"Delic...I'm dying...." Hibiya stared at his face. It no longer hurt her to know. It was something she had known for months now.
Delic felt his world falling. He couldn't have heard her right, could he? Hibiya, his princess, was dying. That wasn't right! They were supposed to grow old together, have kids together, be buried beside each other.
"Delic?" Hibiya touched his shoulder. Hibiya jumped as a sob left his lips. She quickly grabbed onto him and held him.
"Stop joking babe...its not funny," tears streamed down his face. He pressed his face into her shoulder, soaking it.
"Im sorry Delic..." She let out a breath and just held him close. She didn't want to one day not be able to hold him.
"What is...it?" His voice broke as he cried. Hibiya ran her hand along his back, trying to sooth him.
"They don't know. Its just--," she stopped unsure if she should continue.
"Tell me Princess...I need to know what my Princess is going through," Delic opened his eyes and kissed her cheek, hand rubbing her head.
"I'm...slowly deteriorating from the inside. Soon enough I will be like an old person. Unable to eat on my own. Unable to control myself. Losing my mind. And...soon enough my heart will go.." She shut her eyes tightly, pain consuming her. She had always had health problems but it had increasingly got worse, "my lungs are already shutting down. That's the cause of whats been wrong lately..."
Delic held her and picked her up. He carried her to bed and held her close. He told her "I love you", never being able to say it enough before she would be gone.
