Another Chance | Aki x Reader

16: His name is Aki...

When you woke up the next day, you saw Aki laying on his futon, his black strands delicacy placed on his face. You admired it for a bit before you stopped yourself. "You are only starting to be slightly enamored by him because of the circumstance from last night," you thought to yourself.  You carefully and quietly get up from Aki's bed and tiptoe your way out of his room. You open his door slowly and go towards the living room. The room was quiet; the only noise that surrounded the room was the tiny chirps of the birds outside. You look around his apartment to find a loose piece of paper and a pen. Once you find the paper and pen, you write a short message to Aki. 

You head towards the table where you left your bag and took out your phone. You see that it's 6:20 am, and you thought to yourself, "Hm, it's pretty early actually, looks like I have enough time to go home and cook Menudo for everyone like I wanted to."

Once you grab your bag, you head out of his apartment and walk towards yours. You take your phone to call your mom to ask for the recipe, so you don't accidentally mess up the dish.

"Hey, mom, good morning," you say quietly into your phone. 

"Buenos dias hija, como amaneciste? (Good morning, how did you sleep?)" your mother spoke. 

"I slept well, thank you for asking."

"It's pretty early where you are. What are you doing up so early? It's unlike you to be up." your mom cooed.

"Yeh, I know, I just woke up and decided I wanted to make Menudo... But I only remember a few steps, and I'm scared I will mess it up."

Your mom was suspicious, "So... you randomly decided you wanted to make Menudo for yourself... Did you go out drinking?"

"I did drink, but I'm not the drunk one, my friends are, and I wanted to help them with their hangover." you softly smiled.

"Hm, aren't you nice to help your friends out with their hangovers... Is it friends or a friend?" your mom teased, emphasizing the singular friend.

"Mom, this is serious," you said crankily. "Multiple friends got drunk, and I wanna help them feel better since they drank so much."

"Hmm, does this include the friend you always seem to be talking about? You know, with how much you tell me about him, you never once told me his name; why is that hija?"

You rolled your eyes, "I only talk about him because he was the first friend I had, mom... I have more now."

You hear your mom laugh on the other end of the call, "I'm sure you do; you're very sociable."

"Are you mocking me?"

Your mom jokingly scoffed, "No, am I not mocking you, missy, now why are you avoiding my question? Why did you never mention his name?"

"I don't know, guess I just never thought about it..." you pondered; why did I never tell my mom his name. After a few seconds of silence, you said, "His name is Aki, the first person I met here in Tokyo and my first friend here."

"Ohhh, Aki. That's a pretty name. Is he handsome?" your mom snickered. 

You laughed at your mom's statement. You knew where this conversation would lead, "I mean... he is good-looking, I'll give him that..." Your mom cheered in, but you interrupted her before she could say anything. "But I am not looking for a relationship, especially when I will be leaving this country in a few months anyway, not like I can find anything serious here." you sighed.

"But you can always have a little fun, no harm in that, especially when they are handsome! Plus, you haven't had a relationship; I at least want to know that you won't be alone when I'm gone." your mom chirped.