Michael Part II

I Promise

When they opened the bathroom door Mika was sitting in the floor. He had his head buried in his hands. An unopened bottle of painkillers sat on the floor in front of him.

Michael snatched them from the floor, "please tell me you didn't take any of these?"

Mika shook his head 'no.'

Michael sighed and closed the bathroom door shutting Fortune and Ezra out. They both looked confused as he did this. Michael sat across from Mika.

"Look at me," Michael demanded Mika.

Mika slowly rose his head. Michael's heartached even more when he saw his eyes. They were swollen and red like he had cried for a whole night.

"Mika I do still love you. I never stopped. I lied about having a date. I just needed more time to think. I should've just said that. I-you mean everything to me. There's no one I would rather spend my life with than you," Michael started to cry.

He then continued through his tears, "it's just when I think of me and you, there's only one outcome every single time that I replay our future. It's me, dying. And I don't want to. I don't want to leave you with that pain and...loneliness. I want you to be happy. I don't think I can make you happy. The odds of me living until I'm 40 are slim. If I do I certainly won't look like this. I'll probably be in a hospital. I can't do that to you Mika. I-" Michael tried to continue, but he couldn't.

It hurt too much to continue. He just continued to breakdown in front of Mika. Mika pulled him into his arms and they cried together.

"Michael look at me," Mika said through his tears. "I love you. I'm with you until the end. I promise."

They stayed in each others arms until Michael fell asleep. Mika slowly picked him up and carried him to bed. He undressed Michael and himself and slid underneath the covers. He wrapped his arms around Michael. Never wanting to let him go.