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Mawata sat on the edge of her bed. It had been almost 2 years since the incident with Taiji Fenrir. But now Takako was back to normal, and she and Sasame were united at last.
That was just fine with Mawata, she was officially over Sasame, and she now had her new best friend Mannen to confide in. However, her life had grown more complicated when she realized that she was falling for her best friend.
She couldn't help it. He was so handsome, nice and understanding with a touch of childishness, though kind of troubled.
When the TaiJi incident was over she spent time with all the knights equally. But after a while the person she talked to the most was Mannen.
They had grown very close. But now that Mawata was falling for him, he was all that she could think about We all know how obsessive Mawata is…).
Then she found out that she had Leukemia. When she found out that she only had 2 more years to live.
She tried to make the best of it, but then, 6 months later, she began to fall away from everyone.
Even Mannen and she fell into a depression, once again. Not as big as before, and not big enough for anyone to notice.
That is, except for Mannen. He noticed that she had stopped smiling again, and she didn't talk to him as much as she used too, this worried him.
He was beginning to think that she did not want to talk to him anymore. The very thought, crushed him, for she had been his secret crush for a long time. Then, a year later she stopped talking to everyone, but him, and she only talked to him a little bit.
She had been starting to look a bit pale lately too. Mannen had asked her, on many occasions what was wrong, but she never told him.
She was in her room a lot now as well. One night, Mannen made a path of ice and went up to her bedroom window. She glanced over at the wall where her clock was, Midnight.
She was writing in her diary. But as soon as she was done she walked over to the window, and opened it, for some fresh air.
When she saw Mannen in the window, she nearly screamed. But Mannen put a finger to her lips, winked, grinned and shook his head. She helped the 15 year-old Ice Knight Climb in the window, she gripped his hand.
The second his hand touched her she felt a chill run through her whole body, as his hand was as cold as ice.
"You know, Kei is going to kill you if he finds you here." Mawata said, sitting down on the large window sill. Before she had found out her Leukemia, she had talked to each knight equally, except Mannen, she talked to him more than the others.
But she knew Kei Well enough that if Mannen was caught up in her room at night, he would kill Mannen. She laughed slightly at Mannen's expression as Mannen recalled the memory of Kei telling him that if he ever went into any girl's room at night he would be hurt, badly.
He rubbed the back of his neck and laughed nervously.
"Aw, I don't care, anyways... I wanted to talk to you Mawata." He said with now serious expression.
Mawata shifted nervously in her seat.
Mannen sat down next to her.
"Is something wrong Mawata-chan?" He asked staring into her aqua eyes.
'No, nothing is wrong.' She thought, 'I must not let him worry about me. I don't want to be a bother to my family and friends...'
She put on a fake cheerful smile and said, "No, of course not Mannen, Why would anything be the matter?" she answered in a sickeningly fake cheerful voice.
Mannen raised one eyebrow at her, and she practically melted. She loved it when he did that...
"Really Mawata, What's wrong? You can tell me... you can trust me... can't you?" he asked.
There was such a look or pain and suffering in his eyes that her eyes welled up with long lost tears. She began to cry but caught herself and tried to make it stop.
She put her hands up to stop the tears from falling, but stopped as Mannen's strong cold hands grabbed hers.
"It's okay Mawata...let it out. Just let it all out..." he said quietly, watching her intently.
Mawata looked into his deep brown, caring eyes. They were filled with concern for her... She squinted slightly, brow furrowed. Her hands started shaking, then her arms.
Her hands balled into fists and her whole body began to shake dangerously. She sniffled a few times, and buried her face in Mannen's shoulder and began crying, sobbing. She cried the tears of 16 years, of trying to be strong and never crying. But now she let it all out.
She cried for 3 hours. The whole time Mannen patted her back saying, "It's okay Mawata... I am here for you..."
When she was finally finished crying she lifted her head up and looked at Mannen. She knew she must have looked a mess. She glanced at the clock, 3:11 am. Then she looked into her mirror.
She saw her flushed, red face and blood shot eyes, and she covered her face with her hands. Mannen took her hands in his own and said, "It's okay Mawata... you look beautiful."
Mawata just sat still where she was. Then a few seconds later she looked up.
"I do?" she asked faintly.
"Yes." He answered grinning. "Now," he said seriously again. "What is wrong?"
She looked away again, her eyes watching the floor.
Pain filled his eyes again.
"Why can't you tell me?" he asked.
She looked up at him, and then looked back down at the floor, not wanting to see his face when she told him...
"I have Leukemia..."
A/N: Soooo how is it? Got any comments please R&R!