1 day.
Niou sits in Marui's arms and says, "They gave me a year to live."
"You never told me that."
"It was an estimation and they're wrong all the time so I didn't bother. And what if I had died before a year was up? You would have been mad and sad and outraged because what you were expecting didn't turn out the way you expected it to."
"Reading has made you philosophical."
"I consider it perspective."
"Almost dying didn't do that?"
"I'm still dying, just not as fast as before."
"No, you're wrong. You're not going to die because people who live don't die. You've put enough of your energy into me and I will never forget you."
"You'll forget me. Everyone is forgotten in the end. You'll forget it slowly, but it'll be gone eventually. But I forgive you."
Marui shakes his head. "No, I won't. I don't care what you say, but you're wrong."
"Maybe I am."
"You are. You definitely are. I could never forget you because I love you."
Niou kisses him to say I love you too.
A year ago he was dying. He still is, but he doesn't see it that way. Everyone dies so the dying are nothing special. It's the ones who live that are special.
In the end, its the people that matter, the smiles you remember, the love you allow yourself to feel.
Everyone dies. Not everyone lives.
Niou wants to live.
A/N: Constructive criticism is loved :)