Chapter 4
"Results"
For some reason, the tests never came in like the doctor said. He told me that there had been an outage at the blood-testing lab. It was out third day here in the hospital. Sasuke had been asleep since yesterday afternoon after that episode he had.
I looked over his features again. They were so peaceful yet so strained. He was paler than he was 48 hours than before and the dark circles under his eyes were a tad bit darker as well.
That's probably expected since he lost so much blood the day before.
"Excuse me; Ms. Kazehana?"
The sound of his voice snapped me back to reality.
"Y-yes..?"
He had a grim look on his face- almost as if he saw a ghost.
"Sasuke's white blood count is dangerously low. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Sasuke has been diagnosed with stage 4 aggressive leukemia.."
My heart skipped a beat and my breath hitched.
Was he lying? It must be some kind of cruel joke. Yeah, that's right! I-it's a joke! Why is he telling jokes? It's not even April 1st y-yet.
Leukemia.
That word echoed through my head. It was torture.
Leukemia. Leukemia. Leukemia.
"That can't be right, doctor. You made a mistake.."
"His tests were positive for leukemia. Because it's at this stage and so aggressive, we have to start treatment right away. We're looking at 3 months hospital bound. Please be patient with us. We'll do what we can for him.."
Tears of anger and sadness filled my eyes. Why is this happening?! I don't want to lose anyone else! I don't want to lose Sasuke! Kami, why are you putting so much on my shoulders?!
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It had been another 6 hours since I last received the grave news. Sasuke wasn't aware since he was still asleep.
Leukemia?! How the hell did he contract leukemia?! He takes such good care of himself.
"Huh!?"
My head snapped towards Sasuke as he carefully sat up from bed.
"M-Miyuki? Are you alright?"
I didn't say a word. I was too afraid. What was he going to think?
"S-Sasuke, I-I...- your tests came back t-today.."
"What...what d-did the doctor say..?"
I clenched my fists in a tight ball.
"Sasuke.. You have cancer..."