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The view was phenomenal, up on the start of the highest and smoothest road in town. The sun was peaking out into the sky and lighting it up in warm shades of orange, yellow, and pink, and the birds were singing happily, assisting the golden light with gently waking the town. Langa had been in Okinawa for months now, but this was for sure a first. The sunrises in the mountains could never compare to the sight before his eyes.
He turns to his left to smile at his best friend, only for Reki to already be smiling back at him. Langa notices that Reki's eyes are as pretty and golden as the dawn.
"Don't go easy on me," Reki grins, his face beaming as bright as the rising sun.
"Right back at you," Langa responds, smiling with his eyes. The teenager duo gets their boards ready, and Reki flips a coin. Everything moves in slow motion until the coin hits the ground with a clink. In one swift motion, the boys jump onto their skateboards and speed down the hill.
Langa's heart starts beating like crazy, the adrenaline of the beef quickly kicking in. The chilling dawn wind against his face and his best friend (and crush) skating directly next to him does not help his excitement.
A corner is coming up, but neither of them slow down. Reki's skateboard speeds up, building enough speed for whatever stunt he's about to pull. On the edge of the road of the corner is a short roadrail, and past that is a small drop but also a shortcut to the rest of the road because the road curves into a semicircle after the corner.
Reaching the corner, Langa flips his board to railslide on the inner curb and successfully turns without a wobble. Looking back, Langa isn't surprised to see Reki high in the air aiming for the road below.
He grins, because Reki is amazing and Langa is in love with him. Langa swears he'll catch up with him, and starts to build speed when all of a sudden he gets hit with a pang of dread. Looking around, he spots nothing, but Langa still feels worried. Then, 30 metres in front of him spawns a blackhole looking portal and out comes Vladimir fucking Makarov, dressed in all black and a bullet proof vest, aiming his pistol right at Langa.
Langa's face is full of terror and confusion, with a million thoughts running through his head. Who is that? How did he spawn out of that portal? Am I going to die?
Too shocked to do anything, Langa skates right toward Makarov. Makarov stares at Langa with the blankest look in all existance, then pulls the trigger of his pistol.
BANG!
Langa falls backwards off of his skateboard, and flops to the ground, rolling down the road a few times before coming to a stop, his body facing up to the pretty sunrise, the sky now a vibrant mix of yellow and amber.
Oh. This is the last thing I'll see before I die, Langa thinks. I didn't even get to say goodbye.
His chest is burning, this time not because of his fat crush on Reki and the adrenaline of the race, but because he has a shot wound right in the middle of his chest. Makarov is long gone by now, and must have disappeared back into his portal.
"LANGA!!!" Reki's voice sounds loud but foggy. "LANGA ARE YOU OKAY?!!"
Langa closes his eyes for what feels like a few seconds, but opens them again and locks eyes with Reki's, which are shedding tears nonstop onto Langa's face. Reki cradles Langa's weak body and tries to stop the bleeding from Langa's chest, with his arm sleeve.
"Langa... who did this to you?" Reki chokes out between sobs.
Langa can feel the life draining out of him, leaving as fast as his rushing blood. Even though he's struggling to move a single limb of his body, he manages to get out-
"I'm in love with you, Reki"
Reki sobs more. "I'm in love with you too. Please don't leave me..." he barely gets out.
Langa slightly smiles, and his eyes flicker shut- the last thing he sees being the watery eyes of the love of his life, and the sunrise that matches his love's irises.
The end.
Alternate ending: Reki's tears are magical golden tears and when they drop onto Langa's face they seap into his skin and travels through his bloodstream and heals Langa's wound. And they confess and then smooch and then start dating and 5 years later they get married and Miya is the best man of Reki and Joe is the best man of Langa and Cherry is the marriage officiant and Shadow is the flower girl and Sketchy is the ring bearer and Langa's mom cries because she's so happy and she wishes Oliver were there because he would be so proud of Langa. Then a few years later Renga have a daughter who becomes best friends with Matchablossom's children. Adam is rightfully thrown in jail sometime in this scenario. And they all live happily ever after (but not adam) and Reki and Langa skate infinitely. The end.