6 MONTHS LATER...
Ryuko sat in the hospital, holding satsuki's hand, more depressed than she had ever been. And more desperate.
Satsuki had been in her coma for 6 months, and the doctors told her that if she didn't wake up in 5 days, they would pull the life support and Satsuki would die.
And Ryuko couldn't do anything about it.
She would pour their entire fortune into keeping her alive, but she couldn't save her now.
She also knew that if Satsuki hadn't woken up in 6 months, there was probably less than a 1% percent chance of her waking up.
Yet she still hoped on hope that she would. She knew deep down Satsuki would die, but she couldn't accept it.
So she sat with Satsuki all day everyday, praying with no luck.
...
"I know this is difficult, but we cannot hold her here any longer." The doctor said to Ryuko, Nonon, Mako, and her family.
Nonon had screamed and fought with the doctors for more time, but lost.
Ryuko didn't respond, she just walked in and sat with Satsuki for her last time.
"When we unplug her, her heart will beat, and she will breathe, but she will not be able to eat or drink, so she will last about 2-3 days unfortunately." He said before walking over to her to lead her out.
Ryuko stood, she placed a gentle loving kiss on satsuki's sleeping lips, took her ring off and placed it in satsuki's limp hand, before putting both of them on her stomach.
"Goodbye. I love you." Was all Ryuko could choke out.
She stood back, and watched as the doctor unplugged the machines, and Satsuki was left sleeping with the rings in her hands, before closing the door, giving Ryuko her last glimpse of her sister forever, peaceful and beautiful, then the door closed.
Ryuko ran, she ran as fast and as hard as she could away from there. She ran right out of the hospital and all the way to their house, as soon as she got in the door, she ran straight into her bedroom, and cried into satsuki's old pillow.
She cried and cried, loud heaving sobs, with tears streaming down her face, she cried for hours and hours.
She didn't even bother to move, she just sat there, knees curled up and clutching satsuki's pillow, with her face deep into it, crying.
Mako and Nonon showed up 20 minutes later, without saying a word, they just sat and held Ryuko, shedding a few tears of their own, but no one could even comprehend Ryuko's sorrow.
After 3 hours, Ryuko finally stopped, she laid back, and just stared at a wall.
She didn't sleep at all that night, she laid awake all night.
Mako came by the next day, to cook for her and feed her, since Ryuko clearly couldn't do it herself.
Mako came in, "hey honey, how are you feeling?" She said gently, not in her usual clueless cheerful fashion.
"I feel like dying." Was all Ryuko responded with.
Mako didn't respond to that, she simply cooked some eggs and toast.
She grabbed a glass of water, sat Ryuko up and fed her.
Mako went and stroked Ryuko's hair until she forced herself to sleep.
...
Ryuko woke up to a dark room, she looked at the digital clock, it read 7:36 PM, so she sat up and clicked the lamp.
She picked up a framed photo off the nightstand, it was a photo of Satsuki and Ryuko on their first date together with mako and Nonon.
Ryuko grabbed her pillow and cried again, looking at the photo while doing so.
She could still picture her in that dress, her laugh, her smile. All of it.
"Ryuko"
She could almost hear her again, it was almost so clear in her head that it was too much. She stil-
"Ryuko."
She wasn't hearing things.
She looked up from the picture.
And there she was, standing in the doorway.
In a hospital gown.
"Ryuko, why are you crying?" She asked.
Ryuko leaped out of the bed and nearly tackled Satsuki, wrapping her arms around her.
She was real, she was there, she woke up.
Ryuko held her as tight as she could, Satsuki held her back, the two went and laid on the bed.
Satsuki said she woke up in the middle of the night, and that some nurses tried to stop her when she walked out of her room, and that she beat them up when they got in her way.
She walked all the way back in her gown, just to find Ryuko again, because she forgot something she said.
"What could I have possibly forgotten that you left all help to find me?" Ryuko asked in utter disbelief.
In response, Satsuki slid Ryuko's ring back into her finger, Ryuko left her ring in satsuki's hand the moment she said goodbye, and Satsuki went through all the trouble and distance, just so Ryuko would wear her ring.
Ryuko felt another tear go down her cheek.
She grabbed Satsuki and kissed her lovingly, and for the first time in 6 long months...
Satsuki kissed back