A/n: Look I found the third chapter! I am so happy I did, and I am so very happy some body likes this fiction! Thank you Asilentdrifter and Airidder(Spelling?) and Zuki for you wonderful reviews! I guess after this I should make a much happier fiction on Chobits shouldn't I? Unless its not worth it, anyways here is the third installment I found on my computer. Oh and, I would upload a lot at once, but my floppy disk only holds so much to transfer and really, I am sneaking these fictions over through guise of a homework selection, that way I can post this!

Disclaimer: I am afraid Chobits is not mine, sorry! But the plot of the story is probably not much mine, I am sure similar incidents happened IRL, those that have not much connection to me. So if any computer who lost a owner to this disease wants to sue me, sorry but, NO SUE!

Warning: This fic may contain character death or angst related themes. Use of horrible grammar until I get a beta so I may repost and OOC may be a sad reality.

Until Your Dying Day

Chapter 3

Minoru slowly helped Hideki into Shimbo's small but clean apartment, Plum was resting in Chi's lap, who had been brought over earlier. Both were asleep, and Hideki looked as though he too was ready for a long nap.

Shimbo approached calmly, a smile planted on his face as he took the fragile boy from Minoru. He laid Hideki on his own bed, next to Chi and smiled with all the reassurance he could muster. "Don't worry Hideki, things will get better, but for now try to rest."

Hideki nodded, letting his eyes close and himself drift into the painless world of a dreamless sleep. Shimbo's eyes immediately down cast, he spoke to Minoru in a low voice. "So how long did the doc say he had?"

Minoru looked more distant, now gazing on Chi's sad expression as she slept without knowledge of Hideki's presence. Slowly he allowed his own gaze to peer to Shimbo before he tried to smile, though obviously forced.

"They said 6 months with Chemo, but I have a bad feeling. Hideki looked to pained, so horrible. His pulse was slow and his breathing labored. He was pale Shimbo, pale as death and only after one session! I'm… I'm afraid and I admit it that I am. I don't want Hideki to die, he doesn't deserve this…" Minoru closed his eyes, the stinging was there again, and he felt moisture when he brought his hand to his closed eyes.

Shimbo at first said nothing, the shock of the amount given then Hideki's feeble condition worked its way slowly. He was still in such denial, he didn't want this to be so. He never really saw Hideki get what he wanted, yes he got a job. But he wanted to go to college, he wanted to have a fun life. The only good was Chi, but Shimbo remembered a fortune cookie fortune he received once. It had simply said: " Where there is great good, bad is sure to follow."

He didn't want to believe that, this thing can be beaten and Hideki will be the one who will be cured. He has loving friends, a persacom who will always be at his side. With that Hideki could always make it. Minoru made a coughing gesture, one to attain attention and Shimbo was brought from his silent retreat.

"Shimbo, please don't treat him to differently unless he asks. It will probably hurt him if you constantly treat him like he will break or something. But don't let him leave the house. I'll be here to visit as much as possible." He bent down, and pushed some strands of Hideki's fragile and mostly gone hair from his forehead and looked to Shimbo. "And please can you shave him when he wakes? Tell him it's for the better." With that Minoru stepped out, leaving the boys and the girls alone.

Shimbo sat heavily on his couch, he closed his eyes and took in a deep ragged breath. This was not something he enjoyed doing, but Minoru couldn't stand to let his house be filled with death again. He let his eyes follow the small whimpers, watching Hideki move a little, and wince in pain as he did so. "Hideki…"

"Hideki! Chi is so happy to see you home! Chi has missed you so very much!" The small computer latched onto Hideki's sitting form. But let go when Hideki cried out in a small gasp of pain. Chi's head tilted but she quickly dismissed it as a moment of startled confusion.

"Chi… I am happy to see… you too!" Hideki spoke slowly, he was still recovering from her sudden pounce, but he soon found his energy to speak. These days he felt more weak, and when he woke from his rest he was dizzy, and it seemed like he was seeing everything through someone else's eyes. He could hear his breathing, too loud his own heart thumping in a arrhythmic beat and his vision seemed blurred.

Chi could see this; her owner was just not the same. He had lost weight; his skin was a ting yellow and his eyes held bags. They were slightly dull, like his life was being drained from there very deep pools. Chi could feel a rush of fear, a emotion she didn't like feeling, and it lingered deep in her chest. She reached out, and gently placed her hand on his cheeks. He was warm, she was thankful for the fact he was not cold.

Hideki placed his own hand over hers, smiling with minimal energy he let his head bow a little. But he just needed to know when his treatment was, not to mention he was thinking quickly on what to tell Chi of this.

"Shimbo…. When must I go… back?" Shimbo looked up from Plum's screen and half smiled to Hideki.

"Next week Saturday I'm afraid. Sorry Hideki, but the treatments will make you get better hopefully…" Hideki nodded and laid back again, he could feel his lungs hurting from his position shift, but he rolled to his side and let sleep claim him, for the fifth time that day.

Chi held back her tears, slowly stroking Hideki's back with her hand gently. He was so fragile, shaking at times of pain. But why was he in pain? She knew he collapsed, was if from the fall? She closed her eyes, but laid behind him, holding Hideki close to her, so she could feel the warmth of his body.

"Goodnight Hideki… Chi loves you always." With that she fell asleep, Shimbo sighed sadly not wanting to see this and walked to his own room in order to sleep.

"Goodnight Hideki, goodnight Chi..."

TBC….

A/n: This was the third chapter! Yey! Please review for feedback again! Please!