• Present Day •
For possibly the first time in recorded history, Aomine woke up early.
The tanned young man had pulled on a grey hoodie and jeans as well as his red Nike's and ate breakfast before making his way out the door.
There was fresh dew on the grass as Aomine walked through the bush towards the cemetery. This way was a short cut and it required jumping a fence too, not many people ever went this way. Firstly because it leads to a cemetery and secondly because if you were going to the cemetery the fence was right next to a bunch of graves and you would technically be landing on them. Aomine didn't care though, it seemed rude but dead people were dead, that was all there was to it. Well apart from one person's grave, of anyone stepped on her's they'll be in for a world full of pain.
The tall basketball player had a bunch of flowers in his hand that he picked on the way to the cemetery. They were small but bright blue and white. Aomine jumped over the old fencing and picked his way to the back of the cemetery with ease. He caught sight of the giant cherry blossom tree ahead and he quickened his pace slightly.
He stopped in front of the grave at the base of the tree and sprinkled the flowers in his hand onto the grass. He crouched down and played with the soil while having a little conversation with himself.
"Hmph, I still can't believe you have that bad of a sense if direction, it's nearly impossible to get lost in your own neighbourhood." Aomine muttered, "You should've just stayed at the cafe, we all knew you'd end up halfway across the world if we didn't keep an eye on you."
A bird chirped in the branches above and Aomine stood up slowly. He took one glance at the marble headstone before putting a hand on the thick trunk of the cherry blossom tree. He placed his foot on a knot in the tree and hoisted himself up. He placed himself a few metres off the ground and dangled his legs. The bird flew away when Aomine started to climb and now, barely a sound was heard.
The tanned high schooler let his head fall back and looked up between the branches. The sun was relatively high in the sky now and there were only a few clouds. No chance of rain today. That thought brought a frown to Aomine's face and suddenly punched the trunk of the tree shaking loose some cherry blossoms which floated to the ground.
He jumped down and stayed in a crouched position, staring at the grave of Kirana Sayumi.
If only it didn't rain that day, the day she disappeared.
