Timed Life || Ryuuichi Kashima

Epilogue

The heartbeats slow down and start again, the numbers dropping and rising everyone was there.. "Please.. please.." Ryuuichi who was usually composed and calm was scared, afraid, at his lowest.

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"What's going on with you? you're acting weird Ichika, why won't you tell me what's happening for the past months!" It was another day where the two friends were just out of the daycare in a saturday evening, Usaida decided to be the sweet man he is and cover for the fellow babysitter.

"What is there to tell you Ryuuichi? what do i possibly have to hide from you?" Ichika was trying to be calm, Ryuuichi was angry at her and she can't lie when she says that the tone Ryuuichi used to chase off the boys in his class was used directly on her he holds his hands, trying to somehow calm her angered crush.

"You have something! you can't lie to me Ichika you know you're hiding something from me.. why?" The taller male was getting sick of it, his hands starts to move and he wants to let go of her only to have the girl panic "No! please!.. I do.. i do have something that i'm hiding from you.. but-" she looks below them to their feet who were close to each other's.

"But you don't want to tell me" Ryuuichi cuts her off, coldly. The tone sent shivers and a direct attack to Ichika's heart, she felt like she's about to burst in tears. Years of their friendship is on the line and this is the last week before Ichika's time, no medicine was found, no other way to heal and save her.

Before, her hands and legs started to go weak, her mind losing some memories, Jin was on her tail her vision getting blurry because of the many tears she shed and covers with the make up she has. The tears starts to drop from her red eyes and she looks up to Ryuuichi only to find the other shocked and dumbfounded.

"I do Ryuuichi.." She looks at him with the seriousness in her eyes "It's not only one thing... so pay attention to me, only me.." She said and wiped her tears before she looks at him, her chest heaved and hurted when she breathed out the words "I love you Ryuuichi, i love you so so much.. so much that it hurts!" she looks at her and clenched her hand around his baseball calloused ones. "Don't you get it? don't you get that I've loved you for so long?"

"But i can't! i don't want to hurt you.." She starts crying then and there not really knowing what face Ryuuichi was putting up, but she knew one thing.. the other matter that she wants to tell her will hurt the both of them.

"I-"

"Be my girlfriend"

"Wh-"

"Be my girlfriend!" Ryuuichi said louder as he wrapped his fingers around her hand and held it close to him "Ryuuichi listen to me!" She said and tried to pull away from him "I can't stay with you!" He din't knew why, but he still wants to be that stubborn boy that she sees when  she was still that kid.. that kid that had fiery red hair and the worry wart attitude. "Why?! why can't you stay with me? din't we promise to stay with each other?!" He said, angered and hurted.

"How can i stay with you when i only have one week to live!?" Their heartbeats stopped and started in sync, both of them looks at each other. One was crying and the other was shocked "What are you talking about..?"

Ryuuichi felt his heart breaking at her words but he kept himself composed "I'm sick! i'm about to die! I can't stay with you.. is that clear? i don't have time.. i don't have the time to make you happy.." Ichika lets go of Ryuuichi's hand and hides her hurted expression behind her pale and frail hands.

Ryuuichi din't get it, he din't process what was happening but he wrapped his arms around the girl. Something that he had always longed to do "You do, you have one week right? be my girlfriend and i'll be the happiest guy in the world.."