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"Are you positive there is nothing more we can do?" She asked, clasping her hands together in mental agony.
"Yes. I do not recommend that you stay, but you may do so if you wish."
Konan burned her eyes into Pein's. It was either aggression or tears.
"Do not weep for me. To have you cry would bring you down with me. So I now request that you leave me, so I can die in silence."
"No." She fisted her hands. "I would never leave you when you need me. I have destroyed everything I ever cared about for you, and now you want me to leave?
"Do as I say or I will kill you."
"You said do not heal the cancer, so I did not."
"Leave at once!" he coughed heartily, folding like a chair even though he was lying on his back.
"You say do not weep, so I will not." This time he said nothing, but continued his coughs until they slowly faded. His eyes closed and his mind drifted.
"You say leave me now, but I will not." Konan grabbed his hand and squeezed. A tear fell from her face onto her love's cheek and rolled down. The cancer consuming him, Pein was dead.
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For Ayase Reincarnated