fᎪmᎥᏞᎽ [Kaedehara Kazuha x Reader]

Chapter 13

Aether ran down the lane to school, agitated. He was going to be late again. He mostly only came to school on Fridays, which they allowed because he was rich, kind of a discriminatory thing, but that was only because he had to be home tutored most days, and only one day, he was allowed to go and attend school, and meet his friends. Which honestly sucked, for him at least. He enjoyed going to school more than spending hours with Ms. Burgundy, who taught him less, and insulted him more.

He ran straight through the school gates, and all the way up to his classroom, where he put down his bag on the bench, and sat down, piece of bread still in his mouth.

"Welcome back to school." the familiar voice of Kazuha greeted him. Aether bumped fists with the white haired boy who looked extremely similar to him, enough that his mother had almost mistaken him for her own son, then burst out laughing. But beside him, was (Y/N), the one he'd found crying on that snowy day. The one he couldn't forget. Kazuha's sister. His heart skipped a beat as she smiled at him, and he felt oddly in love with her tiny wave.

"You met before didn't you? This is my girlfriend, (Y/N)." Kazuha gestured towards her as he slung an arm around her shoulder. She blushed cutely and moved her gaze away, and Aether felt an odd twinge of jealousy in his heart. He wanted to be in Kazuha's place, he wanted to hold her instead of him, and make her blush that way.

"Isn't she your sister? Do I sense incest problems?" Aether chuckled jokingly. Kazuha laughed in answer.

"We are not blood related, nor am I a (L/N), so do not worry, Aether." Kazuha smiled. Aether smiled back at him, but felt his heart crushing inside.

"Thanks for that day."(Y/N) spoke. Her angelic voicd reverberated in his soul, and he wished she'd keep speaking. He'd been thinking about her, every day since they'd been apart. He'd known he'd meet her again, and he'd known who she was all along. She didn't remember meeting him all those years ago, but he remembered, even know. Even about the promise they'd made, all those years ago.

"You're welcome." Aether smiled at her, hoping she'd in any way remember their memories together, even if just tiny bits of them. But she showed no sign of recollection, even now. The accident had done many things to her, things he didn't like. It had taken her away from him, most of all.

"I look forward to working with you in the Resistance!" (Y/N) declared dramatically, which made Kazuha elbow her, as they erupted into fits of laughter. A pit grew inside Aether's heart, as he forced himself to smile alongside them.

A swirl of pink emerged behind Kazuha and (Y/N), as Kokomi, wearing a pink jacket on her uniform, which complemented her long pink hair, stepped between the two of them. Gorou followed close behind her, eyes sparkling.

"Now, now, you two, PDA is okay in front of me and Gorou since we're similar, but consider our poor single Aether's pain here." Kokomi giggled. Smiles formed on everyone's faces, and Aether let one form on his face as well, sorrow wasn't something he wished to show other people.

He glanced at (Y/N) and traced her features, from head to toe. She'd changed so much over these years, and she hadn't gotten as tall as she'd wished to be, but she'd become taller alright. She was still as beautiful as she'd been before, and her eyes still glinted with the same enthusiasm and joy. To think it'd been only two years since . . .

Nevermind. Telling himself long stories about his past wasn't exactly his cup of tea.

A/N: I get so anxious writing male characters, seriously.