Citrus Present : My irreplaceable treasure ( Yuzu x Mei )

Please, love me back!

The room was dark and quiet.

There was a faint glow of hospital monitor and light that streamed in from outside, illuminating the gaunt face of a young woman in the room. She sighed, leaning back into the uncomfortable chair that she pulled up beside the hospital bed.

The doctor fidgeted with the hem of her labcoat, scrubbing at a stain on her sleeve that she couldn't possibly see. She was feeling nervous, unsure.

This was too much for her to handle all at once.

Sighing again, Yuzu fixed her gaze on Mei's sleeping face, wondering how little the other woman change. The black haired beauty looked ragged and tired. Looking at Mei, Yuzu felt angry at herself, angry that she felt nothing but desire for her step-sister.

Yuzu stopped her thoughts abruptly, feeling contempt for herself. It was a difficult realization when she realized that she never really got over of Mei. It wasn't like she hadn't tried dating again. Men, women... But it wasn't even about that. It was Mei. No one captivated her the same way she did. The heartbreak, the disappointment, the -

There was a rustle of sheets that startled Yuzu out of her reverie.

The blonde sat stock still, she swallowed hard, feeling her palm getting sticky from the nervousness that crept into her. Mei was now awake, groaning as she tried to sit herself up. The doctor felt puzzled, wondering how the raven haired girl could be moving around already. She was sure she broken a few ribs trying to resuscitate her.

The young doctor wanted to break the silence, to ask an endless amount of questions, but she couldn't. But she needed to know.

Yuzu swallowed her anxiety, clearing her throat.

"W-who's there?"

Mei's voice was quiet and raspy and Yuzu knew that she was likely in a lot discomfort, her throat raw from procedure.

"It's me... Yuzu"

Silence filled the room after that, a strange tension in the air.

"Yuzu..." Mei repeated the name aloud, almost as if it were new to her, but feeling a sense of familiarity as she spoke it.

"Do you know why you're here, Mei?" Yuzu sat still on her chair, unmoving. The silence was tenuous, anxiety inducing.

"Yuzu...I-" the young woman stopped mid-way, raising a hand to her mouth as she coughed. The intravenous line dangled from her left hand. A brief look of shock registered on Mei's face before she was hit with realization that what happend earlier was not a dream.

"What were you trying to do, Mei?" Yuzu continued prodding.

Mei furrowed her eyebrows, wracking her head for more details. Broken image come to her. However, one sentiment was clear in her head. It didn't make sense to her now, but she could still remember what she repeated over and over in her head just mere hour ago.

"I wanted to die."

Upon hearing the words from Mei's own mouth, Yuzu felt something heavy in the pit of her stomach.

"Why would you do such a thing?" Yuzu voice cracked at the end of the question.

"I didn't know you cared."

The sentence was quiet, but full brunt of the words hit Yuzu square in the face. Why did she care? Mei was the one who left her. Even so, Yuzu wanted to know. She need to know.

"It's my job, Mei. I'm the attending physician and I need to ask you on an involuntary hold until we've established that you're not a danger to yourself" the young doctor stood, going around the foot of the bed, picking up the medical chart that was hanging.