~Elizabeth's Pov~ 

Hawk didn't leave my side after the cough. We were able to hear many voices at once downstairs. It sounded like a pure heated argument. There were voices coming from downstairs that wasn't from the others. The pain made it a struggle to think straight. I couldn't really tell who it was. It wasn't long until Hawk started asking if I wanted a drink or something to eat. I was unable to answer. My breathing was slowly getting shorter and shorter. It was starting to hurt more with each breath I took. 

It felt as if I could barely breathe even. Hawk looked scared and worried. More than he normally did. I wish I wasn't causing this suffering to him and the others. It wasn't long until we heard running heading toward the room. My eyes struggling to stay open at many moments. I had a bad feeling that if I fell asleep...that I wouldn't wake back up. I knew what was to come. I knew once my eyes closed...that was it. By tomorrow I wouldn't reopen them. I knew that I had to keep fighting, that I had to see Meliodas once more before I fall into my last sleep in this body.

My grip on the covers started to get tighter as the bedroom door slammed open. Hawk turned his head since I wasn't able to move my own. "Meliodas" Hawk spoke in pure relief. I heard his footsteps rush to my side. Meliodas spoke my name in a worried tone as he grabbed my hand. His eyes watering slightly. I only smiled at him. "I was wondering...when you...would come back" I spoke between my shorter and deeper breaths. Meliodas only looked more worried and scared than before. 

"No need for that look..." I spoke, my voice getting quieter ever so slightly. Meliodas sat on the bed next to me, asking Hawk to talk to me alone. It was easy to see Hawk didn't want to leave but he soon agreed. He left the room, getting the door to close behind him. "What were you thinking?" Meliodas asked harshly the worry mostly showing through his voice. Elaine and Escanor must've told him. My grip on Meliodas' hand only got tighter. It got him to be quiet right away. "I need you...to listen" I whispered, my own eyes watering.

Meliodas then and there went pale. The worry in his eyes and face turned into pure fear. "Once I black out...I don't think...I will be waking up again" I whispered, causing Meliodas' grip on my hand to tighten. He whispered my name, the fear showing in his voice. I only smiled at him more. I hated this. I hated how I was being used to hurt him so much. I didn't want to be the one to cause him this pain. This suffering. "I...I don't want you...to lose yourself like...you did before...don't blame yourself either" I spoke, struggling to do so. 

Meliodas was begging me to stop talking and to save my strength. "Promise...me" I whispered getting Meliodas to move my hand to his mouth, kissing the back of it. I didn't want him to repeat the past. The last time I died...he lost it. He turned into such a mess...that he ended up harming anyone who went near him. He would blame himself and do anything to punish himself. I didn't want him...I didn't want him to go through that again. "I promise" he whispered once he pulled his head back.

My smile grew. "Make sure...to look after everyone...for me" I then whispered, seeing a tear going down Meliodas' cheek. What really was next for us? Were was our story going to go next? There were many questions about that...there were many fears and worries about what would happen but...I knew one thing for sure...it was the one thing that made me calm and brave enough to keep going...I knew Meliodas would find me...I knew I would be by his side again...I knew that he would get me back...

That's the reason I've kept living. That's the reason I can face this. I wasn't scared to die because I knew no matter what...he would find me again. "How can you be calm about this? How can you just accept to die like this so easy?" Meliodas asked just like he did every single time this has happened. He already knew the answer but yet he couldn't help but ask yet again. I gave out a loud and long cough before I was able to answer. Blood coming out my mouth as I did. Meliodas shouted my name worried. 

Now the bedsheets and the cover had red blood stains on them. That was such a pain to wash out. Meliodas wasn't very good at that kind of thing. Once the coughing died down my short breaths for much deeper. Meliodas must've been hating every single second of this. "You always...ask those questions" I whispered looking at Meliodas again. The tears finally building up in my own eyes. Meliodas looked desperate to think of something...anything to stop this but we both knew...it was near impossible. 

"I can be calm...I can accept this...because I know...I know we will find...find each other again" I then whispered getting Meliodas to squeeze my hand tightly. He ended up kissing it again, using his other hand to grab onto it as well. That was when I felt it...he was shaking. He didn't want this...I hated that I was causing this to him. "Dammit" he muttered under his breath as my eyes were trying to forcibly close. I didn't want to leave his side...I didn't want to make him suffer...I didn't want this to happen to him yet again.

"Would you...stay with me?" I asked as I remembered that Meliodas reacted worse when I died away from him. I knew him well enough to know he wouldn't be able to keep his promise if I asked him to go...I hated to see him like this. "Of course I will" he spoke, looking at me. Tears were streaming down his face. I only smiled even more at him. He knew that once I was asleep...that this would become a huge race against time...once my eyes closed...he had until tomorrow afternoon to wake me back up...

Sariel warned me that the cure was impossible to gather so...so I wanted to be with Meliodas than let him risk his life for something that may not even be possible. Meliodas soon got in the bed with me, holding me as close to him as possible. He was kissing my forehead, whispering to me promises about finding me soon as possible. "I love you...Meliodas" I spoke, struggling to keep my eyes open even more than before. They were trying as hard as they could to close. Meliodas moved a hand onto my cheek, getting me to look up at him. He was smiling at me. 

"I love you too, Elizabeth" he whispered before pulling me into a kiss. I felt a tear going down my face as my eyes closed, kissing back. It wasn't long until I finally blackout, unsure of who or where I would wake back up. 

Would I still be in The Boar Hat or will I be in the Demon Clan?