YuiParu: Miracle Girl
It was month three of my treatment and so far things are not looking good. I had already lost my hair to the chemotherapy and they just recently took my breasts. Still even after all that pain and torture the cancer was still there and slowly making its way through my body eating me away. There were some days I was hoping for death and I wouldn’t wake up. Sadly God wants to continue to punish me until there is nothing left for me to hold onto and I can die alone. I have been in the hospital for three months on constant medications and therapies and still nothing is working. The doctors are amazed I’m still alive after all the therapy they put me through. I don’t know why my mother keeps trying to find a cure for me when there really is no hope. I told her to save her money and just let me die but she refused to and keeps spending it on useless medicines. I thought about ending my own life a couple times just to get it over with but every time I thought about it I shook it off. Now all I do is spend the rest of my days staring out the window of my room waiting for my death. One day though I was staring out the window enjoying myself when something crashed into my window. It scared the crap out of me and nearly made me have a heart attack.
“What the hell?!
I looked out the window and see a girl who was looking up at my window. I watch her smile and wave at me with a slipper that she must have thrown at my window. I wanted to yell at her and tell her to get lost but then I remembered there was a no yelling policy. I ignored the girl and closed the curtains and then went to my bed where I started to read my book when suddenly there was a knock at my door. I thought it was a nurse so I told her to come in but when the door opened I was greeted by the girl who threw her shoe at me.
“Who are you and what do you want?” I asked.
“I’m Yokoyama Yui! I’m here to see you~” she said.
“I’ve never met you before so please leave.”
“Mou that’s no fair Paru. How could you forget about your best friend?”
“How do you know my name??”
“I never forget my friends!”
I thought this girl was one of the mental patients who had escaped the nurses again but this girl wasn’t in a hospital gown. I tried to remember who she was and then it came to me in a flashback. Before I was diagnosed, this girl was trying to be my friend but I wouldn’t let her. I was not the most social person and people like her irritated the hell out of me. I wondered why she had come here so I asked,
“What are you doing here?”
“I’m here to cheer you up!”
Now I was starting to think that this girl was crazy but she seemed honest with sincere feelings. Still that doesn’t make up for the fact that she is here and she really should leave. I was about to call the nurses and have them take her away but then she said,
“I really missed you at school.”
“What do you mean?” I asked.
“Well after you left, people started to bully me again and I didn’t have anyone to talk to. Times were tough but I’m tough too so I stuck it out!”
Yui raised her fist in a triumphant victory pose and that’s when I saw the scars from the fights she probably got into. She stood up and raised her arms jumping around and that caused her shirt to raise up. I could see more scars on her back and sides that looked pretty nasty. I wondered how many fights she had gotten into or to be more exact how badly did those kids hurt her. Still despite all her pain Yui was still the bubbly happy self that she was since the day I left three months ago. I started to have a different view on Yui so we talked for a long time. She told me about the things that she did in school and all the stuff I missed out and I told her some of the things that I saw in the hospital. Her reactions were pretty funny and I would expect that from someone who isn’t in the hospital every day. We laughed and gossiped and told stories and for once in my miserable life I was having fun. I had forgotten what it was like to talk to an actual person and to have a friend. Yui reminded me that there are good things in life and I was really happy she had come in today. We were having a great time and then Yui asked me,
“Did it hurt?”
“Did what hurt?”
“Did it hurt when they took away your chest?”
I was shocked by the question but I sighed and answered her.
“Yes it hurt greatly. If I didn’t have this gown on you would see a mess of scar tissue and bandages.”
“Well don’t worry, I’m sure you’ll find someone who will love you!”
The sheer thought of love caused me to get bitter again because no one ever really loved me besides my parents. I knew I was never going to get someone to love me as soon as they saw my body. It was hideous and disgusting. It was imperfect and flawed and something that no man would ever touch. There was no way anyone would love someone like me so I said to Yui,
“Do you really think someone would love a monster like me? If I’m lucky enough maybe a cat but I doubt even a cat would love me. To be honest, I’m actually scared what will happen to me if they cure me. I mean I’ll be cured but I’ll have to go back into the real world and face the things that will happen. I’ll probably be made fun of because I don’t have one of the things that drives the boys mad. I’ll be a laughing stock.”
Yui was silent for a while and she just looked at me before standing up and saying,
“If no one else will love you then I will!”
I almost started laughing by Yui’s remark but I managed to keep it down to a giggle and I told her,
“You’d really love someone like me? Something like this?”
I lifted up my gown and showed her my scar since I didn’t have anything to cover anymore. I looked at her expecting a face of horror or disgust or even better she would puke. She did nothing though and instead Yui smiled and said,
“It’s ok Paru I’ll still love you because we’ll match!”
Before I could say anything Yui started to take off her shirt and I looked away telling her she was being crazy. She told me to look at her so I opened my eyes and I nearly screamed seeing her. She was in her bra but on her chest was a big nasty scar that traveled down to the area between her breasts. This scar was very repulsive and almost as bad as mine which made me believe Yui’s bullying was very severe. I never realized how much pain Yui had suffered while I was away and I didn’t know she had missed. Imagining her crying and screaming for help but no one coming to her brought tears to my eyes.
“Paru why are you crying?”
“I.. I’m sorry Yui.. I’m sorry for being a terrible friend..”
“Paru you’re not a terrible friend. You’re my best friend!”
Yui hugged me tightly and leaned in whispering,
“And I’m never letting you go.”
I knew Yui was crazy but at this moment I knew Yui was being honest and deep in my heart something told me that she was the one. I held Yui and told her that if I survived the first thing we would do together was go on a date. She was happy and said that she will look forward to that date and pick out her best outfit. Yui was one hundred percent sure I would be cure and I was about forty percent but I had higher hopes. At the end of the day Yui left but I was now more determined to fight this cancer and win so I can get out of this place to see her again. Not long after her visit, the doctors told me the chemo was working and the cancer was almost completely gone. It was as if God had given me a miracle and that miracle was in the form of my one and only friend. When they told me I was finally cancer free, I was released days after and I was finally able to see Yui.
“Paru!! Are you ready for our date best friend?”
“You know it Yui, my miracle girl~”
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