Haunted archer

Epilogue 2

Giichi made his mission to follow Touji, to find about everything about him that he possibly could. Name!

He was obviously still in the healthy rich glass, but not as famous as in his past life. Touji was picked up every day after school by some guy with whom he animatedly interacted. He guessed it was his brother, though somewhat older still, they looked very much alike. Overall he looked much happier and more relaxed. Maybe this life was good for him, would he even remember Shino? He had to. Giichi had waited a lifetime to meet him again. Now was the time!

Takumi stood up from his seat and discovered that the guy he had only seen once, stood in the doorway of his classroom. He was staring at Takumi with such intensity that it was absolutely clear, who he was looking for. They look at each other and some kind of deeper recognition was set between them. They did know each other... in a way. Takumi went to him.

"Hi! My name is Takumi. What's yours?" The guy had a big smile on his face. And these eyes... really beautiful brown eyes.

"Hello. Well, I'm Giichi. You have a short memory. Don't you remember me?" Takumi smiled.

"Of course I do, I saw you in the last national archery competition, you won." How could he forget this kind of guy? Giichi had a slight frown on his face as if Takumi had said something wrong. Then he implicated, that Takumi should follow him and walked away. For only a second Takumi hesitated. Before he followed the beautiful guy, he wondered why his heart constricted and suddenly nervousness came over him.

When Giichi finally stopped walking Takumi was miffed. Why were they there? How did Giichi know this place? They were on the exact spot where Takumi liked to rest between classes. The rooftop he felt the most... familiarity to the past.

"Have you been here before? Takumi asked quietly.

"Yes. Many times. Can you guess why?"  Takumi shook his head. Giichi had a slow smile forming on his face, which didn't make sense. Why would he be so friendly to him? Could it be..?

"Takumi, would you believe me if I said, that I knew you in your last life?" Giichi was waiting for either the acknowledgement of memories or total denial of the truth. After a moment he grew worried. Because Takumi not doing neither, turned his back to him and ignoring him watched somewhere towards the horizon, totally ignoring him. And then, just so barely that Giichi thought he might have seen wrong, it appeared as he nodded.

"I actually do believe you."

Giichi had been so afraid that he didn't remember. Hadn't he seen him in the competition and left right after?

"Touji. Do you remember?"

The love of his life.. no lives, turned over and looked straight into his eyes. It wasn't a look he could pull off if there hadn't been the experience they had together. It was an expression full of knowing and loving and wondrous and happy and a bit teasing, all at the same time.

Did he realize how kissable he was at that time?

"Took you long enough to show up, Shino." They looked at each other in fascination.

Touji looked him all over and it felt as if everywhere his gaze travelled got extra warm. It was as if he had not seen him before and in actuality, he had not. Touji reached for Shino's hands and touched his wrists, intertwining their fingers. He needed the contact and though he thought he was all ready to kiss him, first, he needed to make sure, he was alive... really there before him.

"You were so real for me then. It's so hard for me to distinguish the difference. Your hands feel the same. You look almost the same, the hairstyle doesn't count. Tell me, how can I be sure you are not haunting me again? How can I be sure you don't leave me again?"

Shino watched him carefully. So that was the reason he had been, he still was hesitant to look for him. This fear, of maybe losing him again, too soon, unfairly. Shino pulled his fingers away from Touji's grip. He understood that he needed to be slow here and also he needed to show Touji how real he was. Slowly he reached for his face, cupping his cheeks. Shino slid his thumbs over his eyelids making Touji close his eyes.

"Keep your eyes closed. Trust me." He leaned in and lightly kissed Touji's eyes, then his cheeks. His fingertips caressed Touji's chin and the sides of his face, he finally leaned in. Breathing slowly, staying just slightly away from his lips. Shino waited until Touji relaxed and leaned forward. As he was about to kiss him and prove to Touji that he existed and was as real as any other person. Definitely not a ghost. And really finally together with him a gasp filled the air.

A first-grader stood in the doorway to the rooftop. He looked a bit pale and he obviously knew Touji. As the door banged shut behind him he just stood there gaping. Touji freed himself from Shino and turned to the boy.

"Suzuki, what are you doing here?" The kid still gaped, but at last, he opened his mouth and said in a voice, that was a bit breathless and agitated.

"What am I doing here? What are you doing Touji? Isn't he the newly enrolled 3'd year who we all were gaping at and you pretended like you weren't interested at all?" At that Shino raised an eyebrow looking towards Touji and a teasing smirk appeared on his lips, but before he could say anything he was taken aback by Touji's next words.

"Can you see him? For real?" Suzuki, watched him like, he was crazy.

"Are you insane? I told you we admired him when he first came to this school. Why shouldn't I see him now?"

"I never knew who you were talking about. I didn't know you were talking about him. I didn't know he was going to this school." Touji said it simply like he couldn't understand why the other boy was so upset. 

Shino decided he had enough of the small talk, he was going to prove to Touji how real and here he really was. Also, this annoying kid, whatever he was thinking, whichever unreal affection he was creating in his mind, Shino would show him how impossible it was.

Shino didn't hesitate when he turned Touji back to him. He just kissed him with all the bent up feelings he had felt for more than a lifetime already. For only this one love of his, so he didn't care of the onlooker or the hesitation he felt in Touji, he just kissed him for his dear life.

The joy he felt when he felt Touji's fingers wind through his hair. Touji's hands locked around his neck and finally, he was kissing him back with fervour matching Shino's. 

When they finally broke apart and stayed just far enough from each other that they could focus on one another eyes clearly, both of them smiled with genuine happiness.

"I missed you, so much!"

"I love you so much!"

"Yeah me too. But let me kiss you more. By the way, how do they act toward's gay's in this school?"

Touji smile was suddenly very wide.

"Zero tolerance policy towards bullies." He crashed back against Shino's mouth, pushed him against the edge of the roof and decided to let go of his fears from now on.

Shino gave him all the access he needed and showed Touji how seriously, really back he was.

*Well, this is it. I'm almost satisfied with the ending. Hope that it was a different take on Touji and Shino and that you liked it. Not exactly shiny and easy, but a start, nonetheless. 
I will think about a new plot, and then one day, I will write it and post it :) You can wait for it :) Thanks for being there for me :)

song: Walk with me - Sandeul and Jo Sun-Young. It's a beautiful song, about going forward together and I guess walking through hardships together. Also, it's a really beautiful performance. Hope you like it.

song 2: Bii-Come back to me. This is just a really sweet Chinese singer. I actually loved him since the drama Bromance came out, he played there and also had a part in the OST. But I listened to this song a few days ago and not that the words aren't ok, but the most I like the Korean lyrics in this song :) Just a thought.. and sharing it with you guys seemed logical :)