Chapter 9
Apex woke up a few minutes later looking around the room he was in. He looked all around until he saw his kid sister sleeping in the left side of his bed. He looked to his right and saw Rukia sleeping quietly. He tried to sit up without waking them up, but it proved difficult. Both his arms were pinned down by his sister and Rukia. Kozuya was pinning his arm under her head and hands. He could easily get his arm from under her hands and head, but his right arm was another story. Rukia has his arm pinned under her chest. He made one slow move and she opened her eyes. She sat up and saw Apex sitting up. Rukia got up off of his arm and stared at him. Apex got out of the bed and walked out of the room. Rukia ran after him, trying to see where he was heading in the state he was in. Apex threw his clothes on and took off the cloth the doctors gave him to wear. He walked out of the front door with his fists clenched. Rukia ran after him, not even caring where he'd lead her. Kuzuya saw Apex and Rukia walked towards the gate. The man with his black jacket on just stood on the rooftop. Apex walked out the gates and to the nearest park. He stood with his hands in his pockets looking at the setting sun gleam off the surface of the lake. "I swear if he had anything to do with this zombie crap I swear I'll kill him" Apex said to himself. Rukia just looked at his face as he stared into the sunset. "I think I've finally found my prince" she told herself. "A prince?" Apex repeated. He turned his attention to Rukia. Rukia's face blushed bright red as Apex looked at her. "Have...have you given any thought to my question?" she asked him finally. Apex looked back at the sunset. "I have, and I've decided..." he said as he turned towards Rukia and grabbed her hands, "...I can't risk hurting you" he told her. Rukia's eyes started to over flow with tears. "Hurt me?" she repeated. "I only have a few moments to live before I become one of the monsters that attacked you. I can't risk playing with your heart Rukia. I'm sorry" he told her. He let go of her hands, turned around, and began walking off. Rukia stood there with her eyes full of tears, and her hands on her chest. She watched as her prince began to slip away from her. "No" was the only thing she said queitly. She let her tears fall before she ran after Apex, "No!". Apex kept walking away from her as she ran after him. She pictured them in a flower bed as she ran after him. She finally caught up with him as she grabbed his hand. Apex turned around and looked into Rukia's eyes. "I don't care if it's only for a few moments, minutes, or even seconds" she told him. She hugged him close to her, "I just want to be with you" she told him. Apex looked down at her clinging to him. "I've been searching so far for my prince. I've finally found him, I won't let him slip out of my fingers" she told him. "Rukia, I wish I could slow time down so we'd at least see what life would be like with each other, but fate is fate" Apex told her. Desmond and Elisia walked up behind the two quietly. "Hey Apex" Desmond called out to his friend. Apex turned his head and caught whatever Desmond threw to him. He looked in his hand and found a food pill. Desmond and Elisia stood there smiling at the two of them hugging. Rukia looked up at Apex and saw him looking into his palm. Apex slowly ate the food pill. "Rukia, do you think I could change my decision?" he asked her. Rukia nodded to him as she blushed bright red. Apex grabbed Rukia's hands and held them close to him. "Rukia, even if this pill saves me, I still couldn't live with myself if I were to hurt you. I'm sorry, but this is goodbye" Apex told her. He turned around and walked off, leaving Rukia standing there with eyes full of tears. Desmond shook his head at his friend as he and Elisia turned around and walked off.
