, glancing down at him in surprise. "Neither of you? Wait…please tell me she's not one of the girls who has a crush on you. Finding out you were related probably would have been heartbreaking for her…"
Watari grinned, pleased that his friend was taking Kaori's feelings into account before even meeting the girl. "Nah, she doesn't. Didn't. Whatever."
"Good." Tsubaki sighed, relieved. "So when are we going to meet her?"
"We?" Watari repeated in question, though he knew exactly who else she meant.
"Me and Kousei, of course." She scoffed, rolling her eyes a bit.
Of course.
Instead of asking when she could meet her, her mind automatically included Kousei, as if she couldn't so much as entertain the idea that they were individuals who can do things by themselves as opposed to a pair of friends who might as well be attached at the hip.
Watari dreaded the thought of Tsubaki realizing that she was in love with Kousei, not so much because of his own crush on the girl, but because he was sure that Kousei didn't—couldn't see her in a romantic light and that she would be heartbroken.
Assuming she ever did realize her feelings, anyway.
Ugh. And now he felt guilty that he was helping Kaori with her own feelings for Kousei, even if the blonde was sure that she wouldn't live long enough for it to really become much of an issue.
He had a feeling that that feeling would make itself known quite frequently over the next…well, however long it lasted. Hopefully longer than his 'cousin' thought it would.
"I was thinking sometime next week." Watari answered lightly, not letting on about his inner conflict. "She plays the violin, and she has a competition at Towa Hall on Tuesday. She's a bit nervous, and I figured we could show our support."
Tsubaki smiled at the idea, but had a hesitant look in her eyes. "You know Kousei won't—"
"We'll keep it a surprise." Watari shrugged. "Maybe meet up at the park in front of the building under the guise of just meeting and hanging out with Kaori, and then drag him inside right before the performance."
"Yeah, that should work." Tsubaki nodded firmly, before her mouth opened in slight surprise as she recognized the new name. "Wait, did you say Kaori? Like, Miyazono Kaori?"
"Um, yeah." Watari nodded, desperately hoping that that really was Kaori's last name. It wouldn't look good if he didn't know his supposed cousin's family name. "You know her?"
"She's in a couple of my classes." Tsubaki explained with a grin. "She seems cool, I guess. I haven't had much opportunity to talk to her. I wouldn't have guessed she's a musician, too."
Like Kousei.
She hadn't said it, but Watari heard it anyway.
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