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Himeko sat in the cold emotionless waiting room crying to herself silently. The low hum of the light fixtures above ate at Himeko's haggard nerves and worn patients. The occasional distant patter of doctors' feet down the hall would momentarily distract her mind only to have it reawakened by cruel reality, her body shaking in quiet sobs.

'Chikane…' She clasped her hands against her forehead sobbing in the still silence. It was so unexpected, Chikane seemed fine earlier…and now she was in surgery…Himeko clutched her heart, she swore she could feel it starting to crack as it beat in her chest.

*Flashback*

Himeko giggled. Chikane scooped up the petite' girl in her strong arms spinning her around, tenderly pressing their foreheads together. Himeko always got lost in those beautifully captivating midnight blue eyes. She thought she felt herself blushing. Chikane smiled, lightly giggling, and kissed Himeko's soft burning cheeks. That confirmed it, Chikane always kissed her cheeks when she blushed, she said it's adorable when she blushed. She knew very well kissing them only made her blush more, that's why she did it.

"I love you Chikane Chan. So much" She felt her heart pounding against Chikane's chest.

"I love you too Himeko." She kissed Himeko softly, "I love you so much."

She could feel Chikane's heart pounding against her chest with hers. That was normal. Then the walls started to come down. Chikane's heart started to beat a little faster and harder than normal, her blue eyes winced in a slightly pained expression, and Himeko knew something was wrong immediately, something terribly wrong.

Himeko snapped back just enough to look over Chikane.

"Chikane!" Chikane stumbled forward, Himeko immediately caught her in her arms gently laying her on the couch. Chikane's breathing was labored, she could barely speak, Himeko shushed her whenever she tried. She immediately pulled out her cell phone dialing 911 giving them all of the information and trying her best to stay calm.

Himeko was panicking, 'Think, think, think! She always told you how to handle situations like these! Stop panicking and think!' Himeko pushed down her panic with all of her strength clearing her mind remembering the lessons Chikane taught her.

'Make sure the windpipe is clear!' She tilted Chikane's head back opening her mouth, her windpipe wasn't closing, but her breathing was so labored…that meant it was something internal, she didn't know how to fix that! So Himeko did the first thing she could think of and gave Chikane mouth to mouth pushing the air into her lungs trying to help her breathe.

Everything after that all seemed like a blur…the ambulance arrived, strapping Chikane to a stretcher, getting her in the ambulance. Himeko got in, the doors slammed shut, the sirens blared, the medical team worked furiously trying to keep Chikane breathing, and the equipment rattled as the ambulance sped through town to the hospital.

But all of that was silent, nonexistent to Himeko. Her eyes never left Chikane's. Those midnight blue, heavy lided eyes that dipped in and out of focus as she looked on at Himeko. Chikane struggled to raise a shaky hand up for Himeko's. Himeko took her hand, interlocking their finrgers. Her hand was in a cold sweat. She pressed that shaky, cold, sweaty hand to her lips, kissing it firmly, a single tear escaping from the corner of her fire gold topaz eye.

She said the only thing that popped into her head, "It'll be okay baby, I'm here, I love you. Be strong…it'll be ok." A weak smile rose to Chikane's lips, Himeko could tell her words bolstered her spirit, that was all that mattered. Himeko Smiled back as they sped to the hospital.

*** End Flashback

Turns out that Chikane had some problem in her heart. Himeko didn't remember the name, but basically, the top two chambers in her heart, which are normally separated, weren't. And it could eventually kill her. It all happened so suddenly...

As sad as Himeko was that it was happening…it was good that they caught it early. That's what the doctor said. And now she's in surgery. She couldn't change the fact that it happened, or that she couldn't help in any way…she just had to have faith.

She wasn't sobbing anymore, but the tears kept pouring as Himeko stared blankly at the wall, the hands of the clock ticking idly in the almost muted waiting room.

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OK i hope it was at least ok enough to get a few reviews, i'm working on chapter two, and this actually did happen between myself and my girlfriend so the story is all reality based this one time. R&R please =] feedback makes writing easier, i take all comments good or bad as constructive criticism, no one gets better by only hearing what they want, you have to know what you did wrong to get better.