A Bitter Pill With Stars That Thrill

by I'll Break Your Heart

"Promises"-Dying in a hospital was a fate that Shiki had unwillingly accepted. Robbed of her life, even the stars can't offer her happiness. Yet sometimes, the "stars" have different plans for the living...Drabbles about life, death, and Neku/Shiki

6. Real Life

Real Life

Life was a funny thing.

In J-dramas about hospitals, the characters acted like death was the scariest thing ever and wanted nothing more than to cling to life. They were encouraged by everyone to live and would always make a miraculous recovery in time for the season finale.

In real life though,

The nurses and doctors only gave her pitied looks. Like she was some kind of lost cause.

Sometimes, Shiki couldn't help but wonder what would happen if she were to die. If this illness inside of her would suddenly just flare up and burn her out like a candle.

Would her parents miss her? Shiki couldn't help but doubt it. So far the total visit count for her parents wasn't even half as many times as Eri. Less than half actually, maybe even a quarter.

Shiki sighed.

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Patience people please! I swear it gets happier! I mean, Happy late Thanksgiving!

Thanks to The-Splatoon-Rook 64 for the review!