• after school arcade •

some silly writing for you all (until it's not silly)

akito pov //

I look down at my book, back up at the work on the board.

"What the fuck?" I squint at the maths equations, pulling a grossed out face. I cannot even be bothered to process how to spell algebra, let alone do the letter part. Why are there letters in a number subject, anyway? Were the school gods out to get me? Cause for fucks sake, they got me.

"Did you study what I told you to?" Toya asked.

"How could you think so low of me as to study by choice at home when I could be doing much better things?" I look him up and down.

"Wow, that's offensive. I study." Toya scoffed.

"Erm, yeah. And your a nerd. So technically, I shouldn't want to be seen with you. Nerd." I laugh, before the teacher calls me out.

"What's the expression equal to?" She asked.

Dude, I have no fucking idea.

"Err, 32." I answer confidently. Toya covers his mouth with a hand and looks back down at his work, rubbing his forehead.

"Okay, I cant be bothered with you. Toya, what's the answer?" The teacher turned to him. I will be taking offence to that.

"3." Toya replied. My jaw drops, and I look down at my working, itching the back of my head. What... the fuck...

"Dumbass." Hana turned around to us. She sits next to An. We hit the jackpot with the seating plan.

"Shut up." I look up at her, joking as I roll my eyes.

"Bitch.. I got 73.." An frowned, biting her pen, looking as astonished as I am. I start laughing at her, pointing.

"Akito, stop laughing." The teacher sighs. I calm myself down, breathing out. I rest my head on my chin as I draw a smiley face in the corner of toyas book.

"Are you free to hang out after school?" Hana asked Toya eagerly.

"Yeah, I should be. We could go to the arcade." Toya said excitedly, as I watch his eyes sparkle. Like, I know I don't like it there that much, but he always goes with me.

It's okay.

My throat is going to shred itself apart with the amount of pressure I'm trying to contain by covering this cough. My throat makes a weird noise and Toya starts laughing quietly.

I explode and cough, looking down as I choke up a petal. I grit my teeth and stop it before anything else happens, shoving the petal away quickly.

"Jesus christ. That cough sounded like the sun just blew up right next to me." Hana itches her head.

"Thank you." I go back to my work.

"Anytime." She went back to hers.

Honestly, me and Hana are friends. She's a really sweet girl. It's neither Hana nor Toya's faults that I like him, and I'm fully aware of that, so I'm trying not to be a bitter bitch and take it out on anybody.

The teacher dismisses us a few minutes later, and I go to my next class, which happens to be geography.

Okay, ew. I don't want to do that shit. 'Save the ecosystems' No. Save yourself before I throw you off a skyscraper.

(real)

I dissapprovingly sit in my seat, managing to zone out for a solid 20 minutes to pass over time. The person next to me asks for answers and snaps me out of it.

"Why the fuck did you ask me?" I mutter, looking at them weirdly. It's a boy I swear down I haven't ever seen before. He didn't exist until two seconds ago. I didn't even see him sit down.

"Well I have no idea what the answer is." He shrugs.

"Bitch you think I do?" I frown, looking him

up and down before I zone out again.

I let out the biggest sigh of relief when it's finally over, as I practically run out the school door. I take particular disliking on school. Just a bit.

Geography took me to the end of the day, so I headed home and threw my bag down before I got changed into casual clothes and set out again.

toya pov //

My hand is linked with Hana's, her hands warm against mine. Shes blabbing on about how she's really excited to get a new dog next weekend- a chocolate coloured labradoodle.

Eh, I'm more of a cat person. Cats are better. They just.. don't really give two shits and look after themselves, only coming to you when they want attention. I love it.

We go into the arcade, and she immeditely runs to a machine, pointing at it eagerly. She's very energetic.

I usually come here with Akito. I didnt even invite him. I know it's bad and stuff but like.. I wanted to go with Hana, just us. Akito can't be mad, I'm always with him, and it's valid to not want to go every single time.

We move away from the games and I walk over to the claw machines excitedly. She smiles, pointing at a little cloud plushie, asking if I could get it.

It took me a couple rounds to get the rhythm of the machine, but I eventually understood it and won her what she asked for.

"Awhhh! Thank you so much!" She hugged me tightly, before she held the plushie up to her chest.

I look at my phone and check the time. It's 6:30.

Fuck.

I told Akito I'd meet him today at 5, in the weekend garage, where we could chill. I told him last week. Maybe he forgot? I don't care. I need to go.

"Alright, I gotta go." I smile at Hana.

"Okay! I'll go home. Thank you for today. It was super duper fun." She says happily, before gently planting a kiss on my cheek.

I didnt even see the notifications Akito sent to me. I had my phone on do not disturb. A ball of guilt forms in my throat as I read through them.

A(heyy are we still going 2 the weekend garage)

A(like uhh in 10 minutes i think)

A(aaa i'm just gonna leave and be there if you aren't i'll get some practice in)

A(did you get lost in the arcade? LMAO)

Tears formed my eyes when he messaged me after seeing I read the messages.

A(how was it?)

I'm such a horrible person.

Oh my god.

T(oh my god i'm so sorry i forgot are you still out)

A(haha it's okay don't worry i'm just practicing)

T(no no i'm so sorry i'll come and meet you now)

A(toya there's no point dont bother)

A(i'm okay i needed to practice anyway)

A(so, how was it?)

T(um it was good thank you)

A(good)

I walk home, looking at the floor, my phone in my pocket. God, what is wrong with me? I'm such a shit friend to him. I know he's upset. He won't show it. I pause, chewing my lip. Father wants me home by 7.

If I meet Akito now, even just to say hi, I'd be pushing it and make it home just by 7. If I'm any later..

I'd take it for Akito. I'll deal. I turn around and quickly walk to Vivid street, knowing exactly where Akito would be practicing.

I can hear him from around the corner. I pause, listening to his voice. He's singing Kashika.

He sounds angelic. His singing is something I'll never hear anywhere else. Suddenly he cuts himself off and groans annoyedly. I'm just curious at this point. I hear him sniff in. Is he crying?

He starts coughing, and hard, but still, I stay behind the wall and listen in. I hear him as if collapse down against the wall. I walk out, seeing him sat down, his legs up to his chest.

There's blood on his hands, and on the floor next to him.

"What the hell happened?!" I rush over.

"Get out of here. Go the fuck home." He snarled.

"Forget whatever your seeing. It's not what you think it is." Akito said harshly.

"Erm, well there's blood, and you're on the floor, so I can assume it's something bad." I took his hands into mine but frowned when he didn't have anything over him. No cuts. No gashes.

Is this somebody else's? No. Don't even go there, don't be ridiculous. I look up and see him smiling at me.

"I'm in my last days, Toya. I really am." He says weakly, his voice raspy. Did he practice too hard- or- or did- or does his throat hurt? or-

"There's nothing either of us can do about it." He whispered, looking up into the night sky.

"W-what do you mean?" Does he want to kill himself or something?

"You'll see, Toya. You'll see." He said calmly, before he started coughing again. I never end up noticing the sunflower petals he stuffed behind his back, alongside a whole flower itself.

"What? Well what the fuck does that mean? You can't just say shit like that!" I stand up.

"For all I know you could be committing suicide." I frown, shrugging.

"No, no. I'm not doing that." He laughed, shaking his head.

"Go home, Toya." He sighed, standing up.

"You just said some of the most gut wrenching things I've ever heard and your asking me to leave you and go home? No way in hell." I frown.

"Sure. Stay. That would be better." He smiled at me, and just now I noticed the blood smudges on his chin. Out of the blue, a small trickle runs from his mouth, and I jump forward and hold his face.

"Get off of me!" He recoiled. I jumped a little, not expecting the sudden snap.

"Stop it god please. Stop holding me close to your chest. Stop hugging me. Stop calling me nicknames. Stop acting like you mean it. It makes everything worse. It hurts more that way." Words were spilling out his mouth quickly.

"What hurts?" I blink, so insanely confused.

"Everything." He blinked slowly, before he stumbled a little and I held his shoulders up.

"Speak up and tell me what is up with yo-" I begin, silenced by his body weight collapsing onto mine. He fainted, and I caught him.

"Fuck. Okay." I pulled out Akito's phone and used his face to unlock it, messaging Ena from his phone.

A(ena it's toya)

A(akito's unconscious idk what happened but i'm coming to urs)

E(wtf okay come fast)

I put his phone back in his pocket for him and hoisted him into my arms, carrying him through a shortcut to his house. He hasn't woke up for a while.

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thank you so much for the reads, votes and comments it means so much and gives me motivation

sorry for leaving it for ages again

life update

i had a sleepover last night with my bsf and gf and threw up 🤟🤟 sorry unecessary but yeah necessary at the same time

i swear i have zero idea what's meant to go in these notes

akitoya canon

ok bye idk