Last Push

No...

"Aki..."

Memories raced through her head.

Akihiro.

The boy that she loved.

She remembered the first time she had talked to him back here in the exact table.
That very seat was taken by her and Akihiro would sit in front of her.

As if history had repeated itself, the boy sat down in front of her.

This...feels so much...like that time...

Even though she desperately wanted to admit her feelings to him, what only came from her mouth was silence. She couldn't say anything. She stood still. Without moving.

"Hey! You okay?!"

A voice. She heard it really clearly. She blinked a few times and looked at the boy. Thinking it was a dream she pinched herself.
She wasn't in a dream, this was real. But she didn't know what to say.
Naomi looked at the 18 year old boy sitting in front of her.
His hair was silvery, just as she had remembered it to be

It seems to have grown longer..that's for sure

His red eyes

Just as pretty as I had remembered then..but they seem..kind of lifeless...as if they haven't been out in the light for months..

"What has he been doing to himself..." She silently whispered to herself. Luckily the boy didn't hear her say that. He was simply looking outside.

"So..um..how have you been?" She asked rather casually.
The boy looked at her

Urgh....what am I saying...after all that happened, the accident, the hospital... I'm acting as if none of that had happened..

"I've been fine"
She looked at him but he wasn't looking his way, so she just kept her head down.

She noticed something .

Scars.

On his wrists.

Because of the T-shirt he was wearing one could clearly tell there were scars on his hands.

"What...have you done to yourself?" She had asked without much thought, so she put her hands on her mouth.

"I...don't know myself, but these..." He was looking at his hand "...were a long time ago"

They both remained quiet but then Naomi stood up and walked up to him.
What happened next was something rather surprising

SLAP!!!

Naomi had swung her hand and slapped his face. The boy couldn't tell but she was crying.
"You..!! You don't know how much I'm worried about you do you?! Every single day I spend wondering whether you're alright, or if you're eating well.. Do you fucking know how much I still love you... How much it hurts to see you half dead like this?! I just wante-" at this point she was crying so much that she brought her hands to cover face "I just want to be with you...and protect you"

The boy was staring at her with a shocked expression, but he stood up when she had said that last sentence.
He looked at her.
"Will you give me that chance?..." Naomi asked through her tears.

The boy turned around facing towards the exit
"No..."
Not a moment after he had said this, he walked out of the cafeteria.

Naomi felt her legs weaken and she fell to the ground crying
He said no...

----------------------Authors Note----------------------
I have to stop with the habit of ending things in suspense like this
Well anyways
Happy reading ~
-Aki-