Adam says goodbye to Shiro before he leaves for the Kerberos mission.
It’s a day before the Kerberos mission is set to launch, and Shiro wants to be excited about it. He should be excited about it. This will likely be the last mission he’s on before his illness fully overtakes him, he should be ecstatic that he was even allowed to go.
Footsteps are approaching, and Shiro doesn’t even need to look up to know it’s Adam. He knows Adam like the back of his hand, now; it’s not hard to tell that nervous tapping of a shoe against the ground is him.
He squashes his hope before it can rise. Adam made his choice, and Shiro had made his.
He continues staring at his folded hands as Adam’s shadow casts over him. The silence drags on, amplifying the distance between them, until Adam finally speaks.
It’s a resigned statement—there’s no doubt in Adam’s voice when he says it, only heavy defeat. It makes Shiro’s mouth dry up.
Adam gives a heavy sigh. For a moment, Shiro expects him to turn and walk away.
Instead, he feels a hand on his cheek, tilting his head up to look at his ex fiancé.
There are heavy circles under Adam’s eyes, and a frown clinging to his lips. Shiro wants nothing more than to look away, but Adam keeps his chin up, pressing a featherlight kiss to his temple.
“Goodbye, Takashi.” And Shiro cannot recall a time where he’s heard anyone sound so devastated, so heartbroken. It makes his heart squeeze and his trachea close up, and he can’t seem to find it in him to return Adam’s goodbye.
Adam doesn’t wait for it, anyways. He straightens, swipes at his face, and leaves the room.
Shiro doesn’t know how long he stares at the door Adam left through. It’s long enough to have the image seared into his head, and he needs to force his eyes away from the sight, back down at his hands.
Back down at the engagement ring that Shiro couldn’t bring himself to take off.
He decides, then, that once he’s done this—once this mission is over, he’ll fix it.
He knows he can fix it. He’s Takashi Shirogane, the Garrison’s star.
Once he’s back, they’ll have time. He just knows they will.
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