To add to all the pain Uruha is going though physically, he's started to have nightmare. He would toss and turn in his dream, and often wake up screaming and crying. I would wake up to hear him screaming, and rush out of bed to calm him down. Every time I asked him what the nightmares were about, he would cry and tell me that he didn't remember.

 

After a week of his nightmares, I decided to just sleep with him. Every night he woke up screaming bloody murder, and every night I was there to hug him and soothe him. I would cuddle with him until he fell asleep. Those were the best moments, you know. When I could just lie with Uruha in my arms. I stayed with him like that for entire days, sometimes.

 

I was worried about him not eating, though. He was bone-thin. I tried to get him to eat, but he would just throw it back up every time. I wasn't sure if it was because Uruha was bulimic or because of the virus, but nonetheless, it was sickening. I couldn't stand to see my only loved one in such a state.

 

One day, I decided to try and make some soup for Uruha. As soon as the smell hit me, I was instantly nauseous. It wasn't funny. I knew what had happened. At the third stage of the virus, the stuff that involves blood, the virus becomes contagious. I finished making the soup and brought it up to Uruha's room. I opened the door to see that he wasn't in bed. I glanced at the washroom door. "Uru?" I called uneasily.

 

"Hai, Aoi?" I heard him answer. Oh thank God. "Nothing, I just didn't know where you were." I said back. He opened the door* and looked out at me. "I'm right here, Aoi. Where else woー ohhhh..." he said, as he realized what I was thinking. I put down the soup tray and picked Uruha up in a bridal carry. He giggled and rested his head on my chest. I sat down on the bed and leaned down, gently kissing him on the lips. He tasted so sweet, it was nice. Too bad I would never get a kiss like that again.

 

(A/N: when I was proofreading and I read "door", I realized that I had accidentally written "abhor" there)