For manga/game flash bingo prompt: 213 - pairing: Ami/Yuugo
7. Stages
Her heart's still beating. That's enough for him.
Her heart's beating, they haven't taken her from the ward. She's not gone. She's alive.
But he can't reach her. He can't prove it. He can't even walk.
Everything is quiet. When a part of her was eaten, he had entertained himself with her half-thoughts, her half-memories, even though he had known they would only be meant for nutrition and information… even though he knew that it was killing her in the end…
He had been greedy, hadn't he? For her. For everything she had, for some memory of the outside world? For something…
Was it his fault she was gone?
What could he do if it was?
It couldn't be.
He'd know if she woke up.
He'd know when she woke up.
He had to know.
He had to say sorry.
He had to do something.
But, in reality, Yuugo knew. He could do nothing.