"So just give me one good reason, tell me why I should stay. 'Cause I don't wanna waste another moment in saying things we never meant to say. And I take it just a little bit. I hold my breath and count to ten. I've been waiting for a chance to let you in. If I just breathe let it fill the space between. I'll know everything is alright. Breathe every little piece of me, you'll see. Everything is alright if I just breathe. Well it's all so overrated, I'm not saying how you feel so you end up watching chances fade and wondering what's real. And I give you just a little time I wonder if you realize. I've been wanting 'til I see it in your eyes…"

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"Yamato…Please, you can't die!" I shouted.

At that moment, a police officer dressed in a black uniform with a shiny silver badge walked in. I looked at him impatiently and finally, he spoke. He looked a little sad and he hung his head.

"Ma'am…your home has been ransacked. Barely anything is there…I'm sorry."

I couldn't believe it…He took everything.

"Luckily, we found some fingerprints the robber left behind. We're going to take it back to headquarters and track down the culprit. And just so you know, the government will be paying for all of your possessions that have been lost." He explained.

"But there's something no amount of money can bring back…" I said as I looked at Yamato.

The police officer looked as well and immediately knew what I meant. He then left me alone and I got off the bed. The moment my feet touched the floor, I jumped back with pain. I looked at my legs and realized that they have been cut up! There were several gashes and cut marks. I cringed just looking at them.

I half-tiptoed half-limped toward Yamato's bed. I steadied myself with the bed railing and looked at him. He looked to peaceful…yet dead. When I say dead, I mean dead. He had deep cuts all over his arms and legs. There were gashes on his face. Worst of all, I spotted a bloody patch on his left collarbone. I assumed that he was shot there. I looked at my wounds and looked at his. He was much worse then I was.

For one, I was only grazed by a bullet on my right arm. Even if it was a graze, it was pretty deep. As you know, I also had cuts on my arms and legs as well. Also, I was awake…Yamato was not…

I wanted to cradle him in my arms, to care for him so I would personally make sure that nothing more would happen. But I knew that would be impossible. I kissed him softly on the forehead.

A doctor walked in with a bunch of papers on a clipboard. Nurses also walked in with him.

"I have a diagnosis for Yamato. Would you like to hear it?"

I didn't know why he asked me if I wanted to hear it…Maybe it was something bad…I prepared myself by taking a deep breath and nodded.

"Okay, well," He paused and sighed before speaking again. "There is a very small chance that he will live…The only way we can extend his life a little further is if we hook him up with a Life Machine. Would you like us to do that?"

My heart was pounding and I couldn't think. There was so much to take in: Yamato could die and he has to be hooked up with a machine in order to live…at least for a little longer. I slowly nodded.

"Okay then. Nurse, please bring in the equipment." The Nurse rushed off to bring whatnot.

I couldn't believe it…Yamato and I were close to death before but never this close…I was going to lose him forever…

"H-…How long w-…will he live?" I managed to get out.

"A year tops. It's very rare that people in his condition will live more then that. I'm sorry…"

"Yea…so am I…" I said with a deep sigh. I wanted to spend as much time with Yamato before he left so I asked to stay at the hospital.

"Doctor, do you mind if…I…I could possibly stay at the hospital? Just for a little longer?"

"Hmm…Well, we normally don't let non-relatives stay but seeing as this is a special situation, I guess we can make an exception."

"Thank you…I promise I won't get in the way…I just want to be there for him…"

"We understand. Let's go, we've got other patients." Said the Doctor to his other nurses.

They left, leaving me and Yamato behind. One nurse came in with the equipment and started hooking Yamato up. I was glad he was going to live but I was devastated that he was eventually going to die…

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It has been a couple of weeks since Yamato was hooked up to the Life Machine and he hasn't moved an inch since. The Doctor said that he would live but he can't use any of his senses. Glucose is pumped through his arm to keep his energy up.

I've been by his side for most of the time, hoping he would wake up and return to normal. I decided that I couldn't keep Yamato living like this forever…I called the Doctor into the room, waiting to tell him my decision…

"What is it, Camilla? Is something wrong with the Life Machine?"

"No…No…it's fine…I just made a decision that….I couldn't keep Yamato living like this any longer…I was wondering if you could unhook him…?"

The Doctor looked sad, she sighed and nodded. He jerked his head toward the machine to one of his nurses. This was it…I was going to let him go…The nurse started to unhook the wires from his arms, legs, and chest. She then took out the needle that was feeding Yamato the glucose. She left the heart monitor connected, though.

Every second of this was like tearing a piece of my heart away…I couldn't take it anymore and I fell into an emotional breakdown. I just cried my feelings out on Yamato's chest. I found myself whispering words to somebody who was going to die.

"I'll miss you, dearest Yamato…I'll meet you in heaven…"

I kept replaying his last words in my mind…

What are you talking about? I'm not going anywhere but right beside you…You're my world…and I won't let anything happen to it…

"I'm sorry, Yamato…I could've prevented all this but I was too selfish to keep what I loved most…I'm sorry…"

I continued to cry on his chest. I turned my head to see the nurse unplug the main power source of the Life Machine. I heard the heart monitor's beeping fade and stop…I couldn't believe I let him go…The first words that entered my mind were, "You idiot! You let Yamato die!"

I didn't want to believe that statement…but it was true…I let him go…but it was for the best…

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