Tetsuo Naru's POV
I sat on the bed, a smile forming on my face as I began reading the letter Tatsumi gave me.
Butterflies started appearing in my stomach as my heart beats faster, falling in love even more with Tatsumi as I read her letter. I don't know why but just reading the letter makes my heart skip a beat.
"Cute love letter."
"Gah!" I jolted out of the bed as Death appeared out of nowhere, suddenly appearing behind me. "Death? What are you doing here?" I asked, getting up from the ground as I fold the letter, putting it back in my pockets.
"You know why I'm here." He answered, sitting on the bed as he began peeling a tangerine he got from the plastic bag.
A frown forms on my face as I realize what Death meant and why he's here. I let out a sigh as I scratch the back of my head, the thought of leaving Tatsumi behind.
I don't know what we were thinking to be honest, I don't know why we both agree to start dating each other when we know that one of us will leave and one will stay behind.
"Death? About the agreement we made. Can we not do it? Like, can we just forget about it?"
"I'm sorry Tetsuo, but a deal's a deal. You have to leave your life until the day of your death."
"I know that but---" I stopped in my sentence after hearing what Death said. "I-I'm sorry, but did you say the day of my death?"
Death stayed quiet as he began eating the tangerine, pointing his finger at the door.
"Tetsuo?" A faint voice called out my name, a faint familiar voice.
I turned around and I saw Tatsumi standing by the door, but something was different. She's transparent like a ghost. "T-Tatsumi...?"
"I'll give you two a minute. I'm sorry, Tetsuo." Death says as he gave me a oat on my shoulder before leaving.
"Tetsuo..." Tatsumi ran towards me, crying. "I'm sorry..." She began crying as she hugged me tight, saying sorry over and over again.
I don't understand what's happening, I stood stiff as Tatsumi kept on crying on my shoulders, her transparent arms wrapped around me.
"I'm sorry, Tetsuo... I-I tried to be strong... I tried to fight... I'm sorry..."
Tatsumi kept on crying as tears started rolling on my cheeks, clenching mt fists as I began hugging her back, not wanting to let her go.
"I don't want to go, Tetsuo... I want to stay with you... Tetsuo..."
"Hey... Tatsumi?" I slowly held Tatsumi's hand, making her stop for a minute and look at me as tears kept falling down from her eyes. "I'll hold your hand until you wake up, okay?"
I smiled at her, tears rolling down my cheeks as I felt her fingers slowly disappear from my hand.
"Tetsuo..." Tatsumi mutters out before smiling back at me. "Wait for me to wake up, okay?" Tatsumi smiled as she kissed my lips one last time before she disappears from my sight, my hands closed tight with nothing inside of them, nothing to hold.
I fall to the cold hospital room floor, crying as I hold my hand close to my heart, imagining Tatsumi holding my hand.
As I lie crying on the floor, I remember what Tatsumi said in her letter, slowly muttering it to myself.
"'Till Death do us part..."
I slowly pulled out Tatsumi's letter from my pockets, staring at it, hoping that Tatsumi will walk through the door and hug me tight. Hoping that this is all some weird dream....
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"Dear Tetsuo,
You better not laugh at this! This is my first time writing a letter to someone so you better zip it! Don't you dare laugh! This is going to be so cheesy and cringe-y, I can feel it! Anyway, I just want to say thank you for coming i to my life and stopping me from ending my life because if I did end my life then I wouldn't have met someone like you, someone who cares, and someone who loves me.
I know it's much better to say my thanks to you personally, but I feel like I wouldn't have the courage to tell you everything you need to know, plus, I feel like if I were to tell you these personally, I would end up kissing you instead of telling you my thanks. Ugh! This is so cringe! Don't laugh!
So, if you're wondering when I wrote this, I wrote this the night before my surgery which makes tomorrow the day of my surgery. I want you to be by my side when they do the operation, but I doubt that they'll allow that, but I'll try and convince them to let you hold my hand during the surgery! If I can't make them, then can you atleast hold my hand after the surgery? Hold it and wait for me to wake up? Please?
Hey? Tetsuo? Thank you for choosing me as your future wife! I'll promise that I'll be strong for our future together! I promise that I'll take care of the kids that we'll have! I'll cook every meal! But I don't know how to cook, but I will learn! So I could cook all of your favorite dishes! Wait, what am I saying? Why am I talking about kids all of a sudden? We're still young! We still have lots of things to do! But, having kids doesn't sound that bad, right? Tetsuo?
We'll have kids and we'll watch them grow old together! We'll watch them laugh, cry, fight each other, we'll even watch them fall down and scrape their knees! But we'll be there for them when they need us! Picking them up when they fall down, kissing their booboos away. We'll treat them not how we were treated, okay?
I find it funny though, I was this suicidal girl who doesn't think about the future and doesn't have any plans of having a future but then you came along, changing how I see things. You made me stop believing in the voices in my head, in fact, you made the voices in my head disappear. So Tetsuo, thank you for giving color into my life and thank you for giving me life.
I love you, Tetsuo. 'Till Death do us part.
Love, Tatsumi"
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