I find it funny how this is the second alternate ending I'm making for this story. The first ending I didn't like because of Sano and the last one because… Well it sucked. If any of this sounds familiar because I didn't change much, only a little bit in the end.
Disclaimer- I don't own Hana-kimi, I'm not that talented.
Osaka had won the soccer game with Nakatsu scoring the final goal. Back at the dorms there was a celebration party. Mostly everyone was drunk within the first hour of the party. Sano didn't drink anything; he had too much on his mind.
Mizuki was avoiding him for no reason and Komari was avoiding her and Nakatsu. Sano was pissed to think that his friend knew Mizuki's secret and that it might be possible that he might be black mailing her.
After most of the people had passed out Sano walked up to Nakatsu. "We need to talk. It's about Mizuki." The other boy nodded and waked with his friend out to the track field. "I know you know that Mizuki is really girl."
The look on his friends face didn't change; he was drunk and didn't understand what he was saying. "I know you know that Mizuki, my roommate is really a girl!" He repeated. "Mizuki? Mizuki's a boy! Shows how much you know Mr. hot shot."
It was comical how much he was swaying. Sano's face revealed a look of pure terror. 'He didn't know! Shit! I'm so stupid! Good thing he is drunk, I hope he doesn't remember this tomorrow. Wait, then why doesn't she like Komari?'
He never thought of what he would do if she fell in love with someone else. He had just discovered that he wanted her by his side recently. He wouldn't be able to take it if she loved anyone else, especially if it was Nakatsu.
He would rather lose her all together then to his best friend. An idea struck him. If he couldn't have her, no one in Japan would! But then he regained his senses and walked back to there room solemnly.
Mizuki was already there. He avoided eye contact with the cross dresser and crawled into bed. She didn't say a word like she normally did. She just sat there at the desk staring into nothingness. Right before he fell into a deep sleep Sano wished that she would go back to normal.
When he awoke the next day his wish didn't come true. Even though he knew it wouldn't he had hoped that this time there would be an exception. She was already dressed and waiting for him when he entered the bathroom.
They silently walked together to class. Sano was wondering why Noe and Sekime hadn't tagged along like usual. They were always there walking with them. He watched Mizuki. She looked as if she wanted someone else walking by her side. The silent rejection hurt the high jumper.
When they got to class everyone was there before them. Apparently they hadn't felt like waiting. Nakatsu looked as if he was trying hard to remember something. He walked up to Sano after there first hour.
"Sano, last night, did you tell me something about Mizuki? I can't remember what you said. I got this major hang over…" "I didn't say anything." He said cutting him off and walking away.
Nakatsu frowned. He remembered Sano telling him that he wanted to talk to him about Mizuki, after that it was all blank. Why was he denying it? What did he tell him? 'Sano, why can't you just be man and tell me.'
Over the rest of the day he tried remembering. He had read somewhere in a magazine that if you focus on your surrounding memories that you will eventually remember. Finally at soccer practice it hit him, literally.
He had been concentrating so hard he didn't see the ball that was heading right towards his face. After he got hit he remembered although it was a little hazy. "I know you know that Mizuki is really girl."
He almost died when he remembered the conversation. Sano knew Mizuki was a girl and didn't tell him! 'I'm gonna kill that bastered! I thought I was gay for over a year and he didn't tell me! He was keeping her all to himself!'
He rushed out of practice with no excuse to give his coach. He was so happy but so betrayed. He had to remind himself that he had a girlfriend now so it didn't matter. He ran over to where he saw his 'friend" sleeping under a tree.
He shook him awake. "Why didn't you tell me! Sano, I'm gonna kill you!" they started to fight each other. Nakatsu with year's worth on relief and anger on his side and Sano with not even a week of desertion on his.
They were an equal match until Mizuki came to break up the fight. The soccer player had a bloody nose and the high jumper had large bruise on his cheek and a scratch on his neck. Te girl had no clue why they were fighting each other.
"What's going on!" she asked alarmed. "Nothing." "That's easy for you to say! You knew this whole time didn't you?" "It doesn't matter you have Komari!" The girl was confused about what was gong on.
"You just wanted her all for your self! You didn't even care if any one else was suffering because you kept it a secret!" "What are you two talking about?" Mizuki finally managed to ask.
"You know what Nakatsu? It doesn't matter for 2 reasons. 1, you have a girlfriend and 2, she doesn't love me anymore! She loves you now. Congratulations." Sano walked away. Mizuki was getting impatient.
"Will someone please tell me what that was about? Who loves you?" He looked up to the girl. "When did you get here?" he asked. She comically fell down. "What was that all about? Why were you and Sano fighting?" she asked for the final time fuming.
"I know you're really a girl Mizuki. That's why we were fighting." She froze. "W- Where would you get a crazy idea like that?" she asked. "Sano told me while I was drunk last night. I just remembered. How come you could him but not me?"
"But I didn't tell him! I mean, if it was true I wouldn't have told him." He looked away. "Yeah, I get it. You still don't trust me enough to tell me even though I already know. I guess I really am not your friend."
He walked away in the opposite direction his former friend went. She just sat there on the ground confused. As Nakatsu walked into town he couldn't help remembering something that Sano had told him.
"She doesn't love me anymore! She loves you now." Why the hell would he say that? She didn't even want him to know her secret, why love him? He found himself at Komari's house.
There was an envelope on the door for him. He opened it and started to read the letter inside.
Nakatsu, you might have found it strange that I confessed my love to you when I did. This is what this letter is about. I really do like you and being your girlfriend was the best thing that could ever happen to me. But I am moving out of Japan. You always said how it was hard enough to keep in touch with your parents back in Osaka, so I never told you. I didn't want to pressure you make a promise to stay in touch when I know that there is no way you can keep it. I want you to love the next girl who confesses her love to you with the utmost sincerity. I knew that there really was someone else that you liked but I was flattered that you accepted my offer and loved me anyways. One day… I will come back to check on you. Tell Mizuki that I'm sorry for whatever I did to make him hate me.
Komari
He sat down on her porch and just started to cry. She was gone and he never got to tell her that he really did like her and that he would miss her. She was perfect and he never appreciated her when he had the chance.
He thought of Mizuki and Sano. Now that he knew the whole truth he knew that they deserved to b together. He also knew that he wouldn't let Komari go that easily. 'If you truly love some one let them go.'
He loved Mizuki but she wasn't meant to be with him. She was meant to be with Sano. He called both of them up and told them to meet him at the park. He wasn't sure if they would come but hoped they would, thy needed to hear what he had to say.
The cross dresser came first, in a more girly out fit. She looked scarred as she approached him. "You were right, I really am a girl." She was about to say something else but Sano arrived.
"What are we doing here?" he asked. "I wanted to announce that after graduation I will be going after Komari. She moved away today and didn't tell me because she thought that I would feel pressured."
Mizuki and Sano both looked surprised. "But graduation is only a week away! You can't be leaving!" Mizuki shouted. Both his friends looked hurt. "Look before I leave I wanted to make sure something happened,"
"Mizuki, ever since I met you I have loved you. But before today I would try and ignore my feelings because I knew I wasn't gay. Now I know that my feelings were okay to have because you are a girl." She smiled as he held her hands. The high jumper looked like he was about to leave.
"But you need to remember why you came to Japan in the first place. You will always love Sano, just as I will always love Komari. I didn't treat her like I should have but I will make it up to her. You and Sano are meant to be."
"But you said that you loved me…" she started off. "Yeah Nakatsu, you said you loved her. How can you leave for another when you finally have her?" Sano asked with a hint of venom.
"It is only a current love. You two have been assigned to be together from the gods! I won't be in the picture next week. Actually I have decided to leave the day after tomorrow. The school won't mind if I graduate early. Actually I think that they will be relived that they don't have to spend more money on the graduation ceremony."
Mizuki looked as if she was about to cry. "I don't want to say good bye." She whispered. Nakatsu smiled. "You won't have to. I'm coming to your wedding. I expect to be the best man Sano so don't even think about asking Noe or Sekime!"
He took one of Mizuki's hands and one of Sano's hands and he placed them on each other. "You two will be what I want me and Komari to be one day when I find her." Mizuki looked up to Sano who smiled at her but she knew something was wrong. The girl pulled her hand away and ran away crying.
The boys watched her go. Nakatsu put a hand on his shoulder. "I'm sorry, I really am." The high jumper nodded. "I know, Nakatsu. You… You deserve to have a girl like her too." Nakatsu looked up to the sky. "I already do."
The end
Okay so I only changed like 2 paragraphs but this is the ending I was picturing when I first wrote this story. Tell me what you think! –smile-
