Count Down || (A Daisuga soulmate AU)

《03》

(Third person POV)

The day that the confession happened, it was a gloomy day outside, none the less, Yui had still done it. The girl was in her third year of Highschool, quite an awful time to confess to the person you love, right? But better late than never.

Yui had asked Daichi to meet her behind the school after school had ended before he had club. He was curious of what she had to say to him, questioning why he had to meet her behind the school when they could simply talk where they were currently. Yui brushed it off and told him it was a secret, hitting him slightly in the arm and walking off. Daichi shrugged at the gesture and went anyways after he had finished his classes.

Yui stood waiting against a tree, "I hope it doesn't rain well I'm still out here..."

Suddenly, the sound of foot steps could be heard coming towards her in the distance. Yui looked up and noticed Daichi calmly walking to her. Brushing off her skirt, she moved off of the tree and more towards Daichi to meet him.

"So what did you need?" Daichi questioned seriously, he had probably thought it had to be something serious if Yui hadn't been straight with him at first.

Looking away, the girl scratched the back of her head, face visibly flushed. Daichi had expected almost anything, but not a confession. He had known the girl for about six years now and she hasn't said anything to him before.

"I-I have something to confess to you... Um, do you remember how you never found out who your soulmate was?..."

The girl had been looking down the whole time. Daichi was suddenly intrigued by the mentioning of him not being able to find his soulmate, it had been a long time since he had given up after all.

"Yeah of course I remember. Why wouldn't I?"

Yui laughed awkwardly at the dumb question she had asked, "Right, sorry for asking. A-anyways... Like I said, I have something to confess. On the first day of middle school, my timer went off."

Daichi raised his eyebrow at this. He had never actually heard if her timer had stopped or not. But he didn't get why she was telling this to him now.

"Oh, you never mentioned anything before. Do you know who your soulmate is?"

After listening to Daichi's reply, she paused for a moment. She thought about how if she really didn't want to do it, she could back out now and pretend that she only wanted to tell him just that.

But she was too far in now, it was now or never.

"... Yes I do actually. And he's standing right in front of me."

Daichi nodded for a split second, but then he stopped and his eyes widened. He quickly looked behind him to see if anyone else was there. Was this a joke? How could that be?

"B-but my timer went off at the start of my first year at this school? How could that even be possible, is it? Are you sure it was me?"

Daichi attempted to rationalize the situation he was currently in, fumbling his words and running his hand through his hair.

Yui laughed lightly once again with a slight sadness in her eyes.

"Apparently it can because it happened to me with you. I have been afraid to tell you all this time because your timer didn't go off when mine did but... Daichi when I found out you didn't know who your soulmate was, I could help thinking about it. The thing I'm trying to say is that..."

Daichi was beginning to become over whelmed with all the information he was being told in one sitting.

"What if I'm your soulmate? Is there a chance that your timer just went off late? If you're my soulmate, t-than how can you not be mine?..."

Yui questioned Daichi. It could clearly been seen how much the girl had thought about this for the past few years of her life.

In her mind, there was no other way. Daichi not knowing who his soulmate was just added to her speculation, leaving both of the two people confused.

Daichi rubbed his temples in frustration, "M-maybe you're right? I don't know of anyone who has ever had this happen to them... Yui, can I just think this over by myself for awhile? I'll get back to you soon."

The girl smiled and nodded, understanding the confusion he was currently dealing with.

The two split off and left for their clubs. Leaving Daichi to be put out of his usual level minded self for awhile.

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A few days after what had happened, Daichi had finally decided to go to Suga about what had happened.

(Sugawara's POV)

When Daichi had come up to me that day, of course I had immediately known something was off. I had noticed a few days prior that he wasn't as focused as he usually was, but I refrained from asking him.

So when he had finally asked me to talk with him on the rooftop, I couldn't help but feel a little bit excited. Well... That was until Daichi had actually spoken.

"Yui believes that I'm her soulmate, and that she's mine."

When I had heard that, it felt like time had stopped and nothing was moving. My heart beat sped up and I quickly tried to calm myself down.

"Uh, i-is she sure? If you don't even know then why would she?"

Daichi rubbed the back of his neck and glanced at the blue sky above us.

"Because her timer went off when she met me on our first year of middle school."

Once again, my breath hitched. I didn't say anything this time though.

"Even though mine went off on my first year of high school, maybe it was just a malfunction. I couldn't find my soulmate. So maybe she has been who I've been looking for all along Suga. There hasn't been a case where one person's timer went off but the others didn't, meaning the other person had a different soulmate. Why would there be one now?..."

Daichi had tried to explain the situation that he was in right now to me, of course I tried to listen to him. But, it was proving to be difficult. After all, it felt like someone was carving a whole into my heart with a knife.

"... I don't know Daichi. But I'm here to support you."

A smile grew on his face, "Of course you will, you're my best friend after all. I told her I'd get back to her with my answer soon. Thanks for talking with me."

(Cue Sugawara getting stabbed in the heart.)

Daichi started to walk off, wondering if I was going to follow along. I declined, making an excuse that I wanted to get some fresh air for awhile since it was a nice day. He nodded and went down back to the classroom.

I moved to a bench and sat down for a while, slipping into my thoughts as the wind messed up my hair a little.

"He isn't even technically mine and I feel like I just got my heart broken... Even Yui had the guts to confess and I didn't?"