Her Shooting Star

Chapter 10: Matsui Sisters

"Yes. I have finally decided." Mayu said firmly over the phone. "Have you tell your parents about it?"

Mayu rolled her eyes. "Baka. I escaped from the hospital remember? Calling them just to inform them about my decision just ruins my escape. They will eventually find me and locked me once again in the hospital, and I don't want that."

"But you know that it's for your own good, right? Mayu, why don't you just come back already?" The voice from the other line said.

"I know that. But you know my reason. You, of all people should know that. You're my doctor, Rena-chan." Mayu replied.

"That's why, as your doctor, I'm telling you that you should go back now. I already risked my license when I have let you escaped at the hospital. Your condition might get worst and..." Rena paused as she took a deep breath.

"And your number of days remaining might decreased drastically."

Mayu sighed. "I know that already. Don't worry about me. I can handle myself. Besides I'm not alone and you know it." And with that, she hung up. Mayu then lay down on her bed as she threw her phone on her side.

"....Your number of days remaining might decreased drastically."

"As if I do not know what's happening inside my body." Mayu said as she stared at the ceiling.

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A few months ago

"Hey Mayu!" Jurina said energetically as she sat beside Mayu's bed. "You seem to be in a good mood today, Ju. Did something good happened?"

"Yeah. Sort of." Jurina said, grinning widely. "Remember Miyawaki Sakura? That transfer student from Hakata? She just said yes to me this morning."

"So you have another victim then?" Mayu said with a smirk. "How dare you call her my victim? You made me sound like a pervert playgirl which you know I'm not. I seriously like her, okay?"

Mayu raised her eyebrow. "Okay. So what about our senpai, Takayanagi Akane? And that student from Sakamichi Academy? What's her name again? Ah Shiraishi Mai? And don't forget about my cousin, Miyuki. You said the same thing before. Not to mention that if we're not best friends you would probably have asked me out on a date."

"Seriously Mayu, this time it's different. I'm serious about her. I'm even planning to let Rena-chan meet her." Jurina said with a pout to which Mayu only laugh. But that laugh was short lived as she started coughing.

"Mayu, are you alright?" Jurina asked. "Y-yeah-" Mayu replied as she continues to cough and when she looked at her hand that she had used to cover her mouth, it's already filled with blood.

"No, you're not okay. Stay here, I'll call Rena-chan." Jurina immediately rushed outside to look for her sister who was currently doing her rounds.

"Rena-chan!" Jurina called her sister as she catches her breath. "Jurina, what happened?" Rena asked as she walked towards her sister. "Mayu... She... She is coughing out blood."

"What?!" Rena immediately run towards Mayu's room and found the girl lying with blood on her hand. "Rena-chan, wha-"

"Jurina, go outside for a while and call the other nurses." Jurina do as she was told and waited anxiously outside as her sister and the nurses were doing their best to save her best friend. After a few moments her sister came out followed by a still unconscious Mayu who was lying on a stretcher with breathing apparatus attached to her. They are moving her to the Intensive Care Unit.

"She will be fine J. Don't worry." Rena said as she placed her hand on Jurina's shoulder, reassuring her.

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Ever since that day that she was sent to the ICU, Mayu's world has changed drastically. She's been in a lot of pain as if her body is being ripped apart especially during her chemo.

During those times, the Matsui sisters never left her side. Those two has always been by her side ever since she was a kid as she's best friends with the younger Matsui. Their parents were close friends so they would always play together whenever they visit her. Until one day, a devastating news shook their household. The parents of Jurina and Rena died in a plane crash during one of their business trips. Since then, Mayu's parents took them in and treated them as their own daughters since they have lost their eldest a year after Mayu was born. Few years later, Rena has become a doctor and as for her sister, being the genius that she is, Jurina is now on her last year in high school and was about to take Business Administration for college to be able to take over the business that their parents have left them.

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Mayu glanced at the alarm clock beside her bed. 12:15. "I wonder if she's already in her room." Mayu said to herself before she get up. She went straight to the guest room and found it empty. She walked inside and took a blanket and decided to go outside. That's where she found Yuki asleep on the bench. Her arms crossed and her brows scrunched up while shivering.

"This is why I told her to go to her room afterwards." Mayu said as she sighed. She spread the blanket wide and covered Yuki with it. She was about to go after tucking in the blanket but she felt a pull on her hand. She looked back and found Yuki holding her hand. Mayu was about to pull her hand away but Yuki held it tighter and pulled closer to her chest, making Mayu blush. "Yuki?" Mayu called but she received no response from the older girl who was still shivering.

Mayu touched her forhead. "You're burning!" She exclaimed. "Yuki! Yukirin! Wake up! You need to go inside. You're having a fever!" Mayu said as she tried to wake her up.

Yuki slowly opened her eyes and through her blurry vision, she saw a familiar figure, hovering over her. "Ma-...yu?" And with that her vision started to fade.