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[Fanfic] a created heart [04 / ??]
Title: a created heart
Pairing: Yama
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Fantasy, au, angts (kind of) magic, romance
Chaptered
Disclaimer: Unfortunately I do not own anything about Arashi. Only the plot is mine.
Summary: Is a monster with a created mind and heart was allowed to love a human? The monster knew it was impossible however the first moment he saw Sakurai Sho in that forest, he had no other choice to fall for his beautiful eyes.
As for Sho; his first encounter with him was a pure coincidence and falling for him was beyond his control.
A/N: Comments are very very welcomed! English is not my native language so I apologize for my mistakes in advance! I am deeply sorry! m(_ _)m
After The Witch’s death, the monster decided to leave his protected forest for the first time in his life. Leaving the heavenly garden of The Witch behind, he walked and walked until the trees could no longer be seen. When he reached the borderline of the thick forest, a little part of him wanted to go back. Since that was the natural for him. He wanted to return that isolated but safe garden, which was created by the magic of The Witch. Living in the forest with his creator was the only thing that he knew in his whole life. However, he was reminded of the cruel fact again. The fact that his creator had died. She died, leaving him alone in the world; which she wasn't there anymore. He was out of her shadow now. She wasn’t there anymore to stop him… His heartbeat fastened as the thought of seeing outside filled his mind. Seeing the world without her instruction felt strange but also tempting. What was this feeling? What was this weird but pleasant feeling?
That was the first time that the monster felt excited.
***
Their return was silent. Sho couldn’t bring himself to say anything as he felt bitter about everything. However, at the same time, he also felt very peaceful. Being next to Satoshi felt strangely right.
When they left the forest and stepped into a chaos, Sho blinked with surprise. “What’s going on?” he asked Satoshi who was walking a step away from him. Satoshi simply shrugged, making it more confusing for Sho. As they walked to their camping place, Sho saw a police car and not long after that, he also saw Aiba and Jun talking to a police. They noticed him and Satoshi coming out of the woods pretty fast.
The moment they saw Sho, who was looking completely fine; Aiba ran towards him for a bear hug while crying his heart out, saying he is glad that Sho is alive and Jun silently scolded him for disappearing like that. After they dismissed police when Sho explained everything, there was no one who could stop Jun.
“And what were you thinking to leave without saying a word? Do you know how worried we were?! We even called the camping management to send some people to look for you!” Jun talked non stop while he also tried to console Aiba.
“I am sorry!” Sho said with regret as he knew that arguing with Jun right now will bring him nothing but demolition.
“Why the hell are you always becoming a forest lover whenever we come here!?” Jun grumbled irritatedly. “And you,” he turned to Aiba with a scary face. “Stop crying!”
“I told you, you like wandering around the forest,” said Satoshi who has been very silent until that moment, making everyone jump on their place. He was standing next to Sho for this whole time but it seems like he was very good at erasing his own existence.
After a moment of silence which caused by Satoshi’s sudden claim, Jun asked finally. “And who is this?”
Sho didn’t really have an idea about how to introduce him. “Um… This is… Well… Satoshi?”
Jun heaved a breath of irritation. “You don’t even know who saved your ass? God, who are you and what have you done to our Sho?” He snorted. Then he turned to Satoshi, a lot calmer than before. “I am deeply sorry that you have to see our embarrassing conversation, my name is Matsumoto Jun,” he bowed respectfully. “Thank you very much for helping Sho.”
Satoshi blinked with surprise as Jun bowed to him however he didn’t say anything contending himself with a simple nod.
“And my name is Aiba Masaki! Thank you for saving Sho-chan! What would we do if he were to eaten by a tiger?!” Aiba exclaimed with horror.
“You don’t have to worry about tigers, there’s nearly no tiger in this forest but I can’t promise for snakes,” Satoshi said calmly making everyone look at him with surprise.
“Wait, is there any tigers in the forest?” Sho asked, “No, wait, more than tigers, are there really snakes in the forest?”
Satoshi nodded calmly.
“Oh my God,” Sho couldn’t contain his shock.
“Why are you surprised? The forest belonged them before you came,” Satoshi asked calmly. “That’s why I don’t like campers.”
“But you are also a camper yourself, aren’t you?” Aiba asked dumbfounded.
“Yes!” Sho claimed louder than he actually liked because of the panic. “He is also a camper; I mean he is the survivor type!”
“AH! It’s like that!!” Aiba said with his sunshine smile returning to his face, but he could feel Jun’s piercing gaze on himself. For a moment, Sho cursed for Jun’s sharp instincts. However, he was also glad that Jun choose to not to say anything.
“So, Satoshi-san, as a thank you; would you like to eat with us tonight?” Jun suggested politely.
“He will,” Sho said before Satoshi could answer. Their eyes met for a second and Sho smiled to Satoshi. For a moment, Satoshi tensed but no one noticed it. That smile still had the same effect on the monster. Just a night, the monster thought. After that, I will have to go back to be the monster. Just a night, I want to stay as a human just a night.
The night fell quickly while they eat their meal. Sho was extremely talkative while Satoshi barely said anything and Sho could see that Jun was getting more and more suspected of Satoshi.
“So, Satoshi-san, what is your job?” Jun asked directly Satoshi.
“He is-” Sho tried to answer but Jun cut him in.
“I am asking to Satoshi-san, not you,” he said narrowing his eyes.
“I am a florist,” Satoshi answered without any hesitation.
“Florist?” Sho asked before he could stop himself.
Ohno smiled softly at his surprise. Of course it was a lie, for now, however, he was a florist once. “Yeah,” he said calmly.
“It suits him, right Jun-pon?” Aiba said merrily.
“Yeah, it suits you, Satoshi-san,” Jun answered calmly while his eyes never left Sho. And for Sho, he was avoiding to meet Jun’s eyes with all his might.
“By the way, Satoshi-san where do you work for right now?” Aiba asked suddenly. “Do you perhaps own your place?”
“I am looking after someone’s garden right now,” Satoshi said firmly. Sho flinched a little as he heard the mention of the garden but didn’t say anything. “It's a private work.”
“Oh! Then you must be good at your work!” Aiba sang happily.
The night continued with some lighter chatting. After Jun stopped cornering both Satoshi and Sho with his questions everything seemed to become more enjoying. They even made Satoshi laugh out loud. And, oh God, it was the best sound Sho had ever heard in his whole life. However, like every good thing, this also had to come to an end as the night became thicker.
“I am going back at noon tomorrow,” Sho said when they stand face to face for their goodbyes. Sho looked at him with hopeful eyes, waiting for him to say something. Waiting for him to say that he will come with Sho or at least he will come to see him off. But Satoshi stayed silent, looking afar. As if he didn't hear what Sho said, pretending like everything is normal… “Say something, Satoshi,” Sho whispered as a heavy feeling occupied his chest.
“This is a goodbye then, Sho-kun,” Satoshi said softly after a moment of silence which drowned Sho in it. He reached out his hand to pat Sho’s head. “I am glad I got to see you, for once again.” Sho couldn’t bring himself to say anything. He felt tears build in his eyes. Satoshi smiled when he saw his tears, “Why are you even crying? You will go back to your old life, to the life you created with your own hands.”
“But you will not be there…” Sho felt powerless like he was 10 again.
Satoshi stroke his head firmly. His smile didn’t flinch. “Everything will go back to normal. I haven’t been there before and I won’t be there now, that’s it.”
“Satoshi…” Sho started, however, Satoshi cut him.
“You have to live your life, Sho-kun, without me,” was the last words of him as he turned his back to Sho and walked into the night without looking back.
***
The night will be long, thought the monster. Knowing the fact that, it’s the last night he is spending his life as Satoshi and everything will be over with dawn wouldn’t let him sleep. He returned to The Witch’s garden, where he is nothing but the monster. He sat in front of the flowerbed where little blue flowers bloomed solemnly. Those little, ephemeral blue flowers have originally belonged to the monster. He was the one who planted those little flowers after The Witch’s death. The Witch never had any interest towards those fleeting, small flowers which the monster loved with his all might. He smiled bitterly, reaching out to touch one of the small flowers.
“I don’t suggest you be here,” the monster said without turning his head to see who his visitor is. He already knew.
“I am out of the border so I am safe,” his visitor replied with a stern voice. “You are not a human, aren’t you?”
The monster didn’t say anything. He lowered his head, his eyes never leaving the little blue flowers. “Are you going to say that to Sho?” he asked softly.
“I won’t,” his visitor said. “But I also won’t forgive you if anything happens to Sho-san.”
The monster finally stood up from his place, turning his head to his visitor who had a rigid expression on his face. “What do you mean by that?” The monster asked.
“He entered the garden, isn’t he? And you didn’t stop him,” Jun said with a deep frown on his face.
“I wasn’t here when he came,” The monster mumbled.
“This garden is cursed…” Jun said ignoring the monster. “I had no idea that it actually existed, but here I am talking with the puppet of The Witch in her cursed garden.”
“You know about her?” The monster asked as he tried to catch the other’s eyes.
“Every single wizard knows about her… How she hated the world, how she created a monster which is immortal; to curse every human being even after her death,” Jun said coldly. “But as far as I see, you are not dangerous like her.”
The monster lowered his head. “Everything is as you said. I am created by her,” he closed his eyes while trying to stop his heart which is beating painfully in his chest. “I am created by her, and for her. But she refused to take me with her to afterlife… It’s not because she wanted to curse every human being, it’s because she wanted to curse me; her broken puppet which cannot comply with her wishes.”
Jun’s eyes widened as he listened the monster without saying anything. “You are a wizard, right?” The monster asked suddenly. Jun nodded. “Then can you destroy this garden? Together with me.” Jun frowned but the monster continued, “Her powers are weakening after decades, the proof is Sho who found the garden. You must be able to destroy it.”
“I can’t,” Jun answered firmly. “I am not that strong. Magical blood is not as strong as the era she lived.”
The monster couldn’t utter any word to that.
“I just hope The Witch won’t hunt Sho because he entered the garden…” Jun whispered calmly. “I won’t forgive you if anything happens to him. But I know he won’t forgive me if I manage to destroy you here.” He said looking into the monster’s eyes. With that, he turned his back to the monster and left without saying anything more.
***
Sho sighed heavily as he closed the door of his house behind him. His house looked somehow cold and dark, making him smile bitterly. It wasn’t even a day he spent with Satoshi; there was no meaning of missing him. He threw his backpack to the other side of the room and he lied down to his sofa. The silence was soothing, peaceful but also lonely. And that’s why when his phone rang, he felt really grateful for it. He answered without even looking at the screen.
“Yes?”
“Oh, our boss is back!” Nino exclaimed from the other side of the line.
“Oh, Nino! Hey, I’m back,” Sho said smiling a little. Thinking that he was actually pretty lonely, hearing Nino was somehow soothing.
“I can see that, I mean, I hear that whatever,” Nino laughed. “Wanna hang out?”
Sho laughed, “By hanging out, you mean watching you as you play your games?”
“Just on the point,” Nino cackled. “But I have beer, come on.”
“Alright,” Sho accepted quickly.
“Eh? Really? I mean really, really?” Nino sounded very surprised.
“Yeah, I am coming,” Sho said calmly as he hung up his phone and stuffed it to his pocket and get out of his house to visit next door, which happened to be Nino’s. Nino opened the door hurriedly with a shocked expression.
“Who are you and what have you done to Sakurai Sho?” He asked as the first thing when he opened the door.
“What?” Sho asked confused.
“Nothing, come in,” Nino laughed as he let Sho pass.
“Have you tidied your room?” Sho asked as he noticed the clean house.
“Oh, yeah, my mother came to visit so I kind of had to,” Nino dismissed Sho as he went to the kitchen to take the beers. “By the way, I am surprised that you still haven’t asked about work.”
“I must be really tired then,” Sho laughed. “Is everything alright with work?”
“Who do you think you are asking? Of course, it is,” Nino said casually leaving a can beer in front of Sho and sitting in front of his TV with another beer in his hands.
“As expected from vice-president,” Sho laughed as he stood up from the sofa and went to sit next to Nino. "By the way Jun was upset that you haven't came to the camp."
Nino eyed him suspiciously as he sat down next to him but then shrugged as an answer. "No way. I hate outside, there's no way I will come willingly to a camp which is literally in the middle of nowhere. And you sure nothing happened?”
“Yeah, why?” Sho tried to stay calm and natural but Nino closed his game turning to Sho.
“Spill,” Nino demanded.
“Honestly, I have nothing,” Sho tried but Nino rolled his eyes as if saying who the hell are you trying to fool your vice-president. And after a moment of silence, Sho spilled the beans. “Okay, I met someone.”
“Who?”
“His name is Satoshi,” Sho said calmly.
“And?”
“And I don’t know anything more…”
“What do you mean by that? Haven’t you asked where he lives or what is his job?”
“I couldn’t… I mean I really don’t know if he is living in the city or so. But he said he was a florist.” Sho said honestly. Then suddenly remembered the little talk between him and Satoshi. “Nino, is there any possiblity that you know flower language?”
Nino seemed surprised by the sudden question. “No, why?”
Sho sighed defeatedly. “He showed me a flower. Which is strange because I feel like I have seen it somewhere but I really can’t remember where or when.”
“What kind of flower was it?” Nino asked while fishing his phone out of his pocket.
Sho looked suspiciously at him while he opened up the browser. “Little blue flowers,” he said while Nino typed hurriedly and clicked on the first page that came up.
“41 Types of Blue Flowers? Wow, that much!?” Nino mumbled as he showed the screen to Sho. He looked at the screen while Nino went through every flower one by one. Sho had a feeling if he find that flower, he will be able to understand about Satoshi’s behaviours more. Somehow he felt like those little blue flowers held the key of everything which is not really possible. That’s why he looked at every single flower carefully. His eyes widened as the flower he saw in that garden came up suddenly. “This!! This is it!!”
“Forget-me-not?” Nino read the title of the flower. “Wow, it has such a meaningful name.”
“Forget-me-not…” Sho mumbled emotions piled up at the back of his throat while Nino browsed the name of the flower. “True and undying love, remembrance during partings or after death, a connection that lasts through time, reminders of your favorite memories or time together with another person…” Nino read the meanings loudly then looked at Sho who was looking dumbfounded and pretty shaken.
“Nino, I am going back,” Sho said suddenly getting up from his place and leaving Nino’s house without saying anything more.
You idiot..! Why the hell are you pretending as strong when you were that lonely?! All those time… All those time, when Satoshi said it was okay to forget him with a smile on his face seemed suddenly so heartbreaking to him. I forgot about you… I forgot about you when you were so dear to me… I am such a horrible person, Sho thought angrily and sadly as he closed Nino’s door and turned to his door, only to find a small bouquet of forget-me-nots tied with a red ribbon, in front of his door. Sho kneeled to pick them up, feeling the texture of the small flowers. “You are such an idiot, Satoshi… I will surely punch you the next time I see you…” he whispered with a lonely smile on his face.
A/N: My deepest apologies for the delay... First, my computer took some time to get fixed then the Japanese contest came and then my internet broken. It was a hell for me lol
For those who wants to know about the flowers Forget-me-not
I guess I will use this flower in the story pretty much so I apologize from advance
Hope everyone likes the chapter! Lots of love to you all!
Pairing: Yama
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Fantasy, au, angts (kind of) magic, romance
Chaptered
Disclaimer: Unfortunately I do not own anything about Arashi. Only the plot is mine.
Summary: Is a monster with a created mind and heart was allowed to love a human? The monster knew it was impossible however the first moment he saw Sakurai Sho in that forest, he had no other choice to fall for his beautiful eyes.
As for Sho; his first encounter with him was a pure coincidence and falling for him was beyond his control.
A/N: Comments are very very welcomed! English is not my native language so I apologize for my mistakes in advance! I am deeply sorry! m(_ _)m
After The Witch’s death, the monster decided to leave his protected forest for the first time in his life. Leaving the heavenly garden of The Witch behind, he walked and walked until the trees could no longer be seen. When he reached the borderline of the thick forest, a little part of him wanted to go back. Since that was the natural for him. He wanted to return that isolated but safe garden, which was created by the magic of The Witch. Living in the forest with his creator was the only thing that he knew in his whole life. However, he was reminded of the cruel fact again. The fact that his creator had died. She died, leaving him alone in the world; which she wasn't there anymore. He was out of her shadow now. She wasn’t there anymore to stop him… His heartbeat fastened as the thought of seeing outside filled his mind. Seeing the world without her instruction felt strange but also tempting. What was this feeling? What was this weird but pleasant feeling?
That was the first time that the monster felt excited.
***
Their return was silent. Sho couldn’t bring himself to say anything as he felt bitter about everything. However, at the same time, he also felt very peaceful. Being next to Satoshi felt strangely right.
When they left the forest and stepped into a chaos, Sho blinked with surprise. “What’s going on?” he asked Satoshi who was walking a step away from him. Satoshi simply shrugged, making it more confusing for Sho. As they walked to their camping place, Sho saw a police car and not long after that, he also saw Aiba and Jun talking to a police. They noticed him and Satoshi coming out of the woods pretty fast.
The moment they saw Sho, who was looking completely fine; Aiba ran towards him for a bear hug while crying his heart out, saying he is glad that Sho is alive and Jun silently scolded him for disappearing like that. After they dismissed police when Sho explained everything, there was no one who could stop Jun.
“And what were you thinking to leave without saying a word? Do you know how worried we were?! We even called the camping management to send some people to look for you!” Jun talked non stop while he also tried to console Aiba.
“I am sorry!” Sho said with regret as he knew that arguing with Jun right now will bring him nothing but demolition.
“Why the hell are you always becoming a forest lover whenever we come here!?” Jun grumbled irritatedly. “And you,” he turned to Aiba with a scary face. “Stop crying!”
“I told you, you like wandering around the forest,” said Satoshi who has been very silent until that moment, making everyone jump on their place. He was standing next to Sho for this whole time but it seems like he was very good at erasing his own existence.
After a moment of silence which caused by Satoshi’s sudden claim, Jun asked finally. “And who is this?”
Sho didn’t really have an idea about how to introduce him. “Um… This is… Well… Satoshi?”
Jun heaved a breath of irritation. “You don’t even know who saved your ass? God, who are you and what have you done to our Sho?” He snorted. Then he turned to Satoshi, a lot calmer than before. “I am deeply sorry that you have to see our embarrassing conversation, my name is Matsumoto Jun,” he bowed respectfully. “Thank you very much for helping Sho.”
Satoshi blinked with surprise as Jun bowed to him however he didn’t say anything contending himself with a simple nod.
“And my name is Aiba Masaki! Thank you for saving Sho-chan! What would we do if he were to eaten by a tiger?!” Aiba exclaimed with horror.
“You don’t have to worry about tigers, there’s nearly no tiger in this forest but I can’t promise for snakes,” Satoshi said calmly making everyone look at him with surprise.
“Wait, is there any tigers in the forest?” Sho asked, “No, wait, more than tigers, are there really snakes in the forest?”
Satoshi nodded calmly.
“Oh my God,” Sho couldn’t contain his shock.
“Why are you surprised? The forest belonged them before you came,” Satoshi asked calmly. “That’s why I don’t like campers.”
“But you are also a camper yourself, aren’t you?” Aiba asked dumbfounded.
“Yes!” Sho claimed louder than he actually liked because of the panic. “He is also a camper; I mean he is the survivor type!”
“AH! It’s like that!!” Aiba said with his sunshine smile returning to his face, but he could feel Jun’s piercing gaze on himself. For a moment, Sho cursed for Jun’s sharp instincts. However, he was also glad that Jun choose to not to say anything.
“So, Satoshi-san, as a thank you; would you like to eat with us tonight?” Jun suggested politely.
“He will,” Sho said before Satoshi could answer. Their eyes met for a second and Sho smiled to Satoshi. For a moment, Satoshi tensed but no one noticed it. That smile still had the same effect on the monster. Just a night, the monster thought. After that, I will have to go back to be the monster. Just a night, I want to stay as a human just a night.
The night fell quickly while they eat their meal. Sho was extremely talkative while Satoshi barely said anything and Sho could see that Jun was getting more and more suspected of Satoshi.
“So, Satoshi-san, what is your job?” Jun asked directly Satoshi.
“He is-” Sho tried to answer but Jun cut him in.
“I am asking to Satoshi-san, not you,” he said narrowing his eyes.
“I am a florist,” Satoshi answered without any hesitation.
“Florist?” Sho asked before he could stop himself.
Ohno smiled softly at his surprise. Of course it was a lie, for now, however, he was a florist once. “Yeah,” he said calmly.
“It suits him, right Jun-pon?” Aiba said merrily.
“Yeah, it suits you, Satoshi-san,” Jun answered calmly while his eyes never left Sho. And for Sho, he was avoiding to meet Jun’s eyes with all his might.
“By the way, Satoshi-san where do you work for right now?” Aiba asked suddenly. “Do you perhaps own your place?”
“I am looking after someone’s garden right now,” Satoshi said firmly. Sho flinched a little as he heard the mention of the garden but didn’t say anything. “It's a private work.”
“Oh! Then you must be good at your work!” Aiba sang happily.
The night continued with some lighter chatting. After Jun stopped cornering both Satoshi and Sho with his questions everything seemed to become more enjoying. They even made Satoshi laugh out loud. And, oh God, it was the best sound Sho had ever heard in his whole life. However, like every good thing, this also had to come to an end as the night became thicker.
“I am going back at noon tomorrow,” Sho said when they stand face to face for their goodbyes. Sho looked at him with hopeful eyes, waiting for him to say something. Waiting for him to say that he will come with Sho or at least he will come to see him off. But Satoshi stayed silent, looking afar. As if he didn't hear what Sho said, pretending like everything is normal… “Say something, Satoshi,” Sho whispered as a heavy feeling occupied his chest.
“This is a goodbye then, Sho-kun,” Satoshi said softly after a moment of silence which drowned Sho in it. He reached out his hand to pat Sho’s head. “I am glad I got to see you, for once again.” Sho couldn’t bring himself to say anything. He felt tears build in his eyes. Satoshi smiled when he saw his tears, “Why are you even crying? You will go back to your old life, to the life you created with your own hands.”
“But you will not be there…” Sho felt powerless like he was 10 again.
Satoshi stroke his head firmly. His smile didn’t flinch. “Everything will go back to normal. I haven’t been there before and I won’t be there now, that’s it.”
“Satoshi…” Sho started, however, Satoshi cut him.
“You have to live your life, Sho-kun, without me,” was the last words of him as he turned his back to Sho and walked into the night without looking back.
***
The night will be long, thought the monster. Knowing the fact that, it’s the last night he is spending his life as Satoshi and everything will be over with dawn wouldn’t let him sleep. He returned to The Witch’s garden, where he is nothing but the monster. He sat in front of the flowerbed where little blue flowers bloomed solemnly. Those little, ephemeral blue flowers have originally belonged to the monster. He was the one who planted those little flowers after The Witch’s death. The Witch never had any interest towards those fleeting, small flowers which the monster loved with his all might. He smiled bitterly, reaching out to touch one of the small flowers.
“I don’t suggest you be here,” the monster said without turning his head to see who his visitor is. He already knew.
“I am out of the border so I am safe,” his visitor replied with a stern voice. “You are not a human, aren’t you?”
The monster didn’t say anything. He lowered his head, his eyes never leaving the little blue flowers. “Are you going to say that to Sho?” he asked softly.
“I won’t,” his visitor said. “But I also won’t forgive you if anything happens to Sho-san.”
The monster finally stood up from his place, turning his head to his visitor who had a rigid expression on his face. “What do you mean by that?” The monster asked.
“He entered the garden, isn’t he? And you didn’t stop him,” Jun said with a deep frown on his face.
“I wasn’t here when he came,” The monster mumbled.
“This garden is cursed…” Jun said ignoring the monster. “I had no idea that it actually existed, but here I am talking with the puppet of The Witch in her cursed garden.”
“You know about her?” The monster asked as he tried to catch the other’s eyes.
“Every single wizard knows about her… How she hated the world, how she created a monster which is immortal; to curse every human being even after her death,” Jun said coldly. “But as far as I see, you are not dangerous like her.”
The monster lowered his head. “Everything is as you said. I am created by her,” he closed his eyes while trying to stop his heart which is beating painfully in his chest. “I am created by her, and for her. But she refused to take me with her to afterlife… It’s not because she wanted to curse every human being, it’s because she wanted to curse me; her broken puppet which cannot comply with her wishes.”
Jun’s eyes widened as he listened the monster without saying anything. “You are a wizard, right?” The monster asked suddenly. Jun nodded. “Then can you destroy this garden? Together with me.” Jun frowned but the monster continued, “Her powers are weakening after decades, the proof is Sho who found the garden. You must be able to destroy it.”
“I can’t,” Jun answered firmly. “I am not that strong. Magical blood is not as strong as the era she lived.”
The monster couldn’t utter any word to that.
“I just hope The Witch won’t hunt Sho because he entered the garden…” Jun whispered calmly. “I won’t forgive you if anything happens to him. But I know he won’t forgive me if I manage to destroy you here.” He said looking into the monster’s eyes. With that, he turned his back to the monster and left without saying anything more.
***
Sho sighed heavily as he closed the door of his house behind him. His house looked somehow cold and dark, making him smile bitterly. It wasn’t even a day he spent with Satoshi; there was no meaning of missing him. He threw his backpack to the other side of the room and he lied down to his sofa. The silence was soothing, peaceful but also lonely. And that’s why when his phone rang, he felt really grateful for it. He answered without even looking at the screen.
“Yes?”
“Oh, our boss is back!” Nino exclaimed from the other side of the line.
“Oh, Nino! Hey, I’m back,” Sho said smiling a little. Thinking that he was actually pretty lonely, hearing Nino was somehow soothing.
“I can see that, I mean, I hear that whatever,” Nino laughed. “Wanna hang out?”
Sho laughed, “By hanging out, you mean watching you as you play your games?”
“Just on the point,” Nino cackled. “But I have beer, come on.”
“Alright,” Sho accepted quickly.
“Eh? Really? I mean really, really?” Nino sounded very surprised.
“Yeah, I am coming,” Sho said calmly as he hung up his phone and stuffed it to his pocket and get out of his house to visit next door, which happened to be Nino’s. Nino opened the door hurriedly with a shocked expression.
“Who are you and what have you done to Sakurai Sho?” He asked as the first thing when he opened the door.
“What?” Sho asked confused.
“Nothing, come in,” Nino laughed as he let Sho pass.
“Have you tidied your room?” Sho asked as he noticed the clean house.
“Oh, yeah, my mother came to visit so I kind of had to,” Nino dismissed Sho as he went to the kitchen to take the beers. “By the way, I am surprised that you still haven’t asked about work.”
“I must be really tired then,” Sho laughed. “Is everything alright with work?”
“Who do you think you are asking? Of course, it is,” Nino said casually leaving a can beer in front of Sho and sitting in front of his TV with another beer in his hands.
“As expected from vice-president,” Sho laughed as he stood up from the sofa and went to sit next to Nino. "By the way Jun was upset that you haven't came to the camp."
Nino eyed him suspiciously as he sat down next to him but then shrugged as an answer. "No way. I hate outside, there's no way I will come willingly to a camp which is literally in the middle of nowhere. And you sure nothing happened?”
“Yeah, why?” Sho tried to stay calm and natural but Nino closed his game turning to Sho.
“Spill,” Nino demanded.
“Honestly, I have nothing,” Sho tried but Nino rolled his eyes as if saying who the hell are you trying to fool your vice-president. And after a moment of silence, Sho spilled the beans. “Okay, I met someone.”
“Who?”
“His name is Satoshi,” Sho said calmly.
“And?”
“And I don’t know anything more…”
“What do you mean by that? Haven’t you asked where he lives or what is his job?”
“I couldn’t… I mean I really don’t know if he is living in the city or so. But he said he was a florist.” Sho said honestly. Then suddenly remembered the little talk between him and Satoshi. “Nino, is there any possiblity that you know flower language?”
Nino seemed surprised by the sudden question. “No, why?”
Sho sighed defeatedly. “He showed me a flower. Which is strange because I feel like I have seen it somewhere but I really can’t remember where or when.”
“What kind of flower was it?” Nino asked while fishing his phone out of his pocket.
Sho looked suspiciously at him while he opened up the browser. “Little blue flowers,” he said while Nino typed hurriedly and clicked on the first page that came up.
“41 Types of Blue Flowers? Wow, that much!?” Nino mumbled as he showed the screen to Sho. He looked at the screen while Nino went through every flower one by one. Sho had a feeling if he find that flower, he will be able to understand about Satoshi’s behaviours more. Somehow he felt like those little blue flowers held the key of everything which is not really possible. That’s why he looked at every single flower carefully. His eyes widened as the flower he saw in that garden came up suddenly. “This!! This is it!!”
“Forget-me-not?” Nino read the title of the flower. “Wow, it has such a meaningful name.”
“Forget-me-not…” Sho mumbled emotions piled up at the back of his throat while Nino browsed the name of the flower. “True and undying love, remembrance during partings or after death, a connection that lasts through time, reminders of your favorite memories or time together with another person…” Nino read the meanings loudly then looked at Sho who was looking dumbfounded and pretty shaken.
“Nino, I am going back,” Sho said suddenly getting up from his place and leaving Nino’s house without saying anything more.
You idiot..! Why the hell are you pretending as strong when you were that lonely?! All those time… All those time, when Satoshi said it was okay to forget him with a smile on his face seemed suddenly so heartbreaking to him. I forgot about you… I forgot about you when you were so dear to me… I am such a horrible person, Sho thought angrily and sadly as he closed Nino’s door and turned to his door, only to find a small bouquet of forget-me-nots tied with a red ribbon, in front of his door. Sho kneeled to pick them up, feeling the texture of the small flowers. “You are such an idiot, Satoshi… I will surely punch you the next time I see you…” he whispered with a lonely smile on his face.
A/N: My deepest apologies for the delay... First, my computer took some time to get fixed then the Japanese contest came and then my internet broken. It was a hell for me lol
For those who wants to know about the flowers Forget-me-not
I guess I will use this flower in the story pretty much so I apologize from advance
Hope everyone likes the chapter! Lots of love to you all!