*Hina's POV*

Didn't you make a promise?

"Shoyou! You're so mean!"

Two small children, racing around the garden.

The boy, laughing.

The girl, pouting.

"Stop running! You're too fast!"

She was panting now.

"Promise me something then!"

"What?"

"You'll marry me when we're older."

"Shoyou! You're disgusting!"

The boy laughed.

"I'm not stopping!"

The girl groaned, her hair whipping around her.

"Fine! But if you're as silly next time I won't! Also, don't be so fast!"

The boy laughed, stopping.

The girl fell to the ground, her chest rising up and down rapidly.

"You're annoying, Shoyou."

The boy laughed, the orange locks around his head moving as the wind blew.

The whispers of the wind, the laughter of the children.

"Love you too, (F/N)."

Blue sky, white clouds.

I miss you, (F/N).

•

I thought you'd wait for me.

If we skip a few years, we see the same girl and boy, both much older now.

The girl, lying on her bed. Her phone in her hand.

The boy, sitting on the ground. A volleyball in his lap.

"Shoyou?"

His eyes come to life.

His smile as bright as the sun.

"I like someone, Shoyou."

A stab in his heart.

A blow to his head.

He forced a laugh.

A smile to make it more convincing.

"Who is it, (F/N)?"

"Silly! Obviously I'm not going to tell you!"

She laughed a little, the sheets shifting under her.

He laughed along too.

The sting in his eyes, the pain in his heart.

Open window, white curtains.

Love you lots, (F/N).

•

A few years slip by.

The door slams.

The girl is alone in her room.

She's finding it hard to breathe.

Her lungs feel like it's clogging up.

Choking her.

The wind whispers by.

"Shoyou."

She chokes into the phone.

The world is spinning.

She feels like she's floating.

Things are fading.

She manages to choke out a word.

"Pneumonia."

Her lungs are bursting, she ran from the hospital.

Closing eyes, her hair blocking her vision.

Blue sheets, white pillow.

Help me, Shoyou.

•

You promised me, (F/N).

A few months.

The boy is 23 years old.

The girl a few months younger.

The girl is in the hospital now.

Her breathing laboured.

A white blanket covers her body.

A drip attached to her arm.

"(F/N)!"

The boy walks in, his eyes shining.

His hair seemed brighter, he looked taller.

"I miss you, (F/N)."

He laughed a little.

A small sigh.

The girl was silent.

"My volleyball game went well."

He grinned.

The girl smiled weakly back.

Her hair a (small/big) contrast to the white pillowcase.

Her face a pale white.

Her eyes dull.

"Shoyou, I-"

A gasp.

Coughing.

The pulse monitor speeding up.

"(F/N)? What's wrong?"

She knows.

She knows her time is almost up.

That's what the doctors were whispering about.

"She won't live a day longer."

"Her time is up."

"She was a lost cause when we got her anyway."

"I'll get the Doctor."

"Shoyou."

She grabs his hand with what little strength she had.

Don't.

Her eyes sting now.

"Shoyou. Remember when we were seventeen? I told you I liked someone."

Coughs.

The boy felt his pocket.

"I wrote a letter."

White envelope. Messy handwriting.

"Please give it to him."

Hinata Shoyou felt like he had been shot.

The sting in his his eyes. The pierce in his heart.

Forced laughter.

Fake smiles.

The boy and the girl. The girl crying. The boy's arm around her.

"Don't cry. It's not your fault."

The girl hid her face in his chest. The tears flying down her face.

The boy's face becoming red.

His heart quickening.

He told himself it was nothing.

He pushed it down.

The boy and the girl, younger this time.

The girl, laughing her head off.

The boy, clutching his stomach.

"You're so funny, Shoyou!"

The boy stopping to catch his breath.

His heart felt like it had stopped.

His eyes kept flickering back to the girl.

He told himself it was nothing.

He shoved it away.

One memory stayed the longest.

The boy running ahead of the girl.

"Promise me! You'll marry me when we're older!"

It wasn't nothing.

He should have realised it sooner.

Sooner than that day.

Sooner than two years ago.

Hinata Shoyou was in love with his best friend.

The girl sighed, before she started coughing again.

Closing eyes, slower breaths.

The pulse monitor slowing down.

Her hands.

One on the pillow.

The other in his.

"Thanks for always being there for me, Shoyou."

The boy gripped her hand. He wasn't ready to let go.

She was slipping away.

Water dripping out of his hand.

"Thank you for being there. When times were the roughest."

"Thank you for all the memories that we've made together."

Her pillow was wet.

His heart felt like it was about to burst.

"Thanks for being my best friend, Shoyou."

"I'll miss you."

Coughing. Tears running down her face.

"I'll miss you too, Sho-"

She stopped.

One last breath.

Inhale.

Exhale.

The monotone pulse monitor.

The sudden shudder.

Her limp hand.

White pillow, closed door.

(F/N) was gone.

•

The boy walked out the room, letting the nurses and doctor stream in.

Hinata Shoyou was crying.

"Thanks for being my best friend, Shoyou."

"Best friend."

He repeated her words.

He pulled the box out of his pocket.

"Just friends, aren't we."

He crumpled the letter.

The box contained a ring.

"You'll marry me when we're older!"

"You promised me, didn't you (F/N)?"

He leaned against the wall.

"I love you, (F/N)."

Since the day they met.

The box in the trash. His body out the hospital.

And even though his name meant the sun, Hinata Shoyou felt as if all the light in his life had been taken away.

But his best friend didn't love him back.

AN: Hellooooo! Sorry again if this was cringey, again, this was written last year. I got some super nice reviews from the previous chapter! TYSM! People actually think my angst from last year was sad? I'm? Shook? Anyways, sorry if my description of how pneumonia feels like is incorrect, my friend just told me a brief description of how it felt like when she was younger. Sorry if this doesn't make any sense! For those hoping for fluff, the next 2 oneshots are still angst sorry lol.

I hope this was ok! Until next time! ILY!

-cloudy