See you on Mars

11

  "Time to wake up" The nurse whispered gently, shaking Oikawa awake. Oikawa sat up in the bed and looked around the room to see everyone else was awake. He gathered the letters he had made and got up for class. He walked down the long white hallway and to the classroom which had a mini Christmas tree on the desk.
    Oikawa was the first one through the door and left the letters inside of everyone's desk. They weren't anything much, just thanking them for the little things they did like letting him borrow a pencil or helping him with the homework, but in this world they meant so much more. Since you couldn't get a real gift the spirits were low and Oikawa figured that complimenting them would give them some extra confidence and bring some joy to the holiday's name.
    He left them on everybody's desk and sat at his own as the students filled in the empty space. There were very clear directions that they were not to be opened until Christmas day. The students stared at the cards and looked at Oikawa before putting them away. 
    "Hello class," Mr. Takeda said, walking through the door. He paused as he saw the note on his desk but decided to ignore it until later. "Today is Christmas eve as many of you are aware. I think that everyone here celebrates Christmas, yes? Good. Anyways, today we'll be talking about the history of Christmas and how it came to be." Oikawa slumped in his seat, he knew it was going to be a long lesson.
     The bell rang and class ended as fast as it began. Oikawa couldn't tell you a single thing they learned, his head was on mars. He walked through the hallway and heard some nurses talking to Iwaizumi in his room.
    "Take this for tomorrow" One nurse said, Oikawa assumed she was handing him a pill or something.
     "Thank you" He heard Iwaizumi say.
     "Have you told him yet?" A different nurse asked
      "No.... I don't think I'm going to"
     "It's not my choice obviously, but I think you should say something" The first nurse said.
      "Tell me what?" Oikawa asked, walking in the room. "Iwa Chan what haven't you told me? Is it a Christmas gift? Or is it that you're gonna be allowed back in the rooms, or that you're getting discharged?" Oikawa tried staying optimistic
     "Something like that" Iwaizumi put on a cheesy fake smile which Oikawa could see right through.
   "I know that you're hiding something, but I'm not gonna force you to tell me what it is. Just know you can trust me with anything, Ok?" Oikawa said, he sounded a bit more disappointed. He knew whatever Iwaizumi was hiding wasn't pleasant but he didn't want to force him to say anything he wasn't comfortable with.
   "You know I trust you with my whole heart Oikawa..... I'm just not ready to tell you. You'll find out tomorrow" Oikawa's stomach twisted into a tight knot but he pushed the feeling down.
   "Ok, Oh guess what!" Oikawa said, excitement found its way into his voice. The nurses looked at each other and left the room to give them some privacy. "I made these letters for everybody in our class! I was basically thanking them for the little things they do for me. I know it's nothing much, but I think that it'll be helpful for them."
    "You're an amazing person, you know that?" Iwaizumi said causing Oikawa to blush
    "T-  Thank you"
    "Why do you sound so unsure of yourself?"
   "It's just unusual that you call me an amazing person, you're usually all like 'You're a crappy person Crappykawa' or 'you're a shitty person Shittykawa'" Oikawa said imitating Iwaizumi
    "What?! I don't sound like that" Iwaizumi barked
    "Uh huh, yeah and you can also see how many fingers i'm holding up" Oikawa said sarcastically
   "Yes I can"
    "That's literally impossible"
     "No it's not"
     "Fine then how many fingers am I holding up?" Oikawa huffed
    Iwaizumi smirked, sure of his answer. "None... you're trying to trick me" Oikawa gasped at Iwaizumi's accurate answer. "I already told you, I don't need sight to see you."
     "Iwa Chan?"
     "Yeah?"
    "I know I said I'd respect your privacy, but will you tell me how you're really doing? Please" Oikawa asked. He knew that there was something Iwaizumi wasn't telling him and it was really stressing him out.
    "I'm sorry" Iwaizumi started. "I'm so scared... I'm in so much pain... I don't blame you for any of it, but I hate not being able to see... I have the worst aches... My head feels like it's going to explode.... My throat feels like there are knives in it... I can't walk by myself... I rely on these machines to keep me alive.... I feel so cold all the time.... Breathing is a challenge and every breath hurts..."
     "I-" Oikawa started but was cut off
     "That being said, I don't want to die..... I want to be here longer with you, I don't want to ever leave your side... I don't want to die.... I just want the pain to end.... I wanna fly away to mars with you so I can be with you forever and not have any pain"
      "Hajimine.... I don't ever want you to leave my side... but I also don't want to see you in pain... I want to free you from your suffering... but I don't want you to leave me.... Is that selfish?"
     "Tooru, you're the most selfless person I have ever met.... Don't let anyone, especially yourself tell you any differently... Just know that you're the reason I want to live... I love you"
     "I love you too... I was going to wait until Christmas to give you your gift but I wanna give it to you now" Oikawa said reaching into the pocket of his blue hospital gown. He revealed a golden necklace with a heart on it and placed it into Iwaizumi's cupped hands.
   "A necklace?" Iwaizumi asked feeling the gift
   "Yeah, it's a locket, you can open the heart" Iwaizumi felt for the crack and opened the heart and felt inside. Iwaizumi felt the inside and smiled softly
    "Did you learn braille for me?"
    "Yeah, I know you've been working hard to learn it.... Do you know what it says?" Oikawa asked
     "It says I love you...." Iwaizumi said. "When did you find the time?"
     "I couldn't sleep, I just wanted you to always know wherever you go that I love you.... forever" Oikawa bit his lip in an attempt not to cry. 'Forever in this world isn't long enough' he thought.
    "Help me put it on," Iwaizumi ordered. Oikawa stood up and put the necklace around Iwaizumi's neck. Iwaizumi clutched the heart in his right hand before he heard knocking at the door. The nurse didn't wait for an answer before entering
   "I'm sorry Oikawa but you need to get back in time for curfew" Oikawa looked out the window, he hadn't even noticed that it had gotten so late.