Disclaimer: The popular flower Petunia got its name from French, which took the word petun 'tobacco' from a Tuppi-Guarani language.

Notes: Oh, yeah! This is my first attempt to write a SanaYuki one-shot! I like this pairing, second to TezuFuji (maybe third?). It may be because I see love floating in air whenever I see them in the anime. I also adore the fact that Yukimura is so beautiful.

Petunia
Proximity

Sanada did not feel so right on the tennis court.

His unsettled feeling might be connected to a person missing on the court for over a year now.

Sanada would always unconsciously look back on the bench area, as if he was looking for something.

Sanada seemed like he was waiting for someone.

He felt empty and it amazed him as to why he was feeling something so hard to comprehend. He heard a laugh from somewhere and turned around.

"Yukimura?" he whispered. He closed his eyes in dismay.

Hallucinations were common occurrence nowadays.

Sanada would feel the space on the right side of his desk in the classroom. It was something unexplainable, almost hard to decipher.

Sanada touched the desk ever so lightly with the tip of the fingertips touching the dust-full desk by the window.

Again, Sanada felt that something was lost in his world.

How long has he been feeling empty?

Sanada, himself, does not even know. And maybe he does not even care.

He walked the empty streets, a wind slowing blowing on his face.

He saw a flower shop and entered it.

"Do you like any flowers sir?"

Sanada asked himself. What am I doing here? He nodded at the owner of the shop and walked around to see the different flowers in many different presentations.

"I'd like to give a bouquet to a sick person," he stated avoiding the questioning gaze of the owner. The owner smiled and ushered him towards the back of the store.

"Is the person important to you?" the owner asked all of a sudden. Sanada looked up, contemplating whether to answer or not the question.

"Yes," he whispered.

"Do you want to be near him?"

"Always," was Sanada's reply.

The owner smiled and gave a small potted flower plant.

"A potted plant?" he asked in surprise.

"So that the flower won't wilt," the owner explained simply.

Sanada left the store and headed towards the hospital.

"Come in," Yukimura coaxed. Sanada settled the flower on the windowsill and sat afterwards.

"I brought you flowers," he stated. Yukimura smiled at him.

"A potted plant to be precise," Yukimura pointed out.

"It's called Petunia, the owner said so,"

None of them talked for a minute. The deafening silence was drowning Sanada's line of thoughts. Yukimura placed his hand over Sanada's.

"What's wrong?" he asked in a silky voice of his. Sanada stood up and held Yukimura on his hands. Yukimura didn't speak as he contentedly put his arm around Sanada's body.

"I've missed you," Sanada muttered.

"So am I," he replied, his voice faint.

"I'll be waiting," Sanada whispered in his ears. Yukimura closed his eyes and smelled Sanada's fragrance.

"Can you really?"

"As long as forever."

Yukimura smiled at Sanada one last time before sleep engulfed his body and only the faint, distant voice of Sanada's voice was ringing on his ears.

The potted plant never wilted.

Petunia
"I like you near me."