Epilogue Konoha

An unfamiliar grayish-yellow narrow eye welcomed me when I opened my eyes. I feel pain all over my body particularly, my head. I tried to get up so the owner of those narrow eyes helped me to get up from laying on my bed and lean on the headboard of the room that I am into.

"Where I am? Who are you?" I asked and held my head when I felt pain from it. The man I am with pressed the button next to my bed to get the attention of the nurses and doctor who assigned to me.

"You got into an accident. Did you remember? It's been a year now since then." The man asked but before I could answer him, the nurses and doctors entered my room to check on me. I somehow find it annoying that they're flocking into me. It feels suffocating.

"Did you remember getting into an accident?" The doctor asked me that made my brows creased because I couldn't remember it at all. In fact, I couldn't remember anything what happened that made me get into an accident and some of my old memories feels like there's a part of it that got erased. And...

It feels empty.

I feel empty.

As if I forget something important to me.

Tears fell in my eyes and my chest tightened because of that something that I couldn't remember that is making it hard for me to breathe. The man that's been with me since I opened my eyes rushed to my side right away and held my hand as if I am someone precious. I don't know him but why I don't feel like it's not the first time that I was held by those gentle hands? Who is he that he can easily calm my nerve making it easy for me to breathe?

"Is there something wrong with him?" He asked worriedly that made me confused of why he's acting like my guardian when it's the first time that I saw him. Is he part of the memories that got erased in my mind?

"Like what I told you before, his memory might get affected because of the damage he got from the accident. It might be temporary or permanent depends on the patient's will and recovery speed. For now, it's good to hear that he didn't forget everything about him and I can only assure you that his life is now out of danger. In a few more weeks, he can get discharged if we didn't see anything wrong to his tests." The doctor answered before he said a few things and let us have our privacy.

I looked at him. I feel uneasy looking at those eyes but at the same time, I feel like I knew him. As if it's not really the first time that I saw him. And he just stared back at me as if waiting for him to ask anything to him. I cleared my throat and looked at him with a serious face. I'm sure that I saw him before but I can't remember where and when.

"W-who are you?" I asked that made him looked sad. As if I said something absurd.

"So, I'm a part of the memories of yours that you forget, huh?" He said in a very sad tone that made me feel guilty. I lowered my head and apologize while still trying to remember where did I met him.

He sighed and made me face him. "It's okay. I'll just need to introduce myself. I am Rintarou. Suna Rintarou. We met in national's way back in high school. I'm formerly from Inarizaki."

I nod and tried to remember that timeline he said but I really can't recall him. I know some players from Inarizaki though, the twins. I still remember that one of them became Bokuto's teammate.

"How's the twins? I remembered them because they're so famous back then. But I'm really sorry that I can't remember you." I said apologetically that just made him smile a little trying to hide the sadness on his eyes.

"Well they are both happily married now." He answered shortly.

"Oh, so Atsumu married Hinata." I smiled when I remembered Atsumu proposing to Hinata right after the latter's debut match. "What about the other twin?" I asked that made him quiet for a moment.

"Samu... well he's married to Akaashi now." I wonder why I felt that something pricked in my chest when I heard that name that I just heard for the first time.

"Oh, I see. I guess, Osamu is the one who will continue their lineage huh, since Atsumu married a guy." I commented that made Suna looked at me in surprise.

"Akaashi's a guy. Although Samu always tell us whenever he gets drunk that he's the prettiest setter he laid his eyes to in the nationals." He said that made me scratch my head.

"I'm sorry. I thought Akaashi's a girl's name. Although I didn't know what team he came from." I said that made him silent again for a moment.

"Akinori..." He called my name after a long break of silence and looked at me seriously.

"A-are we really that c-close for you to call me by my first name?" I asked trying to recall again what sort of relationship I have with him. For sure he's not one of the guys I had a one-night stand with because looking at him, I'm quite sure that he's a top just like me.

Suna sat at the edge of my bed and leaned a little closer to me. "Yeah. We're that close for me to call you by your first name." He said that is almost like a whisper.

"Why don't you ask me, what's our relationship? Why did you get into an accident?" He continued while gazing at me intently.

I looked away because it's impossible that he's what I think he is. I only engaged in one night-stands as far as I remember. But with the way I forget about him, the way he acts as my guardian and the way that I forget what happened one year ago, and the comfortable feeling that I felt with him even though I just met him today, is making me feel so confused. My head couldn't remember him but I am comfortable with him. As if I really know him.

I looked at him and asked courageously. "Who... who are you in my life? And why did I get into an accident."

He cupped my face gently while staring to my eyes as if he's about to cry. "I'm the cause of it. We had a fight because of my jealousy and possessiveness. You went out for a drink and got into an accident. I guess this is my karma of trying to lock you up with me. That's why I'm sorry." He said with tears on his eyes that is making my head spin.

"W-wait you m-mean..."

"I'm your lover." He confirmed that made me speechless but before I could even react to what he just said, he claimed my lips without a warning.

And even though it's the first time that my lips have touched his...

It sends a fuzzy feeling in my whole system...

And what's scarier...

Is...

My lips remembered the softness of his lips and gentleness of his kiss.

And it made me tear up.

Because...

The emptiness I felt just a moment ago, was filled by his kiss.

Making it hard for me to deny...

That he is...

The man in my lost memories.