The Vanguard and The Jewel Knight

Text Messages

A/N: short but... you get the drill :> i would try making one regarding v series, so more sadness hehe

Warning: OOC

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It was midnight and the lights are off. I was staring at my phone, it was the only thing that illuminated the room. I lied down on my bed and embraced the pillow as I continued to scroll on my phone.

And for some reason my thumb decided to exit the social media application and I opened the gallery.

As I took a look on the pictures, I happened to scroll on a picture. My heart sank and I stared at the girl with long blonde hair and emerald green eyes. I couldn't stop myself from tearing up.

How many years has it been anyways? When she disappeared right in front of my eyes as we left the moon, when I met her again under the bridge and she looked at us with curiosity. And the last time I saw her personally was at the Messiah Scramble.

I remember promising to her that I will find her again, but I never did. I didn't understand why I never did it; wasn't I a man of his word? Why was I hesitant to even try and befriending her again?

Am I…

Am I a bad person?

I sighed and tightened my hold on the pillow.

I decided not to be too emotional, so I just turned off my phone.

And suddenly I just realized something…

The text messages.

Those messages still exists on my phone.

I opened my phone again to look at the messages, and I found them. Most of our messages are short and unamusing, some of which are just about school schedules and times. But there could be times that we would message each other and just talk about ourselves, which then became normal.

I actually haven't told anyone about this, but back then I always get worried for her. I always ask her whether she ate, did her works, and ask her if she ever felt stressful. To which she would always answer.

I continued to scroll, I felt my heart sank every time I read them. I still wish she would come back and we would do the same things we did back then.

As I continued, my finger stopped at a conversation that we had. I then started to read it.

Kourin: Aichi, have you ever thought of falling for someone?

Aichi: Eh? I haven't actually! ^^ Although, if I ever did I would like to confess my feelings for that person wholeheartedly.

Kourin: I see, do you like someone?

My heart beats fast as I stared at the words for a while.

Do I like someone?

Yes, yes I do. But the person has already been gone, far away from me.

I stopped myself before going into a crying fit and read the messages again.

Aichi: Nope. But if it's about friendship, I like everyone! Kai-kun, you, Misaki-san, Naoki-kun, Shingo-kun, Kamui-kun… basically everyone!

I suddenly felt a bit mad to my younger self. At this point, I asked myself why was I so naive back then?

Kourin: You're really a nice guy, Aichi.

Aichi: Thank you so much, Kourin-san! >o< How about you? Do you like someone too?

Kourin: I do, but the person doesn't like me… or at least on what I think. I hope he does, but I don't want to make him so surprised by telling him that I love him. He'll get shocked.

Aichi: Eeh?!

Kourin: Yes... Haha. ^^;; it's better to just keep quiet. But then, even if I tell him, he might like someone else. I don't want to cry over such things so I'll get over this eventually.

Aichi: Kourin-san…

Kourin: I'm sorry, let's just change the topic. Have you eaten yet?

I stared at the sentences for a long time and I felt… angry… but it wasn't that usual angry that I would feel some times. It's more of… how do they call it? Jealous?

I sighed to myself and went on to read more of our messages. The last messages were me asking on where she could be, it was during the invasion of Link Joker. I didn't know she'd be reversed back then, and my worry was going overboard before. I had to save her, but the price was her memories being lost.

And I didn't know.

A lot of things happened, and I could still remember everything up until her disappearance, and me seeing her again. A few years had passed, I was mad at myself for forgetting about her for a while. I didn't want her to be only in the back of my memories.

She's not only a person that I befriended with… she's precious to me. She's too precious that she didn't deserve all of this to happen to her.

And I felt so mad that I cannot do anything to make her stay.

I couldn't hold it, and I just let out tears and sobbed. The emotions I've held for so long are too much for me to handle, I just had to let this all out.

The time was already 2 am, I barely got any sleep. I couldn't sleep at all, and I only thought of her.

I decided to open my phone again and went to the messages. I know that she wouldn't be here to read it but I had to.

Kourin-san, it's been a while. I haven't talked to you for a long time and I miss you a lot, there are so many things that I couldn't say. But I just want to let you know that I love y-

A new message received!

My eyes widened in shock. I deleted the message I was writing.

"No way…" I muttered, tears threatening to fall again when I saw the message.

Kourin: Hello Aichi, it's been a while. It's me, Kourin. I remember you.

I smiled and cried, I held the phone close to me and sobbed.

"You're back…" I said. "I missed you so much…"

My phone rang, she was calling me. And without hesitation, I answered. I heard her voice once again, and I felt so happy.

It was her, it's really her.

Welcome back... Kourin-san...

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