but its Grim who suddenly has been coughing too much and complaining about how it hurts his throat
"We should go see a doctor Grim..."
"Nah im fine! Just who do you think i am! I am quite strong its probably just a cold it'll go away soon"
but days turn into nights and his coughing doesn't stop. he looks weaker now...
"Hey Grimmy I really think you should listen to [Name]..." Ace says while on lunch one day, observing the cat just play with his food. "And you haven't even touched the food" Deuce said
"Uhm...maybe it's best to get you checked" Epel worried for the cat. "Sigh...i know a beast when its sick and you're sick Grim. You don't smell...fine. Ask any beastman around and they'll tell you the same" Jack stated as a matter of fact.
"Ugh c'mon! I'm not that weak and it happens! You guys fall sick all the time and get back up! I'll do the same"
A drag path but its the blinding and harsh white light of the vet's ER. You forcing the tears to not fall from your reddened eyes as you look at blissfully unaware grim sleeping soundlyfor the first time after so many days
the doctor drops the bombshell on you even though you suspected as much...
"Grim...is a direbeast and while they mostly live a long time...im afraid something has been contaminating his mana causing him to have a mana reflux...you best make the most of the time you have with him. probably few weeks at worst and months at best...im sorry"
it was supposed to be a fun sleepover with the first years...
you guys were playing when suddenly grim started foaming at the mouth and stiffened up. you and your friends rushed to the hospital. it all happened in the blink of an eye and you don't even know what to feel right now...
your friends comforted you on the journey back as you held your tiny companion tightly in your arms.
you made sure to spend even more time with grim. you knew that he had already figured out what was going to happen to him noticing the change in your demeanor and your friends but...he also wishes to spend a lot of time with you too
you take him on walks around the NRC campus and the dorms. to the white sand beach near RSA. buy him lots and lots of toys, food and clothes in foothill town. make sure to never miss a single festival and take him there.
within a few months you had visited scalding sands, sunset savanna, shaftlands, queendom of roses, the coral sea, briar valley and even S.T.Y.X
your first, second and third year friends were a huge help, letting your wish to take grim on a journey across the world come true
and soon a few weeks before graduation...
grim wanted everyone to be here while he only wanted you in your shared bedroom...
a drag path but its your little furbaby who slow blinked at you countless times, and only kept looking at you, purring in your arms as you were fighting everything in you to make sure he only remembered your happy face before he finally breathed his last
a drag path where he left a tiny yet utterly significant claw mark on your hand as he slowly fell back into sleep for eternity...
they all mourned the loss of Grim...the whole school grieved for days. Malleus acknowledged that Grim felt loved. Leona comforted you that he was happy with you and now he'll be happy forever. Kalim hugged you tightly as he cried with you. Sebek accompanied you on all your lonely walks. Azul had the Leech twins drop off some food from the Mostro Lounge. Jamil would prepare herbal tea for you whenever insomnia hit you. Vil stayed behind to take care of you. Trey brought you homemade lunch every day.
you rested his little body underneath the willow tree which you two liked the most. you put sunflowers and forget me nots. at the bottom of the tree near the trunk you placed a tower made of tuna cans. it was a small castle which could snuggly fit his body. it was supposed to be a fun way of recycling after all the tuna he had. you two made it together and it had a photo of you two together inside. it was supposed to be a memento for when you would return to your world...
who would have thought he would be the first one to go? in another life maybe you two will spend a lifetime together
✿ should i make a part 2 of this? it has a huge plot twist in it so lmk :) if you wanna be tagged in pt 2 you can write down in the comments
i imagined this scenario and i got really sad so i thought why not share it with you guys. sharing is caring.
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