I Should Have Chased After You~ (reki x langa)

Love passes by so fast, sorry I was too slow to catch it ~

Thank you for this request from anonymous
I had fun writing this because this anime is currently the one I am most excited about
Hope you enjoy the story!

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Reki x langa
Anime: Sk8 the infinity

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Love is such a fragile thing. So fragile that we sometimes don't realize it is there until we lose it. You know growing up my biggest fear was not realizing my love for someone. My mom always told me that love is a precious thing so I never wanted to miss it. Naive huh. All that fear just so that I could let my loved one go. I wished I would have seen that you were hurting before you walked away that night. I wished I hadn't been so oblivious to your feelings. I wished that I could have held your hand when you were scared like you did mine. I have so many regrets about that night and the events that led to it. But most of all, I regret just watching you. Watch as you drew away from me. Watch you walk away with your bruised legs and arms. Those legs and arms that once taught me how to skate. The ones I huddled together so tight at the beach.

Ah, that beach.
The water was refreshing wasn't it reki!
The way we all raced to the beach was fun wasn't it?
Remember when I got so hot that you and Miya had to fan me down
And the way Joe and Cherry were acting like a married couple was funny to watch!

Would it be too late to go back? Back to that beach we so loved. There's that word again. "Love". I suppose love can also be felt towards a place. Or maybe it is that special person that makes one feel love for a place. Reki you were the one that made me fall in love with that beach that day. You made me fall in love with so many things but none of them compared with the love that I had for you.

Is it ironic? The way I claim to love you yet I could never show you until I was out of time. That day I waited for you at your house, I was smiling. Smiling like a fool. I was still smiling when I walked up to you and saw your sad face and bruised clothes. I never bothered to ask if you were okay, I just began to rant about my selfish needs. "Adam Adam Adam" was all I could say while you were suffering right in front of me because of him. Now that I think about it your smile faded a while ago didn't it? Your eyes began to dim as well. All these signs that you showed me yet I couldn't reach out to you.I told you that I would protect you but I failed. I made a promise with you that I broke. So many failed and broken promises that I wished I would have resolved sooner.

I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
A thousand times again, I'm sorry.
I won't become a lost cause okay reki.
I won't hit the reset button! Ever.
I shall let you live on in my heart. It's cozy there isnt it.

Now that I think back at my fears about love, I never knew that I had another hidden fear.
Falling out of love.
That now scares me more than not realizing my feelings. I guess I can't really fear what I have accomplished huh.

I guess it's time to wrap up my speech, this funeral can't go on forever huh.
Well, take care up there in heaven reki. I hope you're smiling now even though I can not see it. I hope you're watching over me and the rest of us.
Miya is happy and is continuing with his skating competitions.
Joe and Cherry finally confessed to each other.
Shadow is still the same lovable dumb idiot you always knew.
Now as for me. I'm still trying to move on.
You were the light of my life afterall
So to the love of my life
sayonara~
sleep well reki.

THE END GUYS!

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Overview:
Well this story takes place at rekis funeral! After him and langa had his fight he commited suicide and was reported dead in the morning.
Langa is the one reading all of this out loud at rekis funeral a few months after his death.
Although everyone has been doing better and has been moving on, langa will forever be in guilt and pain. Reki was this mysterious feeling of love he always wanted to discover when he was younger but this same love also made him realize his biggest fear and mistake :)
'Hope you enjoyed!