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Title: The Last Promise (10/??)
Author: ica_90
Beta: [livejournal.com profile] antimiya88
Pairing: [friendship] Aimiya, [One-sided(?)] Sakuraiba, NinoXOC
Genre: Angst, AU, college-life
Rating: PG-13
Summary: A story revolves around the friendship of two boys. Friendship begins from an unexpected beginning, but no one knows how it’ll end
Warning: character death ahead.

CHAPTER 10

It was weekend when we received a surprise visit. None of us ever expected three minutes after I had come back from the cafeteria, a soft knock on the door followed by the appearance of a certain head at its opening.

“Sakurai-san,” Aiba-chan was the first to acknowledge the man’s presence. I frown. How did he know about this?

“I’m sorry, I saw Ninomiya-san in the cafeteria just now. I was a little curious why he’s here, so I decided to follow him. I just wanted to ask him about you, but it turned out you’re here. In fact, it makes it a lot easier,” the man says, nervous if I had to explain, as he keeps talking without putting any obvious full stop between his lines, along with a grin. I roll my eyes.

What a bossy, I say under my breath, a little annoyed. But then, I see my best friend smile.

“You sound like a stalker, Sakurai-san” he says with a chuckle. Surprisingly, Sakurai-san doesn’t get mad at the remarks. I can’t help but laugh along with Aiba watching Sakurai-san smiling sheepishly. Well at least, he’s laughing.

“Something happened to you? Why are you admitted?” Sakurai-san asks, with concern in his voice, and worry obvious on his face. He makes his way towards the bed, taking a chair next to it and sits down facing my friend.

“Nothing much” Aiba-chan replies simply. “On the contrary, why are you here, Sakurai-san?

The smile on the senior’s face faded. He sighs.

 “My sister. She was admitted to the hospital last night. Though, it’s not really good news” Sho-san begins to say. I see my friend raising questioning eyebrows.

“What’s wrong?”

“Liver cancer. They’re looking for donor now. But they couldn’t find one. None of our family members were compatible to be a donor. But we still looking for it; we won’t give up. She’s still young, she has so many dreams to achieve. I won’t let my sister die without having all her dreams come true”

Aiba-chan nods understandingly. He keeps observing Sakurai-san’s face before blurting out a line that I’ll never know if he even thought of it first before saying it out loud.

“You’re a good brother. It really makes me like you” Sakurai-san laughs.

“You’re so blunt…” but then, the man pauses. His eyes widen with surprise, maybe realizing how the words sounded like a confession. A little hesitantly he asks, “Wait… you like me?”

And then, the room goes quiet.

“Please forget what I just said, Sakurai-san. It won’t work anyway,”

I could see the senior frown hearing those words. For a while, he keeps observing my best friend who is now biting his lips, realizing he has said something unnecessary. But then, Sakurai-san shifts his sight towards me, throwing me a glare, demanding for explanation.

Of course I ignore him.

Again, the room went silent. An awkward one this time.

What an idiot. Both of them are. I shake my head.

“Then, will you come back to me? I mean, as my assistant?” The senior finally breaks the silence by changing the topic, even though it is full of hesitancy. But Aiba-chan doesn’t answer. He left the question hanging in the air without one.

“I’ll be waiting,” Sho-san continues once he realizes that he won’t receive an answer. “Just give me another chance to treat you better this time. I hope- no- I beg you to come back, please”

He grips my friend’s hand for quite a moment. Slowly, Aiba-chan raises his face and his eyes meet Sakurai-san’s, trying to find the sincerity in those words.

“I don’t know why you’re here now. But have a good rest, Aiba-san. And please get well soon… I need you” the senior says, giving my friend one encouraging   grip on his hand before turning to leave. He bowed a little to me, though I could see the stare he threw me was cold, and left the room.

“What was that?” I asked my best friend once I was sure that Sakurai-san was already far enough from the room. Aiba-chan looked at me with a confused look.

“Don’t give me that puppy eyes. You know clearly what I’m talking about”

He laughs.

“There are a few things I want to do before I die, Nino. One is to confess to him. It doesn’t have to reciprocate. I just want him to know.”

I shake my head.

“What an idiot” he chuckles

“Aww, don’t be jealous. I love you too” he jokes. I show him my fist, but he laughs it off. Somehow, I did the same.

“You’re annoying,” he laughs again.

“Don’t you have class tomorrow?”

“I do. I’m sorry I can’t accompany you tonight”

“Don’t mind it. Get a good future for yourself, ne. For my sake,”

I snicker.

“Your words are mess, Aiba-chan,” I laugh at him. “Take a good rest. I take my leave here. I still need to attend class. I’ll see you tomorrow?”

He nods. “See you tomorrow”

***

But I didn’t see him the next day. Studies have become a nuisance for my schedule so I couldn’t find the time to go to the hospital to visit him. I would be lying if I said that I could focus on the classes I attended; my mind was wondering around my best friend’s condition in the hospital.

On the third day since my last visit to him, I go to the hospital and Yumi decides to tag along. I don’t have an objection; she has actually put on a lot of effort for the man, wondering if what she has cooked will fit Aiba-chan’s taste. I tell her that he’s fine with everything.

3 days without visiting Aiba-chan brings me so many worries. I’m not worried because he didn’t answer my calls. I’m worried he might do something stupid.

My worries come true.

The moment we arrive at the hospital that evening, he was nowhere to be seen in the room. Maybe he takes a walk around, Yumi suggested as a possibility and I just nodded, sort of agreeing with her. That man… can’t he stay in one place when he’s the one who’s sick and in need to be taken care of?

But knowing Aiba, I know he won’t. He will get lonely if he has no one to talk to. He is shy, but he loves to make friends. That’s the reason why he has developed a character that makes him easily approachable.

It’s already passed two hours of waiting, when he finally came back with a dull face.

“That’s ugly,” I say, causing him to startle because of my unexpected appearance.

“Nino, Yumi-chan…” I see him fake a laugh. “How’s class?”

“Fine as always. No. Boring as always. I brought you your assignment. Your lecturer sends his regards to you, hoping you get well soon. But he still wants your assignment by next week. So unreasonable” I start to whine like always.

Something was off by the way he smiled. It wasn’t as bright as always. For a while, I tried to read him but in the end, I just failed. Noticing the silence, Yumi broke it.

“Aiba-san, I don’t really cook, but I felt awkward visiting you without something in my hands. So… I cooked you something. Hope you’ll like it”

And then, I see happiness in his eyes.

“Really, Yumi-chan. You don’t have to trouble yourself you know,” he says as he opens the bentou box. Cutting the hamburger into a few pieces, he takes a bite on the food.

“So delicious!!!” he sounds amazed as he compliments the food. I can’t help but laugh watching his face and in the same time Yumi blushing because of the compliment.

“Thank you ne, Yumi-chan. At least now I know that Nino’s in the right hand,” Aiba-chan continues as he munches the food.

“You’re talking as if I was a cat, Aiba-chan. And seriously, stop teasing my girlfriend or she’s gonna be as red as a tomato for the whole day” I reply earning a slap from Yumi on my arm. The room fills abruptly with laughter as the teases continue.

I’m glad today. The topics vary as we change from one to another. Sometimes, the worries are ignored and the only thing we care about is how we get to spend the time with the ones that could bring laughter in the middle or the end of the conversations. I watch the faces that beam happiness and for once, I feel grateful to God for having given me such a best friend and girlfriend in my life.

But the laughter didn’t stay for long.

“I think-“ Yumi suddenly changes the topic. “Aiba-san has something to talk to you privately, Kazu-kun”

Both me and Aiba-chan frown.

“Are you a mind reader or something, Yumi?” I tease her and she just laughs.

“Not really” she says with a smug. “And I need to go down to the café. Do you need anything?” she asks, not explaining the reason of the sudden act. Both of us shake our head, and she nods, replying with a short ‘ok’ before leaving us alone in the room.

“Weird,” I voice out before the room went silent for a few minutes.

I keep staring at my best friend’s face when I notice the expression on his face. Maybe Yumi saw it a bit earlier than me but there is indeed something inside Aiba-chan’s mind that he can’t voice it out in front of others. All of a sudden, I could feel my heart beating a little bit faster than normal. Something was not right and I couldn’t figure it out.

“Do you have something that you want to say, Aiba-chan? Because I’m sure Yumi noticed it so she decided to leave us alone right now”

But Aiba-chan doesn’t give a respond. I observe his reaction, trying to read him, to make it easier for him, but I still couldn’t figure it out. Though from the way he acts right now, I know he’s hiding something from me. Maybe one big decision that he knows I will never approve of. He doesn’t look at me; instead of that, he keeps rubbing his palms together, slowly, but very distracting.

That’s his habit when he refuses to share his secret with me.

“Aiba-chan?” I try again. This time, he looks at me.

“Hun?”

“What’s wrong?”

“Are you going to get mad at me if I tell you?”

“I don’t know. It depends on what you’re going to tell me so…” I say frowning. Slowly, he averted my gaze as he looks down, clenching the blanket that has been covering his body.

He bites his lower lip, I could see how he was debating if he should tell me about it or not. He sighs once and closes his eyes before looking at me with determination clear in his voice as he speaks everything he wants to tell me.

“I’m going to donate my liver to Sho-san’s sister,”

My eyes widen with surprise. “I’m sorry?”

“That day, after you left, I thought about it thoroughly. I discussed it with the doctor and he told me that it’s fine to wait until I die to-“

“Seriously, shut up!” I try to cut him, but he ignores it.

“I already took the test that day. Nino, God speaks everything for us” my heart clenches hearing his next words. “It’s compatible”

I fall silent.

“You’re joking right?” I ask only to see him shake his head as an answer.

“It’s time for you to accept, Nino, that this best friend of yours is going to die in a few months,”

“And you’re fine with it?” my voice shivers as I speaks. “You’re fine leaving your best friend behind just because of this?”

“My parents are fine with my decision. I don’t-“ he stops, unable to continue his next words.

 “You’ve got to be kidding me” I mutter with frustration obvious in my voice.

“You don’t understand Kazu…”

“Because you don’t make any sense!” I snap. “You always believe in miracles, Aiba-chan. Why can’t you wait for it? Why do you have to give up now?”

“Because I’m sick of waiting! I’m sick of waiting for him to love me. For 2 years, Nino! 2 fucking years I’ve been waiting for him to love me. And now, I have to wait for a donor for my heart. Which we don’t even know if there’ll be any! I refuse to wait anymore!”
He pauses, tears falling from the corner of his eyes through his cheeks before fall drop by drop on his hand. It’s painful ; for both of us. I cry along with him.

“No matter what I’ve done, Nino. No matter how hard I tried, I can’t stop loving him. Even when I’m far away from him, I can’t stop thinking about him. And it hurts me a lot!”

I keep silent, listening to all of his words.

“People always say I’m useless. I am stupid. Even you say so, Nino. At least now, I’m doing something useful. Maybe not for me. But as long as a part of me is living, I think that’s enough” again, I saw him bite his lips. They shiver as he continues with his words. “At least by doing that, I’ll be living by his side, even if it’s just a part of me”

I couldn’t think of any possible words to counter him anymore. For a moment, the room fell silent. I see my best friend looking at the outer scenery through the room window.

While the silent fills the room, I keep wondering what he is thinking. Is he sad? Scared? And then I saw his tears on his cheeks. And I just stop thinking.

Why is he trying to act so calm when it’s hard for me to bear?

The door opens. Before though Yumi could come in, I take our bags along, head to the door, and grip Yumi’s hand without even bothering to look at any of their faces.

“I’ll see you tomorrow, Aiba-chan” I say before storming out of his room.

Yumi doesn’t say a word until we reach a park 2 blocks away from the hospital and we stop walking. She remains silent as she observes me when I take a seat on the bench. She takes her seat next to me after a while.

“You’re mad” she says. I shake my head.

“I’m frustrated. In the end, I couldn’t be his protector” I say.

“Do you need a shoulder? Because I have two if you need it…” she says, sort of giving me permission. I couldn’t help but smile at her before crying in her embrace while she keeps rubbing my back.

“You have been a good friend to him, Kazu-kun” she says, trying to cool me. I nod half heartedly.

Maybe, but it’s not enough.
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haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... 2 more chapters to go. i guess, i can't achieve my target to finish everything before november :/
thank a lot for reading everyone <3

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Date: 2014-10-29 03:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nadzsanz.livejournal.com
my brain stop functioning.. someone must die..
just...just kill whoever is fast DX

Thank you! ;D

Date: 2014-10-29 02:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] masakidotkom.livejournal.com
The moment Sho talks about his sister's disease, I already thought "Oh no! Aiba is gonna give his liver to her" You really gonna kill him..T_T..or is Sho's sister going to give his heart to Aiba? both options are tragic.. Sho you baka! Just confess to Aiba and make him happy while he still alive! *taking a deep breath* anyway, thanx for your hardwork..hope to see nect chapter soon..jya ne...
Edited Date: 2014-10-30 04:18 pm (UTC)

Date: 2014-10-30 01:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hanarashi.livejournal.com
Sho didn't just visit Aiba out of concern..I know he loves him!!!
However,,,,it's a bit of wrong move for Sho to tell Aiba about his sister's disease...unless he's evil enough that he's expecting Aiba to donate his liver to his sister becaus he knows Aiba is too kind....

hmmmmm so someone's going to die,ne? *covers face
Thank you very much!!!!

Date: 2014-10-30 05:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] piggywhale.livejournal.com
It is frustrating to be best friend with a very nice person, isn't it? They usually are so nice to everyone but almost always forget to think about your feeling. I feel sorry for Nino. Poor thing.

Only 2 chapters left? Oh noooo.....

PS. Please kill Sho and spare Aiba, pretty pleaseeeeeee. (very evil grin)

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