One by one, each of the brothers spent a good amount of time by themselves by Ichimatsu's bedside, telling him everything they ever wanted to say. But now it was too late. Ichimatsu would never be able to hear what they had wanted to tell him so badly.

"Hey, Ichimatsu," Osomatsu said, sitting down on the metal foldout chair by his bedside. "I'm gonna miss you. Even though you always hated me, I really did care about you. I was worried ever single minute Jyushimatsu was here at the hospital. I failed you as a brother. I never took the time to make sure you were okay, and I'm sorry. I really am, Ichimatsu. And one day, I hope you'll have the heart to forgive me." Osomatsu stood up and left the room, letting Choromatsu in.

"Ichimatsu," Choromatsu said, his voice trembling. "I know I wasn't your favorite brother ever, but do you think you'll remember me? Or any of us? Wherever you are right now, I hope you're happy. I'm glad you aren't suffering alone anymore, but it just won't feel right without you around anymore."

Then it was Todomatsu's turn.

"Ichimatsu, you were always really cute when you held ESP kitty. I actually took a few pictures of you holding him, smiling on my phone. I'm glad I never deleted them. Now, I'll be able to always see your smile. Because, whenever I saw you smile, I knew, you truly were happy. You never faked like some of us did. Even when you hid what you were feeling, you never hid your feelings when you really were happy. I was always jealous of you because of that. I looked up to you. Even though, half the time, you weren't the most encouraging person to be around, I really liked being with you." Todomatsu stood up and hugged Ichimatsu. "I'll miss you, Ichimatsu,"

Todomatsu pushed open the door and let Karamatsu in. He was surprisingly crying.

"Oh, Ichimatsu..." he cried, not bothering to use English. He just sat down and stared at Ichimatsu, tears swimming in his eyes. He didn't say anything else to Ichimatsu.

Hugging Ichimatsu tightly, a couple of tears ran down his cheeks. "Goodbye, Ichimatsu...."

Quickly, he stood up and ran out of the room, not wanting to give his brother one last look.

Finally, once again, Jyushimatsu went into the hospital room to say goodbye to Ichimatsu. Dread filled his stomach as he stared at Ichimatsu.

"Just yesterday, you were alive..." he whimpered. "Now you're gone, nii-san. I can't believe...you're just gone like that...."

Jyushimatsu hugged Ichimatsu one last time bawling his eyes out as he couldn't find the words to say anymore.

"I loved you, Ichimatsu nii-san!" he cried, not letting Ichimatsu go for several minutes.