A/n: Sorry I took so long to update I have been busy with school and finals coming up and I couldn't find any pictures to go with this story, also this chapter will be a bit sad but happy at the same time don't worry, just a reminder I don't own any of the characters except for my own, and I will still be taking request, anyway now that's out of the way enjoy🥰.
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-A few months later-
Maria's pov:
I step out of the hospital room, waiting for my mom to finish discussing things about the illness, when did it get worse? I just wanted to go home, I didn't like hospitals the horrible memories that bring me back to the cold September night. After getting home from the hospital, I told my mom that I was going out for a run closing the door behind me. I knew the neighborhood very well so I won't have to worry about getting lost,
"Hey! Maria," a voice called out to me, I look behind and I was amazed to see Akaashi
"Oh, hey what are you doing at a time like this?" He asked me, I just looked at the ground not knowing what to say to him, he looked at me waiting for me to respond, tears started to flow down my cheeks, I turned away from him so that he wouldn't see me cry but he already did, I started to sob, I felt him hug me from behind and started to rub my back in a circular motion to help me calm down and it did work.
"Are you ok?" he asked me confused as to why I was crying, I just looked at the ground and nodded.
"What happened? Did something happen?" he asked, I can tell that he was concerned about me, I didn't want him to be about me, I mean yes we knew each other since we were kids, it's still hard to tell him, but I did it anyway.
"I went for a check-up at the hospital and I found out that I have cancer but they haven't identified what kind yet," I told him, he just looked at me in shock, I can tell that he wasn't liking this news, I mean I didn't either but what can I do?
After hearing the news, Akaashi looked at me and I just continued to stare at the ground, suddenly I felt his hands creased my cheeks, I looked at him with tears filling my eyes, he leaned his face closer to mine and I did the same, we were about to meet midway but then stopped, I felt my face burning and his face was red, he looked at me with his sparkling blue eyes knowing that he wanted to be more than friends, and I did too want the same.
Akaashi's pov:
"Ah, sorry I don't know why I did that," I said looking away from her face, I just look at her and smile and she was staring at me, for a few seconds we just looked at each other, I looked into to her sparkling forest green eyes, and she stared into mine.
She smiles and told me "It's ok, I mean I would've done the same thing," her face red, I just looked at her, and I was relieved at what she just had said.
~A few minutes passed by~
We just talked and laugh walking home, we talked about volleyball and the team I was quite enjoying talking to her I never wanted it to end, in a short time we reached her house, I waved goodbye and she waved back at me smiling. I have never felt my heart beat so fast in my life Bu the sad thing was she's sick and there's nothing I can do about it, having cancer is the worst thing that could happen to anyone but why did it have to be her?
I started walking home, I kept thinking about Maria, I knew that I couldn't do anything but I had to do something to take it off hers and my mind. When he got home I started planning what we could do tomorrow after practice, after a long time of thinking I had a perfect idea of what they were going to do tomorrow, and I can't wait to spend time with her, as soon as I closed my eyes I fell asleep.
~morning~
I woke up pretty earlier than the time I usually wake up to, which was 6:30, I started getting my things ready and headed out, as I was walking I noticed that Maria hadn't come out yet she usually waits for me in front of her house so that we can walk to school together but today she wasn't there, I was worried that something must've happened to her, I was just about to walk away from her hose I heard the door open, I turn around to see Maria, I sigh in relief knowing nothing bad happened to her.
"Hey!" I called out, she jumped a little, *oops I must've startled her* she came running down the steps and we walked to school together. On the way, I told her that we should hang out together for the day, she happily agreed I was so excited I couldn't wait.
~After practice~ (sorry that I'm skipping I'm lazy)
Maria's pov:
"Hey, you ready to go?" I asked Akaashi with a smile across my ace, I know what we were going to do today since he told me, he nodded his head with a smile.
I saw Watari and Konoha smirking in the corner of my eye, I feel like they were up to something but didn't mind as much.
The entire day we hung out at my favorite coffee shop and just talked, we went to a park and hung out there for a while before we headed home.
"I had fun today," I said with a smile, then out of nowhere I kiss his cheeks, I looked at him shyly, at that moment I knew that I have feelings for him and I could tell that he does the same for me, he looked at me and cupped my face and kissed me in the lips, his lips were soft against mine, we broke the kiss for air, I didn't realize that my parent was outside of the door standing, they were shocked and so were we, me and Akaashi looked at each other wondering what they were going to do, surprisingly they ran up to us and hugged us.
"It was about time!" they said in unison, we were confused but I got the feeling that they excepted me and Akaashi, ever since that night we started dating, we were a happy couple, we told the team, of course, Bokuto was thrilled about it since he's been secretly shipping us from the start, Watari and Konoha, on the other hand, knew from the start that we liked each other, I don't even know how they knew my feelings towards Akaashi and Akaashi's feeling towards mine before we even knew our feelings towards each other but all that matters is that we are happy.