The rules in the hospital were rather simple and easy to follow. Basically listen to the staff, no going anywhere without a staff member, and some places were for staff members only, and just behave in general. They had three meals a day, breakfast at 8 in the morning, lunch at noon, and then dinner at 6. They had to be in their rooms at 10 and then lights out by 11. And that was pretty much it. Simple.

"Haruka? I'm turning the light off." Makoto said as he reached for the lamp on is and Haruka's shared bedside table. The other shot him a very wary look before returning his gaze to the same spot on the ceiling he had been staring at for the past ten minutes. The look caused Makoto to worry, but at the time he was too tired to actually ask about it.

Makoto had only been at the hospital for a few days and already he felt he was getting used to the daily life there. But maybe that was because he had Haruka there with him. Sure, some of Haruka's actions caused him to worry, trying to get away with eating considerably less than he should for example, but he kind of acted as a silent guide at times. Plus, Makoto was becoming friends with the boy who stayed just a few doors down, Aiichiro Nitori.

But despite how easy the days usually were, Makoto still found himself falling asleep quite easily at night.

While tonight was like that, it was definitely no restless sleep.

For some reason, Makoto found himself at a train station. It was dark out and there was only two lamp posts, one at each end of the station, therefore leaving the majority of it dark and hard to see. There were strangers all around him and a train stopped, likely letting people off and on. Makoto looked around, trying to see a sign or something to tell him where he was.

His eyes caught sight on a familiar face inside the train. Immediately he recognized it as Haruka! He searched for a way onto the train, but… There seemed to be no way to enter. Instead he dashed over to the window and waved, trying to get Haruka's attention. But he soon noticed that something was wrong.

No matter how hard he tried, it seemed he could not get Haruka's attention. He just kept staring right past Makoto. Not only that, but his eyes were blue instead of green and appeared clouded up, his hair was black instead of brown, and his skin was quite pale. The sight made Makoto's heart hurt. He even tried to knock on the window, but that wasn't working either.

"Mommy, why is that boy waving to no one?" He heard a loud girl ask her Mother, who simply shushed her.

Haruka looked forward, somehow either not noticing Makoto or choosing to completely ignore him altogether. It gave Makoto a fuzzy feeling in his chest and he wasn't quite sure what it was. People bumped into him, trying to move him out of the way, but he stubbornly tried to stay put. Where did they all come from anyway?

"Haruka!" Makoto called, beginning to feel desperate. The people became more forceful in moving him in the opposite direction. He pushed forward against, them calling "No, stop, please! Haruka, I'm here! Please, notice that I'm right here! Haruka!", but it did no good.

The train's whistle blew and it slowly began to move. The people finally went around Makoto to get across the yellow line of safety. He ran past them toward the train, frantically calling out Haruka's name. He reached out a hand hoping it would magically stop the train, get Haruka's attention, do something.

The train was barely moving and Makoto quickly caught up. He called Haruka's name again, placing his hand on the window while running, and Haruka showed no sign of looking at him.

Makoto was seriously panicking. The train was starting to move faster and his legs couldn't keep up, no matter how hard he tried and pushed himself to move them. "Haruka! For the love of god, please! Look at me! I'm right here! Please, Haruka!" His voice wavered as tears rapidly formed in his eyes. "Please, notice me!"

Suddenly he tripped, all hope leaving him along with the train. He forlornly gazed up, shoulders slumped, and watched the train move on. He thought for a brief moment to reach out again and grab the train, but knew that it would only do him worse. But the thought of it even slightly doing anything was so enticing, he had to literally hold himself back from doing so.

He could still see the window Haruka was sitting next to. Haruka was looking at him! His expression hadn't changed, but he had his hand and nose right up against the glass and was definitely looking at Makoto.

"Haruka!" Makoto shouted, a small smile on his lips.

But… Then Haruka mouthed the words, making Makoto's heart shatter. "Good-bye."

No. There was no way! Absolute fear flooded Makoto's chest as he stumbled to his feet and clumsily began to run again. He ran all the way to the end of the station and leapt right off onto the track behind the train, not caring about how dangerous that may be. He had to catch up! He couldn't just let Haruka get away again like this! There was no way he would be able to forgive himself if that were to happen!

But alas, he was only human, and the train was much faster than he could ever hope to be. The feeling of lonely defeat washed over him entirely as his knees trembled and eventually caved in. And still he worthlessly pleaded, his voice weak and shaky, "Ha-Haruka?"

"Makoto!" He head Haruka call back, but there was no way it was really him.

"H-Haru-ka, I-I love you! Please d-don't leave me al-one again!" But there was emptiness in his words. He wanted nothing more to at least be on that train with his love, but it was rapidly disappearing from sight.

Haruka was gone. Again. And he was all alone.

The whispers surrounding him soon consumed Makoto as he collapsed to the ground. He could only faintly hear someone calling his name, but he did not care. Haruka was gone, didn't even try to stay in the slightest, and that was all that mattered.

But the voices increasingly grew louder to the point of making Makoto jolt forward. Everything was dark around him, completely different from only a few moments before. The only thing he could hear now was heavy breathing. His own heavy breathing, to be exact.

Suddenly something touched his right arm, causing him to jump. Oh. Someone was sitting next to him on the bed, lightly holding his arm and giving him a worried look. Haruka?

"Makoto?" The person said. Relief instantly washed over Makoto at the sound of it. Yes, that must be Haruka's voice.

"Haruka?" Makoto said, his voice hoarse for some reason.

The other paused, "Yeah. I'm here." Slowly Makoto sat up and faced him. "Are you okay?" He asked, "You were crying."

"I'm sorry."

"Do you… Want to talk about it?"

Makoto thought about it for a moment, but then decided that it would be pointless. After all, it was a silly nightmare anyway. Haruka was right there in front of him! He wasn't going anywhere, not that he could even if he wanted to in the first place, considering where they were. So instead he shook his head no and leaned his forehead on Haruka's shoulder. "Just.. Let me stay like this for a moment. Please."

He definitely didn't miss the way Haruka stiffened up when he moved closer, but at least he didn't pull away. In fact, after a moment he relaxed again and even put an arm around Makoto, showing it was alright.

"Hey Haruka?" Makoto whispered after a minute of silence.

"Yes?"

"You won't leave me, will you?"

"I couldn't."

"I mean even after we're out of here."

"I couldn't." Haruka replied again.

"Even if you get out before me. Would you wait for me?"

Haruka thought for a second, "You shouldn't be worrying about that…"

Makoto pulled away so they could see each other's faces. "Will you promise me that when you get out, you'll wait for me? Please?"

"... I promise."

Makoto sighed, a smile spreading across his lips. "Thank you."

Haruka nodded. "... You need to sleep." He moved to get off of the bed, but Makoto reached out and grabbed his shirt. "What?" Makoto didn't say anything not wanting to admit that he didn't want Haruka to go, even though it was only a few feet. Haruka glanced at his own bed and then back at Makoto. "Do you want to sleep with Paopu?"

Makoto blinked. "Pow.. poo?"

"Paopu." Haruka confirmed that that was what he said, making Makoto only more confused. He lifted up the stuffed porpoise and held it out to him.

"Is… That it's name?"

Haruka blinked, pulling the plush back to him and looking at it, seemingly confused as well now. "I don't know."

"But you just called it that. Did you remember something?"

He tilted his head. "No. It just… came out."

Makoto chuckled, "Well, I guess that's still something."

Haruka extended it out to him again. "Do you want him?"

"Hmmm" Makoto tapped his chin, an opportunity popping into his head. He smiled as he reached out to take the porpoise, but instead grabbed Haruka's wrist and pulled him onto the bed with him. "Is this okay?" He asked, laying down next to Haruka.

Haruka shifted uncomfortably, eyes darting around. "Isn't this. a bit… crowded?"

"I don't mind if you don't."

He swallowed, "Okay."

"Thank you." Makoto said, nuzzling into Haruka's chest.

Haruka replied by putting Paopu on the other side of Makoto, leaving his arm there over Makoto's shoulder. "Now you're sandwiched."

Makoto practically snorted in laughter. "You really like that thing, don't you?"

"I don't not like him."

"So that's a yes then."

"I guess so. He's been with me since I can remember, so…"

"Hmm, I wish I had something like that. You're making me jealous."

"Sorry."

Makoto chuckled.

"Hey. Makoto?"

"Yeah?"

"Why are you here?"

"Oh." Makoto frowned. "Didn't we already talk about this?"

Haruka opened his mouth to say something, but paused. "Maybe… I don't remember."

Makoto wasn't entirely sure what to say to that. He could swear they had talked about it before, but… Maybe Haruka forgot already? Plus, after all, he honestly didn't believe that he should be there in the first place. It was Nagisa and Rei that admitted him, not himself. And he knew their reasoning behind it, but it was completely wrong. "I'm not crazy." He said, the playfulness in his voice leaving him.

"Then why are you here?"

"It doesn't matter anymore. You're here and I found you. Once they see that, they'll realize they were wrong." Spite unintentionally filled Makoto's voice, not going unnoticed by Haruka.

"O-okay." Haruka stuttered, "I'm s-sorry, I shouldn't of asked…" He sighed, "You should try to calm down and go to sleep."

It was then that Makoto noticed that he was shaking, his fists tightly clenched, irritated just at the thought of his friends. It made him feel guilty. They were just worried about him and doing what they thought was best for him. He realized that this was also probably scaring Haruka. "Sorry." He apologized, trying to stop himself from shaking.

"... It's fine." Haruka said, petting Makoto's hair to try and help him calm down.

To his surprise, this was actually very soothing, and Makoto soon found himself relaxing again, and even lulling back to sleep.

A/N: I asked my friends what the porpoise should be named and this is what they gave me, the first one saying it without even thinking of what it would mean (and they spelled it Powpou or something like that)... Then when I explained it to them they thought it was perfect. And so it became Paopu the porpoise...

Oh, should I explain the name? Sure. (So disregard this if you don't care.) If anyone knows, paopu is the name of the fruit in Kingdom Hearts where evidently if you shared it with someone you like, your destinies will become intertwined. So we thought it was perfect for this story because of the whole moment they have when they meet eyes with someone they're meant to be with thing... (Well at least I thought it was perfect.)

And here is where I apologize for the lack of updates. This is the first year in... Well, probably ever, where I have cared about school this much. Normally I'm like writing in class instead of doing my homework and that sort of thing instead (and this year I even have a class where I don't really have much I have to do and I have access to the internet!) So to make up for it, I plan on updating once more (maybe even twice) this week and then hopefully getting back on my usual schedule of updating on the weekends.

It's been a while since I've heard from you guys (probably due to my lack of updating), so it would be really nice to hear what you've been thinking! Thank you for reading!