~:::Riku's POV:::
It was a nice day today. A very nice calm day. The sweet smell of salt filled the air and I took in each breath enjoying the feeling of it exposed to my lungs. I had woken up a little bit after the sun had arose this morning. There were still little flecks of color in the sky to even though it had been at least a good hour since the sun had even come up. I thought today would be a good day to take a walk with Kairi. It was so nice and warm out and I knew how she loved days like this and I just couldn't let her sleep the day away yet again. That was the one of the things I loved about her... She always treasured the little things in life like a rainbow after a spring shower, the first snow, and even sunsets as I did... Kairi loved sunsets more than anything and we sometimes would sit under the shelter and shade of the paopu tree and watch them together.
I quickened up my pace a bit then I seen Kairi's house coming into view. Once my foot touched the first step I knew something was wrong. Kairi had left the lights on as well. That was so unlike her. She never was one to waste electricity. I opened the old swinging door and it creaked loudly. I left my sandals on the outside and continued walking.
"Hello!? Anyone home!?" I called out. After a few moments of waiting for the slightest sound I didn't get one.
"Kairi!?" I called out yet again.
No Answer.
Something was defiantly not right at all. I stopped in my tracks and slowed up my pace a bit and that's when I seen her... I wanted to die right there. There she was passed out on the floor. Her red hair was in such a way it looked like a pool of blood. She had a small gash on her cheek to. She must have hit something sharp when she had fell and a crimson substance was pouring from her milky white skin . She looked so frail and weak that she looked like a broken China doll. I ran towards her praying she wasn't dead. I touched her neck gently with my fingers to check her pulse. I sighed in relief for she had just fainted but I knew she needed a doctor fast so I took action right away and put matters into my own hands...
:::Sora's POV:::
When I had heard what had happened to Kairi I thought I might vomit from such worry. Me and Riku sat in an empty waiting room at the local hospital waiting to see what the news would be. Would it be good or bad? I prayed silently in my head hoping for the best. Riku sat in the chair across from me. He had barely uttered a word since we'd gotten here ,but his eyes spoke every word he'd have spoken. He looked very pale and the look in his eyes told you right off he was worried.
I sighed and looked down at my hands my palms were very sweaty. I didn't realize how nervous I was I think until I heard a door shut and a doctor with slightly graying hair and a serious expression came out holding a brown clipboard in his left hand and by the look he had on his face I could tell already he wasn't here to give us good news. The sudden sound of door shutting almost made me jump.
The doctor cleared his throat and gave me and Riku a glum expression.
"Are you two of any relation of Kairi's?" asked the doctor.
Then Riku spoke up before I could.
"No we're not were just good friends of hers."he replied his voice very serious and calm but I felt a slight sense of worry in it.
"Alright then could I get in touch with her parents possibly?"he asked.
"No sir her parents are dead."replied Riku.
"Any other close relations?" he asked.
"No I'm afraid not sir." said Riku still calmly answering all the doctors questions.
I was about to explode from worry. I wanted to know what was wrong with my best friend for goodness sake and this doctor wasn't telling us anything at all!
"What's wrong with her!?" I finally cut in and I crossed my fingers and scrunched my eyes shut hoping for the best but good news didn't come...
"We have found a tumor on Kairi's heart."replied the doctor.
I thought I had stopped breathing and I had fallen to the floor like a breakable little china doll and broken into millions of pieces.
"A tumor!?" said Riku eyes widening in fear.
"Yes a tumor. Kairi has cancer of the heart."he replied.
"Cancer!?" I questioned in my mind... Only old sick people got cancer not young strong healthy people like Kairi... Especially not Kairi!
"Will she die!?" I blurted out without thinking and I got a cold sad look from Riku and when he gave me that look I wished the floor had opened up and swallowed me up.
The doctor then silenced a bit then spoke.
"She will be going through a series of Chemo Therapy treatments and many tests and might even undergo surgery to remove the tumor depending on how she does."replied the doctor.
"She has only a small chance of living though however because her tumor is of a good size."he replied.
I felt a lump starting to form in my throat and I swallowed hard nearly choking myself.
"How much of a chance?" I asked.
"Twenty percent." replied the doctor.
I thought I would die. Having the thought cross my mind of a world without Kairi was no world at all... We couldn't lose her we'd worked so hard to save her and if she died then all of that work would've been for nothing...
"Even if she lives in her condition she'll have to be on Chemo for the rest of her life."he replied.
"And even if the tumor is removed it's likely it could return."he replied.
I wanted to smash this doctors face in... Saying Kairi would die like it was your normal daily conversation...The world began to spin out of proportion. I had to get out of this hospital. The smell of it and the feel of oncoming death all around me made my want to vomit so I ran out without hesitation not caring what anyone thought. I wanted to be by myself to think but most of all I wanted to wake up from this silly dream and be with Riku and Kairi at the beach laughing and having a good time as usual not being in a hospital being told that your best friend was dying and that she barely had any chance of life at all...
So I did I ran as far as I could until I tripped and hit the pavement and I couldn't hold it in anymore... I sat there head in my hands and I wept. I wept for myself but most of all I wept for Kairi my best friend and the woman whom I secretly loved with all of my heart...
:::Riku's POV:::
I seen Sora run out. I knew how he felt. I thought about running after him but I figured he needed to be alone and sort out his feelings for himself. The doctor looked a bit shocked and quickly walked away disregarding it. So Kairi had cancer...
My heart felt like it might just stop beating. The woman whom I secretly loved with all of my heart might die... I went and sat back down in the chair I had sat in and held my head steadily trying to let it all sink in. My mind began to wander and think of a world without my beloved red head and I just couldn't bear the thought of it... A world without Kairi wasn't worth living in... After gathering up my thoughts I then proceeded towards the room Kairi was after getting permission. Thats when I seen her my heart almost stopped. There she was hooked up by so many wires and there was even a machine that was helping her breathe. The gash on her cheek had been bandaged to.
Her eyes then fluttered open revealing her beautiful blue eyes. She gave me one of her childish smiles and then spoke.
"Hey."she replied with fake enthusiasm.
I walked towards her and got down on knee level and held her hand in mine.
"Hey." I softly said locking my eyes with hers.
I gently grasped her hand and rubbed my fingers gently on the back of her palm then that's when her eyes filled with tears.
"Oh Riku I don't want to die..."she said as her blue eyes blurred with tears. The one thing I hated seeing Kairi do was cry. It hurt my heart so bad when she did. Her tears pierced my very soul. I hated seeing her like this being hooked up to so many tubes and wires that were keeping her frail weak body alive.
I to almost cried but I just couldn't make myself do that in front of Kairi. That was one of the things I couldn't ever let myself do was to cry in front of her. Crying would always make me feel weak and if I ever cried I did it in private where no one could see me. I gently wrapped my arms around her and let her cry freely into my chest letting her let out any emotion she had to...
:::Kairi's POV:::
Why did I have to have cancer!? Oh I knew something was wrong with me all along for it had often crossed my mind. The attacks all the pain and along with the extra stress I had put on myself these last few weeks were feeding the tumor. It was another being eating my insides out and my heart as well... I hadn't lost my heart to the heartless but I was losing it now... I was losing my heart not to a pack of heartless but to a cancerous tumor! Maybe if I hadn't ignored the signs I might have had a better chance of living ,but now I was probably going to die and leave everything I loved behind and even if I did die I would've caused Riku and Sora all that trouble for nothing...
I let my tears flow freely into Riku's chest not caring if anyone could hear me or not... I had to let go of some of this pain and I was doing it as Riku held me in his strong arms... I didn't cry just for myself but for the one thing I cried the most for was I might be leaving everything I loved behind...