I stand exactly where I am, too in shock to move. "Len!" I scream.

Doctor Yowane comes into the room with some drugs. "Shh, Rin, please don't yell. It is bad for the patients."

I look around the room and realize that Len is not the only patient in here. About six more boys are in the room, with hair color-pallets ranging from fiery red to deep indigo.

Doctor Yowane unhooks Len's IV and replaces it with a red liquid. "I think I've grown more fond of him then my nieces," she tells me while rubbing his forehead.

I jump as she touches his skin. "Don't you touch him!"

Doctor Yowane pulls her hand away. President Tonio and Doctor Yowane look at me as if I'm crazy.

I run over to my brother, and move past Doctor Yowane. "Don't touch him!" I say, resisting the urge to tear up. "Leave us alone!"

President Tonio and Doctor Haku look at each other with pained expressions on their faces, turn, and walk out of the room.

Half of the boys in the room are staring at us, the other three are sleeping.

"I'm sorry, if I woke you," I say to the boys in the room, while stroking Len's hair.

"You didn't," a boy with teal hair says. "In fact, that was the most interesting thing I've seen all week, since I've been here." He pauses. "Is that your brother?" He points to Len.

I look at him with my head cocked to the left. I pause stroking Len's hair. "Yes… who are you?"

"Mikuo Hatsune, Miku Hatsune's brother," He says.

My stomach drops. "You're her brother?"

Mikuo nods. "I just got a disease about six weeks ago, they're treating me here."

I gulp and look at the tag dangling off of the foot of his bed. It reads:

Name: Hatsune, Mikuo

Age: Fourteen (Adolescent)

Disease: Leukemia

Treatment: Due to hospice in three weeks

I wince. Hospice? He must be really sick.

He takes one look at my face and smiles. "I know I'm dying; but at least then I'll be with onee-chan."

A lump forms in my throat. "Y-your sister," I try to swallow the lump, but it won't go down. "Was v-very ad-admirable," my voice squeaks out.

He looks at me with large eyes. "I know. And I appreciate what you did for her."

I put my hand to my heart and stare at him. "Oh honey…" I walk over to his bed and stare at him.

He blushes and hides his face in his sheets. (A/N: If anyone draws fan-art for this part I will do nearly anything for them.) "What?" He asks.

"N-nothing," I say. "You remind me of someone. I just can't put my finger on it."

We stay like that for about five minutes, until I hear a moan emit from Len's bed.

"Len?" I ask. "Len?"

Mikuo sits up and supports his top half on his forearms.

"Doctor Yowane! Doctor Yowane!" I yell. "Doctor Yowane!"

Doctor Yowane rushes into the room with a syringe in hand. "What is it?" She asked.

"Len just moaned!"

"What?" She pulls a stethoscope from behind her neck and pulls up Len's shirt. She puts the stethoscope ear-tips in her ears and the chest-piece on his chest.

"Oh my God," she whispered. "Doctor SF-A2! Please come here! I need assistance!"

A woman with bright red hair walks in and takes the stethoscope away from Doctor Yowane. She listens to Len's heart.

"Oh my God," she mouths. "Rapid heartbeat."

"Rapid heartbeat?" I ask, sweating. "What's that?"

"It's when your heart beats abnormally fast." Doctor Yowane informs me.

"Is he going to be okay?" I ask.

"Most likely he's about to wake up," Doctor SF-A2 says to me. "We can leave for now. Tell us when he wakes up." She hands me a stool and places it next to Len's bed.

As soon as the two Doctors leave, I sit on the stool and stare at my younger twin brother. His face is sweating, and he has this frustrated look on his face.

I hover my hand over his cheek; I pull back a little bit before putting my hand on the side of his face.

I kiss his forehead, sit back up, and the world goes black.

,,,

I wake up with my head on the bed. Len's knees are right in front of my face.

I jerk my body up and look at Len's face. Still no sign of waking up. I look out of the window. It is pitch dark out. All of the boys in the room are sleeping, and the clock on the wall reads, 12:00 midnight.

I rub my eyes and walk into the lobby of the hospital. I see a few of the nurses sleeping in chairs. I look at one and say, "Um, Doctor?"

She jumps slightly at the sound of my voice. "Oh, hello, Rin," she says. "What can I get you?"

"Can I use the bathhouse? And get a toothbrush, a comb, and pajamas?"

The nurse yawns and hands me a towel from a rack behind the reception desk. "The bathhouse is over there," she points to a corridor.

I thank her, and walk into the locker room of the bathhouse. I strip down to my skin and walk into the bath.

The water is hot and relaxing, nothing like the showers. I let the steam rise up around my head, as I take the faucet and sprinkle the hot water all over my yellow hair.

I take some orange citrus shampoo off of a rack and smother my hair in the stuff. I let it soak for a while and then rinse it out. I cover my body in moisturizer and rinse it off.

I soak in the tub for about twenty minutes longer, and then walk back into the locker room, to find that toiletries have been placed in a purple tin box with a white handle. I dry off with the white towel I was given; and then brushed and dried my hair with the purple brush and hairdryer.

I then change into the orange tank-top and white pajama shorts I was given.

And finally, I brush my teeth. I give them a hard, well-deserved scrub.

I leave the toiletries in the locker room, and head back to Len's room. It is now 1:45 in the morning and I sit back on the uncomfortable stool.

Doctor Yowane comes back in to check on the patients. "I see you've freshened up."

I nod, still facing Len.

"Would you like something more comfortable to sit in?" She asks me.

I nod vigorously. "Please," I say.

Doctor Yowane calls in Doctor SF-A2 and instructs her to give me a portable bed. She comes back with a portable beanbag. It's white, just like everything else, but at least it's comfortable, and I can still see Len well.

Everything worked out.

And for the first time in a long time.

I fell asleep happy and had pleasant dreams.

Dreams about Piko, Defoko, and Miku. Dreams about Gumi and Kaiko. Dreams about Meiko and Mom and Dad. Happy dreams.

The dreams that comfort you, yet make you feel lonely at the same time.

Those types of dreams.

I dreamed about happy times with all of those people.

But my happiness didn't last long (surprise surprise).