I don't own mai-hime and the characters goes with it.

Please, come back to me.

chapter 1

In a room surrounded by white walls with machines and tubes connected to the occupant of the bed giving information about her deteriorating condition, a lone figure is hunched forward while sitting at bedside with her shoulders shaking. At closer look one could the see the deep hurt that she is experiencing at the moment. With her hand holding tightly to the person lying on bed as if her life depended on it, she cries fervently.

With her energy quickly draining and breathing becoming difficult, the patient squeezed the blunette's hand weakly gaining her attention.

"Don't cry love, you know I don't want to leave seeing you cry. Don't worry I will always be with you. Please continue to live on. If you cant do it for yourself, do it for me. Find someone who can make you happy in place of me." said by a brunette lying on the white bed with clear red eyes as tears flowed down her cheeks but nonetheless has a small smile on her face giving a strong front for her lover. She knew her time is almost up.

The blunette just stayed in her position now kissing the patient's hand begging for her lover not to leave her.

"No! Please don't leave me. I don't want anyone else. I only want you. I can't live without you. I LOVE YOU!" The blunette protests, stands from her chair and hugged her frail lover on bed tight but gently and digging her face into the patient's neck and continue sobbing.

The brunette patient winced from pain due to the tight hug given to her by her girlfriend but that pain is nothing compared to what she is feeling right now. Watching her most important person baring her pain and the thought of leaving her is excruciatingly painful, but she has to accept her fate. With this, she also wrapped her hands around the blunette's neck with her tears are continuously flowing.

Caressing the blunette's back in hope to ease her pain, the brunette stated softly, "I know this is hard, but there is nothing we can do about this. If there was I would've done it a long time ago, but there was none. We can only accept it." Then she slightly pushed her lover giving a short distance between them enabling them to look at each other.

The brunette-haired girl moved her delicate hand to gently wipe her love's tear-stained face. Her eyes travelling to the sadden features of the girl in front of her, embedding every detail of it into her memory. From the long, silky raven hair that reflects a blue hue when exposed to light. To her glossy, hypnotic eyes with a unique shade of emerald. To her sharp, cute nose that at the moment is red. To her skin that the brunette has felt the smoothness and softness countless times everytime they make love. And to the soft kissable pink lips that makes her go crazy with want and desire every contact it made. She wanted to bring it with her wherever she will go in her next life.

Unknown to the brunette, her blunette lover also ingrained in her memory the features of her love. From her once shiny, soft chestnut hair, now dry and dull. To her once lively and mischievous crimson gaze that never fails to show her love, now full of sorrow and red due to crying with no more glint of mischievousness. To her beautiful pointed nose that used to tickle the blunette's necks whenever they're having fun. To her once smooth and soft, pinkish skin that she worship when they are alone , now dry and pale with dark discolorations due to the worsening of condition. And to her once ever soft pink lips that created words of teasing that always leave her blushingly happy and gave her kisses which makes the blunette passionately asks for more, now pale and cracked due to dryness.

Then emerald meet crimson, both contains the same hurt and love for each other both not wanting to let go.

With the remaining energy left, the brunette raised her head slightly then pulled her lover towards her intending to kiss her one last time.

The blunette feeling the pull of her girlfriend, didn't put any resistance and willingly leaned towards the brunette.

As their lips unite, both closed their eyes and felt the kiss. It was not a passionate one driven by lust or anything primal and superficial but rather a soft, loving kiss that only expresses how deeply inlove they are for each other. the kiss didn't take that long with it just pressed into each other.

As their lips set apart, faces just an inch between, the lovers stared into each others tear-stained face. Then the brunette whispered against her love lips, obviously having difficulty, "Thank you for everything. I will always love you. Goodbye, Natsuki."

As those words flew out from the brunette's mouth, Natsuki's eyes widened hear heart constricted leaving her in pain. She then saw their journey together flashed before her eyes. From the moment they laid eyes on each other, to how they fell inlove, to their happy days and days with arguments, to the time they come to know that the brunette girl is sick, to the time of happy but worsening of condition of her lover, to the time the doctor that her lover cannot live long, up to the moment she heard the last I love you uttered by her chestnut-haired lover.

"No,no,please, NO! Stay with me! I'll do everything you want me to! Just, PLEASE STAY WITH ME!" Natsuki desperately wailed, kissing her lover's lips repeatedly hoping by some miracle that she will be cured but to no avail.

With one final breath, the brunette closed her eyes together with the loud beeping of the machine that prompted the medical team to respond and resuscitate the patient.

Natsuki was ushered to the side to make way for the doctors and nurses to do their job. With her both hand clasped together, she incessantly pray to God not to take her lover away.

"Please, come back to me." Natsuki whispered, with her heart now racing. Still clasping her hands together, tears unceasingly rolling down her red cheek from the anguish she is feeling while looking at her immobile lover being resuscitated.

After sometime, the doctor stopped resuscitating, looked at the clock and declared,"Shizuru Viola time of death is 7:45 pm."

Hello guys! This is a new story, I just can't get it out of my mind so I decided to type it out and share it with you. I've already outlined the flow of the story but I'm groping for words I could use to correctly pass the thought and emotion of the story to the readers. Updates, together with my other story will probably take time since I'm preparing for my licensure exam. I'm really sorry.

I really hope you will like this story of mine. All reviews and criticisms are welcome:)