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For You
The day after that tragic event..
Ai wakes up right next to Lily.
"Lily.."
He mutters her name as
he looks at her sleeping face.
"I wish I could watch your
sleeping face as always..
I do not wish to part away from you.."
Feeling something ache deep within,
Ai crutches his chest for a while.
But then.. he decides to hold her instead,
he embraced her, the source of his happiness,
his strength, his everything.
"Lily.. I love you."
He kisses her forehead while she sleeps.
"I don't want to leave you.."
Ai's expressions slowly fills up with sorrow.
His kiss slowly woke her up,
she blinks as she looks at him.
"Ai-kun..?" She mutters.
"Ai-kun.. good morning."
She smiles at him and embraces
him in return.
"Yeah.. good morning.."
He responds with a sad tone of voice.
"What's wrong?"
She asks him.
"No.. nothing."
He shows no expression
and embraces her tighter.
"Oh.. want to eat breakfast?"
She asks another question
as she tries to get up but..
Ai stops her by his embrace.
"No.. I don't want to eat yet.
I want you to stay by my side longer.
If possible, don't ever leave me at all.
Please stay here, in my arms, for now."
He shuts his eyes and whispers to her.
She remains silent for a moment and
she felt her heart ache for a second,
knowing that she needs to leave
him soon. "Ah, you're so sweet, Ai-kun."
She forces a smile and remains
by his side.
"Only to you. No one else will
ever receive my affections but you.
The most precious girl to me in the whole world."
Ai keeps whispering to her.
Her heart continues to ache.
Feeling so much pain...
Hearing such sweet words..
Filled with hope that they
can be together forever.
But such cruel fate is pulling
them away from each other.
"Thank you so much, Ai-kun..
I feel the same way for you."
She responds to him as she
shuts her eyes as well.
The two fell asleep without knowing it.
And him, the robot who's finally became human.
Like a human. Who loves, who feels pain,
sadness and all sorts of feelings.
Something.. a robot is forbidden to have.
FEELINGS.
Later that day, it's already evening.
The two is alone on a dinner date.
However, Ai is feeling even more heavier.
His system is slowly malfunctioning
every hour and then. He heats up even more.
The feelings are overflowing, his artificial
mind, body and heart cant handle anymore.
There's a beautiful piano and violin
song playing together as they eat.
Ai stands up and walks in front of her.
"Ai-kun..?"
She tilts her head.
Ai bows down like a prince first
and reaches his hand out to her,
he asks her, "May I have the
honor to dance with you?"
She blushes and stares at him.
"I'd love to." She smiled as
she took his hand.
The mood is perfect.
Beautiful christmas lights.
Lovely music playing in the background.
The aura of winter brings a soothing mood.
As they dance slowly..
Silence falls between them.
They know..
This dream..
Will all be over..
.....soon.
Suddenly, Ai stops and
looks deeply into her eyes
as she does the same.
"You're so beautiful."
He compliments her.
"And you are perfect."
Lily tells him in return.
They both laugh together
for a while and another
silence occurs between.
Both their moods became
serious, deeper and even
more.. affectionate.
"Lily."
He calls her.
"What is it?"
She calmly responds.
"I love you."
He kisses her forehead.
Her eyes widened for a while.
"I love you.."
He kisses her nose.
She shuts her eyes.
"I love you so much."
And he kisses her lips.
"I love you more than anything else
in the whole world and my mind
has lost count on how many times
I told you that, how many times I
told you my feelings. But I'll never
get tired of showing you, telling you.
I want to scream it to the world,
the fact that I love you. I want them
to see.. how beautiful this girl is,
this girl right next to me, the one who
gave me a heart, taught me how to feel,
the most precious woman I will marry someday.
Lily, thank you so much for everything.
No matter what happens, I will never love
anyone else but you. You gave me feelings
I could never understand, but now I do.
I know now that.. it's because.. I love you."
A long, passionate speech of another
declaration of feelings he gave her.
She's speechless and knowing
their situation.. that Ai's life is
on the line.. she's broken by
the sadness that it brings.
She bursts into tears and
cries as she says thank
you to Ai. "Thank you so much..
Ai-kun.. really.. thank you..
I love you too." She tells
him she loves him as he
caresses her cheek and
wipes away her tears.
"(And I will never forget you.
If only.. If only.. I would stay with you.
I want to be with you always.
But for you, just for you to live..
I need to sacrifice my own happiness.
Ai-kun, I know, even when you
forget about me, you'll learn
to love again. Even if it's not
with me, I'll be okay. Just for
now.. I do not want to be..
the death of you. I want
you to live.. and be happy.
I'd sacrifice myself for you.")
She says it all in her head,
those words she can't tell him.
That night, there were always
silence that kept on creeping
between them. Knowing that
things may never be the same anymore.
The bitterness in their hearts..
is hurting them, torturing them.
Ai's system won't hold up any longer.
While walking, their hands
are locked against each other.
Lily thinks in her head, "(Tomorrow..
Professor said.. will be the day.. the
last day.. Ai-kun reaches his limit.
Tomorrow is my last day with him..
and the day he will forget me.. forever.)"
She shuts her eyes with the thought,
trying to stop her tears from falling.
But as the snow falls,
her tears overflows.
Ai faces her and says
nothing but only hugs her.
Within a minute,
"When I look at snow,
I always remember you, Lily."
She paused from crying at that moment,
her eyes widened as she thinks,
"(In that case.. Ai-kun might still
remember me..? But will that
be okay..? What if.. what if..
what if he just crashes again..?)"
He suddenly speaks up,
"It'll be okay. I'm sure.
You just wait here,
Have no fear.
You are my beloved,
Someone very dear.
I won't say goodbye,
So please don't cry.
Because someday,
I'll come back again,
I will never leave you,
I will always stay.
I promise you,
I promise you.
I love you and
I will marry you.
I'd give anything,
I'll do everything.. -just to marry you.
I'll do it all for you~ for you~
I'll do it all for you~"
His words turned into melodies,
he hums them so sweetly it put
a stop to her overflowing tears.
The song, the way he sing,
the lyrcis, it fits everything.
Their situation.
The line,
"I'll do it all for you"
Made them both happy.
But also breaking them..
deep within their hearts.
Chapter 22 -
For You