Branch lay in the hospital bed, his colors slowly fading away. His eyes where closed, and his breathing was slow, and shaky.

     Poppy sat beside him, holding his hand in hers.

     It had been so long since Poppy had seen Branch grey, but there was something different about this time. It didn't seem like he was turning grey from sadness. It was more like his life was being sucked out of him, his colors fading along with it.

     His breathing was so slow, it almost looked like he wasn't breathing at all.

     "Branch?" Poppy whispered, hoping he would reply, but he didn't. "Please, Branch. You have to be ok."

     He didn't move. He just kept laying there, almost completely lifeless.

     "I don't know if you can hear me, Branch," Poppy said, softly, tears falling from her eyes. "But please... I can't lose you. You have to wake up. I love you so much."

     She gasped, as she felt Branch lightly squeeze her hand, letting her know that he could hear her, and he was doing his best to stay with her.

     "How's he doing?" Delta asked, as she and a bunch of other trolls walked in, holding flowers, and balloons that say; 'get well soon'.

     Poppy shook her head, looking away from them in sadness.

     They lowered their heads, knowing what she was too sad to say.

    Slowly, Branch's hand began to loosen it's grip on Poppy's, as he began to lose consciousness.

     She looked up at him, as he began to shake slightly, as if he was having a seizure.

     Her eyes widened, as she looked at him in fear.

     "Branch?" she whispered. "Branch!"

     Everyone looked up at Poppy's scream, gasping, as they saw what was happening.

     "Doctor!" Poppy cried out. "We need a doctor!"

     Hickory ran out of the room to find help, as everyone else watched on in fear, not knowing what to do.

     Slowly, Branch stopped shaking, as his hand fell away from Poppy's.

     Poppy's eyes widened, as she looked at him, her heart dropping.

     "Branch?" she whispered, but he didn't react.

     Quickly, the doctor ran in, pushing past everyone to get to Branch.

     She checked him over, finally lifting his arm, as she placed her fingers on his wrist, feeling for a pulse.

     Slowly, she lowered his arm, as she sighed, looking at Poppy, sadly, shaking her head.

     "No..." Poppy whispered, not believing what the doctor was telling her. "No!"

     She hugged Branch tight, crying into him, hysterically.

     Everyone watched in sadness, slowly lowering their heads.

     "Branch..." Poppy whimpered, burying her face into his chest. "I... I love you..."

(Yeah... I'm gonna just be SUPER mean and end the chapter like this. See you tomorrow 😁)

(P.S. I am SUPER sorry about this. I'm writing it, and I'm like... "is this too much? Nah. It's fine." 😂 And then I'm like... "what if I just end the chapter like this? Yeah. I'm totally doing that.")

(Again... I am REALLY sorry)