Jenna jerked awake the first night Min was gone screaming in terror. Angeal had managed to calm her down after about an hour of reassuring her that he was sure it was just a dream. For Min's sake, Jenna hoped he was right. Genesis seemed to grow more distant by the day, closing into his book more then he had before. Angeal attested to this fact personally.
Things seemed to be peaceful for a while, all this considered, for a time. It was another couple months before Genesis interupted Jenna and Angeal's cuddling.
"Ah...you might wanna get her out of here. Hollander's approaching. Looks uneasier then usual." He informed. Angeal nodded once as Jenna leaped to her feet.
"Keep him busy until I get back?"
"Yeah yeah yeah. Get going. Get her safe." Genesis shrugged them off before going to the main caves. Angeal sighed, picking up Jenna carefully as she shook her head. "He's been like that since she left."
"Exactly why I don't want you getting like that."
Jenna kept quiet now, focusing on Angeal's mind. But even he was worried. It wasn't all about Genesis and Min though...
"It's getting worse, isn't it?" Jenna whispered, placing a hand on his cheek. Angeal's mind fell quiet as he placed her on the usual ledge.
"Yeah. It is." Angeal hugged her tightly. "I wish...I could have introduced you to my mothe. Perhaps she could have died at peace...knowing you'd be around me when the virus took hold." He whispered before he caressed her cheek. I'm sorry...
"Don't apologize. What aren't you telling me?" Jenna place a hand on the back of his wing. Angeal shuddered at the touch before speaking.
"...Hollander wants to take Genesis and I to his lab for a while to try to make the antidote...I...think you'd be safe here."
Jenna wanted to tell him to stay with her, going wouldn't do any good. There was no antidote. There could never be one. She wanted to stay with him until he was gone...and hoped she could just disappear then. But despite everything she knew...she wanted to be wrong. She wanted Hollander to cure both of them. She might not have needed a future with Angeal, but she wanted one. She was in love with him, and that wasn't going to change. It didn't matter if he was gone. He was her first, first in so many ways. She wanted him to have hope.
"I'll be okay here." Jenna's first lie, a lie she'd always remember.
"Can you get back down later?"
"Yeah. Min and I plotted ways down a while back...I love you." She hugged Angeal tightly before kissing him deeply, lovingly, and bit lustfully. If it was the last time they'd see each other, god damn it if she wouldn't make it count.
Angeal chuckled lightly as he stared at Jenna under the waterfall.
"Was that really necessary?"
"I think so." Jenna whispered as she smiled at him, pulling on her clothing before walking out to him and kissing him lovingly.
"Now hurry. Genesis is probably running out of distractions." She whispered. Angeal returned the kiss for a moment before smiling back at her.
"...when I get back, my love...when I get back healed...care to spend the rest of our lives together?"
Jenna stared at him for a moment with wide eyes.
"Are you serious?" She whispered.
"Never more serious in my life. What do you say?"
"Of course!" Jenna hugged him tightly. Angeal laughed heartily and kissed her tenderly.
"See you when I get back...Mrs Jenna Hewley."
Somehow as she stood at the ledge waving to Angeal, Jenna forgot what she knew. All she could think of was the future promised to her at first. When he got back...she had time to track down Min and call her, right?
In fact, she would see Min first. But not why she hoped.