Do you remember when you promised that you'll be rooting for me in the basketball regional finals? I guess you can't you can't really fulfill it now.


Since Gold enrolled in my school and your goodbye, everyone seemed to have forgotten about you. It was as if you didn't even exist. Gold explained how once you guys disappear; the memories of you will be erased from non-magic beings. I don't know if this was a good thing for me or not. I'm glad I was able to kept memories of you but at the same time, it hurt knowing I'll never see you again.

Gold started teaching me how to control fire magic and in exchange, he wanted me to teach him the basics of basketball. He said that he never played the sport before but I could see potential in him. Once he learned the basics, he was pretty good at the sport. He said that he'll join the next time the school's basketball team have tryouts. I personally hope that he'll make it in. To me, Gold was a little brother I never had.

I wish you were here with everyone else.

Here I am, warming up for the regional finals but I don't have the motivation for it anymore. You always came to watch me play and knowing that you won't be coming didn't help. Not at all.

"Hey Red!" I heard Gold shouted among the crowd that came to watch the game. Practically the whole school came but it wasn't hard to spot the fireball of energy among other students. He always sat with a girl with blue hair tied up in anti-gravity pigtails. Crystal, I think that was her name but Gold has the tendency to call her SSG.

For some reason, he enjoyed teasing the poor girl but it's always amusing to see those two argue.

"Break a leg!" Gold shouted, waving at me while standing up. He seem to have taken a liking to the figure of speech even though I already explained to him that it was mainly used in theaters.

"Stop moving away and sit down Gold!" Crystal complained. "I can't see!"

I chuckled and wave back. They were at it again.

I saw Gold freeze in the midst of his waving, his eyes were bulging out of their sockets and his mouth wide open as if waiting for a fly to land. I turn and follow his gaze. My eyes dilated and my mouth hang slightly opened from what I saw.

Up in the opposite seats of the gym, there you were, though slightly translucent.

You were smiling and waving.

When I blink, however, you were gone, as if it was just all a mirage, an illusion. But it wasn't. I knew that it wasn't. Why? Because your voice echoed in my ears after that, like the chiming of bells.

"Do your best!"

My lips curved upward into a small smile.


You kept your promise after all.


"Thank you Yellow. For everything. I'll make it up to you once we meet again and I promise, I won't make the same mistake as the first time."


Ehehe... how was it? This was inspired by the song Safe and Sound by Taylor Swift. I decided to make two chapters instead of combining into one because I just thought that it was better that way. :p

I hope you liked it...even if it was a little sad.