A/N: ah... Thank you ZeroCool.0 & Miyahara Yuuki for reviewing. Actually I'm sick today... but after getting your reviews... I was brightened up! Thank you for your support. This chapter goes out to you two. And for ZeroCoo1.0's question about whether I'm going to make Hanamichi die since I said it's a deathfic... well... you'll see... expect the unexpected... okay, that's lame... heehee...

Dedication: This fic is specially for all rainy days... dedicated to all forms of water (especially ice)... all forms of fire... and just for myself...

Disclaimer: The usual: don't own, don't sue.

Genre: yaoi (what else do you expect?); deathfic; a little, okay maybe a lot of, angst


Chapter II

[next day, in the Kogure's office]

"Kaede..." Kogure-sempai, who was now the doctor in-charged of Hanamichi peered through his glasses at the pale boy sitting across him.

"Hn."

"Kaede... I know this is going to be hard but as a doctor, it's my duty to update you on Hanamichi's condition...I hate to say this but..."

"Get on with it." Rukawa was trying to keep the anxiety from his voice, trying to regain his usual cold composure, but he was failing terribly.

"Hanamichi's condition had worsen..." Kogure seemed as if on the verge of tears as he revealed this information of his good friend... the friend who was once so vibrant and brought colours to everyone's life...

"How...how bad?" Rukawa's voice was trembling now... and his knuckles were turning white because he was gripping the arms of the chair a little too hard.

"The hole in his heart is enlarging... if we cannot get a suitable heart for transplant soon... I'm afraid..." Kogure's voice broke... and he looked away for he could not bear to see the pain he, or rather, the information, was inflicting on the boy in front of him. One good friend of his was lying on the hospital bed, not knowing when he would awake, if he ever, and here, in front of him... another good friend was also suffering... suffering from not being able to help his koibito. Kogure could clearly see that Rukawa was feeling the pain Hanamichi was feeling, maybe even more...Just when their love was beginning to stabilize and was blooming with happiness... this damned disease had to come and bring Hanamichi into a coma. How could heaven be so cruel? How could fate be so brutal? How could anyone bear to see these two, who loved each other more than their own lives, be separated by life and death? He had asked the heaven many times, but he got no answer. He had also asked his own koibito, Mitsui, these questions... but Mitsui would not answer him and just held him tight.

"...I'm afraid that he might only have two more months of life left..."

"Two... two months? Only two months?" Rukawa swallowed, blinking hard to keep tears at bay. Silence filled the office.

"Where's all those donors when we need them?! Why aren't there any suitable heart?" Rukawa banged his fist on the table, shaking with fury. He was furious that they still had not find any suitable heart after a painstaking month's of search. But... he was more furious that he could do nothing to help his koibito... and soon... soon he would have to let his beloved Hana go... soon he would not be able to see those brown eyes... those red hair... nor hear that voice... or smell Hana's sweet smell or taste Hana's sweet mouth or touch Hana's soft skin... soon... soon... his love would be forever gone... gone from his embrace... fading away right in front of his eyes... and yet... he could do nothing... nothing at all...

Then... an idea dawned on him. He would never let Hana go... never. No matter what happened, and now he had an idea just how to help his koibito. He told Kogure his decision and Kogure was shocked.

"Kaede! Are you sure... are you really really sure about that decision? But..." "Nothing will change my mind... just do it, okay? Sempai, onegai..." Rukawa stared straight into Kogure's eyes. Determination could be clearly seen, so Kogure knew that whatever he said would not change Rukawa's decision.

"Alright... come with me..." Kogure heaved a big sigh and started walking out of his office with Rukawa close behind.


A/N: Ah... finally third chapter's up! I hope that this chapter will give you an idea what had happened to Hanamichi and what WILL happen to him... And gomenasai for not moving on with the plot... but... I'm sure you'll wait for the next chapter to know what'll happen, ne? Haha... okay, review please...