Prodigy's

7. Gone but never forgotten

Song: Clair de lune, violin cover
~third person POV~

Kuroo managed to make it through y/n's funeral, talking to close friends and relatives about the woman he loved more than life itself. Kenma stayed with him the entire time. As they night came to an end, y/n's mother approached kuroo. "Tetsurou, the things you said about her were beautiful. I know she had a happy life if she spent it with someone who loved her so much." Her mother gave the man a sad smile. "Y/n asked me to give you this once she passed." She handed him a record, and an envelope with his name on it... in y/ns handwriting.
"Thank you... so much." He muttered.
"Of course dear, remember you can call anytime. You're still apart of this family."
She gave kuroo a quick hug before walking away.

"That's..." kenma started.
"It's from y/n. I think I should wait until I'm alone to read this..." Kuroo finished.
Kenma gave a sympathetic nod, patting his friends back. He was never the best at comforting people, but he tried... he just wanted kuroo to know he was there.

~kuroo's POV~

The drive home was grim, the only thing on my mind was your letter. I needed to see whatever remanence of your life lay inside.
I walked into the house, taking no time to open the envelope. Your handwriting was shaky, but legible. Still recognizable as yours.

Tetsurou, my love.
I'm so sorry that I had to leave like this.
I know my writing is shaky, but it's only going to be worse if I put off writing this letter any longer.
I have to come to terms with this, I can't pretend everything is normal... I can't pretend I'll live forever.
Please be okay tetsu... you don't have to be happy, not immediately at least. But please be okay. It'll get better, I promise that it'll get better.
It'll probably get worse before it gets better but it will get better.

I love you more than anything and I can't stand the idea of leaving you behind... I'm so sorry.
I don't really know why I'm writing this letter, maybe to give you closure?
Maybe to give me closure...
I haven't told you this yet, because I've been trying to stay strong. But I'm really scared tetsurou... I don't want to die. I don't know what comes next and I'm not ready to find out.
I just want to spend the time I have left with you, I want to keep dancing in the rain and playing your favorite songs on the violin. I want to bake with you, stargaze with you, I just want to be with you. It really sucks that I can't do that for much longer.

Before I finish this off, I'm going to have my mom give you this letter, along with a record... I recorded these before even being diagnosed. It was originally going to be an anniversary surprise but after we found out about my illness, I decided this would be a better time for you to get this.

I love you, more than the planets and the stars. And that love won't die even when I have. Goodbye for now my love, and please, be okay... for me. ~Y/n

Tears fell from kuroos eyes, His heart ached as he read your letter. The man stood up, pulling the record you left him from its sleeve. He placed the disc onto the record player and the sound of Clair de lune on violin started to play.
He let out broken sobs at the sound of your song. The same song you played on the day the two of you met. He could still see you, smiling softly as tears ran down your face. He still never knew why you were crying that day... but some things will forever be left unknown. Sometimes you just don't get the perfect ending.