The fear of loss 3

After everyone left the room was completely silent. Neither Nene or Mackey said anything at first, but then Nene spoke up.
"Um, Mackey. I'm really sorry," muttered Nene still looking at her hands.
"That's alright, Nene," replied Mackey, knowing that Nene was referring to the hug earlier.

"And Nene, thanks a lot," added Mackey.
"What for, Mackey?" asked Nene looking up at Mackey.
"For looking after me," replied Mackey shyly.
"You're welcome," replied Nene.

Suddenly Mackey saw two Nenes. He felt really fragile and weak and felt a slight headache.
"Mackey? Are you alright?" asked Nene grabbing onto Mackey's wrist.
Mackey blinked a couple of times and blushed slightly.
"I'm fine, Nene," answered Mackey wiping his forehead with his sleeve.
"Here, let me help you," offered Nene as she sat closer to Mackey and grabbed the dry towel off the bedside table.
"Uh, thank you," managed Mackey as Nene leaned in towards him and slowly dabbed the dry towel across his forehead.

Nene could feel her hands trembling, but she managed to hide her nervousness from Mackey. Mackey couldn't believe how nervous he was. He couldn't begin to describe the feelings going through his mind. He had never been this close to Nene before.

After Nene was finished she placed the towel back on the bedside table. When she looked at Mackey, she saw that he was also looking at her, but this time she couldn't look away. Their faces were only about two inches away from each other. Finally, Nene forced herself to look away. Immediately, Mackey grabbed Nene's wrist and turned her around to face him. He didn't know why he had grabbed Nene's wrist. Usually he would be much to shy to do that to anyone, especially Nene, but he didn't let go.

"Nene," whispered Mackey. "Was everything Leon said true," asked Mackey.
Nene looked deeply into Mackey's eyes and slowly nodded, bursting into tears again.
"Nene," whispered Mackey, wiping away her tears with his sleeve.
After he had dried all her tears, Mackey smiled at Nene.

"Nene, thanks a lot for caring about me," smiled Mackey.
"Mackey, you're one of my best friends, of course I care about you," replied Nene. Suddenly Nene looked down at the blanket.

"Mackey, I'm really sorry about all the horrible names I used to call you," said Nene.
"What horrible names, Nene?" asked Mackey confused.
"When we first met I called you a pervert and later on I called you a little kid. Mackey, can you ever forgive me?" asked Nene.
"Of course I can, Nene," answered Mackey, sliding his hand down from Nene's wrist to her hand.
"I've already forgiven you. To be honest, Nene, I've completely forgot about those times," added Mackey. Nene smiled at her friend.

Suddenly Nene pulled away from Mackey's grasp and gently slapped him on the hand, changing back into her usual childish personality.
"You're such an idiot some times, Mackey. Why did you have to go off and fight Galatea anyway?" asked Nene in her normal high-pitched voice.
"I'm sorry, Nene," replied Mackey looking surprised and confused, because he thought Nene knew why he fought Galatea.
Nene slowly reached for Mackey's hand and smiled at him.
"Just don't ever do it again. You had me so worried, I thought that I had lost you," whispered Nene starting to cry again.
"I won't, Nene, I promise," promised Mackey.

Suddenly Nene wrapped her arms around Mackey and hugged him again. As surprised as he was, Mackey hugged Nene back. They kept hugging each other for about a minute before they let go.
Nene pulled back and wiped her tears away.

"You better rest, Mackey. You've only just recovered slightly. You have a good rest while I go join the others," said Nene tucking Mackey in.
"No, I'm fine. I'll come down with you, besides, I need some fresh air," said Mackey.
"You sure, Mackey? You're not going to collapse or anything?" asked Nene.
"I'm positive. I'll be alright," answered Mackey. Nene wasn't too convinced, but decided to let Mackey go down to the lounge with her anyway.

Slowly Mackey pulled the blankets off him. Nene helped Mackey off the bed slowly, since he was still rather weak.
Nene helped support Mackey and together they walked out to the lounge. When they reached the door, Nene grabbed hold of Mackey's hand to help support him better and Mackey held onto Nene's hand tightly without even knowing it.

Slowly they walked down the stairs and finally they reached the lounge. They immediately knew that their friends were down there from all the laughter. As soon as they walked into the lounge, everyone turned around.

"Mackey, what are you doing out here? You should be in bed resting," exclaimed Sylia.
"I just wanted to get some fresh air," replied Mackey slightly embarrassed by everyone's attention on him.
"Well, some fresh air will do you some good," agreed Linna.

Suddenly Linna noticed that Mackey and Nene were holding hands.
"Mackey! Nene! You guys are holding hands," shouted Linna.
Everyone turned around and saw that they were indeed holding hands.
Mackey and Nene stared at each other and then they looked down and when they noticed that they were holding hands they quickly pulled apart and stepped a few steps away from each other.

Both Mackey and Nene blushed furiously.
"You two don't have to deny it anymore. We all know that you two are together," giggled Priss. Nene looked up at Priss. She was surprised that everyone thought that she and Mackey were together when she didn't even realise it.

"For once, I have to agree with Priss. Don't even try to hide it because it's obvious," stated Leon.
"Hey, I just thought of something! Now that Nene's got a boyfriend, maybe she'll stop teasing me about Priss," yelled Leon.
Nene felt her face turn red when Leon referred to Mackey as her boyfriend.

Priss looked up at Leon.
"What do you mean, Leon?" asked Priss confused.
"Huh? Uh, nothing, Priss," replied Leon blushing.
"In your dreams, Leon-peon," shouted Nene.
Everyone started laughing, including Leon and for the first time ever, he didn't feel like spanking Nene for calling him that.

"Hey, Mackey. Maybe some time you can give me some hints about girls," whispered Leon.
"Leon!" yelled Priss blushing. Everyone laughed.
"And you can tell us the details later, Mackey," smiled Nigel.
Shyly, Mackey nodded.

"A toast to Master Mackey and Miss Nene," shouted Mr. Henderson as he brought his glass up.
"Don't you mean Master Mackey Stingray and Miss. Nene Stingray," teased Linna.
"Linna!" both Mackey and Nene shouted in unison. They both looked at each other and blushed.
"Cheers!" yelled everyone.
"Looks like we've got a new member in the family," smirked Sylia.

"Sylia," blushed Mackey.
Both Nene and Mackey looked at each other and smiled.
From that day on, Nene and Mackey knew that they would be together forever and nothing could ever change that.

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Finally I have finished the last and final part. Did you like it? I really hope you did. I promise to write more Nene and Mackey fan fictions in the future. Please read and review this part. I really look forward to reading some feedbacks. Thanks! *_*

Thanks to everyone who reviewed the first two parts of this fan fiction. I really do appreciate it.
Thanks a lot for all the advices. I'll keep them in mind for my other fan fictions in the future. *_*