Rocket had made his decision. He will give his heart to save her and nothing would change his mind. He could not live in a world without Tia; there was no life for him without her. After telling Tia's parents what he had decided to, they thanked him dearly and promised to keep Tia safe from all danger for him. Then he went to tell the doctor about his decision. But he wanted nobody to tell Tia about his decision, not even he would. He wanted her to learn nothing because he knew she would disagree with it and get upset which he didn't want. Therefore, he went to doctor's office.
"Rocket! Do come in" he encouraged, signaling for him to enter which he did.
"I wanted to talk to you about something" Rocket said, entering the room.
"Yes of course sit" he gestured and Rocket sat before he took a deep breath...
"I want to become the donor...I want to give Tia the heart transplant..."
For a few seconds, the doctor was shocked
"Are you sure Rocket? You are aware of the consequences I'm sure"
"Yes I've never been surer. I want Tia to live and if that means giving up my own life then so be it" Rocket confirmed, his eyes burning with honesty and the doctor nodded
"Very well then"
After that, he went to do something more important...
He went straight to Tia's room. The team Aarch, Clamp, Dame Simbai, their parents; everyone was there! Tia was awake but she looked pale and seemed weaker than ever. It broke his heart to see her like that. When he entered, he asked everyone to go outside for a while as he prepared for the last few moments he would ever spend with his darling Tia…
When they left the couple alone, he went and sat in the chair that was beside her bed and just watched her with so much love. Then he grabbed her hand and said...
"Tia...I love you so much more than you can ever imagine...and I want you to know that I will love you always no matter what happens. I would do anything for you, you know that, right?"
"I know Rocket, of course I know and I love you to more than anything" she replied weakly.
He approached and kissed her for the last time and then he hugged her tightly. She stayed in his arms until she fell asleep and he just stared at her for a while and kissed her forehead every now and then. Suddenly, a thought occurred to him and he knew she deserved some kind of explanation from him so he grabbed a pen and paper off her bedside and gave her everything she deserved.
After a while he came out of the room and went to rest for a last goodbye to everyone else.
"You're what?" the team exclaimed as they all looked at him in shock. They couldn't believe what they were hearing so Rocket gave them his explanation.
"I love Tia more than anything and I couldn't live without her. It's what I want to do. But I want you guys to look out for her when I'm gone, protect her…please. This is the last chance I'll have at protecting her. I have to do this…for her" he spoke solemnly and they all nodded while sad expressions fell on their faces. Suddenly, his parents approached him and the others gave them some time alone, planning on saying their goodbyes to him later. His mum immediately embraced him, fighting back her tears at her son's braveness. They hugged for a while before letting him go.
"We're both very proud of you son. We'll help protect for you, we promise" she swore on behalf of them both before Rocket emotionally hugged both his parents for the last time before leaving to say his goodbyes to everyone else.
After Rocket said his goodbyes, they all sat outside her room, lost in their own thoughts and Rocket was just thinking about what her future will be now that she has one. All was quiet until many doctors's suddenly appeared and started running quickly as they entered Tia's room. One of the doctors went up to Rocket and told him...
"The heart transplantation must be done now..."