BanG Dream! Awe of She (Yukina Minato x Male Reader)

Chapter 7

One Year Later...

As summer break continued on, I sat in my room silently reading the latest book in one of my favorite light novel series, Wagahai sleeping against my leg. Since I left Tokyo, I've had to deal with the multitude of emotions that fill my mind when I think of my old home and the memories that come with it. I sighed and leaned back on my bed as I heard the doorbell ring.

"Eh, whatever. Mom probably invited some friend over or something." I mumbled under my breath

Relative silence returned to the world around me as I got back into my reading when I heard a knock on my door. "Y/n, someone is here to see you!" Mom excitedly said.

I groaned and got up from my bed before I headed to the door to my room. I don't really know who it is that's here to see me, as I tend to just focus on classes when I'm at the university and don't really fraternize with the people around me.

I opened the door in front of me and saw that beside Mom was Tokita, who I haven't really spoken to too often since I left Tokyo. We tried to keep in contact at first, but we slowly started to talk less and less until we didn't speak to each other at all anymore.

"Hey" Tokita said awkwardly

"Hey" I responded before I moved to the side so he could come in. He stepped into my room and after looking around briefly, tried to touch Wagahai, causing the furry hellion to swat at him before getting up and heading under the bed.

"I guess Wagahai is the same as always." Tokita commented

"Yeah, just as picky about who touches him as he always has been." I said "I didn't figure you'd come by here."

"It's summer break and I have way too much free time, so I figured I'd come see how you're doing." Tokita said

I rolled my eyes and said "There's no way that this is the whole reason you came to see me."

"You're right. Y/n, to be honest, the reason I came is because I wanted to talk to you about something important." Tokita said

"Well what is it?" I said

"I was thinking about it some, and I want to bring back Tonitrus." Tokita said

Ah, right. I haven't thought about the band much the past six month. "Alright, then go ahead." I said

"No, I mean I want to get the band back together. We all loved being in Tonitrus and I know that you care about it more than anyone." Tokita said

"I see... I'm sorry but I'll have to pass." I said

"What? Why? What about your goal?" Tokita said

I sat back down on the side of my bed and said "I guess it's over. For a large part of the time after my family left Tokyo, I was left with a really bad depression, I had to leave my friends, the people I cared about the most, and I even had to give up on my main passion. And when I finally tried to get back up and try to compose again, I froze. I wanted to come up with something, but I couldn't. It was all wrong and I couldn't make it right, I still can't. So unless I can get back to how I was, I guess the dream is over for me."

"Sorry man," Tokita said before he punched me in the gut and changed his tone to something more sharp "Oh come on man, get a grip. You're the one who wanted to inspire people. Without you, none of Tonitrus would have gotten the inspiration to perform, and you are saying your dream is done? You're the one who said he'd take this as far as he could and inspire as many as he could. You can't compose, sure, but you can still sing, right?"

After that, I returned my breathing to normal as Tokita sighed then wrote something down on a piece of paper and said "If you do decide to help me bring back Tonitrus and need a place to stay in Tokyo, I've been looking for a better roommate. Oh, and you'd be able to bring Wagahai with you."

Tokita then left the room and assumedly left the house, leaving me with his thoughts. Sure, I want to bring Tonitrus back together, but if I can't compose, won't they just get tired of us? I headed over to my desk and pulled out a notebook I had left in the bottom drawer. I opened it up and went to that last song I just couldn't finish and as I looked at the title, I remembered how I would always describe why I named the band Tonitrus, how I described it to Yukina. "Tonitrus is Latin for thunder. The band that inspired struck me to my core like lightning, and I wanted to become the thunder that came after."

That's right, Yukina. I want to see her again, and tell her I felt to her face. But with how I am now, I can't become her equal like I said I would. I need to go back to how I was, I need to be inspired again, something to jumpstart what I've lost.

But until then, to remind myself of who I want to be beside, I played some of Roselia's music on my phone and laid on my bed. I sat, listening and thinking to myself when as Firebird began to play, a small melody began to form in my mind.

I chuckled, "I guess what it was gonna take to get me going again was a reminder." A reminder of what I wanted to achieve, of who I wanted to be beside. I sent a text to Tokita telling him that I'd see him in Tokyo in one month. I then got up and after I let Firebird finish playing out, I headed back to my desk to finish the song I never could.

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A/n: When I was first planning this story, I remembered that Yukina is pretty often associated with fire for some reason, and that gave me the idea to fit into this story the pairing of fire and lightning, which are so often related in media. Fire symbolizing passion much like Yukina's intense passion I find so interesting, and lightning symbolizing a loss of ignorance and epiphany.

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