Fly (Keishin Ukai) - COMPLETED

24 - Family Relative

Yuki sat in the kitchen, tapping nervously on the table. It was 2:30 and Keishin had not turned up yet - she did not have a message or call from him either. She did not understand why she was so nervous. She had been ready far earlier than necessary and had been waiting for him since, and over the last hour, she started to overthink.

What if pushing him away meant their friendship would never go back to normal? What if he realized his life was better without her? What if he was choosing to help her so she could focus on helping the team again, and then when the season was over, he stopped supporting her? What if-

BEEP BEEP

Her eyes shot down to her phone.

Caller: Keishin

She nervously swallowed and picked it up, swiping the green call icon across her screen.

"Hello?" she said, phone by her ear.

"Hey, I'm really sorry I'm late, the store suddenly got super busy, and then stock came in. It was a mess, I wanted to message you, but I had no time. I've just finished. I'll be there in ten minutes, is that okay?"

"Yeah, that's fine." She smiled.

"Again I'm sorry-"

"Its fine, i-it was busy. Nothing you could have done. See you s-soon."

"See you soon." Both hung up the phone with goofy smiles plastered on their faces.

Yuki calmed down her fears of why he had not turned up fading. She had to get better at controlling her emotions, even if something were to happen, she could not push him away. Both times she did it, she felt like she was falling down a pit of despair. He was her light in the darkness, and if she put it out again, she was not sure if it would ever come back on.

The ten minutes went by at a slow pace; she stared at her watch as she anxiously waited. She was finally feeling more excited than nervous, though she did wonder where Keishin was taking her. He said he wanted to take her to meet someone, and no matter how hard she thought, she could not think of who it could be. Who would he want her to meet?

Knock Knock

Yuki shot out of her seat and made her way to the door. She quickly straightened out her clothes and opened the door with a broad grin. Keishin pulled the cigarette out of his mouth and blew out the smoke before returning the smile.

"Ready?" he asked. Yuki nodded and stepped outside the door, calling out to her grandfather that she was leaving before jumping into his car. "Again, I'm really sorry about being so l-"

"I told you, it's f-fine. I'm just excited to see where w-we are going. I'm assuming you're not going to tell me even if I-I ask?"

"Nope, but you'll like it, don't worry." Yuki trusted him, and decided not to push the answer; she would find out what it was soon enough.

It was fairly a warm day; both windows were down, Keishin's right arm rested on the open window sill, cigarette in mouth and sun shining down on him. Yuki did not mean to stare, but it looked like the sun-kissed his skin, his brown eyes glistened, and every time he blew out smoke his lips slightly pouted, the moisture on his lips shining.

"Do you want some music?" he asked, smirking. Her eyes widened; he caught her. She looked away and nodded her head quickly, her hair covering her red cheeks. He watched her from the corner of her eye, he knew she was staring, but he did not mind. If he did not have to look at the road, then he was sure he would be staring at her. His eyebrows scrunched together when he realized her fringe was down, covering her face.