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| 1 This took me an afternoon while waiting for everyone to set up my brother’s | |
| 2 birthday. ^-^ It was either this or a Chuck E. Cheese romance story (my little | |
| 3 brother’s turning 7, so that’s where we’re going ;_;) and I’m more morbid than | |
| 4 that. ^-^;; I think the scariest thing is that I do have a plot centered around a | |
| 5 Chuck E. Cheese. O_o Good thing I don’t have characters worked out yet. ^-^ | |
| 6 Oh well. This is my second Sasami & Misao story and it wasn’t as happy as I | |
| 7 would have liked, but I’m glad I got the chance to. ^-^ They make such a cute | |
| 8 couple. ^=^ Hopefully I can again soon. ^-^ If you like this or have any | |
| 9 suggestions for a future story I could do about them, please e-mail me. ^-^ | |
| 10 Thanks so much for reading. *hugs* Oh, and I know that I’m reusing a the title | |
| 11 from a CCS fic I wrote, but the friend I got the title from didn’t like it so I’m | |
| 12 hoping this one will fit better. ^^;; Then again, third time’s a charm, so you | |
| 13 never know. | |
| 14 | |
| 15 Heather | |
| 16 | |
| 17 | |
| 18 Love Lies Bleeding | |
| 19 | |
| 20 By Amazoness Duo | |
| 21 amazonessduo@hotmail.com | |
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| 23 Emptiness. The cold, infinite emptiness in her heart was all that made | |
| 24 up Misao’s world for the moments it took to listen to the answering machine. | |
| 25 Her mother was going to be late again and she wasn’t supposed to wait up. Her | |
| 26 cram school had called about her extended absences. And the doctors wanted to | |
| 27 run more tests. Possibly even another operation. | |
| 28 Whenever the world was at it’s darkest, something happened to make | |
| 29 matters worse. She had had an awful day at school, that sea of people that hardly | |
| 30 knew her and hardly cared rushing past, catching her in their wake. Her body | |
| 31 ached horribly, a reminder of how sick she had been feeling all day. No one had | |
| 32 seen her when she had collapsed from the pain in the hallway. When she had | |
| 33 passed into unconsciousness, an awful dream about an evil blonde girl fighting | |
| 34 Sasami in a cute magical girl outfit played out for her. It wouldn’t have been so | |
| 35 horrible if she hadn’t been the blonde girl in the dream. She never wanted to | |
| 36 fight Sasami, to ever cause any trouble to her best and only friend. | |
| 37 The horrible pains had been scaring her more and more lately. She | |
| 38 could barely see past the pain at times as it consumed her. It was becoming | |
| 39 clearer and clearer to her that she was going to die. She was getting sicker. | |
| 40 Which meant more operations. And her mother would have to work even harder | |
| 41 and later to pay for it all. She barely saw her mother as it was and the poor | |
| 42 woman was already overworked. She didn’t want to make things worse. Holding | |
| 43 herself, the pale girl shivered at the thought of another operation. The hospital | |
| 44 frightened her. If anything, it just made things hurt even worse than they already | |
| 45 did and made her mom worry about whether or not she’d pull through. The look | |
| 46 on her mother’s face when she was talking to the doctor the last time chilled her | |
| 47 soul. Her mother never did tell her what he had said, but she feared the worst. | |
| 48 Everything was cold. Everything was lonely. Everything hurt her. | |
| 49 Misao brushed away pained tears from her aquamarine eyes. It hadn’t occurred | |
| 50 to her at first that she had been crying. She contemplated the crystalline droplet | |
| 51 as more streamed down her cheeks. Her lips quivered as a sob escaped her. She | |
| 52 hugged herself tightly against the harshness of the world. If only she were with | |
| 53 Sasami, then maybe... No, she couldn’t depend on Sasami all of the time. She | |
| 54 was already a burden on her mother. Was she a burden to Sasami as well? The | |
| 55 other girl offered her unconditional friendship when she needed it the most, | |
| 56 helping her and spending time with her when everyone else was usually content | |
| 57 to ignore her and let her die in a corner somewhere. There was no doubt in her | |
| 58 mind that she would have died a long time ago had it not been for Sasami. But | |
| 59 now the thought that she was just burdening the blue haired girl with her own | |
| 60 insecurities and loneliness hurt her deeply. Why did Sasami waste her time with | |
| 61 her? Did she feel sorry for her? No one else thought she was worth the time of | |
| 62 day. | |
| 63 Biting pain shot through Misao, her breathing becoming ragged as she | |
| 64 clutched at her chest. Staggering forward, more tears fell from her. The entire | |
| 65 house held a lonely silence, the only sound her own labored breaths. “Please, | |
| 66 make it go away...” she begged. The pain in her body was almost as strong as | |
| 67 the pain in her heart. Why did it always have to be this way? Why was she so | |
| 68 weak? “Mama... Don’t take me back.. to the hospital... I’ll be just fine, I | |
| 69 promise...” Whimpering at the pain that burned through her senses along with | |
| 70 the hopelessness surrounding her, Misao struggled to get to her room. The world | |
| 71 tilted on it’s side halfway up the stairs, making it ever more difficult to think. | |
| 72 She needed to lie down. She needed to make it all go away. Her next step missed | |
| 73 the stairs by a few inches, her disoriented body failing to compensate as the | |
| 74 world dropped out under her. The pain became more intense as she fell back | |
| 75 down the stairs. She barely got out a short yelp before she hit the floor near the | |
| 76 foot of the stairs. | |
| 77 Time stood still. It had no meaning to Misao. Her world was ablaze in | |
| 78 pain and fear. “Mama...” she choked out, her chest aching as her breathing | |
| 79 labored on. Weakly raising her hand shakily, she was shocked to see it covered | |
| 80 in her own blood. Another silent sob escaped her bruised lips. She could see the | |
| 81 door from where she was lying, her shoes all alone. Her mother wouldn’t be | |
| 82 back for hours. Her heart shattered as she came to the painful realization that she | |
| 83 was going to die all by herself. There was no one to comfort her, no one to ease | |
| 84 her pain. | |
| 85 ‘Sasami!!’ her feverish mind shot out in desperation. ‘I need to tell her. | |
| 86 I need her to know or she’ll be mad. She’s the only one who cares. She’ll be | |
| 87 mad at me if I don’t tell her why I’m gone.’ She grasped onto that one thought | |
| 88 as her body began to go numb in a number of places, not dulling the sharp pain | |
| 89 inside in the least. She barely managed to get a hold of the phone, pulling it | |
| 90 close as she pushed the speed dial for her only friend. The seconds ticked on like | |
| 91 hours, defeat threatening her as death’s door drew ever nearer. As she was about | |
| 92 to give up, to quit like she always did, a cheerful voice answered. | |
| 93 “Moshi moshi.” | |
| 94 “Sa.. sa..mi...” Misao got out painfully. Her heart caught in her chest | |
| 95 for a moment. The fear that she wouldn’t be able to tell Sasami before she was | |
| 96 taken away gripped her. “..sami...” she whispered again into the receiver, her | |
| 97 hand shaking. | |
| 98 Sasami froze. Something was dreadfully wrong. “Misao-chan? Misao, | |
| 99 is that you? What’s wrong? You sound strange.” | |
| 100 Misao released a muffled sob, pulling the phone closer. “..it hurts... | |
| 101 sami.. hurts so much… I’m sorry.. so sorry... I just… I want.. it to stop...” she | |
| 102 barely managed to get out. | |
| 103 “Misao? Misao, you’re not making sense. What’s going on? Misao- | |
| 104 chan, you have to tell me what’s going on,” Sasami urged. She was growing | |
| 105 frantic. Misao sounded awful and she could barely make out what she was | |
| 106 saying. What could have happened to her? | |
| 107 “..won’t go away... Always hurts... gomen nasai... Sasami.. I.. I.. love | |
| 108 you..” Misao’s sob was more prominent this time. Her grip on the phone | |
| 109 weakened. She didn’t want to go. Sasami meant so much to her. But she was her | |
| 110 only reason to stay anymore and it didn’t look like it was her choice. | |
| 111 “Misao-chan? What? I... Are you at home?” Sasami clutched the phone | |
| 112 to her ear painfully, not wanting to miss anything. There was no response after a | |
| 113 long silence, only ragged breathing. “Misao! Misao-chan!!” she screamed into | |
| 114 the phone. | |
| 115 Was someone calling her name? “Mama..? Gomen, mama.. You won’t | |
| 116 have... to work so hard.. anymore, mama..” Tears welled up as her eyes closed, | |
| 117 falling off of long lashes. Misao could barely hear Sasami anymore, the phone | |
| 118 slipping from weak fingers. The tears streamed down her cheeks, mixing with | |
| 119 the blood dripping down her chin. She shivered in the cold, empty house. Alone. | |
| 120 Always alone. | |
| 121 | |
| 122 Sasami thanked all that was Holy when she found the door to Misao’s | |
| 123 house open. Her initial reaction started to dissipate when she realized what that | |
| 124 could mean. Anyone could have gotten in. Someone might have hurt Misao. She | |
| 125 sounded in pain on the phone. What if... Sasami pushed off the thought as she | |
| 126 walked inside. There was no time for speculation. She need to find out what | |
| 127 happened. | |
| 128 What she saw froze her in her tracks. Misao was lying not far from the | |
| 129 door at the foot of the stairs, the phone next to her with a bloody handprint. | |
| 130 Misao herself wasn’t moving, blood seeping through her ripped white school | |
| 131 blouse. “Misao-chan!!” Sasami gasped. Rushing to the raven haired girl’s side, | |
| 132 her heart pounded in her chest. Her worst fear made her legs go numb | |
| 133 underneath her as she sat down hard next to her best friend. She couldn’t be | |
| 134 dead. That wasn’t fair. She needed Misao. Her hands searched desperately for a | |
| 135 heartbeat, for any sign that there was still life in that weak, battered body. Misao | |
| 136 made a weak noise as she moved under Sasami’s questing fingers. Stopping the | |
| 137 search for a heartbeat, Sasami sat in silence for a brief moment. “Misao? Can | |
| 138 you hear me?! Misao-chan, I’m here. I’m right here. Don’t close your eyes. You | |
| 139 have to stay with me. I won’t let you go,” she said urgently. | |
| 140 Misao’s eyes blinked open slowly. She could vaguely make out a shape | |
| 141 next to her, blue blurs next to what she thought was the face. She wasn’t dead | |
| 142 yet? When would her suffering be over? “Sa..sami?” she asked weakly. “You.. | |
| 143 came?” | |
| 144 Sasami wiped at her eyes with the backs of her hands as she nodded | |
| 145 hurriedly. “I had to. Of course I came. You’re my best friend, Misao-chan. I | |
| 146 can’t leave you alone.” Misao was about to close her arms, but Sasami protested | |
| 147 adamantly . “No, you can’t! Stay with me, Misao-chan. Stay here with me. I’ll | |
| 148 get help for you. You’ll be just fine.” Sasami grabbed the blood stained phone | |
| 149 off the floor and quickly dialed up the paramedics. | |
| 150 “No, please don’t, Sasami..” Misao whimpered as she tried to roll over. | |
| 151 “No more doctors.. I don’t.. I don’t want anymore doctors...” | |
| 152 Sasami’s insides were turned inside out at the pain in Misao’s voice. | |
| 153 She knew that Misao had been a very sick girl for very long, but Misao had | |
| 154 never told her about any doctor’s visits or anything about being so afraid of | |
| 155 them. She gathered Misao in her arms when she was finally done with the call. | |
| 156 “Oh, Misao-chan. Everything will be just fine. I promise. We’ll go get ice cream | |
| 157 after all this. Or we’ll go to the park. No, you don’t like the park. We’ll do... | |
| 158 We’ll do whatever you want to do. I promise.” Sasami’s voice break as tears | |
| 159 began welling up in her eyes. She held her broken friend tighter. | |
| 160 By now Misao was far to numb, the pain already having been plunged | |
| 161 through indescribable in comparison to the pain that shot up from Sasami’s | |
| 162 arms. Besides, it felt so warm, so safe, so soothing. She wouldn’t give up her | |
| 163 spot in them even if the pain was unbearable. “Thank you... Sasami-chan..” Her | |
| 164 body shook as she coughed painfully, small flecks of blood getting on Sasami. | |
| 165 “I just... I want it to go away... I want it to stop hurting... I want it.. all to stop | |
| 166 hurting..” Shaking her head weakly, more tears fell down her deathly pale | |
| 167 cheeks. “I can’t make you.. promise that, Sasami.. because... I don’t want to be | |
| 168 here..” Her voice was full of pain and sorrow, her small body shaking from the | |
| 169 raw emotion inside. | |
| 170 Sasami shook her head violently. “No, don’t say that, Misao-chan. | |
| 171 Don’t leave me alone. Please, stay here with me. Please stay, Misao-chan. | |
| 172 There’s still plenty of reasons to stay. I promise we’ll see them all together.” | |
| 173 “You’re.. you’re the only reason to stay, Sasami..” Misao whispered | |
| 174 softly, trying to look up at the blue haired girl through her hazy vision. | |
| 175 “Everything else... hurts too much.. I don’t want.. to hurt anymore..” | |
| 176 Aquamarine eyes met pink ones, displaying all of the loneliness and unshed | |
| 177 tears in the dimming orbs. | |
| 178 “But.. me?” Sasami shook her head. How could she be the only thing | |
| 179 worth sticking around for? She didn’t care. As long as Misao did, what did it | |
| 180 matter? How she was, was trivial. “Misao-chan, I don’t want you to hurt either. | |
| 181 If I’m you’re only reason, then please stay for me. I don’t want to be alone. I | |
| 182 need you.” She brushed some of Misao’s matted hair away from her eyes, | |
| 183 meeting them with her own teary eyes. “I love you, Misao-chan. Don’t make me | |
| 184 go on without you. You still have to sing for me. You have to help me when I’m | |
| 185 lonely. You have to... It doesn’t matter what you have to do as long as you stay | |
| 186 with me, Misao.” She pulled Misao closer, on the verge of tears at the battle | |
| 187 between life and death her friend was facing. | |
| 188 Misao blinked weakly, still trying to make out Sasami. “You... love | |
| 189 me?” she asked tentatively. Her hand reached up slowly, brushing Sasami’s | |
| 190 warm cheek. Her own hand was so cold. “Sasa.. mi-chan... I.. love you, too..” | |
| 191 The coldness inside seemed to melt away, the pain becoming more bearable as | |
| 192 Sasami held her close. “I.. love you..” she repeated with as much strength as she | |
| 193 could muster. | |
| 194 Smiling softly, tears starting to trickle down her face, Sasami nodded. | |
| 195 “Thanks, Misao-chan. Those are the nicest words I could ever hear.” Placing a | |
| 196 hand on Misao’s cheek, she leaned forward, kissing the raven haired girl as | |
| 197 gently as she could despite the pounding in her heart that ached for more. The | |
| 198 soft lips were still bloody, giving the kiss a coppery taste. “Misao-chan...” | |
| 199 Sasami wiped at her eyes, trying to control her emotions but finding it | |
| 200 impossible. “Now you have to stay. You have to stay with me. Because I love | |
| 201 you. And I won’t leave you alone.” | |
| 202 “Sasami...” Misao whispered weakly, managing a faint smile. “Thanks, | |
| 203 Sasami... I don’t want to be alone..” She closed her eyes tiredly, feeling so warm | |
| 204 and peaceful in Sasami’s arms. The pain didn’t even seem to be there, in her | |
| 205 body or in her heart. The blue haired girl’s voice sounded so distant as she lay | |
| 206 against her. Was it becoming more insistent? She couldn’t tell as everything | |
| 207 started to slow down. She was so tired. It would be nice to get some rest. Some | |
| 208 rest in the arms of the girl she loved. Everything started to get brighter as her | |
| 209 spirits rose. She was finally happy. “I.. love you... sami..” | |
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| 211 “Owww...” Misao tried to roll over in bed as pain stabbed her... | |
| 212 everywhere. Her whole body hurt. She felt like she’d just gotten back from | |
| 213 being beat up by her entire class. Except Sasami. Sasami would never do that. | |
| 214 She tried to sit up in bed but found it nearly impossible. She weakly slumped | |
| 215 back down onto her pillow. Her heart skipped a beat when she saw the IV in her | |
| 216 arm. Not the doctor. Anywhere but there. They always wound up hurting her. | |
| 217 The chill of fear building inside of her was immediately quelled by a sweet | |
| 218 voice near her bedside. | |
| 219 “Misao-chan! You’re awake,” Sasami exclaimed joyously, rubbing the | |
| 220 sleep from her eyes as she slipped out of the chair she’d been sitting in and | |
| 221 reached the raven haired girl. All of the worry that had been turning her stomach | |
| 222 in knots for the past few hours finally loosened its grip on her. Seeing Misao | |
| 223 awake reassured her that everything would be alright. | |
| 224 “Sasami-chan?” Confusion swirled around in Misao’s still drugged | |
| 225 mind. She wanted to pull out the IV, but somehow she doubted Sasami would let | |
| 226 her go through with it. But just seeing the blue haired girl there was enough to | |
| 227 soothe her frayed soul. | |
| 228 “Shh... Try not to move too much. You’re supposed to get some rest. | |
| 229 Your mother was really worried about you. The doctors spent a long time | |
| 230 making you better. But she’ll be glad to know you’re all right now.” Reaching | |
| 231 down, Sasami took Misao’s hand in her own. It was cold to the touch. A smile | |
| 232 graced her face when Misao’s hand weakly held on. “It’s going to be alright | |
| 233 now, Misao-chan.” | |
| 234 Misao’s eyes slid closed as everything slowly started coming back to | |
| 235 her. All of the fear and pain from her memories seemed almost as potent even | |
| 236 then through her sleepy mind. Tears welled up in her aquamarine eyes. Sasami’s | |
| 237 warm fingers reached out, brushing them away from her soft, pale skin. | |
| 238 “Sasami-chan...” | |
| 239 “I promise. I promise it will all be better. I’ll make sure it is because I | |
| 240 won’t leave your side.” Sasami smiled brightly, even through the tears that | |
| 241 started to build up in her own eyes. It had been quite a scare earlier, but now she | |
| 242 was just glad she had the chance to fix things. She bent down over the other girl, | |
| 243 giving her a soft, lingering kiss. “I love you, Misao-chan.” | |
| 244 Misao blushed fiercely but couldn’t do much else, her mind nearly | |
| 245 freezing. The whole thing seemed worth it, if only for that. She would go | |
| 246 through that pain over and over again if it meant she could be with Sasami. Her | |
| 247 mind clouded over, but now with a much warm and fuzzier feeling than the pain. | |
| 248 She couldn’t help but believe Sasami that things would be better. How could | |
| 249 they not be with her? “I love you, too, Sasami-chan.” | |
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