Aoi/Uruha - The Last Night of Forever - G - Oneshot
Lying on his back, Uruha ran his fingers through the cool blades of grass as he tried to muster the courage to ask the question he really wanted answered. Tonight was the first night he had gone stargazing with Aoi since they’d kissed under the stars two months ago. Uruha wasn’t bothered by the kiss; he wasn’t avoiding Aoi. Uruha just didn’t want to make Aoi feel any worse than he already felt. His best friend had told him gazing at the stars brought on greater feelings of loneliness and Uruha couldn’t be expected to ignore that. So, his stargazing hobby took a backseat to his newest hobby of intense contemplation over anything and everything-mostly over the person lying next to him at this very moment.
“Aoi,” Uruha started nervously as he slowly rolled on to his side to face his friend. “How did you know?”
Also rolling on to his side-to face Uruha-Aoi asked, “How did I know what?”
Uruha hesitated to explain himself further. Knowing that it was already painful for Aoi to merely watch the stars, Uruha didn’t want to make things harder on him. But he couldn’t ignore the emptiness he felt during the months that his nights spent stargazing with Aoi had ceased. With his mind tangled in confusion and unfamiliar emotions, Uruha still realized spending this time with Aoi was something he needed; he wasn’t sure why, though. Sighing, he finally finished asking his question. “How did you know you found your soul mate?”
The way Aoi’s face had fallen at the question didn’t pass by Uruha-despite Aoi’s recovery with an unsteady smile. He chuckled softly, answering with, “How could I not know? Something like that screams at you in clarity, Uruha.”
It was Uruha’s turn to show sadness on his face. Frowning as he looked at the grass threaded between he fingers, he replied with, “I’m not as strong as you. I don’t want to be alone, but I’m confused all the time. Nothing is clear to me.”
“Have you never heard the expression ‘patience is a virtue,’ Uruha?” Aoi asked with a genuine smile. “You really can’t look for love. It has to find you. Parents always tell their kids that if they get lost to stay in the same place so it’s easier to find them. How do you expect love to find you when you’re running like crazy around the soul mate supermarket?”
Not able to stop the small smile spreading across his face, Uruha said, “I just don’t want to miss something so important.”
“If you’re patient, you won’t miss it,” Aoi assured.
“But how did you know?” Uruha pressed, frustrated at his lack of understanding. “Did you just wake up one morning and the empty feeling was gone?”
Chuckling at his friend’s innocence and confusion, Aoi answered, “Uruha I woke up every morning and the empty feeling was gone.”
An awkward silence followed Aoi’s statement as reality settled in; Aoi remembered that the empty feeling was no longer gone, but instead back with an even greater force and Uruha remembered that he was the cause.
“I’m sorry,” Uruha whispered, refusing to make eye contact with Aoi.
“For what?” Aoi asked, a little confused.
“For making you feel that way,” he explained.
Laughing softly, Aoi said, “You should be sorry! It’s entirely your fault you’re so incredible. Please learn to dim your fantastic personality and try much harder to be unattractive.”
Reaching over and shoving Aoi, Uruha scolded, “I’m being serious right now!”
“I know,” Aoi said as he sighed-the smile disappearing from his face.
“Why me?” Uruha questioned after a brief period of silence.
Aoi rolled onto his back as he folded his arms behind his head. “Why not you?”
“I already know plenty of reasons why not. It’s reasons why that I have none of,” Uruha said as he slowly let his eyes examine the profile of Aoi’s face.
Closing his eyes, Aoi exhaled deeply and answered, “I have plenty of those.”
“Best friends share!” Uruha said playfully, urging Aoi to tell Uruha his reasons. Taking notice of the way the corner of Aoi’s mouth twitched slightly at Uruha’s response, he listened eagerly as Aoi told of his why’s-hoping to finally bring order to the mess his mind had become.
“There’s the obvious ones to start with: You’re smart, funny, gorgeous-basically everything that defines the opposite of bad.”
Forming a list in his mind as he listened to Aoi, Uruha thought of how Aoi also fit all of those categories. Perhaps he had a bit of a temper-which might be considered bad-but that dulled in comparison to the positive traits Aoi possessed.
“Most of the time I don’t even have to explain myself to you; you understand me better than anyone.” Aoi added as an afterthought, “This soul mate situation is the one exception.”
Uruha blushed as he noticed Aoi’s smirk. When he thought about it, he realized the truth in what Aoi had said. They really did understand each other perfectly. Even with the exception of their current situation, Uruha still took note of how he went to Aoi for answers to his dilemma-despite the promise of awkwardness.
Wanting to know more, Uruha waited for Aoi to continue. Sighing, Aoi said, “I could list reason after reason for you, Uruha... but the most important reason is that you make me feel amazing when I’m with you. A simple smile from you can push me through a dozen bad days. Spending five minutes laughing with you is worth more to me than a lifetime with someone else who loves me the way I love you. I think that’s more than enough to prove to me that all I need is you. I’d rather have you by my side as a friend and be without a lover, than to pretend my love for you belongs to someone else.”
Speechless, Uruha stared at Aoi as he lied calmly in the grass beside him. He couldn’t help the few tears that escaped at hearing what Aoi had confessed. Uruha knew he wasn’t crying because he was sad for Aoi and he knew he wasn’t sad for himself either. The warmth quickly spreading through his entire body was a feeling Uruha was positive couldn’t be associated with negativity.
Uruha felt his head might explode from the amount of knots his mind contained; all of his questions had been tied to their answers and his confusion morphed into sense. Finally he had realized that the only thing stopping his heart from claiming Aoi as its missing piece was his mind. He had been too busy overanalyzing something he should have been feeling. With his mind banking too many overtime hours, his heart hadn’t even been given a chance to do its job.
Sitting up, Uruha scooted his way closer to Aoi and leaned over him-placing his hands firmly to the ground on either side of Aoi’s head. “Aoi,” he said in a whisper.
Despite the quiet tone of Uruha’s voice, the sudden disturbance of the silence had startled Aoi. As he opened his eyes, they widened in even greater surprise at the close proximity of Uruha, “Geez, Uru! Scare the crap out of me, why don’t you?” he sighed.
“What if I told you that forever ends tonight and tomorrow will be the first day of a life where you’ll never wake up alone?”
“I’d say I’m not interested unless my company is kept by you,” Aoi responded slowly, but surely.
Uruha smiled, falling gently to the ground beside Aoi. He gazed at the stars for a few minutes before he broke the silence by asking, “Aoi… do you ever look at the stars and wonder if your soul mate is looking at the same night sky as you?”
“I don’t need to wonder. I know he is,” he answered.
Uruha smiled a smile that was brighter than any star in the sky as he said, “I know mine is, too.”
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A/N: So, a bunch of my lovely readers wanted a sequel. I was worried I wouldn't pull through -_-' BUT, I'm quite pleased with this! And for once, I actually did some of my homework first! Omg I think someone's breaking up in the parking lot of my apt. complex. I wish they'd stop yelling.
“Aoi,” Uruha started nervously as he slowly rolled on to his side to face his friend. “How did you know?”
Also rolling on to his side-to face Uruha-Aoi asked, “How did I know what?”
Uruha hesitated to explain himself further. Knowing that it was already painful for Aoi to merely watch the stars, Uruha didn’t want to make things harder on him. But he couldn’t ignore the emptiness he felt during the months that his nights spent stargazing with Aoi had ceased. With his mind tangled in confusion and unfamiliar emotions, Uruha still realized spending this time with Aoi was something he needed; he wasn’t sure why, though. Sighing, he finally finished asking his question. “How did you know you found your soul mate?”
The way Aoi’s face had fallen at the question didn’t pass by Uruha-despite Aoi’s recovery with an unsteady smile. He chuckled softly, answering with, “How could I not know? Something like that screams at you in clarity, Uruha.”
It was Uruha’s turn to show sadness on his face. Frowning as he looked at the grass threaded between he fingers, he replied with, “I’m not as strong as you. I don’t want to be alone, but I’m confused all the time. Nothing is clear to me.”
“Have you never heard the expression ‘patience is a virtue,’ Uruha?” Aoi asked with a genuine smile. “You really can’t look for love. It has to find you. Parents always tell their kids that if they get lost to stay in the same place so it’s easier to find them. How do you expect love to find you when you’re running like crazy around the soul mate supermarket?”
Not able to stop the small smile spreading across his face, Uruha said, “I just don’t want to miss something so important.”
“If you’re patient, you won’t miss it,” Aoi assured.
“But how did you know?” Uruha pressed, frustrated at his lack of understanding. “Did you just wake up one morning and the empty feeling was gone?”
Chuckling at his friend’s innocence and confusion, Aoi answered, “Uruha I woke up every morning and the empty feeling was gone.”
An awkward silence followed Aoi’s statement as reality settled in; Aoi remembered that the empty feeling was no longer gone, but instead back with an even greater force and Uruha remembered that he was the cause.
“I’m sorry,” Uruha whispered, refusing to make eye contact with Aoi.
“For what?” Aoi asked, a little confused.
“For making you feel that way,” he explained.
Laughing softly, Aoi said, “You should be sorry! It’s entirely your fault you’re so incredible. Please learn to dim your fantastic personality and try much harder to be unattractive.”
Reaching over and shoving Aoi, Uruha scolded, “I’m being serious right now!”
“I know,” Aoi said as he sighed-the smile disappearing from his face.
“Why me?” Uruha questioned after a brief period of silence.
Aoi rolled onto his back as he folded his arms behind his head. “Why not you?”
“I already know plenty of reasons why not. It’s reasons why that I have none of,” Uruha said as he slowly let his eyes examine the profile of Aoi’s face.
Closing his eyes, Aoi exhaled deeply and answered, “I have plenty of those.”
“Best friends share!” Uruha said playfully, urging Aoi to tell Uruha his reasons. Taking notice of the way the corner of Aoi’s mouth twitched slightly at Uruha’s response, he listened eagerly as Aoi told of his why’s-hoping to finally bring order to the mess his mind had become.
“There’s the obvious ones to start with: You’re smart, funny, gorgeous-basically everything that defines the opposite of bad.”
Forming a list in his mind as he listened to Aoi, Uruha thought of how Aoi also fit all of those categories. Perhaps he had a bit of a temper-which might be considered bad-but that dulled in comparison to the positive traits Aoi possessed.
“Most of the time I don’t even have to explain myself to you; you understand me better than anyone.” Aoi added as an afterthought, “This soul mate situation is the one exception.”
Uruha blushed as he noticed Aoi’s smirk. When he thought about it, he realized the truth in what Aoi had said. They really did understand each other perfectly. Even with the exception of their current situation, Uruha still took note of how he went to Aoi for answers to his dilemma-despite the promise of awkwardness.
Wanting to know more, Uruha waited for Aoi to continue. Sighing, Aoi said, “I could list reason after reason for you, Uruha... but the most important reason is that you make me feel amazing when I’m with you. A simple smile from you can push me through a dozen bad days. Spending five minutes laughing with you is worth more to me than a lifetime with someone else who loves me the way I love you. I think that’s more than enough to prove to me that all I need is you. I’d rather have you by my side as a friend and be without a lover, than to pretend my love for you belongs to someone else.”
Speechless, Uruha stared at Aoi as he lied calmly in the grass beside him. He couldn’t help the few tears that escaped at hearing what Aoi had confessed. Uruha knew he wasn’t crying because he was sad for Aoi and he knew he wasn’t sad for himself either. The warmth quickly spreading through his entire body was a feeling Uruha was positive couldn’t be associated with negativity.
Uruha felt his head might explode from the amount of knots his mind contained; all of his questions had been tied to their answers and his confusion morphed into sense. Finally he had realized that the only thing stopping his heart from claiming Aoi as its missing piece was his mind. He had been too busy overanalyzing something he should have been feeling. With his mind banking too many overtime hours, his heart hadn’t even been given a chance to do its job.
Sitting up, Uruha scooted his way closer to Aoi and leaned over him-placing his hands firmly to the ground on either side of Aoi’s head. “Aoi,” he said in a whisper.
Despite the quiet tone of Uruha’s voice, the sudden disturbance of the silence had startled Aoi. As he opened his eyes, they widened in even greater surprise at the close proximity of Uruha, “Geez, Uru! Scare the crap out of me, why don’t you?” he sighed.
“What if I told you that forever ends tonight and tomorrow will be the first day of a life where you’ll never wake up alone?”
“I’d say I’m not interested unless my company is kept by you,” Aoi responded slowly, but surely.
Uruha smiled, falling gently to the ground beside Aoi. He gazed at the stars for a few minutes before he broke the silence by asking, “Aoi… do you ever look at the stars and wonder if your soul mate is looking at the same night sky as you?”
“I don’t need to wonder. I know he is,” he answered.
Uruha smiled a smile that was brighter than any star in the sky as he said, “I know mine is, too.”
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A/N: So, a bunch of my lovely readers wanted a sequel. I was worried I wouldn't pull through -_-' BUT, I'm quite pleased with this! And for once, I actually did some of my homework first! Omg I think someone's breaking up in the parking lot of my apt. complex. I wish they'd stop yelling.