Akira had been seeing them sitting longer at Leblanc than usual. They seemed to be pondering constantly about something. All he saw them do was sit with a pencil in hand and look down at a piece of paper. Though they weren’t moving it over it outside of one time. Instead they were just busy spinning it around while eyeing that sheet of paper.
Was this like them? No, not really. Whenever they paid the café a visit on their own they would be stuck for hours writing something in silence at a free table. They never spoke much if at all but that in itself wasn’t that big of a deal. Why would it be?
Though it was uncommon to see them not doing anything with their handwriting wise. May it be their laptop or a sheet of paper. They would always be immersed in whatever they were thinking up. But now? They weren’t doing anything of that sort. Even from afar Akira could tell that nothing was being written on it. The sheet of paper was all empty.
Was this the day to mark in the calendars? Has the great writing genius hit a roadblock? Would this be their first experience of the infamous disease known as writer’s block!? Had they finally caught it just like anyone else with a creative bone in their body!?
It was speculation but that was very unlikely, or so he concluded. After all, they could pull off page after page if they wanted to. Sure it would be a twist of irony but the possibility of that being the case was very low. But if he ended up being proven wrong he would gladly mark it in his calendar as a reminder.
The boy’s gaze wandered through the local once more. Sojiro didn’t seem to come back anytime soon from whatever business he was attending to. And overall the Leblanc wasn’t that busy at this time. There was another customer nearby the door yet they seemed to be attending their own business. And Morgana was upstairs, busy arguing with old timer Ole most likely. So he figured that it should be fine to leave his post for a moment.
And that was exactly what he did, walking over to the table. He started it off very simple. “Hey. What are you doing?”
Lukanja reacted to this pretty much right away, suddenly dropping the pencil and then attempting to hide the blank sheet. Though it was kind of too late, he had already taken a glimpse at it. There were only two words written on it. ‘To Goro’.
At first Akira had to process it for a moment. ‘Who is Goro?’ But it then hit him who it could be. Right, that was Akechi. Sometimes it would slip his mind that this was the guy’s actual first name. After all, anyone else was just calling him by his last name. Though once Akira noticed he chose to not say a word about it and instead let them speak up first. Though their response wasn’t revealing much.
“Ah— N… Nothing! Nothing in particular!” They responded while looking up at him, cheeks flushing for a moment. One would think of it as odd in the beginning. Why were they acting as if he was catching them doing something illegal? “Don’t worry about it!”
“Is that going to be a letter to threaten someone?” He decided to ask, joke around, yet had said it in the driest way possible. Then again, it was also somewhat on purpose. He just couldn’t help himself.
“Wha— No! Of course not! I’d never!” They insisted, looking at him in somewhat of a shock.
“Are you sure? You’re awfully secretive.”
“Very!”
“Maybe you’re lying.” He even leaned a little more forward to have a closer look at their face. Though they were only looking more nervously at him, fumbling around a little as their gaze kept wandering from space to space. He didn’t falter, making sure to not crack up at that point. He had to act as if he meant it. Why? No reason, really. He just felt like messing around a little.
“No! I wouldn’t even think about that!” They kept on insisting, huffing in the end. “This isn’t funny.”
Oh, so they knew he was joking? Or were they just guessing? In any case, that was where he broke his somewhat stoic expression and instead replaced it with a light yet amused smile, then backing away. “Yes, yes. Sorry.” Though he wasn’t. And they knew that much themself.
“Why are you sometimes like this, Akira–Kun?” Lukanja somewhat mumbled yet then looked back up at him. “But seriously, it’s nothing big. Don’t worry about it.”
“There is nothing you need help with?”
“No, not really. I’ll manage.” They assured him, or tried their best to sound like it. Though they looked away right after with their gaze. “Even if I did, it’s something I gotta do on my own. Sorry.”
Something they had to do on their own? That sounded a little confusing at first. What would be something they would have to do all by themself? He was thinking for a good moment here before his gaze went over to the calendar. The month had been changed, a page lifted up. Not too long ago it had been January. But yesterday was the last day of the month. So naturally it is February now. And if it was February that meant something… It was that time of the year. Or it was fast approaching.
He got it now. All of it finally made sense.That’s what they were working on here. Not surprising at all.
“If you say so.” Akira finally added. “Good luck with your love letter.”
“Tha— Huh!?” Yet he didn’t say more than that, deciding to walk back behind the counter and leave them be. After all, they had to do it properly if they wanted to pour their heart out to their beloved Goro.
Today's the day… Not just ‘Happy Birthday’ to my beloved but also the day of our anniversary. Time sure flies, doesn't it? And the bond is still growing strong! I’m so happy to have him in my life, the best gift I could have asked for!
I got much to say and I will! (read more below cut)
There's a lot, I don't even know where to begin. I have mentioned some things already, specifically how it started and that thanks to Goro I got over someone finally after a good decade and how much comfort he has given me since. I never expected him to have such an impact in my life, especially when first seeing him, but he did. And I’m confident to say that he's here to stay.
I will be honest, I’m not someone who believes in things like ‘fate’. It just doesn't sound realistic. Nor even in ‘love at first sight’ (ok that one is still debatable. I would not call me seeing Goro ‘love at first sight’). And even now I would call it self indulgent but it feels as if it has been meant to be, planned ahead of time and now active in full swing. I sound cheesy, I admit, but it sounds very nice to see it that way.
So many coincidences lined up perfectly. The biggest sign was probably how we share an exact date of birth (month and day). It feels silly to cling onto that fact but what are the chances? Not just that but being drawn to him quickly, pretty much upon sight. Perhaps I always took those as signs just didn't want to admit it for a while.
I never thought that I would say this but… I love Goro so much. It's taken a different turn, but in a good way, and I wouldn't trade what we have. He’s fictional, sure, but so what? It doesn't change how I feel about him and never will. And I will keep showing my love for him too. He’s someone important to me and I want to do my best loving him too.
The piece is finished! And with fall soon approaching over here I couldn't resist. It took me a good while to finish this (the longest I sat on an artpiece so far) but it was worth it. Probably. Anyways, happy autumn! It's cooling down here now the past few days and temperatures become chilly. It's honestly nice after so much heat.
