"Niwa-kun. Sorry, I'm late!" Riku Harada said in between pants.
"It's alright! Actually I just came here a few minutes ago." he answered to her apology.
"So, why do you want to meet me?"
His face became solemn. This is going to be a hard one. He followed riku's moves as she sat beside him. Then, his red orbs met brown ones. This made him regret ever callng her. But he's got to do this, he's got to tell her. She'd find out eventually, anyway.
"Riku-san... Riku-san..." he muttered, still finding the right words to tell her.
"Niwa-kun, what's wrong?" Riku's words were full of concern. "Are you alright?"
"I'm sick..."
"What? You shouldn't have gone out, then... come on let's go home." she stood up pulling Daisuke with her. But Daisuke didn't budge.
"You don't understand!"
"Niwa-kun..."
"I'm dying! I only have a year left! Riku-san, I have cancer..."
"No... STOP THAT! NIWA-KUN, STOP JOKING!"
"Riku-san..."
"NO! NO! NO!"
That night, Daisuke tried calling Riku on the phone but all he was able to talk to was Risa...
"Niwa-kun... Is it true?" she asked, her voice shaking.
"Yes, Harada-san." he answered flatly.
"Oh, Niwa-kun, I'm so sorry. Don't worry, I'll talk to my sister..."
"Thank you Harada-san."
He put down the phone, tears welling down his face... It's been two weeks then.
(Flashback)
Kosuke, Emiko and Daisuke sat in front of the doctor's desk, nervious of what the result of the test would be.
"Mr. and Mrs. Niwa, I'm sorry but Daisuke here...he has eye cancer." the doctor told them with a sad voice. "And to stop the tumor from spreading, we'll have to remove your eyes..."
"No..." Daisuke muttered.
"Daisuke, little by little, you'll lose your eyesight. We can undergo operation but that's a fifty-fifty chance." the doctor explained. "So, it's better you get your eyes removed than let the tumor spread to your brain."
"I'd rather die seeing the people I love 'till my last breath..."
"Daisuke-"
"Otou-san... I won't..."
With those last words, he stood up and calmly went outside even though his heart was skipping very fast it already hurts...
(End of Flashback)
Yes, he won't let his eyes be removed... and that's that. Because he still wants to see his Riku-san 'till he dies...
Riku-san...