Then the final moment arrived. I haven’t slept thinking what’s going to happen the next hours, and it’s finally here now.
Gray arrived first, his eyes were severely swollen, like more swollen, looks like his eyes were already sitting on his eye bags, he looked pale, I don’t know how to describe his really bad look but I know that he cried a lot.
He was silent, even when Zeref and the others arrived, their looks same as Gray. Everyone was almost complete except for Sasuke, I wonder where he is right now. Aunt Layla already came too.
It was already 7 in the morning and Sasuke isn’t here yet, the doctors were waiting and the others couldn’t stop from crying, I admit I’m crying too.
The big guys who used to bully at school are now in tears, devastated and unable to let go.
The doctor’s schedule today is so full so he suggested to unplug the life supports of Lucy since he couldn’t wait any longer. I couldn’t stand and watch someone die; I was on the other side of the bed near Natsu, holding his hands for strength. The doctor slowly unplugged Lucy’s life support, my heart is so heavy that it feels like it’s going to fall down, before then everything has put to an end, as the doctor finally touches the main support, I, while holding Natsu’s hand for my source of strength, Don’t worry Lucy, I promise, I promise you that Natsu will live. I’ll make sure he will live. I braced myself for what’s going to happen any minute this moment, I closed my eyes to avoid the painful good bye of Lucy, but then closing my eyes I suddenly felt a move on my hand, Natsu’s hand just moved.
I couldn’t believe, my eyes opened and widened. Was that real just now? I got shocked and couldn’t believe.
Just then, before I could tell them, Sasuke arrived, he was in a hurry, he must’ve been running to here, he was catching his breath and his eyes looked so swollen, more swollen than others.
“STOP” he screamed as he opened the door.
We all stared unto him; everyone’s eyes were on him.
Why was he so late? All our eyes were on him while his eyes were on Lucy. Then we slowly looked at Lucy, lying on the bed dead.
The life support was pulled off, then I looked back to Sasuke to see his reaction, he slowly made a step towards Lucy, shaking lips with tears rolling all over his cheeks.
I can’t imagine this kind of scenario in my life would ever exist, so hard and seriously painful.
Sasuke then takes his last step for him to be able to hold Lucy’s dead body.
“I was too late! I was a coward!” Sasuke whispered.
No one could ever manage to comfort him since everyone needed one; Aunt Layla made her exit first, silent but devastated.
I wanted to go over Sasuke and give him a tap, but I was too weak to make a step, too shocked of what just happened, too shocked for what we have just lost.
Levy was hugged by Gajeel, and then they all slowly made their exits silently.
I was left with Natsu who’s lying unconsciously and with Sasuke staring at Lucy.
Why am I feeling so sad too? Because though I haven’t spent much time with Lucy, I feel her.
The position was still the same, and then a few minutes some hospital workers arrived to transfer Lucy’s dead body.
Sasuke hugging Lucy’s dead body, screaming for her name, never letting go, that’s what I expected him to do, but he didn’t.
His tears were still falling; he was still standing next to Lucy, still no movement.
I looked at him as the workers ask him to move a bit so they could move Lucy’s bed to the morgue.
Sasuke moved aside silently, what is he doing? I couldn’t stand him acting strong.
“What are you doing? Is this what all you can do? Is this just it? Scream, hug her, hold her for the last time, you were late and you’re going to regret that, but it’s not yet too late to hug her, don’t do things that will add more regrets in the future. I know how you feel, no pretending” I screamed madly at him.
The workers were shocked and though the atmosphere was serious and epic, I couldn’t avoid not looking on their funny reactions to what I just did. They must’ve been scared and surprised.
“uhm. We’ll just come back in a few minutes” the workers excused.
Maybe they felt that privacy is needed,
“We both are standing here, hurting and hoping. I never thought our one-sided love for them would end up like this” I said.
“Nothing ended. In fact, it just became stronger” Sasuke replied.
He’s still unable to accept it; he moved to Lucy and slowly reached his hands to her face.
“All I ever wished was to see her smile, hear her laugh and know she’s safe. These beautiful eyes which were like stars to me, stars that will never make me cry; stars that will give me joy every time I look at them. Her smile, was a like a sun to me, it shines up my gloomy and sad life, those giggles and funny laugh she makes make a perfect song to my ears. Her warm palm that leans on my face to comfort me makes me feel like everything is in place, and especially, her innocent and pure love which never ever disappointed me. She’s the first and only girl that I loved more than my life. Where is she now? Until my heart stops beating, she will always be the one. Unless, unless I find someone like her in this world” Sasuke narrated.
“Excuse me, looks like we have to take the patient’s dead body to the morgue now.” The nurse interrupted after knocking the door thrice and opening it.
I haven’t even made my respond to Sasuke’s words, and this pink haired girl is barging in.
I stared unto her and gave her the mad look, so rude of her to interrupt the moment.
“And who are you? Next time, can you please be a bit more patient?” I scolded her as I turn my back to Sasuke.
“I’m Sakura Haruno, I’m a medical technology student, we’re here to observe but it looks like the hospital is short in workers today, so we were asked to assist. I’m very sorry” she introduced as she asked for an apology.
Whatever, I looked at Sasuke and moved my eye to signal him like do it already.
As the workers slowly goes in the room, Sasuke moved his face closer to Lucy’s ear and whispered something, something I didn’t know, and then he placed his lips on Lucy’s forehead.
What did he whisper? Whatever it is let’s just leave it to them and give them privacy.
Finally, the bed where Lucy’s body is placed rolled on the way outside the room; Sasuke didn’t hold on to the bed but instead helped the workers in pushing it away.
He took a deep breath and sat on the bench, I looked at Natsu and suddenly recalled on what happened to him earlier, I opened up the topic to Sasuke about Natsu moving his hands earlier before the doctor pulls of the main life support of Lucy.
That’s when I realized, maybe Natsu is aware of what is happening, maybe he could just hear us, and maybe he wanted to stop us from pulling of Lucy’s support. Why did I just realize it just now? I’m such a fool.
I feel so guilty, feels like I can feel Natsu blaming me for this. I was his only way and chance to make them stop the pulling off of life support, why didn’t I speak? Why? I’m sorry Natsu.
Sasuke stood up, walked on the way out, then he stopped at the door and spoke before he totally steps out “Looks like, nothing ended yet. Looks like you forgot that God has a purpose for everything. Cheer Up!”
Everything happens for reason, what could that reason be?
I’m now left in the room with the unconscious Natsu. I headed to him and asked for forgiveness.
I feel like everything is my fault, and so that day ended with so much grieve and pain.
