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Three days later, Kairi was still in the hospital. She was starting to go insane. She was feeling fine now, so why did they have to keep her here so long? She hated hospitals. She's hated them ever since she found out the bad news. And don't even get her started on the food. The food was absolutely revolting. They gave her chicken that wasn't even cook thoroughly, bread that was as hard as a rock, mashed potatoes that were cold and lumpy, and a cookie that had mold on it.

I don't know how they get away serving this stuff. It's disgusting.

She was so hungry that she ate it, all except the cookie. She almost couldn't keep it down. So that's why when no one was looking her mother would bring her a nice home cooked meal, and that was 10 times better than crappy hospital food. Her mother came to visit her every day when she got off work and would stay with her and talk for hours. She was so upset when she heard the news. She would ask Kairi practically every five minutes if she was okay. Kairi loved having her mother around. As for Sora, well, he pretty much never left her side. He would buy her food from the vending machine, watch TV with her, talk, and all kinds of other things. She said it would be okay if he left so he could get some sleep, but he insisted that he was fine and he wanted to be with her and make sure she was fine. Sora was like Kairi in some ways, especially with putting other people's needs before his own. He wasn't conceited like most boys his age were, and he was the nicest person ever. Every time you saw him, you couldn't help but smile; especially with that cheesy smile of his. That's one reason Kairi fell in love with him; his smile.

"Are you sure you don't want to leave? That chair doesn't look very comfortable; you've been sleeping in it for three days now."

"Kairi, I'm fine, really. I appreciate that you care about my comfortableness, but I'm okay. I want to be here with you." Kairi smiled.

"You're so sweet. Thank you so much for being here." Sora smiled that cheesy smile of his.

"No problem! But you know, you should really tell Riku what's going on. He's been calling and texting me non-stop."

Beep Beep Beep

Sora looked down at his phone. "Ugh, he's calling again." Sora answered his phone on the third ring. "Hey Riku, what's up?"

"Where the hell have you been? I've been trying to reach you. Geez Sora, I don't even know why you have a phone. You never pay attention to it." Riku sounded a bit irritated. "Where the hell are you and Kairi? I haven't seen either of you in like four days."

Sora sighed in to the phone. "I'm with Kairi right now, actually."

"Where?"

Sora looked over at Kairi and she nodded to him indicating that it was okay to tell him where they were.

"We're… At the hospital."

Riku laughed, assuming that it was a joke. "What the hell are you doing at the hospital? Did you cut your finger?" Sora got pissed.

"For your information, smartass, I'm not the one in the hospital, Kairi is. Want to make jokes now?"

Riku was silent for a few seconds and Sora checked his phone to make sure he was still there.

"You're serious." Sora just rolled his eyes.

"Duh."

"Is she okay? Is she hurt? Why the fuck didn't you tell me?!"

"It wasn't my place to tell. And Kairi wasn't feeling very well. She's okay now though. She sort of blacked out on the beach."

"Blacked out? Dude, I really wish you would have told me sooner! I'm on my way over there." Riku hung up.

"You could have at least said bye" Sora said to no one in particular. Kairi looked at him. "Is he coming over here?" Sora nodded. Kairi took in a long breath.

"Better to get it out of the way before I freak out." Sora rubbed her cheek.

"It's going to be okay, don't worry. I think Riku will take the news well. Well, not "well", but he won't curse you out or never speak to you again for not telling him. I would assume he would want to be around more and make sure that you're okay."

Kairi smiled. "Just like you."

"Yes, just like me!"

A few hours passed and Riku finally arrived. "Hey."

Kairi got up and walked over to him and gave him a hug. "Hey yourself. Long time no see."

Riku hugged her back. "Hey, you seem to be okay. I've never known you to black out randomly like that. You rarely get sick either. What's up?"

Kairi looked at him and bit her lip. Riku raised an eyebrow. "What's wrong? If anything is wrong you can tell me." Sora just sat in the chair with his arms crossed, watching the conversation.

Kairi looked down at the floor. Riku rubbed her back. "It's okay. You don't have to tell me if you don't want to. I don't want to force it out of you."

"How come you never rub my back when I'm upset?"

"Because Sora, you're a dude. That would be kind of gay, don't you think?"

"No" Sora said seriously. Riku rolled his eyes. "You're so gay."

"Hey, I'm not gay! I'm just saying, I would like someone to rub my back every once in a while and tell me everything's going to be okay." Riku walked over to him and rubbed his back."

"Everything's going to be okay."

"LIAR!"

"Geez, you're so weird." Sora smiled and sat back down in the not so comfy chair.

Riku then focused his attention on Kairi again.

"Riku… The reason I had a blackout, and the reason I've been in the hospital, is because," Kairi sighed, "I'm sick."

"Well, that's a reason you go to a hospital right? I'm sure you'll be better in a few days."

Kairi shook her head. "I don't think you understood what I meant. I'm sick sick. Like, cancer sick.

Riku just stared at her. He opened his mouth to say something, but nothing came out. A few seconds passed and he still hadn't said a word, he just continued to stare at her.

Kairi got really scared. "Riku, say something."

"Dude, are you okay? Say something. You're scaring me and Kairi. I know it's a lot to take in, but please just say something; anything."

Riku was always the tough boy. He never shed a tear; even when his favorite dog died; he never once cried over it. He never cried over said movies. Sora asked one time if he had a soul, because he never showed much emotion. Sora got a good punch in the arm for that comment. Kairi always said that she wished he was more sensitive, but that just wasn't his style. You could never tell what he was feeling. But in this moment, something really weird happened. Something that Kairi, nor Sora ever saw coming.

Riku burst in to tears.

Yep, you heard that right.

Riku burst in to tears. Kairi and Sora were so shocked they didn't know what to say. Then Kairi gave him the tightest hug ever. "Oh my god, Riku!"

Riku continued to cry and it didn't seem like he was ever going to stop.

Riku finally settled down and let go of Kairi. "Oh my god, I don't know what came over me. I'm so sorry."

"So you actually do have feelings."

"Shut the hell up, Sora!"

Sora shuddered. "Heh, my bad." Sora rubbed the back of his head.

"You have nothing to be sorry for. Me and Sora didn't expect that, but it's okay!" Kairi smiled and rubbed his back.

"It's just not fair. You're too young. You haven't even really lived yet. It's not fair."

Just then, Kairi's nurse walked in. "Kairi, I'm going to need to take some blood work, so if you don't mind, can your friends wait outside please?"

Kairi was about to say that was fine when something else weird happened. Riku ran up and hugged the nurse really tight and started to cry again. "It's not fair, it's not fair! She doesn't deserve this! She doesn't deserve this! GOD, WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME?!"

"Ummm, excuse me? I can't…breathe. Please put me down, sir."

"Oh my god, I'm so sorry." Riku let go of her. "I don't know what came over me." Riku blushed.

"It's okay, I understand what you're going through. Now please, if you don't mind stepping outside for a few moments?"

Riku and Sora nodded and gave Kairi a hug and left the room.

Kairi sat back down in the bed and the nurse started doing blood work. "So how are we feeling today?"

"I'm feeling a lot better, thanks. When can I go home?"

"You can actually head home after we're finished up here."

Kairi got a huge smile on her face. "Really? That's great to hear!"

The nurse finished up the blood work and returned to Kairi with the results. She didn't look happy at all.

"There's something else I need to tell you Kairi. I don't think you're going to like this, and I hate to be the one to tell you this.

Kairi got really scared and didn't even want to ask, but she did. "What is it?"

I don't know how to tell you this, but this blackout thing is not a good thing at all."

Kairi nodded. "I understand that. "I'll take better care of myself."

The nurse shook her head. "It's not you sweetie, it's the cancer."

Kairi was confused. "What do you mean?"

The nurse held tightly to her hand.

"Kairi, the cancer has spread drastically."

"What does that mean?"

I'm so sorry Kairi, but you only have 3 months to live."

Woah, bet you didn't see that one coming! Don't hate me! I hope you enjoyed.

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