The Nameless Ace (UNDER EDITING)

Chapter 21 - Sorry

"Akashi Seijuro, within one year the public will forget about me, forget about Akashi Kioto, daughter of the Akashi's. They will forget about the daughter of the billionaires, they will forget about the sister Akashi Seijuro treasured so much, they will forget about everything. From now on I am 'Kioto, the Nameless Ace'. They. Will. Forget. About. Akashi. Kioto."

      And I did it. I won. I was forgotten. No, I made myself forgotten. Though it was harder than I thought it would be, spending an entire 6 months having Sone hack a couple of files sped things up a bit though, and after that I needed to work harder if I wanted to continue being on LoPs especially as their ace. 

      Honestly, reporters were lacking more intelligence than I expected. Who do you think could hide every aspect of their life? Even Seijuro can't do that, much less some random commoner. Baka, Baka, Baka.

      *Briiinggg* I stared down at the caller ID to see an unexpected name, "Kuroko."

      "Kuroko," I noted as I accepted the call.

      "I heard about what happened, daijoubu?" He asked, worried.

       "Daijoubudesu," I replied.

      "I heard from Akashi-kun, your father is naming a successor?" He softly asked.

      "..." 

      "I know how you feel but Kioto, you really should reconsider." Kuroko solemnly said.

     Reconsider? Why would I? In the end, we all know the outcome if I go back, we all know what will happen, we all know after this nothing would ever be the same.

      "Sayonara." I bid.

      "Wai-"  

      "Sayonara." I bid in a stronger tone.

      "If you keep running, you'll eventually break apart and collapse. One day, you will be found. Whether you will be found-" Kuroko started before I hung up.

      Whether you will be found-...what did you want to say? I thought as I replayed his words thousands of times in my head. Why is life so complicated?  Now all I can do is wait. I closed my eyes and sighed. Life is complicated, isn't it? I wanted to be a normal teenager but in a few months - 3 to be exact, my life can drastically change depending on the choice I make. It's frustrating but the only thing I can do now is just waiting. Wait for the preparations, wait for my thoughts,  wait for the time to come.

----Time Passes----

      Poke. Poke. Poke. Taaap. 

      "KIOTOOOOOO!" I close my eyes when I heard a certain someone scream in my ear.

      "Hina?" I said through gritted teeth.

      "Yea?"

      "Shut up."

      "Oka-...what? Never mind, yeah, okay."

      It's been two months since I was in the hospital and my mental panic attack. So far, life hasn't changed much but in a month, even I, don't know what will happen, at least, not yet. So far, I've thought of two choices, three outcomes. If I chose choice one, my life will be in chains but everyone will be relieved. If I chose choice two...there are two ways for it to end.

      "Kioto." Ayame acknowledged as she slid open the classroom door.

      "Let's talk." She demanded.

      "Huh?" I shrugged at Hina's confused face as I followed Ayame's tall figure out the door.

       "What do you want to do?" Ayame stares at me dead in the eye.

      "...Nani?" I ask.

      "Do you want to go back or will you hide again?" Ayame integrates. 

      "Shirimasen..." (I don't know) I whisper.

      "Hah...Kioto. Grow up, okay?" Ayame sighs.

      "The world is how it is because people are selfish, they are cowards, they are alone. But because there are those kinds of people, many are also selfless. Do you get what I'm trying to say?" Ayame asks.

      "Nani?" I ask slowly.

      "Akashi Kioto. Stop being selfless. Do what you want, think about the outcome when it comes."

Do what I want..? But there are 2 things I want and they contradict.

Then I got it.

I understood what I wanted to do.

Gomenen Kuroko

Gomenen Ayame

Gomenen Seijuro

Gomenen Oto-san

Gomenen Minna