Wishing Star
Requested by: Q-top
Pairing: KojiYuu
Words: 2189
“One day, I’ll grab the brightest star in that night sky and give it to you.”That night, a girl said that to someone special to her and me as she pointed the beautiful starry sky. That girl was my senpai and really close friend. However, but that said friends was no longer in this world anymore. She died in a car accident where a stupid drunk driver crashed unto hers and pushed her off a cliff. It was tragic. But the most irritating and most frustrating thing bugging me the most was the man was still alive with a couple of injuries; and he just laughed it off like the accident never happened.
When that special someone and I found out, she couldn’t believe what we just heard; someone so close to us had passed away in a car accident thanks to that careless drunkard. Sure he was arrested but it wasn’t enough; I wanted him dead. I swore; if I could, I would kill that fucking son of a bitch with my bare hands.
The three of us were really close like a happy family would, yet he took that away from us. Despite that, I didn’t shed a single tear at her funeral; I was sure her spirit wouldn’t want to see me cry for her so I stood strong. At her funeral, my crush, Kojima Haruna never came.
A year has passed since that day. It was the first anniversary of her death; I planned to visit her grave with Haruna after school. However, I wasn’t sure if she would come with me. When she died, everything changed; we were still friends but weren’t as close as we used to be.
I lost a close but nevertheless, she lost someone dearest in her heart; she lost her girlfriend. I could tell how much she has been through, though I never had someone that was close as a lover. I knew she felt depress, filled with grief and agony, and many more synonyms with the same meaning.
Never did I dare talking about her girlfriend to her. She would always play the oblivious; pretending like nothing ever happened, even her death.
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“Hey! Have you ever fallen in love with someone but that someone is already in a relationship?” I asked the tall girl as she sat next to me while we were waiting for Haruna.
“Honestly,” There was a small pause as if thinking deeply if she sis. “No.” She snorted; causing me to whine.
“Mariko~!”
“What? Seriously, I haven’t.” She defended herself. “And I probably know where you are going with this.” I tilted my head to the side in question. Did she figure it out? “Don’t think I don’t know; I know you’re in love with Nyaro.”
Hearing that, I became so speechless; she figured it out really quickly. But how? I thought, I hid my feeling really well.
“Wondering how I knew? It’s easy; it was really obvious. The way you look at her was like how I used to look at her before we were dating.” She said; leaving me stunned even more. “If I didn’t know, I would suggest you to steal her heart from that person. Nonetheless, if you did manage to steal my Nyaro’s from me; not only will I beat the shit out of you,” She paused before grabbing my shirt in a quite tight grip as she brought closer to her and added with a very serious and scary look. “I will do anything in my power to bring her back to me.”
She let me go; pushing me slightly as the girl we were sort of talking about came to join us. Sensing some kind of tension between us she asked, “Did something happen?”
“Oh, it’s nothing.” Mariko said as she hugged Haruna with much more affection than she usually showed.That girl was my rival; a friendly rival. Even thought we both love the same person, we were still friends; there were times where she would make me jealous in so many ways, but even so, we were still closer than ever and had fun together.
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At her graduation, Haruna and I attended to witness her taking a huge leap towards her future by getting her high school diploma. We took a bunch of her pictures together with her family and her friends.
“When the day of your graduation comes, you can count on me being there.” She promised.
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After school, I invited Haruna to hang out with me for the rest of the day. We talked, went shopping, played games in the arcade and did many more things.
It was nearly dusk, I asked her to go somewhere with me before I brought her home which she agreed. On my way to the designated destination, I stopped by to a flower shop to obviously buy some lilies.
Walking again, we entered in a very distinguish area. Haruna noticed we stopped at a cemetery; we kept moving forward until we stopped right in front of a grave.
“What are we doing here?” She asked; her voice shaking a little.
It was about time I kick some senses into her brain; I couldn’t take it anymore, I couldn’t bear to see her like this anymore.
“I just want to give my respects to Mariko.”
“Just what are you talking about? Mariko is still alive.” She said as she tried to hold her tears.
“What are you saying? It’s been already a year that she’s go–” Before I got to ¬¬¬finish my sentence, she immediately vut me off at the end.
“Don’t say it!”
“Don’t say it?” I muttered; disappointed as anger started to slowly build up in my chest. “Mariko is dead and you know it!”
“Shut up! I don’t want to hear it!” She screamed at me as she covered her hear with her hands; tears streaming down her face as she trembled slightly. Why are you doing this?” She sniffed softly.
Instead of answering her question, I told her as softly as she did; my own question.
“Why can’t you just let it go and move?”
“Because I still love her!” She admitted as she looked right into my eyes. “Why can’t you understand that?!” She asked loudly; her eyes looking angry now.
“I can’t.” I couldn’t play this stupid kind of game anymore; I had to tell her how I felt, despite the wrong timing to confess. “Because I love you.” I confessed to her softly as I looked down afraid to see her reaction; holding my tears from falling while she just stood in front of me speechless from my sudden confession.
“What did you said?”
“I said I love you! Since then, I was always there by your side trying to comfort you but all you did was put me behind. For once, can’t you just turn around and look at me? I know I cannot replace Mariko nor will I ever replace her or be her; However, I was always there for you and I’ve always loved you with all my heart.” I admitted as I looked straight into her eyes with much determination.
“I’m sorry; I have to go.” She said as turned around avoiding my eyes.
“I’ll take you home.” I offered but she stopped me.
“Don’t bother. I’ll see you on Monday; in school.” She gave me one last look; showing no facial expression as she quickly ran away.
Heaving a deep sigh, I knelt in front of Mariko’s tombstone and realized it was already dark. I looked up into the sky and saw a shooting star; I tightly shut my eyes close and made a wish on that star.
“I wish that you would just come back and make NyanNyan happy again. It’s not the same without you.” I cried as tears fell from face. Throughout this whole year, for the very first time, I finally shed tears in front of her grave; I couldn’t take it anymore, it’s just too painful to take. “Why can’t it be me instead? Why did you have to die?! It’s just not fair!”
I knew very well that wishing on a star wouldn’t bring her back no matter how many times, how hard I wish on a star; she won’t ever come back. Yet, I could always give it a try.
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Months passed since that day and finally, it was the day of our graduation. Haruna and I were still talking together and hanging out together but somehow she was trying to be oblivious about my feelings to her.
All senior students and their families were gathered in the school’s auditorium as we begun the graduation ceremony. Each and every one of us went on that stage to receive our high school diploma. Honestly speaking, my senior year wasn’t the best year of my entire high school life.
We took many pictures with friends and family preserving the last remaining memories of high school. At the end of that, just when we were about to celebrate our graduation at some restaurant; Haruna and I received as text message from an unknown caller ID. Whoever it was, they told us to meet them at the school’s rooftop. We told our families we would meet them up at the restaurant after our little meeting.
Once arrived at the school’s rooftop, both of us noticed a tall female figure; her back facing us as she watched the sun slowly setting, waiting for us. Seeing her, her presence seemed so familiar. Approaching the figure, she turned around and smiled at us widely.
“Impossible.” I said softly as I finally recognized her. It was none other than Shinoda Mariko.
“Hey! It’s been a while.”
The next thing I knew, was Haruna running towards her supposedly dead girlfriend and hugged her tightly; afraid she would disappear again.
“Mari-chan!” Hearing her sob her heart out, I fell on my knees as I felt my tears slowly filling my eyes. Did my wish just come true, after all these months?
“I came to your graduation just like I promised.” The tall girl said as she pulled away slightly from her now crying girlfriend’s embrace.
“You’re alive.” I said; relief as I stood up and approached the couple.
“Actually, I’m not.” She replied; shocking us. If she wasn’t, why was she here? Was she just an illusion; a figment of our imagination? We were hallucinating? Noticing the confusion in our faces, she glanced at me and said, “I heard you wish that day.” I looked at her stunned. “I came to fulfill my promises and you wish; but unfortunately, I can’t stay here too long. I can come back to earth only once and on a limited amount of time; God gave me this only chance to see you guys and fulfill my last promises.”
Fully breaking her hug with Haruna, she took out a small box from her pocket and opened it for her. It was a beautiful necklace with a pendant shaped of a diamond star. I could see Haruna’s eyes sparked when she saw the beautiful and shinning jewel.
“Nyaro, as I promised, I took the chance to grab that brightest star we saw that night and now I’m giving it to you.” She took the necklace out of its box and hooked it around Haruna’s neck; she whispered something into her ear which I obviously couldn’t hear what she was saying to her; and finally gave her a long final and farewell kiss.
Once pulling away from the kiss, Mariko walked up to me and leaned down, also whispering something in my ear which made my eyes widen.
“Take care of Haruna for me?” I nodded as I hugged her and she added. “Promise me to always make her happy.” She pulled away as she ruffled my hair messy. “‘Cause if you don’t; I’ll beat the crap out of you.” We both giggled and we hugged one last time as whispered one last thing to me. “Go get her; before someone else does.”
Suddenly, light surrounded her body as she slowly began to disappear; showing us a smile, a smile we would remember for the rest of our lives.
“See you in the afterlife.”
When we couldn’t see her anymore, silence was left as the wind blew on our faces. Hearing footsteps behind me approaching me, I felt a hand slipped in mine as I suddenly felt warmth on my cheek. Looking at my side, I realized Haruna kissed me.
“For being by my side all this time and for telling your feelings…” She leaned down and gave me a peck on my lips and said cutely; blushing, “Thank you, Yuuchan.”
I smiled happily at her before it fell and realized something as I furiously wiped my lips.
“Ew! An indirect kiss with Mariko!”
I heard Haruna giggled as I laughed with her, we both hugged each other. Finally, my special someone has become my girlfriend.
I won’t let you down Mariko; you can count on me, I’ll be the best girlfriend like you were to her. I promise!
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Sorry for taking so long everybody and I thank you for being patient until now. I just finished my exams this term and I hope I got a decent grade. I didn't get a lot of free time for the past two weeks to write and post them, so I may be really late to some request but I can still in fact take more request however it will take a lot of time before I could catch up with the lost time I missed.
I hope you readers and silent readers had enjoyed reading this really sad yet sort of happy ending story. I had a really hard time thinking about a sad story with a happy ending, but I will be very glad and happy if you guys enjoyed reading it. Please don't be shy to leave a comment and send me your requests through PM; it would be much appreciated.
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