EPILOGUE

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-oOo-

"Are you signing up for the tennis club?" An excited Marui asked his former doubles partner as they walked into the gates of Rikkai Dai Senior High School.

"Aa, and you?" Jackal replied.

"Of course!" The serve-and-volley player replied, "I wonder how Akaya is doing at the other campus?"

"He's probably being a bully." Jackal joked.

"Probably going blood shot on the newbies." Marui added.

"Are we talking about Akaya?" Yanagi asked as he came up behind the two.

"Yo! Yanagi, what section did you get this time?" Marui greeted the master.

"One-B, I believe I'm in the same class at Niou-kun." Yanagi replied.

"Good luck with that." Marui answered.

"What for?" Jackal asked.

"Jackal, who was Niou's classmate for the whole duration of Middle School?" Marui asked back.

"You."

"Exactly! So, Yanagi, again, good luck with that!" Marui vaguely replied.

"I still don't get it." Jackal complained.

"Ohayou." Yukimura greeted the group, with Sanada dragging on behind him.

"Oi, Yukimura, Sanada!" Marui greeted back first.

"So, all that's missing is Niou." Yanagi expressed.

"Not just Niou." Yukimura corrected.

"Any one heard from him?" Jackal asked the group.

"Who?" Marui asked confused.

"Not even an SMS or an e-mail over Spring break." Yanagi responded to Jackal's question, completely ignoring Marui.

"When we dropped by his house his mother said he was out, fixing papers and stuffs." Yukimura added.

"What are we talking about?" Marui again asked.

"Whatever happens, let's just respect his decision. If we see him here today, then, it's good. But if we don't, then, it's good, wherever he would be at peace." Sanada commented.

"Are we talking about Yagyuu?" Marui finally realized.

"Really, Marui? Really?" Jackal sarcastically asked.

"I was just clarifying." Marui reasoned out.

"No one saw him over the break, and no one saw him during enrolment. And no one has seen him today either, I bumped into Yamamoto-san earlier and she was looking for Yagyuu as well." Yanagi explained.

"Isn't that Yamamoto the one that confessed to Yagyuu and got turned down?" Marui clarified.

"Hai."

"Then why was she looking for Yagyuu?" Marui commented.

"Who knows, maybe she intended on confessing a second time?" Jackal offered as an answer.

"Has anyone seen Niou?" Yanagi changed the topic.

"He's probably at the rooftop." Yukimura replied.

"First day of school and he's already hanging out up there?" Marui reacted.

"It's Niou, if it's him, it shouldn't be a surprise." Jackal reasoned.

"So, we'll see each other at tennis club sign up this afternoon." Yukimura asked everyone before they each went their separate ways to their respective classes. They didn't want to admit it, but their world has changed.

-oOo-

Niou wraps his arms around the girl's waist before whispering in her ears, "Are we skipping classes on the first day?"

"Niou-kun," the girl jumped in surprise, "Of course not, we better get to class."

"But the view from up here is better." Niou tightened his embrace.

"But the learning from down there is better." Mayumi joked as she slowly removed the boy's grip from her waist.

"Ne, Suzuki, what section did you get?"

"I'm with Seiichi and Marui-kun this year, One-C." Mayumi checked the index card that indicated her class.

"I'm stuck with Yanagi this year." Niou complained.

"It can't be that bad?"

"I'm gonna be forced to study!" Niou furthered.

"Which is bad because?"

Niou pouted.

"Kawaii." Mayumi smiled at the boy.

"Ike, let's get to class then?" Niou grabbed the girl by the hand and led her out of the rooftop.

"He really left didn't he?" Mayumi said sadly as they were about to exit the rooftop door.

"E?"

"Yagyuu-kun, he really left us." Mayumi could not hide the loneliness in her voice.

Niou felt like he was suffocating, not that he didn't miss Yagyuu, because if anyone, he may as well be the person who missed the ginger-head the most, but the fact that his girlfriend was missing some other guy besides him was just too much for him. "Can we not talk about Yagyuu on the first day of school?"

"E? Are you angry?"

"Iie, can we please just not talk about him, so early in the morning, on a very nice first day of high school?" Niou irately responded.

"Iiyo." Mayumi replied and slowly followed the boy down to the stairs. She stares at the silverettes back, the contrast of his silver hair on his dark green uniform seemed to lonely. She should be happy, Niou was beside her, well, in front of her at that moment, her world was complete. It's just that, somehow, with Yagyuu gone, her world got bigger and she became invisible once again.

-oOo-

The sakura petals were falling on the brick path, which seemed so long and winding, the building seemed so unfamiliar, and the student's faces seemed cold and unfriendly. Truly it a completely new different world for him, but he chose this, he wanted this, but he felt sad about this at the same time.

"Yagyuu-san!" a familiar voice called him.

"Ah, Oishi-kun, you're here." He greeted the boy back.

Oishi sighs and nods, "High School huh? This is going to be an interesting journey for us."

"Aa. I wonder where he is." Yagyuu looks around looking for someone in the crowd.

"Looking for me?" a deep male voice asked.

"Where've you been Oshitari?" Oishi asked the bluenette.

"Looking around, this place is not too shabby. Compared to Hyotei—well, it just can't compare." Oshitari commented.

"Then why did you not attend Hyotei then?" Yagyuu commented.

"Does Atobe even know you're here?" Oishi added.

"I do not need Atobe's permission for me to choose which high school I am attending." Oshitari defended.

"So, I guess it'll be us three from now on huh?" Oishi remarked.

"Are you joining any clubs?" Yagyuu asked the two.

"At the moment I don't plan on joining any clubs." Oishi responded.

"Neither am I." Yagyuu affirmed.

"You two are probably going to be the most boring doctors in this country." Oshitari commented.

"Why is that Oshitari-kun?" Yagyuu asked.

"We're in high school, it's not like this is already Medical School, lighten up a bit. Come on let's join the tennis club." Oshitari offered.

Yagyuu and Oishi looked at each other, then spontaneously responded, "Iie."

"Nani? If you two are going to be that boring, I'm transferring back to Hyotei." Oshitari commented.

"Whatever you want Oshitari." Oishi said turning his back and trying to find the entrance to the building.

"We'll support you wholeheartedly." Yagyuu added before also turning his back.

"Seriously? You two are no fun to hang around with." Oshitari complained.

"We didn't come here to have fun Oshitari-kun, we came here to prepare for Medical School." Yagyuu countered.

"If I wanted to have fun, I would have stayed in Seigaku. And Yagyuu here would have stayed in Rikkai, right Yagyuu?" Oishi added.

Yagyuu was shocked, truly, Rikkai was a fun place, but he wasn't actually sure he would have wanted to stay there; especially with the way, his heart goes doki doki each time he sees the purple hair who now belongs to someone else.

"Yagyuu?" Oshitari shook the boy a little to get his attention.

"Hai?" Yagyuu replied, pretending he was not paying attention and did not hear what Oishi was saying.

"Daijabou desu ka Yagyuu?" Oishi asked the bespectacled boy who looked a little pale.

"Hai, daijabou desu. Let's go find our class shall we?" Yagyuu offered to change the topic.

-oOo-

Now separated by two different worlds, one party surrounded by their usual wall of support, and the other surrounded by a newly blossoming friendship; with one party trying to move on, while the other party facing obstacles that will test how strong their love is. A memory of a smile and the greatest dream of making someone smile, what does High School hold for these fragile hearts?

-oOo-

This is the spin-off for the Sequel to this story, Now that they've graduated from Middle School, will Niou and Mayumi's love story survive the tests of High School, and will Yagyuu find a new love in his new world?

By the way just in case you're wondering why Yagyuu was with Oishi and Oshitari, read my other fic Something I'll Never Know, you'll see that those three are doctors there (Yagyuu-Oncologist; Oishi-Cardiologist; Oshitari-Plastic Surgeon), so the sequel will also be a like a background story on how those three got so close.