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Cry
Rated: T
Summary: Each moment and memory was like water.
Pairing:Thrill
The first drop of rain fell ice cold down his cheek as he glanced at the darkened sky. Many other drops of rain followed that seemed to wet his face, gently caressing him. A smile graced the Tensai's lips as his cerulean eyes that once shone so bright were nearly extinguished from so many years of waiting for this day.
"Ryoma…why are you crying…" Fuji whispered into the sky. The only response he got was the drop of rain landing in his eye. Blinking it out, he noted how it slid warm against his skin down his cheek and off.
"Didn't we promise I wouldn't cry so you wouldn't?" Fuji whispered as he fell onto his knees. Exhaustion traveled his body as his body fought to keep itself alive…
"No…" Fuji whispered to himself, "Bind me no longer…let me go to him…"
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(A/N: These are flashbacks, I'll indicate when it gets back to the present)
"Syuusuke…" Ryoma finally said after stopping in their spot.
"What?" Fuji asked looking at Ryoma.
"Don't cry okay…because I'm not going to…so you can't either…" Ryoma said softly.
"Aa…" Fuji agreed pulling Ryoma into a quick embrace. "I won't so don't break our promise…"
"What's wrong?" Ryoma asked looking at Fuji with a small smile.
"It's raining…" Fuji said as a drop of rain touched his head again.
"..It is…" Ryoma said with a wirily smile. "It seems every time we're together it rains…"
"I see…" Fuji said.
"Will you miss me?" Ryoma asked softly against Fuji's chest.
"Aa…" Fuji whispered into his hair.
Ryoma nodded. "We'll be together someday Syuusuke…we will…"
Fuji nodded in agreement. Someday may be never, someday may mean some other life but as long as there was someday…they had to live for that day!
Fuji leaned in to kiss Ryoma softly as he held back the tears…he wouldn't break the promise…
"It's two gays!"
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"We're sorry… Echizen-san fell into a coma… he won't be able to survive if we don't put him on life support…"
"NO!" Fuji screamed. " You have to do something… he's not going to go like that!"
"We're sorry… Our next question is what do you want us to do Echizen-san?" The doctor's asked Miyuki.
"Please… put him on life support for now…" Miyuki said as tears streamed down her face. " I'd like his parents to decide with me…"
The doctor nodded and turned to leave regretfully.
Fuji swallowed his tears back as soon as they formed.
"Don't cry okay…because I'm not going to…so you can't either…" Ryoma said softly.
"Ryoma…" Fuji whispered looking towards the room where they had left Ryoma to lay in. Just a few hours ago…he was holding Ryoma…now…
"Fuji-san…" Miyuki started.
Fuji looked at Miyuki who was wiping tears away from her eyes with a handkerchief. He was cruel to think he was only suffering… when Ryoma's family was feeling twice the pain!
(A/N: Miyuki is going to refer to Ryoma a lot as 'Anata' so don't be too confused. Anata means "honey". Not the kind you eat but the endearment used between couples.)
"Echizen-san…"
"Iie… call me Miyuki." Miyuki insisted.
"Miyuki-san….I…"
"Don't…" Miyuki started with a small smile. "Don't say you're sorry… something tells me this hurts you so much more than it can ever hurt me…"
"Miyuki-san…" Fuji said softly.
Miyuki merely smiled her mysterious smile and looked at Fuji fully. "Ne Fuji-san…Did you know Ryoma named Akiha her name because it meant 'Autumn leaf'?"
Fuji didn't answer… he had no idea where this conversation was leading to…
"For a long time now…I didn't understand why Anata loved Autumn so much…but when I saw you, everything fell into place." Miyuki said through tears. " Anata and you were lovers weren't you?"
Fuji opened his mouth but no words came out.
"Don't try to cheat me… I see the looks you give one another…I know he married me because I reminded him of you."
"What?" Fuji asked softly.
"Anata always told me how much he loved my smile, the color of my hair, the way I often bested him even if I was his wife…" Miyuki said with a small smile. " But in the end, he was only relating me to you…the one he kept within his heart."
Miyuki sighed a bit. " When I first met you, I already knew you were special to him because he would only introduce me to people he thought were significant…then as the days went by I realized how similar we were…and when we met with your other friend… I believe his name was Tezuka-san…he told me that Anata and you would walk home together and where you two split off to go your own way home was where I first met you. Under those trees you stood there with him…"
"I won't deny our relationship then…" Fuji finally said
"Thank you… I don't want lies now…" Miyuki said tears trailed down her face once more. " Throughout the five years I was married to Ryoma… not once did he make me unhappy…he loved me in his own way and that was enough for me." Miyuki said then laughed lightly. " I should've known my daughter was named after you as well ne?"
" Me?" Fuji asked.
Miyuki nodded. " Anata loved Autumn…he said it held precious memories…yet he also told me one thing…
"All that was left was the memories, the memories that would scatter with each of the falling leaves…and when the last one fell, Akiha will remember for me…"
"I see…" Fuji said softly. " Then why can't you hate me?"
"Because you made him happy…" Miyuki said. "I strive for his happiness…whether I had to be more like you or support him unconditionally."
"Then you love him as much as I do…" Fuji said looking at his hands.
"Perhaps more…" Miyuki said. " Because I'm a woman though… I'll always love and understand."
Fuji merely held her hand tightly, " Thank you for understanding then…"
"Iie… I knew his heart was in Japan… that's why I asked to come here… to see my Anata's heart… it seems his heart is you…so I'm happy I met you." Miyuki said with a teary smile to Fuji. " Anata once said my smile was so close to someone he remembered…so you see, he's never forgotten you."
Fuji smiled painfully as he withheld his tears from falling. " Thank you for telling me…how much I was loved…"
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"We have no choice…" Rinko said softly to Miyuki as Miyuki sobbed loudly.
"It was Seishounen's wish to not be artificially supported on anything…" Nanjiroh said looking at his son who lay lifeless on the bed.
They had read the will of Echizen Ryoma…a short and blunt one, but he expressed the want of not to be withheld from death. Fuji had also been present as he heard those words and even as Nanjiroh, Rinko and Miyuki left the room to talk to the doctor's of taking Ryoma off life support, Fuji stayed.
Sitting next to Ryoma's lifeless body he laid next to Ryoma until their forehead touched one another. Even as tears came to his eyes he blinked it back, keeping the promise. He watched Ryoma's lifeless body and held onto his hand tightly…
"Ryoma…no matter what…I love you okay…so wait for me?" Fuji whispered pressing a kiss on Ryoma's brow.
(A/N: Italics as usually is a song)
The things we did, the things we said
Keep coming back to me and make me smile again
You showed me how, to face the truth
Everything that's good to me I owe to you
Even now, Fuji could only see the sweet memories of Ryoma and his time together. From the smallest brush of them holding hands to the impulsive hugs Fuji gave just to see a scowl on Ryoma's face. Everything flashed in his mind and Fuji swallowed the tears back painfully. Soon…Ryoma would be a memory and only that…
Though the distance steps between us
Now may seem to be too far
It will never separate us
Deep inside, I know you are
"I love you so much…" Fuji said softly against Ryoma's body. His hands shook as he brushed a hand through Ryoma's hair gently. He never thought someday would be in this way…someday seemed so far for Fuji at this moment…at least when Ryoma was still alive and well, someday seemed like hope for both of them.
'Ryoma…you cheater…' Fuji thought sadly as he glanced at Ryoma's peaceful face. 'How dare you leave me behind!'
Never gone, never far
In my heart is where you are
Always close, everyday
Every step along the way
Even though for now we've got to say goodbye
I know you will be forever in my life
Never gone
"Fuji-san?"
Fuji turned to see Akiha standing at the door.
"What is it?" Fuji asked with a small smile.
"What are you doing to Daddy?" Akiha asked tilting her head a bit to the side.
"I…I'm saying goodbye…" Fuji said through tears.
"Are you going away too?" Akiha asked with a pout. " Mommy said Daddy is going to sleep with angels from now on…but I want daddy to stay with me!"
Fuji caressed the Akiha's hair softly. " I'm not going to go away like your daddy…"
Akiha nodded. " Ne Fuji-san… will Daddy wake up to say goodbye first?"
"…No…he won't." Fuji said blinking back his tears.
The door softly opened again to reveal Miyuki.
"Mommy… Fuji-san was saying goodbye to daddy." Akiha said running into her mother's arms.
"Is that so…" Miyuki said with a sad smile.
"You won't leave me like Daddy will you?" Akiha asked softly.
Miyuki shook her head, " Iie… Mommy's staying right here."
Satisfied with that answer, Akiha ran out to find her grandparents.
"Fuji-san…" Miyuki started.
"I know… it's his wish…" Fuji said with a small smile at the still figure on the bed. " No matter though…he's in my memories…there he'll never disappear."
Miyuki merely nodded.
"I…have to go…" Fuji said softly. "That's what he would've wanted for the both of us…"
Miyuki nodded dumbly once more. " Thank you Fuji-san…"
Fuji stopped at the door. " For what?"
"For making him happier than he's been in a while…"
Fuji closed his eyes for a few moments before leaving without saying anything. He didn't know what to say…he loved Ryoma but she did as well, he would miss Ryoma terribly but she would as well…Ryoma left him hope and he left her Akiha…
"We're too alike…but that's why he picked you ne?" Fuji whispered into the night air as he walked himself home.
I walk alone, these empty streets
There is not a second you're not here with me
The love you gave, the grace you show
Will always give me strength and be my cornerstone
Somehow you found the way, to see the best I have in me
As long as time goes on I swear to you
That you will always be
Fuji stared at the trees where many times he and Ryoma stood before. It had become such a spot that held the most memorable and painful memories to Fuji. Closing his eyes he let the breeze overtake him as he thought of Ryoma. In this place where he became Fuji's and was taken, Fuji wanted to remember his smile, his face…his love.
"Soon…will I see you soon?" Fuji asked the night sky. His only answer was the first few drops of rain.
Never gone from me
If there's one thing I believe
I will see you somewhere down the road again
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The first few weeks were the worse as the realization that Ryoma was gone hit him full force. It wasn't that he was somewhere in this world but it was that he was no longer on the same world Fuji was in.
Not wanting to have time to think of Ryoma, Fuji worked extra hours endlessly. When he did come home, it was to sleep from exhaustion.
'Ne Fujiko… I don't think that's healthy…' Kikumaru had said with a pout one day.
"You think?" Fuji had merely replied and stared off into space again.
Everyday was just another day now to Fuji…meaning had disappeared; all he lived for was 'Someday'.
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(A/N: back to the present!)
Fuji opened his eyes.
"Fuji?"
He glanced around him to find his close friends next to him.
"Baka Fujiko!" Kikumaru said with teary eyes. " How could you go out in that rainstorm even though you're so sick?"
"Where am I?" Fuji asked.
"Hospital." Oishi said with a frown. "If Eiji and I weren't walking by at the moment to come see you I'm sure you would've died!"
"Oh…" Fuji merely said, " Why were you coming anyways?"
"Just to see you…" Oishi said, " We just had a feeling to come check up."
Fuji chuckled lightly, " Damn you Ryoma…"
"Eh?" Momoshiro said lost. " Echizen isn't here!"
"Baka! Don't mention that!" Kaidoh said bopping Momoshiro on the head.
Fuji merely closed his eyes in exhaustion. 'Ryoma…why won't you let me come to you?'
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It wasn't until later that his friends left him in the hospital. Changing into his regular clothes, he snuck out of the hospital and made his way to where he usually stayed…at their spot. Breathing hard, he summoned his energy to walk there. He was so cold but onward Fuji went. He wasn't going to miss tonight…no…he could miss any day but today…for two years since Ryoma's death, he never missed this day…and he wouldn't now.
"Zettainai…(never)" Fuji said softly as he forced his screaming muscles towards his destination.
Suddenly Fuji felt a raindrop on the bridge of his nose and he smiled slightly.
"Ne Ryoma…we always did have our moments in the rain…"
Fuji could clearly remember the day when Ryoma and he had their first match against each other in junior high. It had been the most thrilling thing to Fuji then…although it rained. Their first official date had been at an amusement park due to Fuji's insistence…that day also ended rainy but it hadn't been cold when they sat that day in Fuji's apartment drinking cocoa next to each other.
The day they broke up had rained as well and the day he was taken it rained…so it was only right it rained today right?
Fuji looked past the blinding rain to Ryoma and his spot. It was as it always was…Autumn was beautiful as always…even with the rain. Each and every moment of theirs was like water…ever flowing and never stopping.
"Ryoma…"
"Aren't you trying a bit too hard?"
Looking towards the voice Fuji saw a silhouette figure next to him in the rain.
"Who…"
"Mada mada dane Syuusuke…" The man whispered.
"Ryoma…" Fuji reached out slowly.
"Come to me…" Ryoma whispered with a small smile.
Fuji smiled as he used the last of his strength to propel himself into Ryoma's arms. Nothing else mattered to him anymore…all he needed was Ryoma…
"Ne Ryoma…can I cry now?"
"…Aa…"
A/N: That ends this little trilogy :) The last part, if you understood is Fuji getting his wish to have that 'someday' with Ryoma. Review for me and please look forward to a new story coming your way! Here's a sneak peek into my in-coming story. Enjoy the sneak peek of 'Koori No Ouji' ( Ice Prince) and tell me if you like how it's sounding! XD
Summary- Fed up with playing with the same crowd, Syuusuke finds a new form of entertainment after wishing on a star for an interesting Fiancée.
He was tired of everyone. He had just broken up with his fifteenth boyfriend for this school term. The game had become repetitive once he caught his prey. With no challenge in or out of bed, academically or physically, Fuji Syuusuke had become thoroughly bored with the people who attended Seigaku High. To make his evening even worse was the fact that winter break was upon them and his sister was sending him a fiancée!
Standing by his dorms main door, Fuji smiled into the night sky that rained softly with snow tonight. Seeing a bright star, Fuji mouth slowly turned upward. He felt a bit childish tonight and felt like wishing on a star.
(A/N: Japanese version of twinkle twinkle little star)
"Kira kira Hikaru
yozora no hoshi yo
mabataki shitewa
minna o miteru
kira kira hiakru
yozora no hoshi yo…
send me a interesting fiancée at least…" Fuji whispered softly into the sky.
CRACK
The crack of the branch brought Fuji's attention to the figure running towards him. Interested by the commotion Fuji continued to stare as the figure stopped right beside him to breathe. Watching the long black hair drape around the girls slim figure, Fuji watched amused at a scowl crossed the girl's cute face when she noted the dress was soiled from her running.
"Find her!" he heard voices from afar scream out, " She couldn't have gotten far!"
Interested thoroughly now, Fuji realized the girl had no idea he was standing there.
"May I help you?" Fuji asked amused.
Her head jerked upward to look at Fuji as Fuji stepped into the light near the front door of his dorm. Fuji noted sharp eyes stared at him, sharp golden eyes that shone through the darkness of the night and falling snow.
"Anata wa dare? ( who are you?)" She demanded.
No words left Fuji's lips as he stared at her fully now in the light. She was so perfect, so challenging with that gaze, so demanding with that attitude, so…HIS!
(A/N: that's it for the sneak peek! So did anyone like it? Interested in her identity? If so, drop me a note in your review or e-mail me so I can post the story:)
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