Kouga and Ayame
Ayame loved him with all her might. Loved not love. It all ended one day when they were making love that Kouga called out the wrong name. He called out the one woman that he always dreamed of. Hearing another woman's name out of his mouth had caused the string that tied them together to finally be cut. She was always so patient with healing him. She was always so patient in trying to get his love. She was always fighting every single day for him to finally be hers. But it all broke when he called out her name one too many times.
They weren't married, but they were together. They weren't considered boyfriend and girlfriend because Kouga was still not ready to take that step just yet, but she was still devoted to him. Unrequited love always hurts, Ayame noticed. It hurts all the more when she loves him almost her whole life. Now, she finally took a step down to finally end the long and aggravating hurt she had in loving him. It was finally time she let go. She looked back one final time at the sleeping Kouga before she walked away one final time.
Kouga woke up to find an empty space beside where Ayame usually was. He sighed and turned his head to find a note on his bedside table. He read those words that finally made him realize something that hid inside him. He loves Ayame. Like always though, he pushed it away. Confident she would come back to him like she always did. But she never did.
A year later after she left, he decided he didn't need her anymore, so he decided to search for other women. Day after day, he had a new woman in his arm but none of them felt right. Again and again, he tried, but nothing came out of the situation. It was sometimes the wrong personality, the wrong hair color, the wrong smell, the wrong eyes, and the list goes on and on. When he listed his wants, he realized he was looking for someone like Ayame.
Until this day, after two years, he saw her again. She was minding her own business, but he couldn't help his heart from beating rapidly at seeing her again. She no longer wears her hair into twin tails. No, she wore her auburn hair into a ponytail. Before he could run after her, she already left inside a car and drove away. He wanted to find her again. See her again. He wanted to finally make amends with her. He searched for her, and he had no way of finding her. He was frantic and lost.
One phone call changed everything though.
"Is this Kouga?" asked a male's voice.
"Yes, this is he," Kouga answered. He felt nervous for some reason, like something dreadful had happened.
"This is a call from Western Taisho Hospital, and I would like to inform you Ayame Akita has been in a car accident. She has you listed as 'In Case of Emergency'. As of right now, she is in critical condition and..." the nurse continued on to speak, but Kouga couldn't listen anymore.
His thoughts were muddled. Ayame. In hospital. Car accident. Critical condition. Those words repeated in his mind. Before he even realized it, he was already driving in the car and searched for Western Taisho Hospital.
"Please let her be okay. Please let her be alive. That's all I wish for. Don't take her away from me. Please don't leave me, Ayame," he begged quietly out loud to no one. Tears had blurred his vision, but he blinked them away. He didn't realize how much he loved her until she left him. Until she's gone. He didn't want her to leave him forever. And he begged. He finally realized that Ayame had always been there beside him. He hoped it wasn't too late.
