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Chapter two: Happy times end quickly.

3 year later. (Shizuka is 8 years old, Kasuka is 11 years and Shizuo is 14)

Shizuka was laying in her bed quietly, listening to the sweet melody her favorite doll was playing. She had named her doll hope, it wasn't coincidental but it worried her brothers. She was bedridden now, the doctor had told them her strength was weakening every day and walking around didn't help. There was only one way to help her, but they didn't have enough money for it. No one really knew about their struggling either, Shizuka was homeschooled now, she would stay home while Kasuka and Shizuo went to school. This has been going on for a year now and it seemed like everyone was already forgetting about the little girl.

Something Kasuka and Shizuo didn't know was that Shizuka had a childhood friend that missed her. He was quite older than her though, around Shizuo's age. He had always helped her out when she was going home, every time she felt faint he would carry her the rest of the way home. But never did he go in to see her brothers; he just set her on the doorstep and left after waving goodbye. She missed him greatly and thought about the last time she had seen him.

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Shizuka hadn't made it far from the school when her knees suddenly gave out again. She sat down in the alley that had become her resting spot and waited. Waited for either her brothers or Him.

He was nice and gentle, always joking around but helping out when she didn't feel good. She didn't remember how it all started exactly, all she remembered was that one day, a day like today, her knees gave out and she fell flat on her face. It was rare back then but she did have times where she didn't feel too strong. He had been walking behind her a bit away but ran over to her when he realized she never got up. He helped her up into a sitting position and kept asking her questions, none she could really answer. Finally he ended up carrying her to her house and dropping her off. After that day he made sure that he walked the same way home as her, just to make sure it didn't happen again.

Well now today was the last day for that but he didn't really know that. He could only tell she looked terrible as he spotted her sitting down in the alley alone, waiting for someone to rescue her. He walked up to her and instantly picked her up, not noticing the tears in her eyes. But when he did notice he was quite shocked.

"Are you really hurt this time? You never cry!" Shizuka looked up at his face, tears streaming down her face constantly. She shook her head no and buried her face in his chest. He didn't want to break the silence but he felt his heart ache a bit every time he heard her sob.

"I-I-I'm sorry!" Shizuka was trying hard to get her words out now, trying to calm herself down.

"What do you mean you're sorry? You didn't do anything to me, you just fell again." He was thoroughly confused by all of her crying. He hardly knew anything about this little girl, he always heard her talking about her older brothers, but he never caught their surname or names at all. He didn't even know little Shizuka's last name.

"I-I never told you about this, b-but... I'm really sick and I could die soon. I can't come out of my house any more after this d-day" She choked up on the last word and buried her face deeper into his jacket.

"W-what-? Why didn't you tell me this before?! You're straining yourself this much, just to be normal?!" Shizuka nodded in his jacket and started crying more than before.

"I-I'm sorry! I also c-came out and acted o-okay f-for you. I wanted to see you m-more."

He scoffed; his little Shizuka was killing herself mainly, just to see him. He never noticed that she should have weighed more for someone her age, she looked fine with her uniform on, he never realized that his arms could wrap around her more than it should be able too. He pulled the girl away from his chest and stared at her body, this time paying close attention to the things he was blind to. Her arms and legs were indeed skinny, her knee-high socks looked like they slid down instead of staying up a lot too. He couldn't tell how skinny her stomach was still, so he reached out and patted her stomach, putting an arm around her and seeing just how unhealthy she was.

"You need to listen to what your brothers tell you from now on, okay? You have to be a good little girl so you can grow up, just like they will. If you listen to them you will be okay. You-"

"No I won't."

"What?"

"I won't be alright, I can tell by the way they are acting. We don't have enough money to help me. I will die soon, not in a couple of months, but years yes. I act like I don't have a clue about what's going on so they will be okay. I'm sorry. I will miss you for as long as I have left."

He turned his face away, about to cry. He didn't want to show her how much this will hurt him; he truly cared for the girl. He realized what she had said and thought it weird that she didn't say forever.

"Why... why wouldn't you miss me forever?"

"I don't believe in god, or an afterlife. If there was a god then he wouldn't do bad things to good people. If he did exist, my mother and father would still be here. I don't think you feel or see anything after you die, it's only something people say to comfort people. I think you simply disappear, maybe someone thinks of you, but that's the only way you are alive. But in reality you are completely gone."

"Those are some deep words for a seven year old... you really had time to think." It was really hard for him to not cry now. Her words had struck something in him, he never thought of something like that, he never thought about death, but now when he did he realized he was terrified of it.

"I am not afraid to leave, I mean I wouldn't want to so quickly, but I guess meeting you and having great brothers will be the highlight of my life. Thank you."

She started to climb down from his arms since he was close to her house, but he held her tighter.

"D-don't go! Fight as much as you can and survive, survive for me. When you are older we can live together! A-and I will take care of you! We will have lots of money and no one would dare to mess with us! I'll make sure of it, you wouldn't have to work, and I could work at home so I would be with you!"

Shizuka looked at him sadly, she couldn't bring herself to hurt him by promising something that won't happen.

"How about this, wait for me."

"Huh?"

"Wait for me to return. If I never show up by the time you are twenty then let go, I won't be able to contact you at all. You will have forgotten me by then."

"I'll never forget you."

"I will dye my hair blonde if I survive and can go to school. If I can't go back to school it will stay brown."

"How will I find you if you stay home? Do I just go to your house?"

"No, I forbid you to knock on that door, or pester my brothers about me. I will call you."

"O-Okay..."

"Talk to you when my sickness is over...or goodbye."

"Don't say goodbye. I'm not saying it back."

Shizuka sighed and he put her down at her doorstep. She gave him one last hug and walked into her house, shutting the door behind her. He gave it two seconds and then he could hear her brothers rushing to her side and yelling her name. His eyes widened as he heard this, he was so shocked that he didn't move until the ambulances that parked in front of the house made him move of the doorstep. When he did he ran, ran away from the house and the sirens, tears were threatening to spill any second now and he had to be alone for that.

Izaya could not stand to feel weak and heartbroken. He never realized that he had been tricked until three days later when he realized he never gave her his number.

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Tears came to Shizuka's eyes from remembering her last friend that had decided to stay by her. Every other friend she had, had left her, calling her anorexic. She didn't know what the word meant but she knew it was hurtful. She didn't want to admit it, but she really wished to see him again. She knew she caused him pain, especially if he found out she tricked him. She didn't want someone waiting for something that wouldn't return, but she had to give herself something to look forward to. She had really wanted to hurt him for suggesting so far as moving in together when they were older. He had planned it out so quickly that it sounded like he had already been planning on it.

They were years apart anyways, it would just be weird. He needs to find someone his own age and fall in love with her, that way he will forget about my existence.

Her heart hurt every time she said that to herself. She didn't want to be forgotten, but it seemed selfish to keep him close when she was going to be gone soon.

"I'm sorry...Izaya." A tear rolled down her cheek and she fell asleep, dreaming of the boy she missed so much.

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