"Do you believe in miracles?"

"Miracles... never happen..."

"What makes you say that?"

"When you need them the most, they don't happen"

"Excuse me miss?" I raised my head to look at the male who was standing in the elevator with

me.

"Y-Yes?"

"To which floor are you heading?" he asked since I obviously forgot to press the button for the floor I was heading.

"Oh, excuse me I am going to the 4th floor" he hummed and pressed the button for my floor.

"Are you visiting someone, miss?" he asked

"Yes, my sister" I replied in a sad tone.

"Oh, I'm sorry I hope your sister gets better soon" he gave a soft smile before he got off in his floor.

"Thank you... but she won't" I mumbled as the doors closed.

My feet stumbled along the corridor towards Mari's room, again I saw the same male person walking out of her door as yesterday. My eyes widened and my curiosity rose, I wondered what kind of connection he had to my sister. He walked towards me and I pinched my skirt, gathering all my courage to confront him but before I could do so, I collided with the shoulder of a nurse who passed me.

"Oh my gosh I'm so sorry miss! Are you hurt?" she apologized and bend down to help me, the inside of my little shoulder bag was scattered on the floor.

"No, it's my fault for not paying attention, I should apologize" I said and picked up my stuff, she helped me and I placed everything back into my bag.

"Don't forget this" a deep voice said from behind me, I turned around and found the gaze of the guy I wanted to confront. He was holding a piece of paper in his hand and my eyes widened, I quickly snatched the paper from him and thanked him.

"T-Thank you!" I hurried towards my sister's room with a racing heart.

"How much did he read? Did he perhaps see the amount of the debt? No he couldn't  have..." I calmed down.

"Mari, it's me, can I come in?" I asked knocking gently.

"Come in!" she replied and I walked into the room

"How are you doing?"

"Alright I guess, you won't believe it I finished the book within 24hrs" she smiled widely

"Really? Wow that's pretty fast"

"It was so thrilling that I spend the entire night reading it!" I walked over to the window and opened it to let some fresh air into the room.

"You know that it's not healthy, you need a good nights sleep" I scolded her

"Yeah yeah I know, but the book was just too good I could not stop" I leaned against the window sill and looked at her cheering face.

"Hey, can I ask you something?" Mari looked at me with a smile

"Sure, ask away" I was feeling strange to bark into her personal life but I wanted to know her connection to that guy from earlier.

"I... uhmm..." I stuttered a little not really finding the right words to ask her.

"What is it? You can ask me anything" I calmed down and took a deep breath

"Yesterday and today, I saw a tall guy walking out of your room... I've never seen him before so I was curious if you know him...?" damn that felt awkward to ask her about a guy.

"Oh you mean Renji-kun, yeah I know him pretty well" she replied absolutely relaxed.

"I see... sorry for the question I was just worried about you" she laughed and leaned back on the bed staring at the ceiling.

"No need, he is a nice guy, at least once in a while" she grinned.

"How did you guys met?" I asked curious.

"Back when I was in college, damn that brings back memories" I took a seat on her bedside and listed to her story.

"My friends always used to go to that coffee shop during breaks and one day I tagged along. He was a waiter at the shop and I ordered a coffee from him, it was pretty bad actually I bet he just started working there and I was his first customer" her face seemed really emotional

"Despite the bitter taste I emptied the cup to the last drop and complimented him on the delicious coffee. He noticed right away though that I was just being nice and apologized. After that I went to the shop as regular customer and shared some nice conversations with him." I smiled as she continued talking; it made her happy to talk about him.

"One day though he quit being a waiter but we meet up sometimes to chat and hang out, well until I got stuck at this place though" she laughed at the last part a little sarcastically and sad.

"I'm sorry... it sounds like he really means a lot to you" I added, feeling sad for her

"Yeah, he surely does" I could not loose this feeling that's he was in love with him.

"But anyway, he heard about my condition and came to visit me" the smile was back on her face

"He was kind of shocked though when he heard that I had a few months left to live"

"I can imagine..."

"But I told him not to be sad, I just die that doesn't mean that I am gone, as long as you remember me I will never disappear" I started crying at her emotional words, I could not endure it when she talked so calmly about death.

"S-Stop saying such things... I don't want to think about it now!" Mari looked at me and placed a hand on my cheek.

"Don't worry sis, I will always watch over you, even if you can't see me I will always be right here" she placed her other hand on my heart and smiled.

"M-Mari!" I started sobbing harder and hugged her tightly, I could not imagine a world without her, she was such a nice person, always happy, always cheerful and caring... why does she have to leave??

"(First name)-Chan, please listen to me" she started while petting my head.

"If I am going to pass, I want you to go to the coffee shop and look for Renji" my hands tightly gripped her clothing

"He is the only person I trust and I want you to trust him too. He might be a hard klutz to handle but once he gets to know you he opens up" I nodded

"The coffee shop is in the 20th ward, called Anteiku; you only need to ask for Yomo Renji. Promise me that" I agreed to her request. At that point I did not know that this conversation would be our last...

"I promise you sis!"

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"Good morning Makoto-san!" I smiled as I walked by the front desk

"Ohh, good morning (First name)-Chan" she sounded strange but I did not realize why until I reached the 4th floor. I noticed that the door was wide open to my sister's room and I headed towards it.

"Excuse m-" my eyes widened as I found the room empty.

"Oh (Last name)-san..." I saw the cleaning staff making the bed and tidying the room.

"W-Where is my sister?" I asked scared.

"We are really sorry... but your sister... she died last night..." my eyes widened in shock

"N-No way... that's not..."

"We tried to contact you but you phone was off" I reached into my pocket and looked at my phone, it was turned on but my network provider had cut my connection because I was unable to settle my bills.

"This can't be... no..." I started running towards doctor Kanou's office, my head was messed up and I needed to know why my sister passed so suddenly, he told me that her condition was alright. I knocked on the door but no one was answering

"Excuse me, miss" I head a nurse saying.

"Doctor Kanou is currently performing a surgery"

"I need to talk to him! Please it's urgent!" I begged and suddenly another doctor heard our conversation.

"You must me (Last name)-san, right?" I looked at the unknown doctor

"I need to talk to doctor Kanou! I want to know what happened to my sister!"

"Calm down young lady, I am also informed about your sister's case, let's have a chat" he offered

"Please follow me" I followed him to his office where he told me what happened.

"We are really sorry for your loss, the condition of your sister was critical from the beginning but suddenly in the night her results dropped and we were unable to secure her condition anymore, she passed quickly and did not suffer a painful death" I started crying, this was too much for me.

"If you need some mental support I can advice you to a good therapist, he is a good fried of mine and can help you deal with the situation" I shook my head

"Thank you for you offer doctor... but I prefer to be alone for some time..." he nodded and I stood up from the chair.

"Thank you for everything you've done for my sister.... I am truly grateful that she was taken good care until the end..." I left the hospital and wandered around without any specific destination. My heard was aching with pain, now I was left all alone in this corrupted world.

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