KING REKI- sk8 the infinity

Chapter 20- end

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huh

well this is weird

he looks around as much as he can without falling off his skateboard.

Is he still on his skateboard?

He looks down,

yeah okay skateboards still there.

However there is literally nothing else still there.

Or here?

Where is here?

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"Langa?"

oh.

"Langa is that you?"

That's Reki, not just Reki but like actual Reki.

His Reki.

There are a million different things he wants to say and rest assure he has plans to say all of those things.

But the only thing he manages to get out is "where are we?"

Reki just laughs, "beats me!"

God he had no idea just how much he missed Rekis smile.

Not the cocky one or that weird smirk he started doing.

His smile.

It's big and bright.

Enough to light up a whole room.

The kind that says he's down for anything and everything.

His missed this so much.

He's not quite sure if he's laughing or crying. Nor is he sure if he's happy or sad.

Emotions are fiddly like that.

"I've missed you," Langa sniffles, "so much."

Reki pauses.

If it weren't for the bumps and curves he can feel them both going over, he'd assume the rest of the world would as well.

"can we," Rekis voice wavers a bit more than he'd like, "can we like-"

"of course"

Reki nods.

They stop their boards. Langas able to hear the announcer doing his job ever so faintly.

Langas completely stepped off of his board and isn't sure what to do. His legs are carrying him towards his general direction but Reki...

Reki breaks into sprint and wraps his arms around him muttering apologizes.

Langa does the same.

Eventually they find themselves sat on the floor of the void. A tangle of arms and a heap of tears. They could have been there for a few seconds or maybe hours, nobody has done research on if time works the same in the Zone as it does anywhere else.

They're not going to start now.

Langa pulls away for just a second to make sure it's still his Reki.

After making sure, he's pulled right back into the hug for one last squeeze.

Reki pulls himself up and offers a hand to Langa.

He accepts and doesn't let his hand go.

Reki looks down at their hands, now intertwined, then back at Langa.

Who just smiles as if nothing has ever happened.

"You ready?"

"as ill ever be."

and the world returns.

The announcer and crowds as loud as ever. They're back on their respective boards.

Until they're not.

They both stop their boards.

The announcer pays no mind until he's done recapping the last 5 seconds in which neither of them know what happened.

And the crowds

stop.

they walk confidently to each other and take each other's hands once again.

they both give a slight nod to one another and raise their hands high into the air.

"Do you want to?" Langa asks.

"Do you mind?" Reki responds.

Langa nods and without missing a beat Reki clears his throat and starts,

"SNOW AND I HAVE DECIDED TO BOTH FORFEIT THE MATCH AND BECOME THE SHARED RULERS OF S,"

he thinks for a minute.

"AS FIRE AND SNOW."

The crowds have completely died out in confusion.

It isn't until the announcer repeats what he just said that you could hear a pen drop.

They let their hands fall as the cheers and claps ring out.

From fan girls of Snow to newfound lovers of Fire.

From Cherry and Joe practically in tears happy they got their friend back. To Miya, who's made plans to use every curse word he knows on them both.

To Adam and Tadashi, watching from afar. One filled with extreme disdain and another intense relief.

And to Reki, finally back after what felt like a minute to himself but eternity to his best friend. And langa, who is more than happy to push that eternity aside.

All the while, their hands still intwined.

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YYYYEEEAAAHHHH

WE DID IT

ITS OVER

AMEN HALLELUJAH THANK THE LORD

authors note, summary, maybe a QnA if y'all leave some questions sometime tomorrow