Dancing in the Rain // Sugawara Koushi

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Three years later and I was in college.

I made new friends, learned new things, everything I did was done thinking of him.

I tried explaining it to him - how Hana stole the letter from my bag, but I didn't mean it, and he waved me off. Then never spoke to me.

It hurt like fuck, man.

I didn't show up to school for three weeks after that, and my friends practically dragged me to school once I let them into my house.

Unbeknownst to me, Hana never got her way. She ended up losing Koushi even more, sending her into a blind fit of rage. Hopefully she grew up a little.

So, yeah. I was 19, about to be 20, and sitting in the college cafeteria with my two college friends.

Ichika had just gotten a girlfriend and was asking me for relationship advice.

"What's it like to be in love?" Ichika asked me while sipping a juice box.

"Baka! You don't ask a painfully lonely woman how love feels!" Hitoka whacked the back of Ichika's head. I shook mine and laughed.

"Nah, it's cool. You don't have to be in a relationship to know how love feels." I rested my head on my hand as I continued.

"Love is sweet. Most times, it's like a pretty season, there for one moment and gone for the next before you can realise. It's like the rush of adrenaline you get on a roller coaster, or just before a performance or speech. Or, maybe, like..." I started fiddling with the silver butterfly chain around my neck.

"Like on a volleyball court. That adrenaline, again, and knowing you're not alone, that reassurance. It's so sweet, like the warm sun appearing through the clouds after a rainy day, and you realise it was always there, you just didn't notice how wonderful it was before. It's fleeting, it's unimaginable, it's.. I don't know." I gripped the chain and sighed as I stared out the window, imagining Koushi's slender figure to run past, in his white button-up shirt with his sleeves rolled all the way up, his volleyball sneakers in one hand and a wildflower in the other. When he'd trap the daisy in between two of his fingers so he could wave to me and replace his expression of surprise with that contagious, big smile of his and I'd be back in year two, dancing in the beautiful rain.

The rain...

The rain!

"No, it's not like the sun, it's like the rain!" I yelled, gaining the attention of a couple students. "It's like the rain! So dull at times, but when that one essential factor shows up, it's brighter than the sun could ever be! The sweet sensation of the cold rain falling on your shoulders, in your hair... when you don't actually want the sun to appear, you just want the rain to drench your hair so you can run inside laughing, and use up all the towels. But the best part is the dancing.... the dancing! The weightless feeling you get when you spin around, you twirl and you slow dance, that's impossible to mimic! And in the rain, it's never better! Oh, what have I done?!"

Without another word, I ran.

Out of the cafeteria, out of the campus, out of the prefecture.

Leaving my friends shocked and confused.

"What the hell was that?" Ichika scoffed as she saw me running outside the window.

I reached his university completely out of breath, wracking my brain to remember where he told me he was going.

Right after I broke it...

Oh, they're on break! Even better!

I ran to the fields, where I knew he would hang out back at Karasuno, hoping that he was there. My legs kept going, even though they ached from miles of speed-running. I didn't even know I had it in me.

Once I reached the open playing fields, I felt heartbroken.

He wasn't there.

Not on the sidelines, not playing.

Of course!

He never played outside, he spent his breaks helping his teammates, especially Hinata-san!

I raced around the back of the school to find him tossing a volleyball to some other students. Reminding myself to pretend that it was my fault - so that he didn't ignore me - I took a deep breath.

Now or never...

"Sugawara Koushi!" I yelled and he spun around, I saw his eyes widen as he saw me.

"I'm sorry! I was wrong!" I bowed as the other students started cat-calling and snickering.

They shut up pretty quick, I had assumed Koushi did that.

"I never should have ended it! I don't know how I only just realised... no, I always knew, I don't know why I waited till now to do something about it!" I stood up and looked straight into his chestnut eyes. "I love you! And I know that this is one of the most cliche things I could do, but I don't care! I can't stop thinking about you! About us! About those days we spent in the rain, dancing till the sun shone, and we'd sit there basking in the sunlight as it dried our clothes. You gave me life. And I don't know why the fuck I thought I should end it, I mean, I just ran here in under an hour..." I cocked an eyebrow as tears slowly made their way down his cheeks. "Did I say something wrong? I'm sorry!" I bowed again but felt a hand on my shoulder.

"(Y/n)..."

I looked up when his soft voice reached my ears. His chestnut eyes squinted slightly as a painful smile made it's way across his perfect face.

He opened his mouth to speak, but paused before closing it. His hand left my shoulder, and instead wrapped around my waist, with his other hand resting in my hair.

Nothing had ever felt as good as his hugs, and this one was the best yet, by far.

I practically melted in his embrace, lifting my arms up to go around his head as I fought back tears.

I heard him sigh, somehow setting a swarm of butterflies to fly around in my chest, giving me an oddly wonderful feeling.

"I missed you."

𝙁𝙞𝙣.

A/n: we made it!!

This is only the second book I've actually finished - and I'm going to delete the other one soon, so soon this will be the only book I've finished :p

Thank you so much for reading this, and bearing with me while I took ages to update. Your comments made me smile and laugh and I'm eternally grateful for your support. So, thank you. <33

I love you all! Take care of yourselves!

-author-chan <33

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