Disclaimer: I don´t own Hungry Heart: Wild Striker and I don´t make any profit with this work.
Forever Mine.
Night is coming and it's hard for me to sleep. Why? Because you are always there, playing in my mind, although I don't think you know it. And if you knew it, what would you do, Tsujiwaki? You play with my heart as you play with the ball, you use it, kick it, bounce it against my ribs and drag it for hundreds of meters on the grass of my imagination without having the slightest notion of what you do with my heart.
Why do you have to be like this, Miki?
I'm not ready to go through this a second time. No, definitely I, Kyosuke Kano, am not, maybe I never will be, but the truth is that it's happening again. It has been so long since she left that I think I have forgotten how she ever made me feel, but what I'm experiencing now for you echoes in my memories, although this is far from resembling what I professed for her ever. When Rie left, I tried to keep my heart full of hope, hope that it wasn't the End of the World, but loneliness is a difficult enemy to defeat and I came to think that I would not be able to love again. And honestly, I didn't believe that I could ever defeat my loneliness, I firmly believed that she would accompany me until my last sigh ... but then I realized that you were always there.
Miki, my dear Miki, I'm trying to make you understand that your love makes me want to run after you, to follow you on the grass that you step on and in which you push yourself to fly. I'm trying to make you see how much you mean to me. When everything in my life was gray, your eyes gave it a honey touch of reality. You can lie as much as you want and pretend that you don't have the same feelings for me, but I know that your love isn't far from me, it's not beyond my reach. My heart dreams as much as yours and I know we share the same desire. And even if it takes me all eternity, I won't give up until you accept that you want to be with me too.
I want you to be mine, forever mine. A more insightful person would have long since realized what you mean to me, but you must excuse this idiot who only thinks about soccer. I don't consider myself a silly person, but I'm not astute about life issues, you have known that very well, maybe that's why you take so much care of me. Can I dare to believe that is you I have been waiting for? Despite what the romantic stories say, no one can know for sure or in advance if the person you love in this moment will continue to be important in the future, it takes years of coexistence, of shared memories, of shared stories and honest confessions to be sure of that, but you and I, Miki, have already traveled a long way and thanks to that I'm convinced that I want to find out what destiny has in store for us, I want to know if you'll really be mine forever.
This night in when I cannot sleep I give you what is inside of me, how little or how much that you can find in this soul that I believed was broken. When you open your eyes tomorrow and find out about my deepest thoughts, I'll already have drowned in the sea of your eyes. You'll decide if you'll get me out of there or if you'll let me live without worries in your pupils. I want to see you play once again with the Japan jersey that has your last name on the back, struggling to reach the same goal that I also have. Your dreams are so similar to mine that it scares me sometimes, but it also lets me know that there's no one better for me than you.
Tomorrow I'll go to see you play and to witness how you carry the victory on your shoulders, at the head of the team that has trusted you so much. I'll be lost among a tide of fans who will share with me the thrill of the Victory and I'll look for your face illuminated by the childish joy that comes from knowing that finally you have achieved your dreams. With a bit of luck, you'll be able to see me between the tide and you'll give me the best of your smiles.
And then I'll know that you'll be mine forever.
End.
Author's Notes.
I edited this one-shot from another fanfic which originally belonged to Captain Tsubasa, maybe this is why Kyosuke feels a bit out of character. The title is inspired by the song "Forever mine", from the 'Teen Titans Go!' series.