Abyss: A one-shot or drabble (can anyone tell me the difference between the two?) on Byakuya and Ichigo. Obviously AU.

Title: Dying Young

Summary: Ichigo worked frantically, berating himself for putting off his lover's condition too long.

Warning: Character death, yaoi.


Ichigo loved Byakuya, but the man's complaining was really irking him.

"Byakuya, shut up!"

Ichigo was a doctor, and Byakuya didn't have anything that seems serious.

"I know it's something serious."

Ichigo knew it wasn't pneumonia or a cardiac arrest (1), so he brushed it off.

The day he believed his lover was the day he died.

It was a normal day when Kuchiki fell to the ground, eyes glazed over with pain.

Ichigo quickly took him to the hospital, where he worked.

Damn it!

This is all my fault!

Ichigo worked frantically, berating himself for putting off his lover's condition too long.

"Byakuya, I'm so sorry."

That night, despite Ichigo's efforts, he died.

Ichigo fell into despair, and dreaded telling the lively adopted sister of his lover the news.

If he had diagnosed him sooner, Byakuya would've survived.

If only Ichigo hadn't put it off.


Abyss: Not an emo tribute, but a message. Doctors often put off patients who may have a deadly disease! They need to pay attention!

(1) Pneumonia-An inflammation in the lungs, often filled with fluids.

Cardiac Arrest-Heart attack.

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