"Sexy Bones!" Luke calls for Yumiko again as the nurse comes rushing towards him. "Hm?" she grown accustomed to the nickname and now, after working with the man for almost a month, she was starting to enjoy her job. 

And perhaps she was starting to enjoy spending time with the man. "You can have the rest of the day off. There's a patient coming in soon, and I haven't seen their condition yet... I want to study about it."

"Of course." she nods, a bit upset that her shift was over. Perhaps he noticed her look, but he nodded towards the patient files. "I'm going to be too busy tonight. Perhaps you could bring a few files home. Organize the A's and B's for me, if you could."

She secretly smiles and nods, walking towards the shelf. Grabbing all the binders under A and B, the one labeled 'Ashley' caught her eye. Grabbing it, she made sure he didn't see anything.

"Well... Good luck with your studies, Doc." she says, turning to him before waving a hand. "See you tomorrow." 

"Mm."

~*****~

In her PJ's, Yumiko finishes the last of the files before the pink binder of Victoria catches her eye. Grabbing it, she begins flipping through it. There were pictures of a pretty, young blonde lady. But what clarified everything about her was when a picture of Victoria glued onto the last page showed her in a hospital bed.

Holding Luke's hand, the girl was smiling brightly at the camera, despite the obvious situation she was in. So many wires and machines were hooked up to her. Throughout the binder, Yumiko had learned about the girl's disease, Cardiomyopathies, a disease that damages heart muscles.

But a hidden picture, folded up underneath that one showed exactly why Luke hid this.

It was him, kneeling next to a coffin, holding the hand of a deceased Victoria. The blonde's rosy skin was pale, but a smile was still on the girl's lips as Luke held her limp hand. 

But along with the picture was a letter, folded up with it.

'Dear Victoria,

I'm sorry... I'm sorry I wasn't good enough. Strong enough. Smart enough. I'm sorry for being a wimp. And I'm sorry that cost you your life.

Please, please tell me you're watching over me. I know that you probably don't forgive me yet. You probably never will. But no matter how many times I say sorry, it'll probably never atone for your loss.

I'm sorry, just wait for me there. I promise, I will pay with my life for losing yours.

Luke'

She re-reads the entire thing three times before accepting just how much Luke loved the girl. Unable to bear for some particular reason, she closes the binders and sighs, falling back onto the bed. She had some info on the doctor now, but she was still thinking about how she was supposed to kill him.

But she was thinking how to make it quick and painless for the man. She didn't want him to suffer.

She didn't need  him to suffer more than he already is.

Which sort of worried her. She liked torturing her victims. Making their deaths slow and torturous.

"What the hell's wrong with me?"

~*****~

"Hey, Yumi," Yukio greeted her as she entered the lounge, taking the ice mocha that Yukio handed to her as she sat down next to him. "Morning." she greets in return after a quick sip.

"Work with Foster today?" "Pretty much, probably an early end on the shift today though." "Alright... Go ahead." he nods as the bidders all enter the lounge.

"But Yumiko?" he calls, making her turn and nod in question, "Thank him for me. And remember your task at hand here. Got it?"

The bidders look at them with confusion, but they ignore the looks as Yumiko leaves, Yukio standing up and saying he had a mission to complete.

"Hello? Doctor Foster?" she knocks politely before entering, finding the man collapsed on the floor. "Foster!" she rushes to his side and places fingers on his pulse point, relieved to find a pulse, but a very weak one at that.

Hauling him onto a bed by the back, she nursed him a little before thinking about calling the police, until he stirred. "Ngh... Mmm... Sexy?" he lazily opened his eyes, getting up slowly with the help of the silver haired girl.

"What the hell happened last night with you?" "I guess I was hungry. I didn't eat at all yesterday." he replies, getting up and walking over to a cupboard.

"Well, want me to whip something up real quick? I can-" but he shakes his head, sighing.

"Don't worry about that, I don't eat normal foods. It's unnecessary, and pills are quicker. Besides they have all the nutrients I have, so it doesn't matter either way."

"What the hell?" her eyebrows shoot up with wide eyes as she shakes her head. "You need to eat proper foods! Sit down, I'll make you-"

But he had already downed the pills and shook his head once more. "It's fine, Sexy," he assured. "By the way, when you organized the files yesterday, have you seen a pink one that you perhaps accidentally took home?"

"I wasn't supposed to do that one...?" she mumbled, looking towards her bag. 

"My mistake, I should've told you. Did you go through it?"

"No. I didn't finish everything. I was too tired." she lied easily, making sure to look him in the eye so she doesn't get suspected.

"Okay, just put it back and leave that particular binder alone from now on." "Alright," she nodded.

"Wait, never mind," he stopped her, "Place that pink binder on my desk, I'll tuck it away."

'It's too late... I've already read everything.'

~*****~

"That's all for today, Sexy," he calls as she finishes sterilizing the equipment. "You can head home. I need to do some studying again tonight."

"Understood. May I ask when this surgery is?" "In two weeks."

"Got it."

~*****~

So she had to assassinate him in two weeks huh?

She chuckled, watching her breath in clouds as it disappeared before her eyes. As she walked down the street, the thought just never came to her mind.

The thought that in just a measure of two weeks, everything could go so wrong.

~*****~

A/N:

Nailed it! I haven't uploaded this in a while, writer's block and stuff. That and a lot of projects and homework.

A bonus to anyone who recognizes Luke's behavior. One of the MC's from one of my stories has the same routine as him when it comes to meals. Good job to whoever recognizes that behavior.

But that's all for now, I'm trying to juggle all the stories, but right now, my main priority is this story and 'To My Dearest' so yeah... Bye for now!

Ciao!

~Dark Angel