Through the window, Mine saw Tatsumi sitting under a cherry blossom tree, watching the funeral from a distance. He was refusing to accept what was occuring; a ways off, Susanoo and Leone were lowering the empty coffin into the ground. Painted in red on the black case was the name "Akame". But he knew, Akame wasn't dead. She couldn't be, there's no way that that blast could have taken her out...
First Sheele, then Bulat, now Akame. Who was next? Nobody was safe, not anymore. Mine's stomach growled; she hadn't come out of her room since the accident, even for food. Why did her body need to be so insensitive? Just then, a knock sounded at her door. "Fuck off," she growled at the unwanted visitor. Silence. Believing that they had, she lay back.
*TAP-TAP-TAP*
"Ugh" Mine groaned, sitting up again. "What do you want?"
Lubbock opened the door. "I-I-I just wanted to bring you something to eat, you haven't eaten for a few days, right? I'll just-just set it here for you..." His voice shook slightly as he moved to set a tray on the table.
"Lu."
Surprised, the green-haired boy turned, spilling the coffee into the Su's stew and all over the tray. "Oh-" he began, but Mine cut him off.
"It's fine, I'll clean it up later, but...would you please stay with me?" she asked, looking up at him.
"Er-of course," he stuttered.
The girl looked down and nodded slightly, her bangs concealing her tear-filled eyes. Lubbock hastily wiped the spilt coffee off the table with a towel and walked over to to Mine, who gestured for him to sit beside her on the bed.
"Are you alright, Mine?" he asked, noticing the tears running down her cheeks. Suddenly, she turned to him and buried her face face in his shirt, hugging him tightly. Lubbock sighed sadly and returned the embrace, and she sobbed into his shoulder. Who knows how long they sat like that, wrapped in eachother's arms, shaking with uncontrollable sobs, and tears drenching their faces. When they had finally run out of tears, they lay down, exhausted. She touched his hand.
"Lu?"
"Yeah?"
"Don't leave me."
Lubbock closed his eyes.
"Never."