A/N
As promised, here's the last short chapter! This is more of a short little epilogue, if you will; the last chapter was the big finale. I thought it would be appropriate to end with a letter, though - and this also started with a letter! ^~^
This was my first fanfic, and it was a really fun to write. It has come to an end... Thank you so much for all of your support! It made me enjoy writing the chapters that much more! Enjoy this final chapter!~
Disclaimer: To the very end, I do not own Your Lie in April.
Kousei grinned a little to himself as he held his pen just above the paper, working out the words he wanted to say to his two best friends. Laughing a little at how much he was overthinking this, Kousei decided to just write whatever he felt like. He knew the two of them wouldn't mind.
'Dear Watari and Tsubaki,
Hey. How's it going? How's your schooling and sports coming along? Please don't tell me you're failing your courses because you're focusing too much on the sports. You guys better be acing everything. How many windows have you broken at your new school, Tsubaki? Hopefully not too many; I'm not there to bail you out anymore. And I really hope Watari hasn't broken too many hearts lately; do try your hardest to be more sincere.
It's really great here - it's so exciting and new and there's so much to explore. Though it can get lonely since I don't really know anyone here... But the schooling is amazing, I've already learned so much! I'm thinking about sticking with composing. Just the other day, I played 'Please Remember' for one of my teachers, and he loved it! He gave me some tips on how to fine-tune it, and it's really nice how supportive everyone is here. I thought it would be extremely competitive in this music school, but it isn't, and I'm really glad I chose to come here. Kaori would have loved to come here too, I'm sure of it.
Before you begin on a tirade over another letter or email to me on how I shouldn't dwell and obsess over Kaori so much, let me tell you now: I'm not. I've let go of the past. I think you guys realized it too, when I played the song. But it's just as Watari said... How did you say it, it was something along the lines of "There are old memories, and we can make new ones, right? Keep the old ones - don't ever forget them. But don't just live in those memories - make new memories." It went something like that, didn't it?
And I'm making plenty of new memories here. I'm sure you guys are, too. I wish we could be making them together, but we can't be stuck together forever now, right? Don't worry too much about me; I can take care of myself just fine, and I promise I won't get mugged or whatever it is you guys are worried about.
But it's not like we can all just forget about Kaori either, right? I mean, she pointed us in the ways our lives are going right now. Without her, I wouldn't be here at this music school. Watari would probably have had eight more girlfriends by now and would still be that little playboy everyone secretly wished they could be, and Tsubaki would probably have never realized her own feelings. I think hanging out with another girl really helped you, didn't it Tsubaki? Point is, Kaori is just as big a part of our lives as everyone around us is. Just in different ways. We'll always remember her, whether we want to or not.
Well, I didn't write this just to talk about Kaori; just wanted to check up on you guys. Oh, and I broke my cell phone the other day... I may or may not have dropped it. So if I'm not answering your texts, calls, or emails, you know why.
I miss you guys so much... I'll be home next break, and we can take a couple jumps together off the bridge again!
I look forward to seeing you guys soon! Again, don't worry too much about me, alright? I'm fine. Have fun playing your sports, and win some games for me!
Love,
Kousei Arima.'
On the other side of Japan, the two brunette teens grinned as they read the letter together.
They wouldn't worry too much. Kousei would be just fine.
This would only be the beginning to the bright, colourful, happy, and love-filled days that Kaori had discovered and opened up for all of them.
