Lightning

The tournament passed in a blur, and soon the only thing left was the Closing Ceremony. It was then that Lantis realized that this could be his last opportunity to cross words with his soulmate.

A soulmate that he had been watching closely.

And a soulmate he was still unsure on how to approach, or how to introduce himself to.

Her Individual demonstration left him, and the rest of the audience, completely breathless; the passion and precision she displayed while executing her Kata moved something powerful inside him; something he was not sure how to react to.

It was then that he decided that it would be best if he approached her by the end of her demonstration.

Unfortunately for him, Destiny had other plans, and by the time the one announced by the judges as Shidou Hikaru, left the exhibition area, a pink haired girl that could easily pass as her twin attached herself to his redhead and did not let her go until it was the pink haired girl's turn to participate.

Afterwards, his redhead had not left a brown haired man's side for even a minute in what appeared to be an attempt to escape the pink haired girl. At first he thought they might be something else, but then he learnt that the guy was in fact, her older brother.

He tried to approach her several times after that, without any results and before he knew it, the event had already finished. People started to leave the stands, the athletes were gathering their things, and everybody was trying to leave the building.

He needed to talk to her before she disappeared.

Lantis shot a small text to his brother asking him to leave without him, and that he would get back later on his own; he then proceeded to walk towards the exit, looking left and right in hopes of seeing a dash of red hair among the sea of black hair.

Once outside, Lantis was faced with a much unexpected situation; the moment he put a foot outside the Gym, huge lightning crossed the sky as a prelude of the storm that was about to be unleashed.

Definitely not the scenario he imagined, but he optimistically thought, one he could work with; wistfully he thought that maybe, with the excuse of waiting for the rain to pass, he could ask her out to the Café nearby.

He was even willing to ask his future brother-in-law to come too just to ensure a few minutes with the girl.

It was then that he finally spotted her; he tried to reach her, dodging people trying to cover themselves and his fellow athletes that were also looking for transportation. He couldn't believe his luck when he noticed that she was currently alone, with neither her brother nor the other girl in sight. It was a bit strange, but he was grateful for the opportunity none the less.

Just when he was about to reach her, someone in their haste, pushed him forward, making him push Hikaru a bit too. Hikaru… who until that moment had been happily humming her part of their song, blissfully unaware of his presence.

Time seemed to stop at that moment. The red head, startled out of her reverie, turned around looking for the person that pushed her. Her melody stopped when she met the eyes of the person behind her, a pair of beautiful violet eyes that were looking at her with a mix of adoration and incredulity that she had never experienced before.

There were no words between them, neither were there any introductions; the blowing wind and the pouring rain were not affecting them; instead, they were trapped in their own world, lost in a strange trance neither was sure they wanted to stop.

Except that it actually stopped. And in a very abrupt way.

Lantis was just coming out of whatever happened between them, was just opening his mouth to maybe introduce himself to his soulmate, when a loud call coming from somewhere nearby stole his moment.

"Hurry up Hikaru! Get on the Taxi before you catch a cold!"

She looked him one last time, giving him an apologetic smile before dashing to the aforementioned Taxi, leaving behind a very confused and mildly exasperated Lantis, who was now realizing he just missed his golden opportunity.

He swore quietly when he also realized that he had no idea how to reach out to his soulmate outside of the tournament.