Chapter 1

"Grandma, I really don't want to get surgery." Mitsuki complained. Her grandmother looked at her sternly.

"You must take your health into consideration." She said. "For heaven's sake. This isn't about singing again, is it? Stop that dream at once. It reminds me of your parents.

Mitsuki had never fully understood what had happened to her parents. All she knew was that they were dead. "But-" she started.

Her grandma cut her off with a sharp glare. Mitsuki sighed and looked down at her feet. There was no way to convince her grandma. The Taxi pulled up to the hospital and Mitsuki and her grandma headed to the door.

"Besides," her grandma continued. "Wakaoji-sensei said that this surgery might not be a harm to your voice."

Mitsuki sighed once more and walked through the doors. "Mitsuki!" she heard a voice call. She turned and saw her doctor, Wakaoji-sensei standing behind her.

"We have all the equipment ready for the surgery. Just give us a moment to prepare." He said and walked back into one of the rooms.

Mitsuki looked around and saw a boy with brown hair. He looked a few years older than her- but, most of all, he looked unhappy. His mouth was curved down in a deep frown and his arms were crossed.

The seat right next to him was the only on available, so Mitsuki slowly approached him and sat down. He looked at her- no, stared at her. He seemed to be studying her like a text book. His eyes shifted from her long, brown hair that cascaded down her back to her light yellow sun dress that she wore. And then he looked intently into her big brown eyes.

Mitsuki blushed and looked straight forward, but she could still feel his stare. Didn't his parents ever tell him that staring at people was rude?

"Takuto Kira." A nurse with short black hair called, looking around. The boy stood up grumpily and walked over to her.

Mitsuki stared after them. So Takuto was his name… She couldn't help but wonder what was wrong with him and why he was in the hospital.

But all she could focus on right now was why she was in the hospital. Her throat cancer. Apparently, her mom had also had the cancer and Mitsuki got it from her.

Her dream was to become a singer. She loved singing ever since she was little and her dad used to write songs. Also… Eichi-kun supported her on her wish. That was… before the accident.

Mitsuki used to be in an orphanage and Eichi was in there with her. They had ended up falling in love, but he got adopted and had to move to America. Last year, she heard the news that he had died in a car crash.

She was depressed at first, but things got better. It made her want to sing even more so that Eichi could hear her songs in heaven.

"Mitsuki Kouyama." The same nurse called, breaking her out of the memories.

Mitsuki rose out of her seat and stepped forward. This was it. She had to get surgery and she could lose her voice. But it was either that or death.