Tia was suddenly in a lot of pain and started screaming. Many doctors quickly attended to her aid and managed to give her something to ease the pain and something to let her fall asleep at least for a while. One of the doctors quickly called Rocket once she was asleep and he told Rocket to come immediately. When Rocket asked why, he told him that Tia wasn't good, in fact, getting worse. When Rocket heard this, he went straight to the hospital. When he got there, the doctor told him that she was better now thanks to the painkillers but her situation is too serious and getting worse by the minute. Rocket went to Tia's room and when he walked in, he found her awake. She welcomed him with a big smile, happy to see him.

"Hey" she replied happily. Even when she was ill, seeing him always made her happy.

"Hi..."he said sadly, with a grim expression on his face as he sat down on the chair next to her bed.

Her smile had gone when she noticed that Rocket was upset about something. Question was, what was it...?

"What's wrong? Is everything all right? Are you ok? Why are you sad…?" she began to asked rapidly but he didn't answer. He just kept looking at her. Then he suddenly leaned up and pressed his lips to hers as if it was the last time he was ever going to see her. Tia didn't react at first because she was in shock but soon kissed back. When they broke apart, he gave her a big hug and clung on to her tightly, afraid of ever losing her and she clung on in response. After a few moments, they broke apart and Tia opened her mouth to speak when her parents came into the room. Dame Simbai had told them everything. They had decided to take Tia back to Obia Moon so the best doctors can take care of her only, they hadn't told Tia this yet. In fact, Rocket hadn't told her the consequences yet.

"Mum...dad...what are you doing here?" she asked, totally confused.

"We want to talk to you Tia. Dame Simbai told us everything. We're going to take you back to Obia Moon so the best doctors can take care of you..." her Mum began but Tia interrupted, having no clue as to what her Mum was trying to say to her. She believed she would be fine if she just relaxed for a while.

"But mum, I'll be better soon once I just relax for a while. I'll go back to the cup..." Tia began but she could see in everyone's expressions that this was not the case. Before she could question her idea, her Mum spoke again but this time to Rocket.

"You haven't told her, right?" her Mum implied. Rocket was still trying to figure out a way to tell her but he knew he would have to think fast as Tia wasn't slow, even if she was ill, and he already knew Tia would know that something was up and would want answers. Of course, he was right.

"Tell me what?" Tia asked, now getting very anxious. She could tell something was wrong…seriously wrong. Now she just had to get someone to tell her.

"No" Rocket replied and Tia knew her worst nightmare had just come true. If Rocket was worried, then it was something to worry about.

"We'll leave you alone..." her Mum replied and her parents left the room. Tia immediately turned to Rocket for some answers, who was staring randomly somewhere, not taking in anything. Only thinking about what he was going to tell her.

"What's wrong Rocket?" Tia asked, snapping him out of his daydream. He looked at her with a sorrowful look in his eyes and then Tia could feel her body tense up immensely.

"Tia..." he began but stopped. He wasn't sure if he could cope with telling her...

"Yes..." Tia pushed; wanting to know what was bothering him so she could tell him everything would be fine and calm him down. It would take a miracle to convince him of that. Finally managing to breathe enough to tell her, Rocket grabbed her hands in his; silently swearing to never let go.

"Earlier on the phone wasn't Aarch...it was Dame Simbai. She wanted to talk to me. Look Tia, you are very ill. If what happens to you during the match happens again, you will…" he began but couldn't continue. He couldn't bear to say the words.

"What?" Tia asked nervously. Something was wrong but deep down she could nearly tell by his expression what really was going on but she asked him anyway, before she jumped to conclusions. And when Rocket didn't respond, she knew she would have to ask.

"I will die?" she asked, trying to stop her voice from breaking. And when he didn't answer; just kept his gaze away from hers, she knew she was right.

"I'm going to die..." she said, not able to stop her eyes filling up with tears. When Rocket saw this, he sat up next to her on the bed and hugged her close.

"Everything will be fine Tia, I promise. You won't die; I promise you. I love you, don't forget that. I love you so much!" he said, his own eyes now filling up with tears. He couldn't lose her that would be too painful; he couldn't cope with losing her.

"Rocket, I don't want to go to Obia Moon without you" she cried to him. She knew that leaving him would be the hardest, and not having him there to hold her hand would be even harder.

"You have to. There are the best doctors over there" he pleaded with her. He didn't want her to go through everything without him but if he wanted her to live, he had to let her go.

"But..." she began but Rocket interrupted.

"Please" he pleaded with her and in seeing the pleading look in his eyes, she gave in and nodded then Rocket just held her close and rubbed up and down her back, kissing her forehead every now and then. He didn't want her to go. He wanted her to stay with him. He couldn't live without her, especially going through all those tests and procedures without him...but if he wanted her to live, he would have forget everything and let her go as it was what was best for her...

While still clinging on to each other on the bed, her parents came in and told her that they were going to leave tomorrow morning. Tia just nodded and never said a word, worrying Rocket but her parents knew this was a moment not to be disturbed and quickly left Tia to get some sleep after distributing the information. Rocket knew that she needed her sleep but he didn't want to leave her. However, after about ten minutes, he knew he had to go.

"You need some sleep…" he began, and slowly started to push her away but she knew how he was going to finish and grabbed on to him before he could. He immediately stopped and waited for her to say something.

"Rocket, could you…stay with me tonight. Maybe go so far as to sleep with me, but just…stay. It might not be but if it is my last chance to spend the night with you then I want to take it. Please" she pleaded with him and he immediately responded before carefully attaching his lips to hers for a quick kiss.

"Of course" he responded as they broke away (not responding to her 'spending the night with him' statement) and jumped in beside her, under the covers in the bed.

"I love you" he whispered earnestly into her ear. He loved her so much that words weren't enough; words couldn't comprehend how he felt about her.

"I love you too" she replied before melting into each other's arms as they enjoyed a passionate kiss…