Memento Mori (MikaYuu)

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The most serene moment of that day:

It was 8 PM.

Yuu was half asleep on a hospital bed, his soft sleepy face barely alert. He was garbed in a classic surgery gown, one of those silly, papery shower caps half on, injured leg patched up. Still a quite unfair situation, but it was healing. His heart was translated through a monitor, like a metronome for the scene as the seconds ticked by ever so slowly...

There was also a blond boy there, very tall and wrapped in a fuzzy blue hospital robe to cover his upper naked half from that day's events. He sat in a plastic chair next to Yuu's bed with his head rested next to the other's, half asleep as well. He kept dozing on and off; awake, he stroked through Yuu's hair after sliding off the cap. Asleep, he just nodded off next to him, hand still laying on his soft face.

Finally, he decided to nap for a bit next to Yuu, his back going to be greeting him with an ache when he woke.

Yuu gently played with Mika's gorgeous features while he slept next to him, his thumb stroking over his cheek, toying with an ever so soft lip, or feeling how silky his golden hair truly was... He couldn't believe he was seeing it all loose for the first time... It was beautiful... It framed his face perfectly, curled right under his azure eyes, the rest cascading at his neck. He was incredible... He was art.

This serenity was only due to the memories of that day being completely vanished, for he was drugged with temporary amnesia to prevent the panicking thoughts returning to his mind while he was attempting to heal.

Who is this beautiful boy sleeping on my bed?

He smiled goofily at him, utterly clueless...

A very faint memory of the handsome boy who had delivered Chinese food through a window to him one night passed his thoughts.

Was it a window? Or was it through a door?

His name is Mika... He's a Chinese food delivery boy...

"Mika," he whispered to test it out, grinning at the way it felt and sounded passing through his lips. "Mi-ka..."

He continued to sleepily stroke his hair, gently leaning over to place a kiss on his nose.

"You smell so sweet, Mika," he slurred, pressing his forehead against the other boy's. His shower cap rustled with the movement. "You smell like... Autumn... Like... Pumpkins and cinnamon," he giggled exhaustedly, inhaling that sweet scent again.

That's when a whiff of metal suddenly hit his nose.

He lost his smile, but was too tired to care.

But a tear left his eye as the smell of blood brought back some of the memories. He fell back asleep before he had time to stress about it.

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Mika watched Yuu slowly wake as the morphine had worn off and he had been groaning slightly in his sleep for the past ten minutes. Mika was still leant in closely to the boy, strumming his fingers through the thick black strands.

Green eyes tiredly opened to meet the blue ones, squinting under the bright hospital room lights.

The blond smiled softly, pressing his forehead against Yuu's own warm one.

No words were exchanged. Just deep gazes that spoke for themselves.

Mika recalled the words he destined himself to earlier that day, remembering to keep his word.

He gazed into Yuu's big beautiful green eyes, the words ringing in his head.

I'm going to protect you...