Raekkuno Collection

Race to your heart 8

Rachell

"Change your phrase, doc." Toast commanded while glaring at the doctor who immediately apologized.

"I thought a little prank might lighten up the mood." The doctor scratched his head. I want to smack that head of his for that. He coughed to hide his embarrassment. "A-Anyway, your husband is looking for you." My world immediately stopped.

"Rae, stop wasting time. Go in!" Toast pushed me all the way to Sykkuno's room, but he stayed outside.

There he was, still in his barista uniform, laying in bed. "Do you hate me?" He asked with a befallen expression.

"What made you say that?" She asked as she approached him slowly.

"Well, you've been standing there just staring at me for a good minute or two." He remarked. "I didn't make it on our anniversary and went missing for two months then, I lost my memories and nearly lost my life, I also failed to recognize you when you visited me at this hospital, and then I panicked and pretended not to know you when you first entered the café." He pretended? "I was confused. Outside my window I saw you talking to the doctors and my heart ached. I got jealous for no reason haha" Huh?!

"You were awake?!" how long was he awake back then?!

"I just woke up that day. Just in time for you to find me." That's one hell of a coincidence. "Rae, I believed in fate back then, but it's even stronger now." He smile and gestured me to sit on his bed. I made my way towards him and sat on the spot that he patted. "When I first fell in love with you it was because of your courage and dedication. You seemed so beautiful to me whenever you are focused on the things that you enjoy doing. This was probably the key that unlocked some of my memories." Some?

"It didn't return all in one go?" He shook his head. I could feel my blood draining.

"Rae, you look pale." He touched my forehead checking if I had a fever. "Are you worried that I might collapse again?" I nodded in response. His perception is sharp as ever.

"How much could you remember?" I asked as I held his warm hands.

"I don't remember our honeymoon, should we reenact it?" I unconsciously smacked his arms to wipe the mischievous grin off of his face.

"I'm serious! Okay, maybe not the reenaactment part, but I can only remember up until the time we left the church." The first chapters of our lives... "It'll come back to me! Don't worry!" He panicked. "A-Anyway, I had a crush on you back when I first saw you during your streams, then I fell the moment we started talking at Lily's café. Under different circumstances, I fell for you again the moment you introduced yourself at the café. I wanted to know your name so badly, I rehearsed in my head over and over again what I should say. Something that won't sound creepy was the thought I had in my mind." I couldn't help but to chuckle. "Then you started flirting and my brain was too embarassed to function that it broke." My smile got wider. "Then you start doing things that was obviously to grab my attention, but my brain still hasn't processed the fact that my crush was interacting with me that it melted my brain. It feels surreal." He suddenly intertwined our fingers. "Then you stopped the attention. I liked the attention you were giving me. I wanted to tell you that I wanted you to pay more attention to me, but then you sat at the café all day with a downfall expression. I wanted to talk to you but I couldn't find the right words to say—until I finally had the courage to ask. Our almost kiss, I wanted to do it so badly, but I didn't think it would be fair for you. I was still figuring things out. I didn't want to give you a kiss that was just because of the spur of the moment." So, that's why... "I thought you were evading me that's why you haven't returned after that day. I thought that I lost my chance, but Lily gave me hope. I wanted to remember so badly..." I held his chin up and closed the distance between us. The kiss was short but meaningful.

"It's okay, you did your best. I'm happy that you're here with me til this day. That's all that I need, my braincell." I told him with a smile the moment we parted.

"Thank you for making my heart race, Rae. Once again you won the only spot available. Thank you for waiting for me my braincell." I immediately hugged him. The happiness I feel right now is more than anything I could ever hope for.