Okay! Since that person has already decided! Here's the special chapter! I don't have much to say here really. So I guess here we go?

SPECIAL CHAPTER: WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

This isn't good bye, not yet.

Those were Mikoto's last words to me, before she left. That's right. I know this might be wishful thinking, but I seriously feel like Mikoto is still among us, among the living. I tell myself whenever I miss her that she's just in Russia on one of her demonstrations and she'll be back in a month or so.

Month after month, I tell myself that.

I am now in the 24th month. It's been exactly two years since Mikoto left. But up until now, the letter she had left me is still with me, at all times, wherever I may be. And yes, even in the bathroom I bring it with me. You might find that weird, and probably uncouth, but I don't care. I know that with this letter, wherever I may be, Mikoto will always be there for me. Mikoto is still with me.

Right now, as I walk through the streets of Academy City, as I am in my final year of College life, I reminisce the nearly three years I had with Misaka Mikoto…if only we had enough time, for her to be Kamijou Mikoto. I pulled on the chain that hung around my neck, looking at the Gekota pendant that was on it. As weird as it is for me to wear something so…Mikoto, I actually like having it around me. Probably because I remember that as I wear this, Mikoto wears the ring around her finger. I managed to propose to her. Well, at least that's one of the things that can be slashed off the list that I regret not having done for her, and mind you, it is a very long list.

"Kamijou-kun." A firm old lady's voice called out my name. I turned my head and saw Dr. Pyonko, Heaven Arbiter, standing behind me, with Heaven Canceller beside her. ARE THEY ON A DATE?

"U-uh..hi?" I awkwardly ask. "Uhm…what're you both doing out here this fine afternoon, Pyonko-, I mean, Minako-sensei?" Thank God I actually remembered her real name. Yamamoto Minako was it?

"Same old, same old, Kamijou-kun." Heaven Canceller answered. Oh my god. This is just too weird, seeing two frog faced doctors out here right now. You would've loved to see this Mikoto, trust me. "I heard that you'll be graduating next month? Without having taken extra classes?"

"Yeah, well, I'm just glad that I haven't been caught up in any more trouble as per usual. The only reason I do ever skip school was because of certain situations that demanded it."

"Misaka-san would've been so proud of you." Heaven Arbiter suddenly said. Heaven Canceller gave her a look as he slowly shook his head. "I hope you weren't offended by that or anything, Kamijou-kun." She immediately reels. But really, why did she say that?

"Nah. It's alright. It's been two years since that incident. It doesn't really bother me that much anymore, but yeah…it still hurts." I answered back looking down on the pavement. Would you really be proud of me, Mikoto? If you could see me now, what would you say to me?

"You know Kamijou-kun, you never really asked me anything about Misaka-san's condition. Hadn't you been informed that it was alright to ask questions?" Heaven Canceller asked. Oh, yeah. Mikoto did say in her letter that he'd be anticipating me and my big mouth of inquisitions. "I'd be more than willing to answer them you know."

"Mikoto told me Doc." I said with a smile. "She left a letter for me two years ago. Sorry I haven't told you any of these. I haven't been hospitalized ever since then, so I never really get to meet you that often now."

"That's something to be proud of Kamijou-kun." Pyonko-sensei said as she nodded. Creepy old woman, aint she? "Your slate has been wiped clean, finally. Finally, we get to spend a day without having to treat a certain spiky haired punk who always seems to get fatal injuries every single day without any real reason."

"Eh? But I do have reasons! I've been hospitalized so much because I tried helping lots of people get out of trouble, but now…" I trailed off. I'll probably regret saying this, but what the hell. "But now, that's Mikoto's job. Since she is the Angel that guards all forms of Life." I said with a smile. Huh. She's an angel. I always seem to forget that fact. Disregarding the common knowledge that she is very beautiful, regardless of her behavior that gives her a certain alluring aura, she is hands down beautiful, smart, hate to say this but she's filthy rich, and she's got the attitude to match. She's imperfectly perfect.

"Don't think too much about it." Heaven Canceller said patting my shoulder. "We should get going now, Minako. We wouldn't want to be late."

"Late? For what?" I ask. "Surely you guys aren't on duty right now right? I mean, sorry to say this, but both of you really aren't as young as you used to be so you should—"

"A date." Minako-sensei said shortly before pulling on Heaven Canceller's ears away from me. I stood there for a few seconds, stunned at what she had just said. Holy freaking floating cows in the Milky Way. Dang nab it Mikoto. You actually nailed it when you said things might've worked out for these two. "Don't you dare tell anyone about this or I will sabotage your records Kamijou-kun." She added, threateningly.

"N-no! Of course not! Not a word will be said!" I saluted, closing an imaginary zipper around my lips as I watched them walk away. When they were finally out of my peripheral vision, I still couldn't help but let my jaw drop to the floor as I remembered what Minako-sensei had said. She, Pyonko, and Heaven Canceller, Gekota are dating. Sweet macaroons dipped in maple syrup and cheese. God, what I just said was disgusting. Who'd want to eat sweet macaroons dipped in actually maple syrup and cheese?! The maple syrup bit would be nice but the cheese? Really? That would just taste hands down plain and simple awful. Hmm…why don't I try and make a macaroon with cheese dipped in maple syrup? Mikoto would've loved it…

"Ah? Touma-nii?"

I turned my head and saw Ruiko and Kazari in their high school uniforms. They were with 3 other girls which looked like their classmates. I think I've seen them before but I can't really remember their names. I smiled and did my best to sound exasperated.

"Really Ruiko?" I said as I shook my head. "You're graduating from high school and you still call me Touma-nii?"

"Well, can't help it." She beamed happily at me. "Mikoto-san did leave all of us in your hands, as our Onii-san, you should be thankful that I call you with such respect." She said puffing out her chest.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever." I waved off with a smile. I nodded at Kazari and she bowed politely with a smile. The other three girls just stood there, stunned for some reason. "Why can't you be more like Kazari-chan over here, or maybe those three girls that have been standing there for like forever but you never even mind to introduce me to?"

"Oh yeah!" She suddenly remembered stepping aside and introducing them to me. "They're Akemi, Mu-chan and Mako-chan. They're in the same grade us as and we've been friends since middle school. Girls, this is Kamijou Touma-nii. He's graduating from college soon."

"I like the introduction Ruiko, I commend you for that." I said jokingly before turning to the three. "Well, it's nice to meet you all. As she said, the name's Kamijou Touma. Feel free to call me whatever you like okay? Thanks for putting up with Ruiko's outbursts. Judging from what Kazari-chan goes through, it must be tough."

"HEY!" Ruiko screamed. Kazari, Akemi, Mako and Mu all laughed at her, including me.

"Now, now, Ruiko-san, please calm down." Kazari tried to placate her. "Touma nii-san means no harm to his words, right? Touma nii-san?"

"Really? You too, Kazari-chan?" I sighed. First it was Ruiko, now Kazari-chan calls me that too? She calls me Nii-san too? God it would be so awkward if they all start calling me that. "But hey, I never knew you actually had friends aside from Kuroko and her."

"Her?" Akemi asked. For some reason, me, Kazari and Ruiko we're all put to a stop. We just stood there looking at poor Akemi who had no idea what we were thinking about. After a while, Ruiko and Kazari slowly turned to me, their expressions asking me if it was okay. I could only smile at them before turning back to Akemi and the other girls.

"Yep. That's right her." I said. "Her, as in my girlfriend."

"You have a girlfriend Kamijou-senpai?" Mu seemed to be really interested in this, and so does Mako. They really do remind me of you, Mikoto.

"Well, yeah. Of course I do! This Kamijou-san has been lucky enough to snag himself a girlfriend although it was under extenuating circumstances. She's actually Kazari's and Ruiko's friend, which explains why I came to know these two." I said ruffling the heads of the two girls with flowers on their heads. I've always wondered why Ruiko had a pin of a flower, while Kazari had an entire freaking bouquet of it.

"Really, really?" Akemi squeaked. "Who is it? Do we know her? Can we meet her?"

"Misaka Mikoto." I answered shortly, my face dropping a bit. All of them seemed to catch my mood as they all kept quiet. "Surprisingly enough, she is my girlfriend, and I'm assuming you already know where she is, and that you can't meet her."

We were kept in silence as we stood there in the busy street of Academy City. People walked past us, they come and go, almost seeming like blurs to me. Whenever we talk about her, it always becomes like this. I always feel like I'm this empty world of sorts, and that the only thing that could fill it was Mikoto. I'm trapped here, and the only possible comfort for me is her, but even that's impossible.

"NO WAY!" The three girls shouted, shocking me, Kazari, Ruiko and everyone who walked around us. "YOU'RE THE LEGENDARY LEVEL 0?! YOU'RE THE BOYFRIEND OF THE RAILGUN?! HOW COOL CAN THIS GET?!"

"Uhh…yes, I'm her boyfriend, I don't know where that legendary level 0 crap came from, but I'm sure as hell not that and could you please, please lower your voices a bit? It's getting kinda embarrassing." I said pointing to the people who were circling around us. They all looked around and blushed, before bowing their heads in apology. After settling things with Anti Skill, who somehow thought I was harassing the girls, we were able to walk away without me being taken into custody. We were walking around until we reached the huge gates of the park. The girls got thirsty after all the commotion so we went in and looked for a vending machine.

"So then, Kamijou-senpai, weren't you intimidated by Misaka-sama at all?" Mako asked as they sat down on a bench while I came to get their drinks. I couldn't help but laugh at her question. "Eh? Was it something I said? Why are you laughing?"

"It feels weird, hearing someone call BiriBiri 'Misaka-sama' after all these years, that's all." I laughed. "See these dents of the vending machine?" I asked and they all nodded. "Well, these were caused by none other than that ojou-sama we are talking about. BiriBiri would always kick this rusty old thing to get a free drink."

"Eeeh?" They all seemed surprised. "Why?"

"From what I remember, she once told me that this specific vending machine stole her 10 000 yen bill when she was a freshman in middle school, so she's been doing it ever since for revenge. Imagine how many cans of drink she can get with 10 000 yen."

"Oh. So then, about my question, Kamijou-senpai. Weren't you scared by her at all?" Mako asked persistently. What is up with the female race and intimidation?!

"Hmmm…" I mumbled as I got out their drinks. Surprisingly, the machine didn't eat the money this time. I went over and handed each of them a can. "I was pretty scared of her. I mean, she's a girl who can shoot out lightning and she could kill me single handedly. She's a walking electric chair of death, so I was pretty intimidated by her, but I guess I never really noticed it that way."

"She used to chase you throughout the city all night right?" Saten asked. "That was what Kuroko-san told us anyway."

"Oh…yeah." I said with an amused smile. As masochist as it may seem, I really enjoy those days. "She'd bump into me near curfew, complain about how she always ends up bumping into me, I say sorry then somehow, I end up offending her and she chases me all throughout the night. Yep, she's scary as hell alright."

The girls seemed shocked at what I said, even Kazari-chan and Ruiko. So they didn't know about that? That Mikoto spent about half of the time chasing me throughout the night streets of Academy City for some sort of petty fight? Judging from their expressions, they were probably thinking you were some sort of bully, which isn't entirely wrong…but nyeh.

"But you girls know what?" I said as I looked up to the sky. "Even though she's like that, she's one of the few people who don't mind my misfortune. She stood by me as a friend, even when I push her away and stuff. She showed me that even someone as stupid as me could love someone as great as her. It was really never about strength for her. It was all about protecting the ones she loved. That was probably one of the many things that made her so endearing to me. One of th4e many reasons I have for loving her."

"But…" Mako said interrupting me. "Don't you feel sad at all? That she left you and all?" … Okay. Now that question caught all of us off guard. Ruiko hit her on the head and mouthed a shush, as did Kazari-chan.

"Don't be so insensitive Mako-chan!" Ruiko said through closed teeth. She probably wanted to make it a whisper, but when she panics, her whispers are like a shout to the entire world.

"It's alright." I said, hopefully putting a stop to a girl banter. "I really don't mind answering your question, but there's something wrong with what you said. She didn't leave me behind. She just went on a different path."

"But…" This time it was Kazari who spoke. She held her hands in front of her, her fingers twiddling with one another. "I don't mean to be rude Touma nii-san, but surely you must feel lonely? Mikoto-san is a dear friend of ours, and we love her very much. It really pains us, knowing that she has gone, but it must hurt more for you, right?"

"Gone?" Mu asked.

"Didn't you know Mu-chan?" Akemi said nudging her. "Misaka-sama had to leave for another country two years ago. She went to a research facility out of Japan so they could use her powers for medicinal purposes."

"What country?" Mu asked again.

"We don't know either." Ruiko answered, trying to smile. "Mikoto-san didn't tell us anything, but she did say that we didn't have to worry, because everything will be alright. It was probably a top secret thing or something. She never keeps something as huge as that from us without a reason."

"Besides.." I said making all of them turn to me. "I don't need to know where exactly on earth she is right now. As long as she's safe, I'll continue wishing her luck, and I'll keep praying that she can come home safely someday. No matter how far that someday really is. I'll be waiting. We'll all be waiting."

I don't know how many times I've been wandering around here for the past two years.

Here I am again, in the park where we celebrated Mikoto's birthday where we always accidentally bumped into, and was also where Mikoto had taken her last breath, her last smile. God, I mean really? For two years, I've probably spent 2/3 of my time here. Every day, ever since the day Mikoto had left, I've been walking around here aimlessly after class, during break, when I didn't have class or mostly, most of my free time. Since it was so close to my university, I often ate my lunch here too, and since no one knew my hiding spot, I could talk to an imaginary Mikoto and tell her how my day went by.

Misuzu-san and Tabigake-san didn't set up a tombstone for Mikoto. They believed that she would come back to us, alive and well. There was no need for something so mournful as a tombstone. Mikoto was just going on vacation, a long, long, vacation. And we would all be right where we are, awaiting her return. Sad as it sounds, it's reality, not an illusion I can break with my right hand.

I sat back down on the same spot I've sat in for two years, facing the place where you had last been. I pulled up my knees and just stared at the patch go green, decorated with white flowers, lavenders and stargazer lilies. I brought them myself. I showed this place to Mikoto's parents before, so they bring flowers too every now and then, probably once a month or so.

"Hey, you know what?" I said, once again imagining you there. "Misuzu-san and Tabigake-san are really doing great as parents of 9971 sisters. Believe it or not, Worst is actually coping up. She's not as much of a b-tch as she was. She's still a sadist sometimes, but oh well. She and Accelerator are getting along just fine. But don't worry; I'm keeping those young ones in check. Making sure they won't do stuff out of line."

I tried to laugh, but even as I was alone, I still couldn't force myself to do it. it sounded so strangled I actually felt pity for myself. Poor, poor Kamijou.

"Hey, Mikoto? Are you still not done yet?" I asked as I laid my head on my knees, pulling them closer to me. "Are you still busy with your whole angel thing? Come one, I know I'd said that I'd wait until forever, but…I never realized how long forever was. I just want you back right now. After that conversation I had with those three girls…I realized just how much I missed you and I—"

Damn. My perfectly emotional monologue was cut off by the buzzing of my phone. I grunted, before reaching into my pocket and taking it out.

"Hello?" I greeted irately.

"Good day to you, Touma-senpai." Kuroko's voice greeted. I immediately sat up straight and wondered why she was calling me at a time like this.

"Uh…yeah, hey. What's up? You never call me at these hours. Is something wrong?"

"Well no, not specifically." She said through the static mesh. "Although, may I assume that you are in Onee-sama's memoriam?" Oh yes. Her memoriam. That's what we call this spot with flowers on it.

"Yup." I answered, raising my brow."I am, but I don't see why that should be a problem."

"Please hold." She said and she hung up. Beeping sounds were all I could hear from the phone. I closed my phone and sighed. She tells me to hold then she hangs up? Really? "Oh goody. You are still here~!"

"WHAT THE-?!" I jerked back as I saw Kuroko landing on the grass next to me. She was careful enough not to step on the flowers on your memoriam. She glanced ta me with a nod, before kneeling down in front of the bunched up flowers and closing her eyes. After a while she stood up and faced me. "What the hell Kuroko? You scared the living crap outta me." I sounded a bit like Mikoto there.

"Well maybe that was my intention all along~!" She said with a cute face. Sadist. "Anyway, you should really not spend your time so lonely here. Why don't you join me and the girls for some tea?"

"But aren't Kazari-chan and Ruiko with Akemi, Mu and Mako?" I asked as I stood up, brushing off the dust from my pants and clothes. "I got introduced to them when we bumped into each other in the streets."

"They were." Kuroko answered with a shrug. "But the three had some other plans, so Kazari and Ruiko-san dragged me to another hang out. They told me how they bumped into you earlier and I decided to invite you. Onee-sama did leave instructions for me to take care of you."

"She what?" I said, dumbfounded. Did she really ask a girl three years younger than me to take care of me?

"Were you not informed?" She said tilting her head to the side. She sighed, before taking out an envelope from her bag. It had the same designs as the one Mikoto had given me; the only real difference was KUROKO was written on the front of it. Not IDIOT. "Read it if you must. I simply do not mind if you do."

"Are you sure about this?" I asked as I took the letter from her. "You really want me to read this?"

"I can tell how dejected you are, Touma-senpai. As Onee-sama's loyal kouhai, it is up to me to make sure you live your life in the best way possible. I believe that this is one way to do so."

Well, she did look sincere enough. Let's just hope that the second I drop my guard to read this letter, she won't: A) take out one of her darts and kill me. B) Tackle me down and bury me next to the memoriam. C) Teleport something potentially life threatening at me.

But anyway, I did open the envelope, and thankfully, she just sighed before looking back intently at me.

Kuroko,

You are a great girl Kuroko. You've got incredible potential and skill. I know, someday, you'll be a remarkable person. Aiming for level 5 is good but not ideal, trust me on that one. As a Judgment girl, you are totally awesome. Can't you see how cool you are whenever you apprehend those thugs? Sometimes, when I watch you, I just wish I could be half as cool as you. But we're not the same Kuroko. You are you, and I'm me.

I know I haven't explained a lot of things, and I know you know that Touma is concerned in this, one way or another. But please, don't hate him. I really hate having to see you both fight. But I guess that's your way of getting along right? I've been through a lot Kuroko. I'm sorry I didn't tell you any of it, but it was for your protection. I only wanted to keep you safe. You're my precious kouhai; I never want to see you hurt.

Come to think of it, we've been through hell of a lot now haven't we? From the Graviton bomber, The Level Upper, Kiyama-sensei's craziness, the someone's watching thing which you used as an excuse to stalk me, Febri and Janie's rescue, and a whole lot more. We've also been models for a photo shoot! Bikini models. As to why we were chosen, I still don't know why. You have to admit, we weren't the most bust-gifted teenagers back then. But don't you worry; you've certainly grown a lot from then.

I never got to say this, but thank you Kuroko. For being my roommate and my friend. Whenever I shock you, please try to understand that it was because you were really freaking me out. You know that I was never used to being shown that much affection from someone who wasn't family. But I guess in a way, you were family to me. You're like a little sister to me, and I love you so, so very much, AND NOT in the perverted way okay? I also want to thank you, because of you, I managed to muster up the courage to say yes to Touma, to ask him to go to our prom as my date and to drag him out on dates which I prefer to call OUTINGS. I couldn't have been where I am if not for you, Kuroko. Thank you.

Sorry if I was such a troublesome senpai for you, or maybe older sister, whichever works for you. I just hope that you'll be able to grow more as a person, and that you'll be able to find love at one time, the same way I did. Loving a guy is hell, Kuroko, believe me. But there are always two sides to everything. Science is good and bad. Abilities are good and bad. Strength is good and bad. Love is the same. It all depends on how you actually look at it. So please. Open your heart to a very lucky guy Kuroko. Touma maybe an idiot, but I'm confident that he'll protect you from b-st-rds who dare to hurt you, in my place as a sibling. If I'm your Onee-sama, then he can be your Onii-sama (?), no that's too weird, maybe just Onii-san then. When the going gets tough, learn to step back and see things form a different perspective. Don't give up too easily, or you might just regret it. And yes, I am referring to myself when I hastily made the decision to leave for England. There. I admit it okay?

Sorry, this is getting kinda long now huh? But my point is, I'm sorry, thank you and I love you. There. Plain and simple. Keep on going where your passion takes you Kuroko. I believe that you'll do great. You'll surpass me, I know that. Love ya lil sis. (Okay that was just weird)

-Your Mikoto nee-sama

P.S.

Could you watch out for Touma? I know that I might hurt him pretty bad with this. I don't know if he'll hate me or something. He might turn into a complete social recluse. You know, the type who eats lunch all alone in a seclude place. Try getting him to move on okay? Same goes for you. Take care of everyone, especially the man I love, Kuroko. I'm counting on you.

Kuroko snatched the letter from me, folded it neatly before placing it back inside the envelope and into her bag. She sighed before looking at me with a raised eyebrow.

"Well then Touma-senpai?" She said putting her right hand to her waist. "Surely you must have something to say after what you've read, right? If I remember correctly, you were mentioned here…about three times or so? And to think this was a letter for ME. It ended up being a tell-a-thon of YOU."

"Don't say that Kuroko." I said with a wry smile. "I can feel it. Mikoto must've been so happy when she wrote that, remembering everything you went through with her. I can tell how happy she was."

"True as that may be, but the part about calling you Onii-sama was just….uergh…." She shuddered at the thought, the same way I did. "I don't even want to think about it. But anyway, there. As you have read, Onee-sama has left you in our care, so you—"

"OUR care?" I asked emphasizing the first word. "What do you mean OUR?"

"I meant it as it is, Touma-senpai. In all the letters that Onee-sama had written for us whom she left behind, you were mentioned in almost every one of them. It wasn't intentional. The way Onee-sama wrote her letters were spontaneous. She said what was truly in her heart, meaning, you are in her heart. Even as she thinks of others, you will always be brought into topic."

"How would you know that?"

"I've read most of the letter Onee-sama had left, including the one for her Misaka Network and a lot of others." Kuroko said straightly. "And believe me when I say this, it was mentioned in each and every one of them how much she loved you, and how she asked us to take care of you, if you can believe it."

"Oh."

That was all I could say. I looked down at the memoriam that was composed of grass and a bunch of flowers circled together, remembering the image of the hazel haired girl that I loved so much. So she really did care about me. Even as she wrote stuff meant for other people, she was still thinking of me. How am I supposed to react to that? I knelt down and caressed her memoriam. I felt the softness of the petals that brushed past my fingers, and it made me feel so nostalgic about her.

"Well Mikoto, you sure have outdone yourself this time huh?"

"Touma-senpai, we should get going. Kazari and Ruiko-san are waiting for us at the café across the park's main gate. Surely we must not keep them waiting." She said. I looked up at her and smiled.

"Uh, yeah. Just a minute." I said, before turning back to her memoriam. "Gotta go, Mikoto. Your friends might turn into ravishing wolves if they don't eat soon. I'll drop by before I go home, okay? See you then. I miss you." I said standing up and turning to leave. Kuroko stopped in front of the flowers and smiled.

"We'll be seeing you soon, Onee-sama. Please just take it easy okay? We'll handle Touma-senpai form here. This idiot needs a lot of supervision. Farewell." She said turning on her hell and walking forward.

"Hey, you shouldn't call me an idiot you know." I muttered. "I'm older than you!"

"But stupider." She answered snobbishly. Oh yeah? Well, two can play at that game. I slung my arm around her shoulder and kept on walking. "L-let go of me you ape!"

"Huh? But if it was that Keisuke-kun, you wouldn't mind right?" She immediately flushed red, as if his name was a trigger for it. "Well, well, well. Little Kuro-chan is finally a woman. She has a crush! Or maybe her first love? Which is it Kuro-chan?"

We played like that for a while longer, just until we reached the street we were supposed to cross. Kuroko was flushed red the entire way and Ruiko and Kazari-chan pressed her even further about the issue as I just sat back, silently drinking my coffee, watching as the sun slowly turned into a million shades of orange.

"Ah! Hey!" Ruiko suddenly said, temporarily allowing Kuroko to take a breather. "Kuroko, you let Touma-nii read your letter right?"

"Huh?" Kuroko answered tilting her head to the side. "Yes. Is something the matter, Ruiko-san?"

"No, no. it's nothing like that, I just remembered one of the girl talks we had with Mikoto-san before she left, you know, while she was in the hospital and all." She said putting a finger to her chin and thinking carefully.

"Girl talk?" I asked. "What about them?"

"Well, since you have read Kuroko's letter, that means you read the PS on the bottom right?" She asked and I nodded. "If I remember correctly, Mikoto-san actually wanted to say a whole lot more back then. She said something like, 'I always had a question that I wanted to ask him, but never got the chance to. Maybe if Kuroko asked him, he'd answer it…but I don't really know.' Yup. That's what she said."

"Wow, Ruiko." Kazari said as she took a bite of her cake. "I never knew that you had such good memory. But now that you mention it, Mikoto-san did say that."

"So what was it that she wanted to know?" I asked, intrigued by all of this. Come on, Mikoto. This is me we're talking about. There's never a question that I'd never answer for you. All you gotta do is ask, but oh well. At least you left it to these three.

"She wanted to know if you ever regretted being with her." Ruiko continued. The three girls looked at me intently while I just stared back at them. We were kept in silence, but after awhile, it was broken by my small fits of laughter.

"What's so funny Touma-senpai?" Kuroko asked with furrowed eyebrows.

"No…it's just that…" I said trying to calm my laughter as I took a breath. "That's just such a Mikoto-thing to ask you know? Tsundere-y and all that. I mean, look at me!" I said spreading my arms out as I had the biggest smile I ever smiled in weeks. "Just try looking at me and answer that question for yourself. Isn't it quite obvious?"

The girls smiled before they had a fit og giggles which I found adorable. I smiled and drank my coffee as the girls continued on with their chatter, remembering the talk they had with Mikoto just before they learned of the truth of her condition. I glanced through the window of the café we sat in and saw how the sky was painted beautifully with orange streaks. It reminded me of you. Of how fun loving and energetic you were. And boy do I miss it.

'Regret being with you?' I thought to myself with a smile. 'That is just stupid Mikoto. I cherish every moment spent being with you, you big idiot.'

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Well, that's it. sorry if it was lame. by the way, Forfeit by 61wisampa KILLED ME. SEMPAII! Todeelooo! Thanks for everything everyone! I might focus on writing a Coppelion fic or TAMNI/TAKNR fic or something. Imma graduate soon, so I really dont know. anyway, this was supposed to be a gift for someone, but that someone decided to share it with everyone so there you have it! bye nee~! Love you guys soooo much! Thanks for supporting part...4 or 3 (if you count he one shot I wrote) of the first ever story I've published here! it has been memorable and I will never forget all the advice I have received. they made me a better writer!