Chapter 6- Confession
--Anzu's POV--
A week has gone by, and I can still remember every single word the doctor has told me that day that changed my life forever. I knew what the truth was and after that day I became worse. God had written out my life span and things were all arranged. I knew that I was dying. Death was slowly creeping within my veins and I felt it. The days were going by and I was counting, for one by one my weaknesses were gaining. The doctor says that I only have two more months left to live, therefore I'm trying the best I can to enjoy life, making memories that will forever be upon those who I love dearly.
I woke up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat again; it has been like that for almost every night now. In the morning, I had a strange chill running through my spine, even though it feels unnaturally hot in my room. And I felt weak, so weak and tired I felt like vomiting. But I'm not surprised though, it's been happening so often, I hardly ever get a good night sleep; makes me wonder if I can ever sleep well again.
I force myself out of my bed even though I feel my body protesting, but I have to get to school, I wouldn't want to be late. My whole body feels sore, and I soon discover why. Taking off my clothes and looking in the mirror, I see more tiny bruises all over my body. I get them so often, I have long forgotten where I had got them...besides, even a little touch can cause a bruise now.
After a relaxing hot bath, my body feels a bit better. I stepped up onto the weight scale and sighed at what it read; I loss another 5 pounds in a week. I always thought of losing a couple of pounds, but this is ridiculous. Seeing the time, I walked out the front door and started to walk to school without breakfast. I know I should have eaten something, but lately, it seems as if I've lost my appetite completely.
--Ryou's POV—
I've been very worried about Anzu recently. I don't know why, but ever since she came back from the doctors, she has been acting quite strange. She always look so tired now, and she is unnaturally pale; she blames it on make up, but I know she's lying...even her smile is a lie...it always seems so forced now. But most of all, her once cerulean blue eyes that was always full of life seems so dull now...almost like her soul is broken.
"Alright class, settle down" I hear the teacher yell. I look in front of the classroom and I see Anzu sitting quite slumped on her chair, just staring aimlessly out the window. Her face is so pale, and she looks as if she hadn't slept for days for there were large eye bags under her eyes. I wonder if she stayed up all night yesterday.
In the middle of the lesson, one of the prep girls that I hated that sits in the back of the class raised her hand which stopped Ms. Kari from talking senselessly.
"What is it?"
"Umm...Anzu has like fallen asleep on her desk miss, shouldn't you like wake her up or something?" she asked with her annoyingly high voice. I turned my head around to glare at her. Anzu looks so tired; I think she deserves to sleep.
Apparently, the teacher thinks so too. Her face softened as she looked at Anzu's sleeping form. "Let her sleep, the class is almost over anyway".
That's strange, there's still another half an hour to go. And what's with the pity look? Does she know something I don't know? Oh well, at least it shut the prep girl up.
At the end of class, the gang went over to wake Anzu up. "Yo Anzu, get up Anzu, class is over" The blond said poking her arm. The brunette mumbled something but didn't wake up. "Here let me" Ryou said. The albino gently shook her shoulders. "Hey Anzu? Get up Anzu". Finally opening her eyes, she looked around the class and saw that everyone is gone except for her friends who were looking down at her.
"Whoa, who woulda thought you would fall asleep in class" Joey teased while grinning.
Anzu blushed. "Shut up Joey...what time is it?"
"It's lunch time" Yami answered.
"Yeah, common lets go already, I'm hungry!" Tristan said rubbing his tummy.
"Oh stop whining you big babies, besides I'm not hungry right now...you guys go ahead to the cafeteria, I'm gonna go up to the balcony for some air."
"Suit yourself" Joey said while dragging the others out the door. Once they were out the door, Ryou said that he had to get something from his locker first. But in reality, he is actually going to check up on Anzu. Trudging up the metal steps, he opened the door to the balcony. It was quiet, not much people were up here today. He spotted Anzu standing in a secluded area looking down the school by the fence. Going up to her, he tapped her shoulder, getting a surprised yelp.
"Ryou, you scared me!" she exclaimed.
"Sorry, didn't mean to frighten you, what are you doing up here?"
"I just needed some fresh air." She replied.
Ryou looked at her, and for once he finally seems to notice that these past couple of days, Anzu has always been wearing a jacket wherever she goes.
"Aren't you hot Anzu? It's burning out here!"
She started to feel nervous. She was wearing a jacket because she wanted to hide all her strange bruises. "Oh, you don't need to worry about me, I just feel a little chilly that's all."
"But I do worry about you Anzu" He said frowning "you've been looking sick for a while now...is everything okay?"
"I'm fine...really" she had a small fake smile plastered on her face, but Ryou knew her. She tried to fake it but Ryou saw right through her mask. Her eyes were the things that gave her away. He stepped up to her and placed a hand on her cheek. "You know you can always tell me anything right?"
Anzu blushed madly. "R-Ryou...?"
'It's now or never' he thought.
Ryou took her hand and placed it on his chest. "I like you Anzu...I like you a lot"
Anzu eyes widened. 'Did he just say he likes me? Am I hearing things?'
'Why isn't she saying anything' he thought 'what if she rejects me?' but his doubts soon shattered.
"I-I like you too Ryou...always have" Overjoyed, Ryou held her close and buried his face in her hair. He finally had the girl he cared about the most. "I don't like you Anzu...I think... I'm in love with you." Anzu gasped and smiled shyly. "Ryou...I think I'm in love with you too."
He leaned his head down slowly, and captured her lips in a passionate kiss.
Noble Paladin- Wow, this chapter was so hard to write. Thanks for the review. So sick..
FearOfDying- Almost crying? That means I have to work harder, never written something that made someone cry before.
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Russle- You wanna read my poem? It's on my profile page. Yeah counselors are so gay, I'm glad schools over already.
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