𝐈𝐊𝐈𝐆𝐀𝐈: 𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐌𝐄 ও k. akaashi

❝ 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄'𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐃 𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐇, 𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄'𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐅𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑𝐒 ❞

𝐒𝐄𝐓𝐎𝐆𝐔𝐂𝐇𝐈 𝐘𝐔𝐀, the bind. she held onto her childhood friends for years, following them because they had the sense of direction she didn't have, and now she let them go. for the first time in her life, she was alone. with no one to hold onto, she held onto her memories. but will those hold her back from her life?

then, he was there during all those days she was grounded. he helped her move, one step at a time, one day at a time. even when she fell, got lost, or got tired, he was there to help her back up to her feet. he wasn't going to let her run blindly. he showed her the way.

both of them didn't know how long or how far it was, but they knew it was there awaiting them. slowly but surely, they found their way to it. her ikigai.

✦ . akaashi keiji x oc
prompt by astrella 𓂃 ⸝⸝୨୧ original doujinshi by gusari
˚ ༘✎ astrella's 'nameless' writing challenge submission