A/N: Hey everyone. I was so inspired by the game and many fans of Ib to make this story. Will Ib and Garry's promise be fulfilled? You can find out just by reading this story. DISCLAIMER: I do not own Ib!
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Chapter 1: Macaroons

Because… we will see each other again!

I was walking hand in hand with Garry; we were heading to Café on the Corner. The promised macaroons. We started walking across the street towards the café when we heard tires squeal. THUD! I blacked out…

I woke up in the hospital with a bandage on my forehead and my arm in a sling. I was dressed in a red hospital gown and an IV connected to my forearm. My mother was asleep on my left, her head resting on my bed and her hand in mine. The door opened and my father walked in he looked very tired. His eyes started welling up with tears at the sight of me awake. He ran over and hugged me gently quieting his sobs in my shoulder. "Where's Garry?" My voice sounded very scratchy and quiet. My father looked down and released me. He slid open the drawn curtain behind my mother. Garry lay on a bed connected to many tubes. I gasped in horror and started choking on tears I didn't feel.

My mother woke up to the jerking of my body. She looked at me with a sad smile and hugged me tightly, but gently enough not to hurt me. I wrapped my good arm around her and sobbed in her shoulder. My mother did her best not to cry but it was too overwhelming for her. My father came over and sat at the end of my bed. He started explaining everything…

"Ib, you were in a car accident… A man lost control of his car going down Café Street. Garry had taken the impact of the speeding car. Before the car hit he threw his arms protectively around you, the impact sent you both flying. Some of the witnesses saw you holding hands and smiling at each other. He's not dead, you know…" I nodded and cried some more my parents held me, calming me down.
He's just in a coma.
He's just in a… coma…
He's… just in… a… coma...
A… coma… right…
Coma….

9 years later…

I looked at the smiling face of Garry who lay in the hospital bed. The heart's monitor still beeping steadily. I felt a frown on my face and a tear trickling down my cheek. Every day for the past nine years I checked on Garry after school and perfected making macaroons. Nine years and he still hasn't woken. I started doing my homework like usual and telling him how my day was like usual. Some people thought I was crazy especially when I told them of the museum. I learned not to tell people of the museum anymore due to the weird stares I got.

After I finished my homework I got up gently and replaced the red and blue roses sitting in a crystal vase by his bed. I find it very sad that no one comes to visit him but me and occasionally my parents. I know why though… He has no friends or family, I'm all he has left. I fixed my red pleated skirt and tucked in my light blue dress shirt. I then carefully brought over the roses and set them back on the table by the bed. Garry hasn't aged a day, when he went into a coma; his body was in shock and stopped aging and growing. Now he can only breathe and live. The doctors said that I had the right to pull the plug, but I never want to decide that. My mother always told me to let go and that he might never wake up. I never believed her and we only grew distant.

I grabbed one of my few favorite books, The Immortals, and started to read. When I was about half way through, I looked up to see that Garry had yet to move. I put my bookmark in the book to keep my spot and I knelt by the bed side. I took his hand in mine and started crying. I kept crying and couldn't stop; as I started to calm down a bit again I went to go place a kiss on his forehead before I left. As I did so a tear dropped from my cheek and he twitched. I gasped and quickly called the nurses. They rushed in thinking that something was wrong. "N-nothing is wrong! I-I think he's waking up." I stuttered while still wiping tears out of my eyes.
"And how are you so sure about that?" A nurse with blonde hair in a ponytail asked snidely.
" I was crying and a tear fell on his face and… and he twitched." I snapped back. "Keep an eye on him while I read his health chart." I nodded politely and held his hand rubbing it with my thumb. His hand jerked and I gasped. The brunette stared at his hand flabbergasted.
"Nikki," The brunette nudged the black haired girl, "H-he's waking up."
"Not you too!" She said annoyed.
"No seriously WATCH!" she said harshly to Nikki.

"Fine, Kiki, fine." She gave in.
"Ib, do what you did before." I followed her instructions and placed a kiss on his forehead again. He furrowed his eyebrows like he was waking up.
"SEE!" Kiki exclaimed overjoyed. All Nikki could do was stare blankly with her mouth wide open.

I reached into his drawer and grabbed his worn out coat. I then slipped my phone out of my pocket. I called my dad first.
Ring Ring Ring
Click
"Hello?"
"Hi dad it's me Ib."
"Oh, hi Ib. Are you still at the hospital?"
"Yeah. I have good news though."
"Hm?"
"He's waking up."
"Oh, Ib! I'll bring over clothes right now. Anything else that you might need?"
"Yeah I baked some banana and blueberry macaroons in the fridge. I'd appreciate it if you brought them over."
"I have a question for you Ib."
"Yes?"
"Why don't you eat any of the macaroons that you make?"
"I made a promise."
"Bye."
"Bye."

I sat there just holding his hand while the nurses left. I soon fell asleep to the scent of Garry.

A few hours later

I was woken up to the door opening to the room. Garry's coat was draped over my shoulders. His hand twitched as I sat up and I looked at him hopefully.
"Ib?" a voice called from the doorway. I looked towards the door to see my mom with sorry eyes and a sad smile. She was holding a red bag and a plate with the macaroons. I beamed at her and she walked over to give me a hug. She set the macaroons in the fridge and set my bag down on the chair. She stopped at the door and called over her shoulder, "You have a month off of school due to family matters. I love you."
"I love you too, Mother." She smiled and walked out of the room. I got up and changed into my red and blue polka-dotted pajamas and set my make shift bed next to his. I draped his long coat over my body and fell asleep hand in hand with him.

~End of chapter 1~