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Chapter 13: Last Moments
Opening: Daydream Cafe - Petit Rabbit's
-Months had passed after RIze and Touya had started being together as it was already near the end of December. Touya was in a private room in the hospital as he was sitting down on the bed while quietly reading a book as there was a tube being connected to his arm that had water in it. Touya looked outside to see the dark sky of the night getting brighter as it started to snow-
Touya: White Christmas! It must be nice and cold out right now. I hope everyone's enjoying themselves. -He said as he looked to the side as he saw Maya and Rize were sitting on the couch of the private room as Maya had a blanket over herself and was asleep while Rize was also reading a book. Touya would then look back into the past and remember the time he celebrated his birthday with his friends and received his first gift from Rize-
-It was during late November as it was snowing at night, Touya and Rize were outside and were in the park as the two were sitting on a bench. Rize had a large pink box that had a yellow ribbon on it and another smaller box with a heart shaped sticker on the front. The girl was looking away as she was blushing as she gave Touya the gift while Touya thanked her for the gift and hugged her tightly as she hugged him back-
Touya: That was the best moment in my life.
Rize: What is?
Touya: Oh, during my birthday on the 25th, you gave me a gift.
Rize: Y-You still remember that, huh?
Touya: Of course, it's from you after all.
Rize: Jeez..
Touya: How are the others?
Rize: They're all at the shrine and they're wishing you the best of luck.
Touya: Ah, that's nice. How long do I have left?
Rize:...-She looked at her watch and noticed that it was almost midnight. Rize placed her hand on her mouth as she tried not to cry as she was standing next to Touya's bed. Touya would then reach out to her and held her hand as he looked at her with a smile on his face as he looked satisfied and happy with his current life- F...Fifteen minutes to midnight..
Touya: Let's hope the doctor's not accurate and that I can live longer, haha.
Rize: H-How can you even laugh now? Y-You'll be gone!
Touya: Even so, I have you and Maya with me, what more can I ask for?
Rize: T-Touya..
Touya: If I do...You know, can you please take care of Maya for me?
Rize: Of course! A-Anything for you..
Touya: Huh, I guess my heart rate is also dropping.. -He looked to the side to see the monitor that was monitoring his pulse as his heart was beating very slowly-
Rize: S-Stop..I don't want you to go..
Touya: For what it's worth, I'm glad that I managed to confess to you after so long..
Rize: We haven't had our first kiss o-or...You know!
Touya: Then on the last minute before I go, how about we have our first?
Rize: O-Okay... -She got down to him as she held his hand and placed his hand on her cheek as she was about to cry-
Touya: W-Would you do one more thing for me?
Rize: Sure, W-What is it?
Touya: Can you turn on the TV for a moment?
-Rize grabbed the remote on the table and turned on the television and as she turned it on, it was recording a live recording of Kawano Marina singing the song "Weight of the World"-
"I feel like I'm losing hope
In my body and my soul
And the sky, it looks so ominous
And as time comes to a halt
Silence starts to overflow
My cries are inconspicuous
Tell me God are you punishing me?
Is this the price I'm paying for my past mistakes?
This is my redemption song
I need you more than ever right now
Can you hear me now?
(1) (*Chorus)
'Cause we're gonna shout it loud
Even if our words seem meaningless
It's like I'm carrying the weight of the world
I wish that someway somehow
That I could save every one of us
But the truth is that I'm only one girl
Maybe if I keep believing
My dreams will come to life….
come to life
After all the laughter fades
Signs of life all washed away
I can still, still feel a gentle breeze
No matter how hard I pray
Signs of warning still remain
And life has become my enemy
Tell me God are you punishing me?
Is this the price I'm paying for my past mistakes?
This is my redemption song
I need you more than ever right now
Can you hear me now?
(2) Repeat *Chorus
Maybe if I keep believing
My dreams will come to life….
come to life
(3**) Repeat *Chorus
(4)
Still we're gonna shout it loud
Even if our words seem meaningless
It's like I'm carrying the weight of the world
I wish that someway somehow
That I could save every one of us
But the truth is that I'm only one girl
Maybe if I keep believing
My dreams will come to life….
come to life"
Touya: Hehe, this is my favourite song..
Rize: I know..You've told me this about a thousand times now..
Touya: 11:58..Rize..
Rize: I-I know... -Someone knocked on the door as it was the doctor and the nurses, as they were about to enter, they saw Rize's and Touya's last moments together as they would then wait outside-
Doctor: Poor thing, he won't live for another day..
Nurse: I'm more sad about his sister, she said that he's the only family member she's got..
Doctor: Yeah.. We'll just hope for the best for these kids..
-As it was 11:59, Rize passionately held Touya's cheeks as she was blushing madly and was getting teary as she would then gently place her lips onto Touya's lips as the two shared their first kiss together, after the kiss, RIze started crying softly as she held Touya's hand tightly as Touya smiled at Rize with a satisfied look on his face as he then said his last words to her-
Touya: Thank you... -He then closed his eyes as the monitor that monitored his pulse then stopped beating as there was a loud deep ringing sound that said that his heart had stopped beating. Rize cried loudly as Maya had woken up and was crying under her blanket as well. The sound of fireworks could be seen outside of the room as the beautiful sights of coloured explosions and lights brightened the skies and as the doctor and nurse entered the room, the tried comforting the girls-
Doctor: Seems like he held out longer than I expected.
Nurse: What do you mean?
Doctor: He passed away on 12 A.M. in 30 seconds, he held out for 30 seconds to be with her and lost his breath..
Nurse: O-Oh my..
Doctor: Right as soon as his lungs stopped operating, he forced himself to have his last wishes, huh? Definitely a true man.
Rize: T-Touya...Touya..
Maya: Onii-chan..
"Ah, this pain in my chest..Must be sadness I guess..I-I never really cried and the only time I remembered crying was when I was still a little girl..B-But..This is the first time I've cried the most in my life and there's a part of me that does not want to live anymore but I know for a fact that if I threw away my life right now, he'll get angry at me and he'll definitely scold me for sure. Though this is also one of the first time I've been in love and managed to stay with my first boyfriend for this long. Years from now, I doubt I'll ever forget my first true love parting away from me in front of my own eyes." - Tedeza Rize
-THE END-