i counted days, i counted miles (to see you there)

“Minato’s entire profile is lit up with a pure iridescent glow as he releases his first arrow. The sound of the arrow leaving the bow rings in Shuu’s ears, and it hits him—this boy is the other chosen one. His sudden appearance here was not one of happenstance; it was the kyudo god’s hand gently guiding Minato onto this path that Shuu is walking. This is the path that the two of them are meant to traverse, together. There can be no world of kyudo for Shuu if Minato is not there by his side.”

In which Shuu introspects about destiny as well as his relationship with kyudo and Minato over the years (and somehow falls in love along the way).