If You Can Hear and Remember Me

by AyanamiEraclea

FINALE POSTED! WOO HOO! When you forget the one you love, wouldn't you die to remember who so and so you know who was and what he meant to you? Delphine's in that situation. And she'd die to remember Cicada.

1. Prologue

OK, I know I have ten or eleven fics I need to update, but I can't until I get reviews. If I get at least one review on each fic I'll update them all. So, here ya go! This is my fic. AU. The story doesn't begin here, I'm doing background info. I want to thank Dio-Sama for being a great friend, and my first friend! So on wit da fic! The 'it' is basically the Exile and what happened in the show.

Prologue

The Question

"Cicada?" Delphine was on sitting on the windowsill above Cicada. He looked up at her. "Yes, Delphine?" She smiled sweetly at him, and the smile turned to a frown. "What if we lose each other? Like, what if something happens to you or me?" He sat, thinking of the question. Why would she think such a thing? "I…I do not know, Delphine. I really don't. I'm sorry." "That's OK." A tear ran down her soft cheek and it pretty damn well near broke Cicada's heart. "I'm afraid. I haven't been feeling well lately and I remember it, Cicada, I REMEMBER IT!" Cicada jumped up on the windowsill and held her small body. She was crying, hard crying. He caressed her upper arm and tried to soothe her. Something was not right. The sunny, happy girl he used to know was gone, and replaced by an unhappy, frail creature. "Nothing is going to happen to us." Cicada whispered in her ear. Her body was now shaky and cold. He rocked her back and forth. "Shhh. I'm here, don't cry." When he found that no words could cure her, he just held her. He did so until she cried herself to sleep.

An hour later, after comprehending what had happened, Cicada carried her to bed. "What has happened to you? You aren't eating, you haven't slept, Delphine, please, just tell me." He knew she wasn't awake to hear, but he couldn't help but ask. "OK." He walked out in the hopes that she'd come when she was awake.

When he went back into the room, he felt her forehead. "You're burning up." Then he noticed something. Instead of her chest moving up and down slowly, it was racked and moving faster. It had something to do with her breathing. He put his ear to her mouth. She was breathing shallowly. "Delphine?" Then the breathing stopped. And the nightmare began.