KG: hello! Me again, I noticed how so many people wanted this to be a Takouji, but I had really planned it to be Takuichi since chapter 2, gomen. But I thought that there should be some more Takuichi's, I've only read about 5 or so. I love Takouji myself but I wanted to try something different. Okay, enough of my talking, here's the last chapter.
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--Takuya in the Middle—Where the Game Ended
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I played my video games for a couple of hours. I hadn't forgotten about Kouji and Kouichi, I just felt the need to unwind and relax for a while.
I was about to beat my own high score when I was suddenly tackled to the floor. The control was in my hand, so the Nintendo crashed to the floor, pulling the plug out of the wall and causing it to turn off.
"Niisan!! I'm so glad you're finally home!" Shinya, of course.
Given any other time I would have complained about him ruining my chance to beat my score, but right now...
"Hey, Shinya! I just got back from the hospital, and I'm not counting on going back so soon!" I knew he couldn't really hurt me, but I just wanted to tease him a little. I tickled him in the ribs until he rolled off of me. He looked up at me; tears were sprouting at the edges of his eyes. Uh-oh....
He immediately threw himself on top of me and the tears began flowing from his eyes. "No! I don't want you to go back!! Gomen nasai! I missed you so much niisan!" awww, he missed me a lot.... I hadn't mean to upset him...
"Gomen, Shinya. I didn't mean it. I was just kidding... I really am just fine."
He looked up at me, his tear-streaked face lined with perplexity, "You mean it?"
"Yes, I really mean it."
"GOOD!! I was lonely without you!" He wiped his face with his arm.
"Yeah, well you should go do your homework already," I pulled him off of me.
"Okay then. By the way, kassan told me to tell you that Kouji's here," he then got up and left to his room.
He was here already? What did he do, run? And what about Kouichi? Was he here too?
I got up, put the Nintendo in its place and walked downstairs. Sure enough, I saw Kouji sitting on our couch, but not Kouichi.
"Hey there, Kouji. Where's Kouichi?"
"I ran here, he's probably looking for me or walking here now," figures... "I need to talk to you alone Takuya."
"I need to talk to you too, Kouji." He stood up and walked over to me, he stopped a few inches away. I blinked. What was he going to do?
He threw his arms around me, and I heard him manage to choke out a few words, "I want you to go with Kouichi."
He did? I put my arms around him, not sure if I had heard him right. "Kouji, do you really mean it?"
"Yes," he pulled away from me and I saw his eyes were brimming with tears, "I want you and Kouichi to be together. I know you like him back, Takuya. Don't you?" I knew he had noticed....
I hesitated; I didn't think that Kouji would have told me to do that; I had not expected this to happen at all.
"Yes, I do like him. Gomen, Kouji."
He buried his face in my shirt and I felt his tears soak it, "I don't know why it had to be him. But I know that it is, and there's nothing I can do to change it. So I'll just get out of your way. After all, it's like they say; if you really care about someone, then you should be willing to let them go. If it makes them happy..." I put my arms around him again in an effort to comfort him.
"Kouji... I... Arigatou."
"Yeah..." he pulled his face away from my shirt and looked me in the eyes, "I know that it won't do any good to try to get in the way, so the best thing I can do is to support you two and be happy for you. Besides, I'll still be your best friend, ne?"
"Of course you will. That's never going to change."
"It better not," he said, wiping his eyes.
"Ding-dong!!"
Kouji looked over at the door, "that must be Kouichi."
"I'll go get it," I walked over to the door. Sure enough, Kouichi was standing outside.
"Gomen, Takuya! I was looking for Kouji all over school but I couldn't find him. I guess he went ho-"
"I'm right here, Kouichi." Kouichi looked over my shoulder and saw Kouji standing in the middle of the living room.
"Kouji? You left me behind looking for you and ran over here? Why?"
"Because I needed to tell Takuya that I wanted you two to be together! He likes you, Kouichi! That's why!" He responded, not even looking at Kouichi.
Kouichi turned to me, "Is that true?"
"Yes.... I do like you, Kouichi. Kouji did leave you at school, but he did it to come and tell me that he wanted me to be with you. He wanted you and me to be happy, so he told me that I should...."
Kouichi broke out in a smile and instantly hugged me. I was a little surprised by his reaction, but soon returned his hug. I looked over at Kouji and I noticed that his face was smiling, but his eyes showed a deep sadness... he really cared a lot about Kouichi's happiness, as well as mine. I couldn't help but to continue worrying about him....
Kouichi then let go of me and hugged Kouji, who was taken off-guard by this reaction. "Arigatou, Kouji! You don't know how much this means to me!!"
I noticed that some of the sadness in Kouji's eyes disappeared when he heard Kouichi say that.
"Of course I know, Kouichi..."
I knew then that he was gonna be okay and I could stop worrying....
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Kouichi and I began to spend more time together and eventually began to go out. We made sure not to leave Kouji out of our fun times either. He had done us a great favor and so we made sure that he had fun too. He was sad for a while, but I soon noticed that his sadness was gone. He was truly happy for Kouichi and me. I just hoped that he would soon find someone he would love too, he really deserved to...
I remembered how I had said that I had felt that this whole experience made me feel like I was caught in some weird game. Well, that day was where the game ended.
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KG: I finished! I really wanted Kouji to be happy later on, so I guess it eventually worked out into this. He supports Takuya and Kouichi and gets over Takuya eventually. I guess it probably could've been better... but tell me what you think.