Third Night: Separate
She watches him from a distance.
'If I don't go to him, maybe he won't leave,' she thinks, memorizing the image of his back. He kept his hair the same all that time but, it was weird… all of a sudden he got so much taller. Back when they were still in school, their eyes were level. Now, as he approaches her, his violet eyes smile down at her.
"Senpai, you came!" He says cheerfully.
She wonders how it's even possible to sound so upbeat. Is he in love with her at all? He's the love of her life, so his leaving pains her to no end. She winces when his warm hands envelop her cold ones.
He notices her discomfort and cups her face gently. "I'll always be with you," he says, kissing her softly. He watches her through his dark eyelashes, eyes longing and regretful.
She marvels over his beauty for the millionth time, brushing away the dark strands of hair that had fallen into his eyes. 'Of course he can't be mine… that's why he's being taken away from me now.'
He told her the "good" news just that morning. In order to become an astronaut like he wanted, he'd travel to America and go through vigorous training… which meant that they'd have to maintain a long-distance relationship.
She wanted to ask him to stay with all her being right then. It wasn't fair to keep him from his dream, though. 'Don't leave me,' she repeats in her mind now, wishing he'll somehow hear her thoughts.
Only the female voice on the intercom answers to her prayers: "Passengers on flight 206, please head to the boarding gate immediately."
x
His kiss on her forehead is so tender that she feels her heart clench painfully.
She watches him once more, long legs walking away from her now… walking out of her life, possibly for ever.
He doesn't look back.
She leans against the airport windows, seeing his plane rising up, higher and higher, until it becomes one with the stars scattered across the sky.
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Her phone rouses her from sleep, and she ignores it feebly. She realizes that she fell asleep in one of the airport seats by accident, perhaps exhausted from crying. Her fingers reach up to feel the dried tears on her cheeks. Her ringtone chimes on, as she scowls.
'It's not like it'll be him, or something…'
After many rings, it dies down, only to start up again. She takes the pink cellphone from her right pocket weakly, breathing a quiet hello.
"Senpai, I miss you already," his voice says, as she clenches the hands that had previously been resting against her legs. The familiarity of his singsong voice saddens her all over again- hearing his sound won't be a regular occurrence anymore. Tears begin to sting her eyes again, and she clenches her teeth.
"… But you know, I'm coming back next week!"
That's when tears- not of sadness, but of relief- begin rolling down her cheeks. She utters a sob, watching little tearstains turn into larger, wet splotches on her jeans.
He chuckles nervously, "It's April Fools' Day, senpai… I'm sorry if I went too far. Did you actually think I'd leave you there alone, though?"
"Azusa you stupid stupid idiot! I hate you!"
"I wouldn't leave you for the world." He says quietly, such tenderness in his voice that she falls in love a little more.
Why was he so skilled with words? She'd have to forgive him, wouldn't she?
END.
Holy- Two drabbles/chapters/whatevers in a day! I am on a roll! Hahahahah what.
Anyway, yeah. This chapter featured Azusa Kinose, the cute little bugger. Pahah. I think I love him. A lot. He's just... Ugh. So adorable. Like, don't you just feel kinda SQUEEEEEEEEEE when you see him? Yeah. I don't know. I'm a strange one. But er. Yes. He's quite evil in this drabble, no? Huh. Huhuh. Huhuhuhuhuh.
Coming up next:
Fourth Night: Manipulate