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Chapter 3
The pain. His heart. He can't breath, his whole body just felt really weakened, he can't seem to stand up. No… No. his whole being is shaken, He didn't even recognize the faces in front of him.
"Ritsu!" a woman's voice, An maybe.
"What happened Ritsu?" his mom.
"Takano-san… hospital" he manage to whisper
"Where?!" Yokozawa asks him but he can't speak.
"Unless you don't want to see him now, go on and be like that!" Yokozawa yelled at him who made him stood up and told them which hospital.
Upon arriving at the hospital, Ritsu immediately headed for the front desk. A paramedic in his tow explaining what happened but he couldn't focus
"He's in the last room to the right, sir. " He heard all was a blur to him; he just wanted to see him, to feel him to convince himself that all is okay. He wanted to his smile, the sparkle in his eyes. To experience the love he has for him.
Amidst all the chaos going on around him, there he saw a figure barely conscious with the cords attached to him, IV drips, a bandage in his head. There lies his love, his first and last love. Takano Masamune. Saga-sempai.
He approaches the bed, kneeling beside it, holding his lover's hand tightly.
"Ritsu.." a weakened voice spoke.
He stood up and looks at him, No, He couldn't cry.
"Masamune" he muttered
His hand being squeeze though barely manages force himself not to cry to maintain his poker face but failing miserably.
"You…. You better survive this; we're going to have a good life! You said that to me. You made me move in with you. I… I am looking forward to it. I'm already… already…" he couldn't finish, holding on to his hand too tightly.
The others giving them space they needed.
"Ritsu… marry me." Takano smiled at him, tears threatening to fall in his wounded face.
"I'll marry you if you're okay; we're going to have a wedding. Okay? Just be okay now. Please.. Don't leave me." He said.
"Marry… me now. Ritsu. Okay? Let's get… married." Takano squeezes his hand.
"Don't leave me, Masamune." A desperate plea escapes his lover's mouth, eyes shut. Squeezing his hands.
"I don't have a choice. Love" He muttered forcing his hands to cup his lover's face.
"Marry me." He again said
The only response he got was a nod from Ritsu.
"We'll be your witness." Yokozawa stated.
They all approach Takano's bed.
Looking up to Takano once again, he notice him looking behind him, it was then he saw the bloody jacket he wore today. Retrieving it from the chair, something fell from it.
A box, A velvet black box.
"Open it." He said to Ritsu smiling
There he saw a two silver wedding band.
"I was… planning on proposing to you today." Takano said to his lover, he can see the desperation in his lover's eyes, the tears welling up in his eyes. As much as he wanted to live it seems that the universe is against him, fate is cruel. He thought.
"Let's start" Yokozawa said.
Ritsu looks down and slip the wedding band to his lover's ring finger, looking into his eyes he said
"I want you forever, forever and always. Through the good and the bad and the ugly, we'll grow old together, and always remember. Whether Happy or Sad or whatever, we'll still love each other, forever and always. I love you. Takano Masamune, my First and only Love." He finishes his vows, barely manage to stay standing as his tears were now streaming from his face.
Takano, weakened manages to slip the wedding band into his lover's shaking hand
His lover squeezes his hand, the beeps into the heart monitor's getting too slow.
His voice is almost too low.
As he uttered these words, "I love you forever, forever and always, please… just remember even if I'm not there; I'll always love you, forever and always. My first and only Love, Ritsu." He closes his eyes, a smile on his face.
A few minutes have passed his heart monitor flat lined…
He squeezes his lover's hand and kisses his forehead then his lips, tears streaming down his face.
Everyone present at the hospital even the nurses at their bedside, some had tears in their eyes, some we're sobbing and their friends cried hard, Ritsu preventing himself from breaking down muttered this words to his love.
"I love you. I love you Masamune, Forever and Always."
After muttering those painful words he slumped his tired body beside his lover's, clasping a now cold hands, he cried.
Gaaah. It's done. I'm sorry for the mistakes but I really wanted this idea to turn into story. The wedding vows we're from Forever and Always by Parachute. You should check it out its heart wrenching.
Also, The story is based on the song itself. Just modified it a little.
And if anyone here is a fan of Vampire Diaries, I'm pretty sure you could notice the line I added from Damon Salvatore's in this season finale. I bawled in that finale. I'm pretty sure you are too.
Well. Hope you enjoyed it.