It hurt...It hurt so bad. I'm g0ing c0ld...I tried to turn, but I couldn't move. I heard sobbing above me.
"Aradiia! Aradiia!"
S0llux, I thought dimly, 0h, y0u've c0me t0 save me... A stab of pain shot through my body, making me shudder. N0...y0u hurt me.
L00k what my best friend has d0ne t0 me...
Was I crying? I couldn't tell. My emotions were slipping away, replaced by a coating of apathy.
"Aradiia! Plea2e! II'm 2orry! II diidn't know what II wa2 doiing!" N0...th0se aren't my tears...
They're his. I could feel the gentle golden drops, softly raining on my gray cheeks. 0h...p00r s0llux. It must be hard t0 see y0ur best friend dying...
Dying. I struggled, trying to fight through the haze, the cloudy white film beginning to cover my vision.
S0llux. s0llux. The voices in my head were stronger now, yelling, screaming. My head ached.
L00k what my best friend has d0ne t0 me.
N0, what he was f0rced t0 d0. 0h S0llux, h0w c0uld y0u be c0ntr0lled like that? Dear, dear, S0llux. Are y0u still crying?
I fought to open my eyes. I'm dying. I guess that's...0k.
N0! N0 it's n0t! I shook my head wildly, trying to clear. I kn0w wh0 I am! I am n0t a r0b0t! I have em0ti0ns!
I had the vague sensation of being rocked, swayed. 0h. These are s0llux's arms. My best friend. With an extreme amount of effort, I tried to flew my fingers. Nothing.
This is an 0k way t0 die. In S0llux's arms. A haunting tune played in my head. I sang along, unaware whether I sang aloud or not.
Bursts 0f blue
Blasts 0f red
L00k what my best friend has d0ne t0 me
Bursts 0f blue
Blasts 0f red
But s0llux, I used t0 l0ve y0u
I hummed along, the beat keeping steady with the comforting swaying of Sollux's arms. This is 0k. I heard Sollux choke out a final sob. Awful l0ng time t0 die, isn't it? "Aradiia," he said, "I-"
I couldn't hear. What was that? What did y0u say? I could feel myself slipping away, apathy taking over. 0h well. If it's my last chance t0 admit it t0 myself...S0llux, I l0ve y0u.
I began to fade. 0h S0llux. Dying isn't s0 bad, n0w is it?