Girl Problems [Kuroko no Basuke Fanfiction || NijiAka]

Epilogue

Until we meet again...

Those words held so much meaning to two certain persons. They had those words as their last to each other before one of them went to the other side of the world.

Days, weeks, and months had passed...

Nijimura's family had migrated to America. The first months had been hard on him. Culture shock and all... But that wasn't the worst part, it was when his thoughts would always wander to a certain redhead who was miles away and the what if's he had in life.

Until we meet again.

He shouldn't have said that. Nijimura regretted ever saying that. He really should not have... Nijimura didn't want to give Akashi and his self false hopes. But it was too late for that. He couldn't take that back now.

Nijimura just hoped that Akashi would find love in another person... He hoped... But well, of course the thought of Akashi with another person still hurt.

But as more time passed... Nijimura gradually forgot about that redhead. All swallowed up in the new life he had in California.

However, Akashi did not forget. Even as his other self emerged, never did he ever forget about their unofficial promise.

Until we meet again.

Holding onto those words was the last childish thing he had sworn to ever do. Akashi waited until he could say, 'It's nice to see you again, Nijimura-san.' In which Nijimura surely would've responded with a goofy smile as he said, 'Same here, Obocchan,'

It was stupid. Very stupid. Pointless, moronic, meaningless, idiotic and ridiculous. Akashi was already on his second year in high school... Why still hold onto something that just may never come to pass? Still those thoughts didn't stop Akashi from hoping.

"Isn't Akashicchi interested in anyone?" Kise once asked which Akashi had replied with a very simple 'yes' but refused to explain it any further. After that, nobody ever questioned Akashi again on why he refused to go out with anyone.

Akashi fell in too deep. There was no one who could replace that person for him. He just continued with his life while torturing his self with thoughts of Nijimura Shuzo. Many nights he would think about their days in Teikou. He would reminisce all the good times. Like when they would always stay back, when Nijimura would most of the time treat him some 'commoner's food', when they would sometimes walk home to school together, when Nijimura would just pat his head... and even all the times he shared with his only captain as Akashi Seira. All those memories of him kept Akashi from moving on. Truth was, he didn't want to let go.

Akashi waited and waited... Until indeed, Nijimura Shuzo miraculously came back.

However, it was Nijimura who broke the silence as he said,

"Why the fuck did you go?"

Nijimura stood before a grave with the name 'Akashi Seijuro' lavishly engraved on it. He placed a hand on the grave. It was cool against his skin... He came back too late... way too late. A plane crash... Now, Nijimura had another reason to hate planes. 

"You said until we meet again..."

Nijimura felt dead inside. He felt like shit for ever forgetting about him. Every moment he had with Akashi all came back to him... even scenes of things that could have happened flashed through his mind. For fuck's sake, whatever is the world's technology for?! He should've kept in touch with Akashi, at least... Why didn't he? Shit happens, remember? It just did.

"I should've come back sooner."

What if I came back sooner? He tried to push the thought away. He didn't need more things to regret. Nijimura shouldn't have distanced his self so much. He should've savoured all the moments he could've had if he just wasn't so stupid to ever making the mistake of avoiding Akashi.

"Sei..." why Nijimura was breathing and alive... but he was so sure a part of him had died.

Until we meet again... Sadly, they weren't bound to meet again.  

At least not in this life...

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Shuu's Blabbering: It's a tragedy... I'm (not) sorry... Please do believe me when I say I'm not hurt. NijiAka is already angsty enough in canon, just what have I done?! But thank you for reading TT~TT no, these are not tears on my face. Thank you for joining me in this ride TT.TT I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did (even though it ended sadly TT^TT)

From the bottom of my heart, to the person reading this, thank YOU so much *bows really low* and also to those people who supported me and this fic while it was still ongoing, I can't thank you enough... But I'm happy... Very much happy... I appreciate all the comments. I read them all and really thank you. And thanks to whoever voted for this fic~

It wasn't supposed to end like this... But it still did.

(No, I'm serious, this is not how I pictured it to end at first but I think, I like this one better.)