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You have been friends with Rin and Sae for a long time.. Since you guys were young and before the first day of elementary school. Well Rin was 6, you were 7 and Sae was 8.. Well you guys were close. They were your next door neighbors and your mothers were the best of friends.
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YEAR 2008
You guys meet for the first time at the Itoshi residence.
“You guys are Rin and Sae Itoshi!” Y/N was always an extreme extrovert unlike the brothers.
“Hey..” Sae greeted as Rin shyly hid behind him looking at Y/N with starry eyes. It’s obvious that Sae was slightly cautious since this was the point where he started getting recognised for his football skills.. So a lot of people only approached him with ulterior motives.
“Sooo wanna go play Mario kart..?“ Y/N pointed at the couch in front of the TV.
They somehow, despite their obvious differences, became friends..
YEAR 2009
Well they were closer now. That’s for sure. Y/N was part of their daily life, since they were in the same school.
“Move it grinch hair!!”
“Get the hell away dufus!”
Y/N and Rin were basically siblings. Sae was still.. Distant? No, more like he was just socially awkward.
Y/N and Rin played with their dinosaurs while Sae was behind them eating a popsicle on the bench.
“Oni-Chan! This monkey keeps trying to kill my Dino!”
“Am not!”
Sae sighed. “Y/N you are the older one you should be nicer.. I think..”
YEAR 2012
Sae started middle school so he was always away in school or on the field. This was the time when Rin and Sae started sharing a dream to become No.1 and 2 strikers. Y/N always thought it was a little presumptuous but she never discouraged them from their dream.
Rin and Y/N were walking to Sae’s game that was happening at the field.
“So you know that my brother has a crush on you right?” Y/N almost spit out the lollipop that she had in her mouth.
“Okay how did you come up with that conclusion, broccoli boy..”
“Well.. he always dresses up nice and tries extra hard on the field when he sees you.. Isn’t that enough?”
Well.. He isn’t wrong.. Y/N was young but not dumb.
“Yeah but maybe you are overthinking it Rin, Sae is basically a blockhead no way he would have thought about me while playing football..”
“I guess..”
Y/N was almost taken aback by how easily Rin agreed with her.
The game ended and Sae was walking home with them. Tailing behind the two of them. Sae had his eyes on her head as he turned and lazily glanced around. All of sudden, Rin asked a question that set Sae out of his daze.
“So when is Nee-San gonna date Oni-Chan?” He asked so casually that Y/N didn’t even process it completely before exploding with pink and red dusted on her cheeks. Rin turned his head back and looked at Sae for an answer. Y/N also looked at him with a flustered expression. Sae had a blank expression but finally answered after a few seconds.
“Probably when we are older.” Y/N was now completely red. She was shocked and started running home. Neither of the brothers chased her.
“Woah Oni-Chan, seems like you actually have a chance..”
YEAR 2013
The year that 13 year old Sae was gonna go to Spain for his football career. 1
Rin was at home with a headache. Y/N and Sae went to the park for some fresh air and to buy some snacks for Rin.
“Y/N..” She turned to look at Sae who was beside her. Both of them were on the swing as she waited for him to continue his sentence.
“Promise me you won’t get mad?” Y/N got a little scared about what he was gonna say.
Y/N and Sae started dating when she started junior high. He confessed to her in a traditional yet cheesy way by giving her a letter and going on a vacation with his family the next day. She always had a thing for him.. It’s Sae. It was your normal middle school sweetheart romance and they thought they would last forever.
“Arggh why do you sound ominous!? Just spit it out..” Y/N said swinging on the same nostalgic swing he confessed to her on.
“I’m going to Spain for a few years.” There. He said it. A few seconds of silence followed before Y/N spoke out.
“You idiot! You scared me! You’ll come back after a few years anyways it’s not a big deal! Just don’t cheat on me and don’t ignore my letters..” Y/N said with a loud voice that got quieter the more she spoke.
Sae suddenly started laughing. Y/N was dumbfounded.. Was him going to Spain for a few years making him insane? “W-what’s so funny?!”
“Nothing. You have to promise me you will still love me when I come back.” Sae said, with a big grin on his face and staring at her with a soft blush across his face. Y/N groaned and nodded as if it was the obvious.
The day finally arrived. The day of Sae’s departure. Y/N promised not to cry but shiny droplets fell down her face. Rin stood by her side as the both of them waved goodbye to Sae who was smiling at them warmly the whole time.
YEARS BETWEEN 2013 AND 2018
Y/N sent him letters and of course he replied to them. Not much but he replied at least once every 5 letters. Soon you got your first smartphone. You guys texted often, not much but from time to time due to the difference of time zones. Sometimes your messages would be left on delivered for a whole week. His replies got dryer, being left on seen more.. Both Y/N and Rin brushed it off as him being busy. They had no other reason to think he was being rude or trying to distance himself. Realistically speaking it wasn’t a big deal.. Yet.
After 4 years the messages which were being sent turned into once every 2 or 3 months. Y/N was getting busy with her school and friends. Rin still trained every single day for the pair's shared goal. Suddenly one cold evening, Y/N sent a message.. It turned.. Green?
“What the?? What’s going on?” Y/N texted Rin telling him what happened. He said he hasn’t texted him in awhile so he doesn’t know.
“Okay let’s calm down.. Maybe it was a misclick? I don’t know.. ugh.. whatever. I’ll see him soon enough I’ll just.. tolerate it until then?” Y/N knew she shouldn’t think too much about it after seeing Rin’s reply.
YEAR 2018
Y/N heard the news he arrived.. But how did she hear it? Rin knocked on her house door. Eyes rimmed in red and hopelessness. He asked if he could stay there for the night. Y/N forced Rin to tell her what the hell had happened earlier that night.. 2
She was.. shocked? No.. Disappointed? Not that. Maybe taken aback? She silently left the guest bedroom where Rin was in and went to the living room. Would he be there if she went knocking right now? Y/N got up and told her parents she was gonna go next door to greet them. The two families knew about Y/N and Sae’s relationship and thought it was just a cute reunion about to unfold. Sae’s parents weren’t home since they went to a small get together and would be back after midnight night probably.
Y/N nervously knocked on the door..
“Yes?-“ piercing mint teal eyes shot through her as it stared at her with no emotion.. She couldn’t think at all for a second. Sae was different. Yes much more handsome as he is 18 now but.. different emotionally too. The half lidded her eyes widened a little as it looked at her, in the dark with snow falling around her. Why did he look so.. pale and almost like a child abandoned..? 3
“Sae?” This small word was followed by silence. The only sounds that surrounded them were the leaves rustling and wind howling. Y/N swore it felt like time had just stopped. Sae looked at her with exasperated and drained eyes.
The silence finally broke when Sae said something. “What do you want?”
Oh.
Oh.
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