Falling: Part Two
This may seem a little OOC, but hey, they're in this kind of situation. Mush. MUSH.
Last time: "Izumi?" She quickly got up and gently shook him. "Izumi? Izumi? Izmui...! Izumi, why? Why? Izumi! Nooo!" Meroko cried as hard as she could, tears streaming down her face.
Now:
Izumi looked up at her. "Meroko, I'm just...glad I could see you before I finally escape." His face was bloody; he had dived face first. He hadn't even thought about what would happen to him. "I only regret betraying your affection...when we were Milmake..."
"Izumi, don't go! Stay here! We can still be Milmake! To me...we'll always...be Milmake," Meroko sobbed.
Izumi reached his up and cupped her cheek with his hand. "Meroko, before I die...I want to tell you..."
"No, Izumi!" She yelled, and took his hand in hers. "You won't die! You won't! You'll live!"
"Meroko, you can't...avoid it. Maybe I'll finally be able to escape. But I've always wanted to tell you...I want to protect you...I want to be with you...I love you."
"Izumi..." Meroko cried harder and cried into his chest. She was covered in blood, but she didn't care. "Izumi! No...don't die! Someone help!" She yelled, hoping Takuto and Mitsuki were around.
"Meroko! Meroko...! Is that Izumi? Takuto! Over here! He's bleeding!" Meroko heard a familiar voice and turned.
"Mitsuki! Takuto! H-help! Izumi is dying! He needs medical attention!"
Takuto and Mitsuki rushed over. "Is that...? It's that dog, Izumi! What happened?"
"I fell... And he saved me!" Meroko cried out. "Please, please help him!"
Takuto snorted and pulled out his sword, cutting himself and letting a drop of blood drip into Izumi's mouth. Izumi, still unconcious, turned into a puppy, and Meroko gingerly picked him up. "But, Takuto! He'll have trouble changing back!"
"Yes... he will. But I won't be able to lift him up in his regular form without hurting him. At least like this, he can be carried." Takuto said.
Meroko cuddled the small puppy to her chest. "Come on... we have to hurry!" she yelled.
At Mitsuki's Apartment...
"Meroko!" Izumi called. "Meroko, come back!"
She continued to run into the light pink atmosphere.
Izumi sped up and managed to grab her sleeve.
She gasped.
"Mer...oko?" He said sadly. Her clothes has fallen to the ground. No one was ever there. And on the chest of her top, where once laid her beating heart: a splotch of blood. He gasped and collapsed to his knees, scooping up the clothing gingerly and hugging it to his chest. "Meroko..."
"Yes, Izumi?" He turned behind him.
"Meroko!" He yelled, dropping the clothes and flinging himself forward to hug her. She stopped him, holding out her palms to his chest.
"You betray my trust... and then come back only to break my heart again..." She flung him away. "And stay away..."
Izumi put his hands to his face. "A never-ending maze... dead ends..."
Izumi gasped and rubbed his head, wincing. He opened his eyes, rather painfully and saw Meroko asleep, laying against his chest. If he wasn't mistaken, he was on Micky's bed. When he was bloody and hurt. He reluctantly put his hand on her hair. "That... dream again..."
Meroko's eyes fluttered open and she quickly got off of Izumi, blushing. "Izumi... I'm so glad you're alright..."
Izumi smiled a bit, a rare moment. He couldn't find anything to say. After he had betrayed her. Hurt her. Made her cry. She came back to him. Helped him. And most imporatantly: Loved him.
"I was so scared... I thought you were going to die..." She said, wiping a few tears off her face.
"I would never escape... without you." Izumi said, an almost invisable blush forming on his face.
She put her hand on his. "Do you mean that? Really mean it?"
He nodded slowly.
She smiled, her face tinted light red due to her crying over Izumi all night. "I guess... the maze isn't so endless after all."
"I belive Micky... Maybe this isn't punishment... but a second chance for our pathetic lives..." Izumi said absently.
"P-pathetic... that isn't true, Izumi! Your life... OUR life is not pathetic." Meroko started to cry again. "You're not pathetic!" And, with that, stood up and tripped on a pile of left over bandages. (And guess where she landed?)
By extreme coincidence, their lips met in this accident and both froze, not daring to move.
Izumi broke the ice, and put his arm that was not wounded around Meroko, pulling her closer. (A/N: I AM NOT GOOD WITH KISSING SCENES! I can't write them, ok? I like reading them, but writing them makes me so nervous!)
Meroko's being seemed to ebb away and she began to forget what was going on. Wait... only the second kiss and I'm here melting away...?
You would think divine 'Gods of death' wouldn't have a breathing problem... but too bad for you.
Meroko, being extremely nervous at this point, quickly got up, bumping Izumi's (broken) leg and causing him to wince.
"You can't honestly say you didn't enjoy that," Izumi commented, back to his usual vague self.
"W-well... yes. But it was an accident... I didn't do that on purpose." Meroko said, trying to avoid talking about it.
"Of course it was, Meroko," Izumi said, laying back on the pillow. "Get me something to drink, will you?"
"If I didn't know better that was an order!" Meroko complained. "How could you--" She noticed he had fallen asleep while she was talking. "Fine. Go to sleep, Izumi... my dear..." She blushed, realizing what she just said and ran into the kitchen to get something for him to drink.
Izumi opened his eyes, staring up at the ceiling. "'My dear'... 'Reach for things... while they're still there'." He smiled to himself. "I grope around in the darkness of this maze... and find light. My Meroko." He stopped and turned his head to the door. "Micky and Idiot, get away. It's rude to eavesdrop."
He heard something crash and saw a tail flicker by in the opening of the door. "Shorty, that's my foot!" more crashing.
"W-well I shouldn't have evesdropped anyway! I shouldn't have listened to Takutooooo..." Mitsuki moaned.
The END. Next section is on... Mitsuki and Takuto! Yaaaay!