I feel like the worst person that has ever walked on this planet. This came out way too late.

And I am not even happy with this. And this feels like a filler too .

But I thought it was important for Midorima's point of view to be given before the ending.

BUT I STILL FEEL BAD FOR BEING SUCH A SLOW UPLOADER.

MIDORIMA POV

They were sitting in silence until the nurse Sasuga came back to take Takao inside. Midorima took one last glance at Takao before the door was shut and he was alone in the hallway.

He wanted to reach out to Takao in that moment. But what if he did? He had no idea whatsoever to say to him.

He also had no RIGHT to reach out to him.

Yes, Midorima had been angry at Takao. Very angry.

Midorima hated the way Takao handled this.
How Takao distanced himself from the club, from basketball and from Midorima himself. He hated watching Takao suffer alone, even though he didn't particaly show it on the outside. Midorima knew Takao. Takao was the kind of person that wouldn't let his emotions overun him. He also was a person that wouldn't want too many people worrying about him. He hated that kind of attention. So he pushed everyone away.

Midorima hated that.

But what Midorima hated the most was that he let him.

Midorima was hurt by the way Takao slowly but surely left his life. He was hurt because Takao had run to Izuki when his problems had started.

Midorima hated Takao for this. For coming into his life, making him trust him, being at his side all the time. Becoming his friend. Becoming a part of his life. For coming but then just going.

He wondered for a while whether or not Takao thought of Midorima as a friend. He wondered why Takao didn't talk to him
He wondered why Takao said his goodbyes. Wondered why they suddenly stopped talking to each other.

Yet what Midorima couldn't stand the most was that Takao was still calling him by that ridiculous nickname.

Midorima thought that they stopped being whatever they were and went back to being strangers again. He could have accepted that if not for the fact that Takao still used that familar nickname.

Even if they hadn't been talking in weeks, months even. Midorima knew that it wasn't just habits. He knew Takao too well for that. Takao was able to easly overcome his habits. And yet he still continued with that. And Midorima had been wondering. Wondering for a long time. A year. All he ever did was wondering...Before he realized how blind he had been.
He should have noticed before. Because that was Takao. Because he knew Takao's way of thinking.

It wasn't that Takao didn't thought of him as a friend. It also wasn't a matter of trust to why he didn't confide Midorima in his problems.

Takao, the dumb idiot, thought that he could only stay at his side if basketball was involved.

Takao showed a lot of wisdom and insight sometimes... but in the end he really was an idiot.

And Midorima had realized this too late. He had been busy being angry at something as childish as jealously.
Midorima had considered himself one of Takao's closest friends, but in the end it had been Seirin's Izuki to hold his hand.

He asked himself how many apologies it would take for Takao to forgive him. Midorima wouldn't forgive himself.

He was pathetic. Just...

Midorima massaged the bridge of his nose. He just hoped that he could ease Takao's suffering, even if it was a little bit.

"Midorima-kun?"
He looked up to see that nurse from before walking up to him. Where did she come from? Was there some kind of back door?
She sat down next to him.

"You know, the case with these kids is really rare." she stated.

Midorima didn't know why she would tell him that, but decided to listen, because this was important. And it could be able to help him.

"It really is weird. First they have exceptional powers, and then that power is taken away from them in such a cruel way. I really don't understand why they should be able to see so well for a short period of time and suddenly and gradually go blind. Who decided that?"

Midorima just stared at her from the side. And she continued.

"It's like they were given a plate fuller than the other's, but the moment they finished that plate they don't get any seconds for the rest of their lifes while the other's still get food."

It was a strange comparision but it somehow was spot on at the same time.

"Takao-kun was able to see the whole court before, right?"

Midorima could tell that she didn't need confirmation, so he didn't give any.

"I heard his passes were really something." she looked at the ceiling. It was like she tried to imagine it and somehow he wondered whether she could actually see it. So he looked up as well.

It all really felt like a distant dream now. "Yes. They were." He didn't really answer her, but rather himself.

Yes. Takao's passes were something. They were precise. They somehow even seemed scary. Takao saw everything. And sometimes he speculated if he could see through Midorima.

Takao was also hard working. He would train more than the others. He was about to become captain as well... Midorima shook his head. Yes, the court became lonely without Takao. There never had been someone like Takao. Not even in the Generation of Miracles.
He shook his head slightly.

Winning and basketball were important.

But that was not why Takao was important to him. He knew that now.

Suddenly the door in front of them opened. Takao stood at the door and for a second Midorima could see him taking a deep breath.

"Let's go, Shin-chan! We are finished here." He immedietaly started walking.

Midorima felt himself frown and followed him.

I PROMISE the next chapter will be up sooner. There is one more chapter to go, and then a kind of Epilogue-Last chapter.

So there will be two more chapters. I am sad and happy at the same time that this is coming to an end. I love you all!