Yoh truely believed that he loved her, but it seemed to be a different sort of love. Though he was made happy by her presence, he could never really say that he loved her. The way she slept now reminded him of another time, when they first met.
Yoh sat by Anna's bedside for at least another hour. He promised himself that he would never leave her side, he would do anything for her. No matter what it costed him, he would make her happy, and make it so that she never had to suffer again.
Anna began to slowly stir in her sleep. Yoh was sure that she was about to wake up, any minute now. He just was not sure if he was ready for it. It had been so long since he had seen her, the real her, acting as she usually did. What would she act like now? Would she recognize him? Would she ever forgive him for what he blamed himself for doing to her, the thing that had gotten her there in the first place?
Anna began to awakin. Her eyes slowly opened, half at first, but then she grew used to the light, and she looked up at Yoh with a blank look on her face. I could be easily difined that she did not know what he was doing there, or even where she was. She noticed the happy look on Yoh's face at the sight of her being alright, and she began to smile slightly, but suddenly she began to clench her side in pain and her smile faded quickly.
Anna's face scrunched up in pain as she leaned to her left and clenched her side. She began to cough dryly as her face reddened. Her coughs continued as she fought the urge to throw up. She occationally gaged a bit, but her other symptoms were far worse.
Anna leaned back on her bed, still holding her hand to her side. She stopped coughing just long enough for Yoh to realize that her breathing had changed increadably quick. Her breath was coming in short weazes and gasps, as she fought to stop coughing. She started coughing again, and she had to painfully stop to breathe in large gasps.
Yoh knew something was wrong. He wanted to run out of the room to get the nurse, but the last thing he wanted to do was to leave Anna here by herself again. He had told himself that he would never desert her, and he never would.
"Nurse!" Yoh called out to the open, running to the door and prying it open to get his voice out farther, "Doctor! We need help! Anna needs help! Please, Nurse!" Yoh yelled at the top of his voice, hoping that a doctor or nurse would come to help Anna. Yoh did not leave the room, he was still in the room, just beside the open door.
Yoh looked back at Anna only to see his worst suspicions confirmed. Anna was kneeling over in pain again, and her gasping had gotten worse. She looked as though she was on her last breath. That was exactly what he feared the most.
Yoh ran back over to the side of Anna's bed, kneeling beside her. He took her hand and whispered loving word to her as her breath slowed down considerably. Yoh began crying. His tears obscured his vision as he shook violently. The sight of her in such horrible shape broke his heart.
Anna looked up at Yoh, and although in her eyes was pain, there was also a slight smile. As though she thought she knew him, and loved him. She closed her eyes again, the last thing she heard before she blacked out was Yoh calling her name.
And then her breathing slowed to a stop.
