Chapter 24 ~ Conscious
Akashi Seijuro was pacing back and forth in his bedroom, thinking.
He couldn't sleep.
He felt it again. That feeling of emptiness in his chest. It was something he couldn't describe, something the current Akashi couldn't describe.
He stared outside his window and there in the midnight blue sky was a silver moon, shining light through his window.
He turned his head towards his mohagony study table and he noticed something for the first time.
Something green coloured lay in between two black files.
He's never seen that before.
Before his mind could process anything, he strode to the table and picked up the green book.
He studied the cover of the book thoroughly, looking for words.
But there was a red rose in the middle.
Opening the book he noticed it wasn't a book but instead a scrapbook.
He flipped the page and there was a picture of him wearing a black undercut wig.
Flip.
A picture of him wearing bunny ears.
Flip.
A picture of a girl, with green hair and light green eyes, in his arms, her hands around his neck.
Flip.
A picture of the same girl wearing his Teiko basketball uniform.
Flip.
A picture of him and the girl holding hands. She was smiling along with him.
Flip.
A picture of him feeding the girl ice cream.
Flip.
A picture of the girl laughing with her eyes closed while there was chocolate ice cream on his nose.
His heart throbbed and his hands trembled.
The sound of paper making contact with the ground startled him.
The only noise in the room that could be heard was his breathing.
Automatically, his hand moved towards the paper, picking it up.
It was red with a green rose in the middle.
And it wasn't a paper, it was an envelope.
It looked old.
But nevertheless, he opened it.
Inside the envelope was a plain old paper that was folded.
He frowned but opened it.
Dear Seijurou,
I'm sorry I couldn't give you a proper anniversary gift.
Akashi frowned. Anniversary? He doesn't remember having a girlfriend or being in a relationship.
Akashi! Remember! Don't be stupid!
Akashi's golden left eye flickered for a second before turning red. He closed his eyes tightly and when he opened his eyes, his left eye turned golden again.
He continued reading, ignoring the sense yearning he felt in his chest.
This is my first time writing a poem so don't say anything bad.
There was a stranger in my mind before you.
But I didn't know his name.
But I was captured by his eyes when he first came to class.
His smile made my heart beat fast.
His beautiful eyes made me flutter in the air.
He sat next to me and I almost had a heart attack.
He introduced himself to me and I to him.
I wanted to say his name.
Listen to the way his name rolled off my tongue.
Akashi Seijuro.
The stranger that captured my eye.
And my heart.
I'm sorry if that sucked. I'm sorry I couldn't get you a nicer gift. I'm sorry that I hate the only thing you adore.
I'm sorry that I love you so much that my heart would stop beating if you died.
~Shinako
He looked at the picture at the bottom.
It was a picture of the girl and him.
His arms around her waist and her arms around his neck.
A picture of him and her in a passionate kiss.
Akashi, wake up!
Akashi stumbled back, falling onto the floor.
He closed his eyes tightly and when he opened them, they were both crimson red.
Shinako. How could I have forgotten about you?
However, his left eye flickered golden and again,
the real Akashi was pulled to the bottom of his consciousness.
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