Aomine x Reader - Glass

Chapter 9 - Technicality

This was it. They'd be thousands of miles apart after this. Both (Name) and Aomine knew this was only temporary, but they both still found it hard not to be bothered.

Aomine trusted (Name), but they'd be apart for an entire summer. What if something happened to her? What if the University suddenly decided that she wasn't a suitable applicant? What if she met someone else, someone more charming and polite? Aomine knew this was irrational, but he couldn't help but run scenarios in his head. The pain he felt when he thought he had lost her was almost unbearable.

They held hands, each gripping more tightly than normal. They walked slow and both held pained expressions as they passed various terminals. ((lol I have no idea how airports work)) (Name)'s flight back to (country name) would be boarding soon.

"I have to go", (Name) whispered, turning to face him.

Aomine scowled, "Yeah."

(Name) tilted her head, "What? You only have that expression when you're thinking hard."

'Flight 103, now boarding', the voice from the airport intercom said smoothly.

Aomine gently held (Name)'s shoulders, "So you won't forget me.", and kissed her as passionately and as lovingly as he could manage. Her hands came up to tangle themselves in his hair, and they stayed like that as long as they could.

(Name) laughed and rested her forehead against his, breathing a little harder than normal, "Oh ye of little faith... I couldn't forget you, or stop loving you, if I tried."

And with that, she was boarding her flight to (country name).

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They video chatted when they could, but obviously it was difficult and definitely not the same. (Name) had to scold him several times for staying up to talk to her, and missing basketball the next day, but it was so worth it for him and it secretly made (Name) feel incredibly special.

It was especially challenging to coordinate when (Name) landed a summer job, (she had to pay for college somehow).

Eventually (Name) began to become less and less available for video calls, and Aomine (being the super attached boyfriend he is), was nervous. Was she going to break some bad news? Was she being overworked? Was she sick of him??? No matter how uncharacteristic these thoughts were for the ace, he couldn't stem their flow. He planned to ask her the next time they talked. It had been an entire week

The day finally came when they could talk, and Aomine didn't hesitate to get straight to the point.

"How come you haven't been available for two weeks straight???"

He had blurted this question out as soon as they were connected, and it took (Name) by surprise to say the least. She had been sitting on the edge of her bed, and he had startled her just enough to make her fall off.

A faint, "Oof" was heard as (Name) disappeared.

A moment later, (Name)'s now irritated face was visible on the screen again.

"Daiki, what the hell?"

An apology was withdrawn from the teen, but his intense gaze remained the same.

"So?"

(Name) blinked, "What?"

Aomine sighed, "Why have you been so busy?"

(Name) wasn't a great liar, and everyone knew it, so he'd get the truth one way or another.

(Name) looked off camera for a second and then back at Aomine hesitantly, "Well... there's this guy-"

"WHAT?"

"Let me finish you idiot! There's this guy at work that keeps slacking off and my boss has been making me take his shifts, which are right when you can't talk!"

"Oh."

"YEAH."

"My bad."

"No kidding."

"... Sorry. I miss you."

(Name) cooed a little under her breath, "You say that every time we talk."

"Yeah. Sorry."

"No no! It's just... you're too cute."

Okay, reader-chan, let's be honest, if you were walking down the street and had no knowledge of who Aomine was, would 'cute' ( as in cute and cuddly) be the first word you would use to describe him? Yeah, probably not.

Aomine blinked, "What? Cute?"

"Yeah!", (Name) took on a sunny disposition, "You're adorable!"

"But... why."

"Because I say so!", (Name) sighed, "You're just cute, okay?"

A smile crept onto Aomine's face, conversations with her like this were rollercoasters, but he loved it.

"Whatever you say, babe."

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Slowly slowly ((slowly publishing lame chapters )) . I'm struggling with ideas for chapters before we get to the really good stuff. Thanks for all the reads, though. Having an international audience is super exciting!

~ Immure the Luminary