Always and Forever Yours || RyuSae🔞

2. Our First Conversation

Staring at his phone, Shidou knew he wasn't going to get any reply from the prodigy Itoshi Sae, yet he still hoped like he always did back in the days.

He needed distractions. He turned the TV on and watched sports news. He really didn't pay too much attention to whatever was playing in the background, he just needed some noise to accompany him in that silent and spacious place.

Ever since Sae left, Shidou felt incomplete. He felt that Sae abandoned him for the longest time. Seeing Sae right now just hurts him more than ever.

"How did you guys met?"

The reporter in the news asked a football superstar. Alongside him in the interview is his newlywed wife.

"It's such a long story. A day won't be enough if I start talking about the person who made me who I am right now" The man responded proudly while giving his beautiful wife the sweetest smile; which many people think only her could make him smile like that. He added, "But for the headlines, I married my First Love and it was worth all the wait and chasing"

Shidou didn't know how and why that's the only part of the news that he paid attention to. Maybe he was listening from the beginning, he's multitasking like the ambidextrous being he is.

Shidou rolled over to his bed and laid on his stomach. His back muscles retracted through his shirt as he hugged the pillow, "I wanna marry my first love too"

Just thinking about it makes Shidou's pants tight. Imagine marrying his first love; marrying Itoshi Sae.

How could someone tell if it's already your first love and not just a simple crush?

How early can someone have their first love?

Shidou Ryusei's first love blossomed during his fourth grade in elementary.

Just like what the football superstar said in the news: "It's such a long story. A day won't be enough if I start talking about the person who made me who I am right now"

The present life that Shidou Ryusei have right now is quiet ideal and rich. Yet, if given a chance to live again in the past, he'll gladly give everything up. Because he knew in the past, he needed nothing else. Itoshi Sae was all he ever needed.

Shidou reached for his phone and shamelessly composed another message.

To: Itoshi Sae
Your little demon is dying from chest pain. Won't you take him back? It's been so long since you last smiled at him. He misses you to death.
-Ryu

Shidou stared at his phone for another few minutes and realized how desperate he'd become.

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Merely 8 years ago...

"Shidou! Here! I'm open! Pass the ball to me!"

Shidou Ryusei is an athletic kid at a very young age. Whenever there's a game that the boys want to play, he is always the center of attention even if he never intended to.

Shidou's residence is a private grand villa and he had no nearby neighbors. Despite that, he had a nice childhood experience. Not far away from their house is a playground. All kids go there to play anything they want. Shidou is always hyperactive and gets really productive when he's excited about the games he plays. All the kids liked him because he is quite the approachable one.

"Hey Shidou! You go to that private school near our school, right?" one of his playmates asked.

Shidou lifted up the hem of his shirt to wipe the sweat on his neck, "Yup!"

"Will you still play basketball with us during the weekends?"

"Of course!"

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