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nagi knows reo, knows her name, knows she's pretty; after all, they are in the same friend group, but they are not close with each other. even though reo talks a lot with other people in the friend group, she doesn't really speak to nagi; well, maybe it's Nagi's fault too since she rarely opens up with people other than isagi and chigiri.
usually they would exchange "hi"s and "hey"s with each other but that's it, when it's just both of them, nagi would instead stops eating than be in silence with the girl. nothing against reo of course, it's just awkward for nagi.
on the night of high school graduation dinner, nagi says goodbye to everyone, well not everyone, not reo mikage (yet). it's not like they talk to each other often, right? why would she bother doing so now? but when she sees reo walks towards her, nagi lifts her left arm, waving slightly. "hey!" reo waves back, and nagi nods. "finally, high school ends, huh?" reo says, and nagi answers with a small "yeah," before reo can say anything, chigiri calls for her, "reo! someone's looking for you," the redhead says, tilting his head towards a guy standing by the door with a bouquet of flowers in his hand.
of course, reo is pretty after all. I would give her flowers too if I'm a guy, nagi thinks. wait what? "lucky" chigiri sighs, looping his arms around nagi's. "didn't you buy flowers for kunigami too?" nagi asks, and chigiri exhales even louder. right, he isn't even sure of rensuke's sexuality, and since rensuke's friend group is mainly gym-bros-dudes, chigiri would rather burn the flowers than give them to kunigami rensuke, even if the world is ending.
nagi's eyes went back to reo; looks like reo was rejecting this guy too as she saw reo taking the flowers and said her usual line 'thank you, but i'm not looking for any relationship now' before turning her back from the guy. "not your type again?" chigiri asks, and reo shrugged, "i dont know" and when she hears nagi scoffs, she turns to the girl, "what?" reo asks. "nothing, well bye guys better get going." she waves away.
I.
the friend group falls apart after graduation, everyone's busy with life and university, and no one really has time to hang out anymore. and as much as nagi seishiro obviously appreciates the silence of the group chat, she would be lying if she said she didn't miss her friends after 5 years, yes, it has been that long since she hung out with them.
ah, but I don't want to send a text message in the group; it would be awkward if they didn't respond, nagi thinks so instead she messages isagi. surprisingly everyone is unoccupied on the date that isagi sets, honestly, half of nagi's mind cheers because she can meet her friends again but half of her mind already hates the thought of going out for more than 2 hours.
"I'm going to pick you up," isagi says when nagi finally picks up the phone, and he can hear nagi groans, "damn dude I was fighting with the boss, and I can go there by myself," she says. "no, you are going to ditch the plan, aren't you? come on, we have been friends since we are 10 years old, nagi," nagi sighs, guess she really couldn't run away from this, "fine."
when it's the day of the hangout, nagi tried to come out with a whole lot of excuses, keyword; tried because isagi shoots down every single of her reasons.
"I don't have money," nagi says. "I can pay for you"
"my mom doesn't let me go out" "your parents are not even in Japan currently, nagi"
"no one is going to feed my cat" "you dont have a cat; its a cactus, and its only for couple of hours"
"I dont have any nice outfit to wear" "you know everyone plus its not a date."
"fine, but I'm going there by myself" "no, you will not. get ready, I will fetch you later" isagi ends the call, and nagi contemplates if she should really just go buy a cat so she can get out from this plan, that she at first wants it to happen.
"isagi, we are here wayy toooo earlyyyyy" nagi whines, not only they are an hour early, her internet data was kind of dying too and the restaurant isn't providing any free wifi. "sorry, I thought the rest going to come early too" he apologizes, and he's right (kind of) because half of the friend group came 10 minutes after that. "where's reo, chigiri and kunigami?" bachira asks, and isagi shrugged, "chigiri said they are on their way already" wait, kunigami? since when is he in this friend group? nagi straightens her back, "kunigami coming with chigiri?" she asks. "what? jealous? didn't know you like him?" bachira nudges, even isagi tilts his head. "what? no, thats not-" before nagi could even finish her sentences, she hears someone panting.
"hey guys, sorry we are late." chigiri catches his breath and reo lifts both of her hands slightly "it was my fault, im sorry," she says. "it's finee, we haven't started eating yet, sit down guys. here, there's a space beside nagi, reo can sit there" isagi says and nagi didnt catches the way bachira and isagi nudge each other. nagi was too busy eye-ing kunigami and chigiri; not only they came together, kunigami was holding chigiri's small pouch too. "hey," reo tapped on nagi shoulder to get her attention, still panting lightly because of earlier. "hey, I haven't seen you in a while" nagi says and the other girl rolls her eyes, going to different university from her friends helps nagi make conversation and not feel awkward with people anymore, well not anymore but its a progress to be fair.
"yea, a while for like 5 years, nagi." reo chuckles, "how are you doing? you seem to lose weight, like a lot?" reo asks. "mhmm not really, just lazy to eat I guess" nagi shrugged and it is true, it's too bothersome to order food when her dorm is on 15th floor, which means she has to go down to get the food so most of the time she would just skip eating. "that is so like you," reo laughs, her eyes crinkles, nagi notices, its cute. since both nagi and reo sit in the middle of the huge table, nagi talks to their friends on her left and reo on her right, sometimes they would talk to each other, but then again, not much, just like in high school.
by the time they finished eating, nagi's energy depletes to almost 0, she just wants to go home, looking desperately at isagi who purposely ignores nagi's puppy eyes. but reo notices, "tired?" she whispers and nagi appreciates it; maybe reo knows how much nagi hates it when someone asks her something out loud, she hates the attention on herself. "mhmm" nagi rests her head on reo's shoulder, feels reo tensing up, but she pats nagi's hair. nagi never rests or leans her head on reo, usually nagi would rest her head on isagi or chigiri, but since there's only reo, that will make do.
"hey, isagi. someone wants to go home." reo turns to isagi and before isagi can even respond, kunigami clears his throat, "yeah, think I have to send hyouma home too," he says. thankfully the others say the same thing too since few of them still need to finish their assignments and projects.
walking to their perspective cars, chigiri and kunigami are walking in front of nagi and, bachira and isagi are walking behind her. that's fine, she was focusing on her phone. was. until someone intertwined her fingers with nagi's fingers, thinking it was one of the boys, nagi almost pulls her fingers away thinking it was bachira pulling some stupid prank until she realized the fingers that intertwine with hers and small, like a girl's, and then it hit nagi that it was reo's hands, it was reo's fingers that intertwines with her's. as much as nagi is dumbfounded by what just happened, reo just smiles at her, cute and pretty of course, nagi thinks and she could hear her heart skips a beat.
ah, thats not really a good sign isnt it?
II.
nagi doesn't really think about reo though after that little incident. now that's a huge fucking lie because everything she looks at her hands, she remembers reo's hands, small in comparison to her own hands. she knows her hands, and basically her entire anatomy is slightly large than other girls her age, and to be fair she has a fair amount of times where she would compare hand size with her other girl friends. but reo's hand is different, it's so small, tiny, and soft.
ah, nagi wants to hold reo's hands again and never letting it go. whenever she gets distracted from her games, assignments, meals, or anything really, she thinks of reo, and it hits nagi. she likes reo, she has a crush on her own friend.
no, no, no, god nagi hates this. she knows her sexuality well of course and it's pretty apparent she likes women and men but, reo? not only she doesn't know reo's sexuality, and she doesn't want to lose reo as a friend too.
her weekdays have been going well, other than thinking about reo's hands of course. so good until reo sends a text message in the group chat.
reo: hiiii! does anyone wants to go to Blue Lock Park with me? :)
isagi: when?
reo: saturday, tomorrow? or sunday?
isagi: umm sure, I can go with you, who else is coming?
chigiri: me and nagi joining
bachira: nagi? really? is the world is ending? what the fuck?
upon reading the text messages, nagi calls chigiri, "what the fuck?" she says, doesn't really know what's she's feeling, on one hand, she hates exercising, and everyone knows it well especially chigiri. on the other hand, reo. "what? you don't want to see reo?" chigiri says, as if he can read nagi's mind. "what do you mean by that?" nagi asks, mind racing, sure chigiri isn't homophobic and would be fine with nagi liking reo but still, she doesn't like where this is going, not one bit. "come on, you keep thinking about holding her hand again, aren't you?" chigiri snorts. "what? how did you know about that? you were walking in front of me and reo that night?" nagi's statement comes out as a question. "well, isagi sent the picture, and he said you were awfully quiet on your way home," chigiri says and honestly, isagi is dead, so dead in nagi's mind. "so?" the redhead guy asks, and nagi sighs.
nagi: yes, im joining
reo: thats greatt :D see you guys tomorrow at 4 pm?
':D' cute
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"what do you even want to do here?" isagi asks reo. "I don't know honestly, just wanted to walk around the park," reo stretches before lightly warming up. walk around, god nagi doesn't even like going out from his soft and comfortable bed. "there's a bicycle too," reo says, pointing to a tent that lets people rent bicycles, and nagi grumbles, head on chigiri's shoulder. fuck having a crush, she wants to home now, but before nagi can say anything to the guys reo says something that changes her mind, "there's 2 seater bicycle too if you are tired," reo says, and nagi knows reo talking to her, because who else looking half dead the moment they got out of the car earlier?
so nagi lightens up, 2 seater bicycle? with reo? she can obviously do that, "yes, that sounds better actually," nagi says before she follows reo to the tent. but when reo says she wants to ride the bicycle with chigiri, the other girl glares at chigiri and of course, chigiri taking it as a sign. "don't you want to ride with nagi? I mean girl's bicycle and boy's bicycle, how about that?" chigiri suggests his idea. "but then that would be unfair, of course you guys are going to win later?" reo asks and chigiri swears nagi can burn a hole in his head by how hard he's glaring. "just let me ride the bicycle with you, chigiri! nagi can go with isagi!" reo says awfully cheerful. reo couldn't possibly have a crush on chigiri, right? chigiri and kunigami are together, right? but they were coming together to the restaurant the other day, could it be-
before nagi could overthink more, isagi dragged her to their bicycle, "you are making it obvious, nagi." isagi said. "shut up."
to be honest, as much as nagi hates to say it, she's so glad reo isn't riding with her because she can't steer the 2-seater bicycle. at. all. and the number of times chigiri and reo have to stop to let nagi and isagi catches up with them, is embarrassingly a lot so nagi switches with isagi and sat at the back. sure, she can't show off her "skill" or "talent" to reo, but at least she can take a lot of pictures and videos of her friends from behind.
when reo notices nagi is filming her, she lifts both of her arms enjoying the wind, looking at the camera and she smiles. so bright, so cute that when nagi looks at reo through her phone screen, her heart skips a beat, for the second time because of reo.
III.
a year passed since their last group hangs out and things are getting better between nagi and reo, they text each other at least once a week now. nagi still thinks it's progress, to be fair compared to when they were in high school, indeed it was a progress.
as much as she would love to go out with reo again, she thinks she shouldn't give herself any false hope. but when bachira sends a message in the group chat, saying they should hang out again like the year before, nagi is torn between wanting to see reo, or to not see reo. maybe something above genuinely hates nagi because his phone rings, and its reo who calling him. reo never calls him before.
"hey, just wanted to ask if you are going?"
"you can just send me a text message" nagi hates how she sounds annoyed when she can hear how hard her heart is beating.
"oh-" fuck, reo sounds like a kicked puppy and nagi wants to scream into her pillow so much. "did I disturb your game, nagi?" reo asks, still sounding like a kicked puppy
"oh no, no. sorry Im not mad reo, I actually just woke up, im sorry" nagi lies, it's literally 2 pm on thursday, and if reo could see nagi right now, she could see the other girl kneeling at the side of her bed.
"oh! really, then you can go back to bed, nagi!" nagi didnt even realise she's holding her breath but she's relieved reo doesnt sound like a hurt puppy anymore, her reo doesnt sound sad anymore.
"wait-" dont go she wanted to say, but she stopped herself
"hmm? nagi? what is it?" reo asks, concerned and nagi thinks, fuck it.
"dont go, stay with me for a while"
the silence is so loud, so awfully loud that nagi could hear his own skin breathing. fuck maybe she shouldnt have said that but she hears a laugh, a soft laugh like how she imagines how an angel would laugh and nagi's heart melts
"sure, nagi. I will be here, go back to sleep, I will end the call when I hear you snore, alright?" she laughs again.
nagi thinks she can do this every day, going back to sleep listening to reo humming a song, she pretends reo small hands massaging her scalp. reo ends the call after 2 hours even though she already hears nagi's light snore after 20 minutes, thinking nagi is a light sleeper, she wouldn't want nagi waking up feeling alone.
nagi decides to barge into chigiri's apartment two days after that, completely forgetting he's living with kunigami now. "nagi, ren's here." chigiri stops nagi from coming in but eventually lets her come in the apartment when he hears kunigami mumbles something to him. "chigiiiiiriiiii" nagi whines, lying down on chigiri's sofa. "I think I messed up," she says, and before chigiri could even say anything, "is this about reo?" kunigami asks, emerging from the kitchen. upon hearing reo's name, nagi whines louder, "shut up and explain, or im going to kick you out," chigiri says. "don't be too harsh on her." kunigami kisses chigiri's cheek before leaving them and going into their shared bedroom so chigiri sighs and sat next to nagi. "what's up?" and nagi told chigiri what happened.
"and where is the part that you messed up, nagi?" chigiri quirks his eyebrows. "she doesn't even text me anymore," nagi mumbles into the pillow.
"did you text her first, then?"
"no..." she sits down properly, looking straight into chigiri's eyes, "I have nothing to talk about with her," she continues. "how about you text her first? i don't know just ask about her day or something?" chigiri suggests, and nagi looks at the clock in chigiri's living room, "who the hell asks someone how's their day at 11 in the morning?" nagi groans before slumping into the pillow in front of her again. "then ask about her plan for today, dumbass," chigiri rolls his eyes before getting up to fetch his coffee as nagi pulls out her phone.
nagi: hellooo reo
reo: hi nagi
"CHIGIRIIIIIIIIII" nagi bawls out loud, but instead of chigiri, kunigami comes out of bedroom thinking someone robbed their house and killed chigiri or something. "jeez shut the fuck up, what happened?" both chigiri and kunigami walk towards her, as nagi shows them her phone. "nagi, she responded?" chigiri kneels in front of nagi, and god nagi looks like she could burst into tears anytime soon. "yea but not the usual hi with so many i's and theres no smiley face too" nagi pouts and kunigami sits beside her, patting her back, "maybe she just woke up," he says and before he could continue, they heard notification from nagi's phone, special one.
reo: nagiii
reo: is something wrong? :((
reo: nagi?
reo: nagiiiiiiii do you need help?
before nagi could even reply, well not that she can respond with how much reo spamming her, reo calls her up but instead of the owner, kunigami picks up her phone. "nagi?" reo calls for the girl, voice concerns. "hey, reo" kunigami replies and he swears he could hear her voice dropped when she asks, "kunigami? what are you doing with nagi's phone? where's nagi?"
idiots in love, kunigami thinks but he wants them to figure it out themselves. "reo, relax. nagi's here, she's fine." kunigami says before handing the phone back to nagi.
"hello? nagi, are you there?" reo's voice calls out for nagi again, "yes, hello reo, i'm here," nagi composed herself and she could hear reo let out a relieved sigh. "are you going to the hang out with bachira and others next week?" nagi asks, honestly don't know what else to say nor ask, but she also don't want to end the call.
"I'm not going, I have a date." reo let out a light chuckle.
oh, a date.
"oh."
the silence is loud like the day nagi asked reo to stay with him for a while, except this time she wants to push reo away, fuck even kunigami and chigiri away.
"i'm kidding, nagi," reo laughs, "i'm not going because my parents are coming back home from outstation, so i'm going out with them, it's not a date!" reo says, way too cheerful for someone who just makes nagi's heart dropped even lower than the hell below. "it's not a date?" nagi asks, obvious, but she's also not in her right mind too. "no, it's not, unless if you want to go out on a date with me on that day?" reo laughs and ends the call.
wait, huh?
IV.
the sun blinds nagi's eyes, forcing her to wake up, right, she passed out after 5 rounds of valorant last night, forgetting to close the curtain before going to sleep. "ughh," nagi groans as she rolls over across the bed to get her phone on top of the desk.
reo: heyy nagiii, are you free today?
-sent 2 hrs ago-
maybe it has been reo's habit to wake up early since school days, but jeez the text was sent at 9 am, on sunday. but honestly nagi doesn't even really care if reo disturbs her today, she can just skips tomorrow's morning lecture if she's tired.
nagi: hello reoooo yes im free todayy whats up?
already regretting saying reo with so many 'o's like normal friends would do.
reo: good morning nagii!
reo: do you want to watch Barbie with me?
nagi: YES
nagi: i can pick u up!!
reo: ah thats finee, bachira fetching me later
of course it isn't just both of them
nagi: oh
nagi: who else is coming?
reo: hyou and rennn
"there she goes again," chigiri nudges kunigami when he saw reo glares at him from miles away and kunigami snorts, "that's fine, it's understandable why she reacted that way," he says.
"what are you annoying couple doing here?" nagi glares, it should have been just her and reo. "reo probably asked us first than you," chigiri rolls her eyes, "she thought you didn't want to join since you weren't replying, nagi, plus hyou haven't watch barbie yet so might as well join," kunigami chimes in, feeling like chigiri and nagi going to grab each other's hair anytime soon. "who the hell wakes up early on sunday," nagi grumbles and to be fair, it's only chigiri who wakes up early for his leg routine, kunigami wakes up a few minutes before going out but as much as he wants to agree with nagi, not in front of chigiri not in this moment.
nagi's face lights up when she hears reo call her name, "nagi!" reo links her arm with nagi's, utterly unaware with how nagi's face slowly becoming red and how the other three boys were reacting because of nagi's reaction. "were you guys waiting for a long time?" reo asks, still her eyes stays on nagi, "not really," nagi replies, eyes looking somewhere else, ignoring her own increasing heart beats. "alright! let's go in!!" bachira slings his arms around kunigami.
nagi would rate barbie 10/10, honestly, if she was focusing on the movie, if reo didn't sit next to him, if reo stopped reaching for the drink and popcorn at the same time as her, if reo stopped leaning towards her every time there's something funny happened, if nagi didnt't have a stupid silly crush on her own friend.
"do you guys want to get something?" reo looks over her friends after the movie ended. "me and hyou have to go somewhere after this," kunigami says, "we do?" chigiri tilts his head before taking in the hint, "oh yea, we do and i'm pretty sure bachira too" he says, slightly raising his eyebrows at the other guy. "wait, how did you know? I do actually have plans with isagi" bachira shows his phone to reo, "going to buy this with isagi later," bachira says, it was a figurine of Nijisanji JP Kuzuha.
"oh, it's okay then, how about you, nagi? are you free?" reo tilts her head and somehow, nagi contemplates, as much as she really wants to go out with just reo, what would they talk about honestly? reo life is full of study, she's a good student after all and nagi's life full of games, completely opposite from each other. so she turns to chigiri, good thing her back turns away from reo, "where do you guys have to go actually?" she asks, pleading with her eyes to get the hint. "well, nowhere really," chigiri holds his laugh, "we can join you" he says and reo mouthed a small thank you to the guys. "where do you want to eat, reo?" nagi turns her attention back to reo, and the other girl hums, "do you want to get boba tea? you like those don't you?" she asks.
right, nagi likes boba tea, everyone knows it of course, she always comes late to school with boba tea in her hands, but reo doesn't like them, too sweet, she would say. "sure, i like boba tea," but i like you more
V.
the fifth time nagi's heart skipped a beat, it was about some stupid stuff, sure her heart has been beating quite weirdly ever since she realized her feelings towards reo, but this one was extremely silly goofy stuff, as what bachira would say sometimes. isagi has invited them to his housewarming party, so when isagi is busy attending to the guests, nagi, reo and bachira hang out on the balcony, thankfully there are already chairs and a table.
"say, reo," bachira starts, breaking the silence and nagi already hates what he wants to say next, "hm?" reo hums. "why don't you have a boyfriend?" bachira asks and reo almost chokes on her drink. "why are you suddenly asking that?" reo looks at the guy suspiciously. "nothing, just curious?" bachira grins, "not interested I guess?" reo says but it came out more like a question instead. "what about you? why are you single?" reo quirks her eyebrows, "you know I like football more than anything in this world, if I can marry a football then I would," bachira takes a sip from his drink so reo asks the same question to nagi next. "men bore me," nagi simply says, right, reo doesn't know nagi's sexuality, and honestly, she doesn't need to know. "at least she went to few dates before," bachira chimes in.
damn you bachira
"really? i didn't know that.." reo's voice trails away, "I mean it wasn't nothing, really, just you know silly dates, going to the arcade, watching movies," nagi convinces reo, but the silence after she said that was so loud, and it's annoying, nagi could hear her own heartbeat and for a moment she thinks, what if she beats bachira up right now in front of other guests.
"heyy your hair looks pretty in the sun," bachira says in an attempt to lighten up the mood and it does, so nagi hold off the thought of beating bachira up as she sees reo smiles, "can you take a picture of me, nagi?" reo hands her phone, "pretty sure you can take good pictures since you went on lots of dates," she continues but nagi ignores what she said, she really doesn't want to lose reo even as a friend.
pretty nagi mutters under her breath as she takes a couple of pics, "come on, your turn now," reo takes her phone from nagi's hands. nagi heard a few camera clicks before she heard the other girl laughs, "your hair looks like old people's hair," she said as she showed the picture, and nagi could hear bachira breaking down in tears beside him, laughing so hard while holding his stomach. "my hair's white after all," nagi smiles and asks "what are you searching for?" when she sees reo rummaging her sling bag. "aha! here, try this on," reo hands her cat-eye sunglass, and nagi knows that sunglass.
it was reo's favorite sunglass so she took it from reo's hand and wore it carefully, she didn't want to smudge the sunglass or, worst, somehow break it. "you look good in that," reo complimented as she took nagi's pictures, "I don't usually let people try that sunglass on," she says and of course, nagi's heart did a small flip. while later, most of isagi's guests already went home, so he calls the trio back in, but before nagi can follow bachira, reo stops him, "hey about the dates," she starts, oh no, and nagi just looks at her, how else could she even react after all, right? "we should go on date sometimes," she says but before nagi could react, she left.
+1
but that was it, really. reo didn't text nagi about the 'date' but they still talk, talk more to each other about almost everything, send each other silly tiktoks, call each other nicknames, and go out to cafes, but that's normal between girl friends, right?
"hey, reo, i have something to say," nagi says, currently they are in nagi's car in front of reo's house, just finished with the movie, and the clock shows it's 10 pm. "sure, what is it?" reo asks, fingers busy with the rubix cube that he just bought. "can you um," nagi clears her throat, "can you focus on me for a while?" nagi swallows, "sorry," reo grins before putting her rubix cube down. reo's eyes feel heavy on her so nagi looks down, already regretting her choice.
"reo, i like you." nagi confesses, heart beating almost too loud and too quick that it feels like she's going to have an anxiety attack. "oh I like you too! did you know you are my favorite friend in that friend group?" reo laughs, and it's so pretty, cute, and warm like the sun that nagi contemplates if she should really just pass it as a joke instead.
"no, I don't mean in that way, reo." nagi looks at reo, ugh she wants to throw up when she sees reo's smile drop.
"oh, nagi" reo says, putting his hands on top of nagi's, and nagi knows what that means; too well actually, nagi has rejected quite a few guys herself and she has seen how reo rejects people. so nagi finally breaks down, sobbing quietly, she shouldn't have said anything, shouldn't have confessed, shouldn't have caught feelings. reo lets nagi cries on her shoulder, her own hands stroking nagi's hair, "i'm sorry" she says and nagi sobs even harder, "i'm so sorry I couldn't return your feelings, nagi."
nagi should have shut up that night because two years later, even though their friendship kind of fell through, reo still invites nagi to her wedding. reo looks pretty with her hair tied up in a bun, sure, she always looks pretty, but now she looks even prettier under the chandelier light, wearing an off-shoulder light purple wedding dress.
when reo walks to the table, nagi contemplates if she should run away or pretend to get up to get a drink but chigiri stops her, "just stay here, it will be fine," he says, funny, because everyone else especially chigiri knows how hard nagi cried after she told them what happened.
"we thought she liked you too," they said, right, nagi thought so too.
"hey, nagi." reo smiles, and nagi bites her lips, stop smiling at me, she thinks but when reo stands in front of her like this while she's still sitting down, reo looks like an angel even though of course, reo always look like an angel in nagi's eyes.
"congratulations on your wedding," nagi clears her throat as she stands up, "thank you, guess I'm a lucky woman," reo lets out a chuckle, no her husband is; anyone would be lucky to have reo. oh how lucky do two people have to be in order to fall for each other at exactly the right time in exactly the right way.
"if this marriage isn't working out, i'm always here," nagi jokes, asshole move though to say that at someone's wedding but at least reo laughs, at least reo didn't look at her like those eyes the night she confessed, like pity.
"i hope one day you will find my replacement who really deserves you," reo says, "who loves you so much and doesn't make you cry, nagi." nagi doesn't even realized she is crying until reo wipes her tears away.
in a parallel universe or different world or a different life,
we sit across from each other,
at the kitchen table
and go over the grocery list
maybe in another universe, you would have chosen me