Chapter THREE

"Christian. " Satine whispered.

Christian turned around. he knew that voice. he thought "but, it can't be. she's dead. she died in my arms, there is no way in which she could be alive!" In front of him, stood Satine. He couldn't believe his eyes, "they're playing tricks on me" he thought. He reached out with his quivering hand and touched her cheek, she was very real. "Satine.?" whispered Christian, "is it really you?"

"Yes, Christian, it's me. I'm back. I-I'm s-so." before she could finish her sentence, Christian pulled her in and kissed her passionately, feeling his lips to hers, Satine felt as if everyone around them slowly vanished, they were in their own world. She enjoyed having Christian's arms wrapped around her body.

Toulouse stood, staring at the couple in satisfaction. He had done his job, and is proud of it. He brought together the two of his favourite people in the world who were meant to be together, and seeing them happy, brought tears to his eyes. He stared at them, he loved watching the two together, everyone around them, no matter their current mood, would become joyful, as if the happiness that radiated from the two were contagious.

After a few minutes, they finally broke apart. After a moment of silence between the two, Christian finally asked ". aren't you. didn't you. well. die?"

"Actually, I was drugged by Harold, he put pills into my drink so that I'd supposedly 'die' in your arms because he didn't want me to leave the Moulin Rouge so that he can still make money off of me."

"Why didn't you come back to me earlier?" Asked Christian.

"B-because. I still have consumption and I didn't want you to go through that pain again, I don't want to have you lose me again, so I decided that it was best that I stayed in the Moulin Rouge for the rest of my days. Don't get me wrong though, every second was torture for me, I couldn't stand being away from you, yet I knew I had to do it, for your sake. I didn't want to hurt you again, I don't want you to suffer because of me... But, Marie told me today that my consumption could be cured. she gave it to me. it's here see?" Satine showed Christian the large bag "and I just wanted." Then a single tear dropped from Satine's eye.

"Shhh. it's ok, it's ok, I'm here" Christian wrapped his arms around Satine " I'm here, we're together, and that's all that matters."

"I'm s-s-sorry.. I. I. I didn't mean to hurt you. I just wanted to be with you." Satine wailed.

"Shhhh. it's ok." Says Christian.

There the three of them stayed, Christian and Satine in each other's arms and Toulouse watched the two together again, they all failed to notice that a strongly built man wearing black walking towards them with a gun.

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sorry about the wait ^_______________^ it's been busy. and also, I'm sorry this is so short. I'll update soon

~MeNeSS