Several Years Later
On the morning of New Year's Day,a couple arrived at the cemetery wearing formal clothes.
There were a few people already paying respect to their loved ones.
The couple had visited the Temple earlier and prayed their wishes for the new year.
"Do you want to wait for your family first,Hachiman?"
Hachiman stayed stayed silent for a while before answering after shaking his head.
"My parents would visit later in the afternoon. Komachi will be home tomorrow and visit then."
His partner walked alongside him for sometime before Hachiman noticed her looking uncomfortable.
"What's wrong Yukino?"
She answered after a while.
"Nothing. I wish I had known her better. Yui had talked about her a lot during Second year but I didn't seek out to meet her myself."
Hachiman gently held her hand.
"Yukino, you know she was happy when she found out that we were dating. She teased you by calling you sister-in-law and both of us about her becoming an aunt."
That brought slight blush on her cheeks. She indeed would get embarrassed how blunt and straight-forward she was.
They stop near the grave they were here for.
Rikka Hikigaya
Died on New Year's Day after being hospitalized for several days.
Hachiman was in Third year of Sobu High school at the time,her condition had deteriorated so she never could formally attend like she had planned.
He laid flowers on her grave where her cremated remains laid and the couple silently prayed after washing her grave with water.
It had been five years since her passing.
Hachiman and Yukino graduated from high school,attended Chiba University together and got married just a month earlier.
They never skipped her death anniversary and even Haruno sometimes visited with them even if she wasn't acquainted to her as much.
They stayed for a while until Hachiman said.
"Shall we leave?"
She silently nodded and they started walking away.
He remembered the last thing she said to her,a promise which he fulfilled to this day.
Love and take care of Yukino. And make sure to remember me with a smile.
END
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