We'll Still Be Together

Chapter 12

{CHUUYA'S POV}

I managed to get out of Dazai's arms and stood up, walking towards my room with my head down.

The thought of him breaking his promise had somehow made my chest ache and my throat sore.

"Chuuya, wait! I'm sorry!" He apologized to me.

"It's fine, 'Zai. I just wanna go to the hospital to visit my brother." I told him.

He knew my tone of voice meant I wasn't lying so he just let it go.
Although I knew he still felt guilty, I stopped in my tracks abruptly and looked back at him.

I saw his head was lowered and that he had this weird look on his face, but I just walked back to him and held his face.

I made him look at me and his eyes were wide.

"Chuuya?" He asked.

I let go of his face and sat down near him, not breaking eye contact.

I pulled him in for a kiss out of nowhere and took the advantage of his open mouth from the shock of me suddenly grabbing his face.

"Mmph-!" He muffled, surprised from the sudden kiss.

As my tongue explored his mouth, he had somehow kept making these noises.

"M-Mmh.."

I pulled away from the kiss and looked at his face.

He honestly looked pathetic, but he looked good.

"I'm gonna go get ready." I told him, walking off.

I disappeared into my room, satisfied that I made that brown-eyed, pain in the ass all submissive.

*****

I was riding on my motorcycle, obviously almost arriving at the hospital, when I got a call from someone.

I parked my motorcycle somewhere near the sidewalk and picked up the phone.

It was from Anee-san.

"What do you need, Anee-san?" I asked her.

"Where are you?"
"I was on my way to the hospital where JiJi was in, but you called."
"Please, hurry."
"I will."

I could tell by the tone of her voice that something was clearly wrong.

I put my phone away and started riding my bike to the hospital again.

When I had arrived, I had parked my motorbike and went inside, asking what room JiJi was in.

I went to room 204 on the second floor after thanking the receptionist and knocked cautiously on the door.

"Come in." Anee-san's voice spoke.

I went inside and saw that JiJi was somewhat on life support.

"This came in while I was watching over him." She said, handing me a piece of paper.

Stage IV Lung Cancer.

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide.

People who smoke have the greatest risk of lung cancer, though lung cancer can also occur in people who have never smoked. The risk of lung cancer increases with the length of time and number of cigarettes you've smoked. If you quit smoking, even after smoking for many years, you can significantly reduce your chances of developing lung cancer.

There will be no chance of curing patient in room 204 as his condition is fatal.

Stage IV Lung Cancer currently has no known cure and the lifespan left of patients with Stage IV Lung Cancer is 6.3 months to 11.4 months.

"But JiJi never smoked! If he did, he would've told me!" I hissed worriedly.

"I know, he never did. He'd never lie to me." Anee-san said.

"H-He'll survive, right?" I asked.
"Right.?"

Anee-san stayed quiet, bowing her head in guilt and shame.

My eyes grew wide and my chest ached so much as if I had just been stabbed by a million knives coated in rat poison, just like how I was when I was betrayed by the Sheep.

"The doctors said he was going to die."
"B-But Dazai knows a doctor with a healing ability! She can help, r-right?"
"She can't be able to help."
"Why?"
"Her ability won't be able to fix this type of problem."
"..."

I sat down by the bed Moriko was lying in, opposite side of Anee-san.

I was trying hard not to cry in front of anee-san but the tears kept threatening to fall.

"You should go home. I'll watch over him."

"No! I wanna stay by my brother! I can't lose another person!" I yelled.

"I can't lose the one that never left.."

*****

It was another morning, the one after my visit to the hospital.

My eyes were still puffy and my chest still hurt from all the crying but Dazai was beside me the whole time.

"Daz.. ai.?" I called out, my throat hurting with each syllable.

"Mmh.. Yes?"
"Will JiJi be okay.?"
"... I'm sorry."
"Oh."

Those two words hurt me more than anything ever could.

"Okay.."
"Everyone dies eventual-"
"Please. Stay quiet. I'm not in the mood."

He just nodded and followed my request and proceeded to head back to sleep.

I went up to go to the sofa and just scroll on social media to get my mind off of him, but eventually, I saw something related to his condition.

I turned off my phone and tried to head to sleep again but it wouldn't work.

Everything was hopeless at this point.