Day 7: Sunday

"Are you sure about this Rumi? It's not that I'm against it but..." her mother trailed, "i'm sure of it, if this operation succeeded, I'll be able to breathe normally again." Rumi said.

"How about you and Orihara-kun? Are you sure you don't want him to come?" his father asked as Rumi lightly shook her head. "it's fine... he's going to forget me anyways," she said.

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The operation room's button glowed red as it was in use, outside sat Rumi's parent's praying, solemnly. "dear, how about we call Orihara-kun to come over? If the operation succeeds... the person that Rumi wants to see is him." the male suggested. "but... wasn't she against about that idea?"

The male nodded. "yeah, but... I want him to come over no matter what happens." the female smiled. "alright, call him now dear."

Rumi's father dialled Izaya's number and asked him to come to the hospital quickly, fortunately, the young male agreed and ended the call.

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Izaya ran through the town hurriedly, he was even chased by Shizuo, but he kept running. He ran and ran, he wouldn't stop until he reached his destination which is the hospital.

"Rumi-chan..." he mumbled as tears started to fill his eyes while he remembered the times they were together.

"Please be my boyfriend for seven days, Orihara-kun!"

'Of course... so don't go... don't die and leave me by myself!'

He knew how slim the chances of Rumi's survival, she was petite and frail, her skin was also pale because of lack of air... however, Izaya believed that she's going to survive this. That she wouldn't leave him all alone.

"IZAYA! Stop running and face me!" he heard Shizuo yelled as he was being chased by him.

"Then stop chasing me, damn it!" he cussed as he continued running, there was no way his going to stop just because he told him so.

"Thank you for giving me a chance in being your girlfriend. Our time was short but, I had really fun."

'Yeah... it was so damn short, but... we became so close with each other in just seven days... I also had fun.'

*Beep* *Beep*

He turned his head to meet a bright light of the truck driving through the road. In a split second, the sound of ripped flesh and fabric can be heard and seen by the people nearby.

'Is this it? I don't want to end my life in a place like this...!'

Memories of Rumi flashed to his head as his back fell on the floor, blood gushing out of his abdomen while the civilians nearby panicked.

"Just for seven days... please be my boyfriend... after that, I won't bother you anymore... I promise."

'I finally get it... why you asked me that, it's clear to me now... how come I didn't realised it earlier?' he regretted the chances of him confessing to the one that he loves, but it was too late to change the past once you did it.

"I love you... Rumi-chan."

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【The same time】

"Doctor! She's running out of oxygen!" the nurse panicked. "quick, grabbed the cream!" the doctor yelled.

Rumi laid on the operation bed, she was under anaesthesia that she received several minutes ago, the machine that shows her heart condition become beating slowly every second that past.

"You're my girlfriend, aren't you? So shut up and be protected."

'That statement that you told me made my heart fluttered... I was really happy when you said that.'

She was half unconscious, she heard the voices of the people who were operating her, but it seems to be quite far. "Izaya... where are you...?" she mumbled as she opened her eyes slightly.

"Alright, since I love humans, I'll give you a chance to be my girlfriend."

'I couldn't follow in what you mean by that... but I was grateful.'

Tears slid from her eyes as her body became numb and cold from the pain she's receiving, she was yearning for Izaya's presence right now. "it hurts... I don't want this anymore... I... I'm just very tired and... want to go sleep."

"We can become an official couple if you want."

'I would really love that... but, I'm so tired Izaya, I want to close my eyes.'

The light above her shone in her eyes as she was in the verge of dying, she couldn't hear their voices anymore or even feel the pain anymore.

She was very tired and wanted to go to sleep... once more, a tear left her eyes as she smiled one last time.

"I'm... glad it's you... who I chose," she whimpered as she was hallucinating as if Izaya was in front of her.

"I love you... Izaya."

At the moment they said their last, dying words of confession that they failed to tell each other directly... their hearts finally stopped beating.

"If I had my life to live over again, next time I would find you sooner so that I could love you longer."

『Words Counted: 659』

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Words counted in every chapter:
345+381+396+399+370+450+659

Over all raw score is= 3,000 words.