What would you do if you had only 100 days to live? - Anonym
I don't know. I would just live, I guess, I would just try to live. - Louis.
We all have a past and a present. But some people have to fight to have a future.
In this story, you'll discov...
"Someone once said to me: "If you accept sadness, you will not be able to be happy."
It seems that I accepted the sadness that is in me, I allowed it to destroy me, depriving myself of the right to be happy. I was wrong when I thought that Louis could save me." – Harry
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Song: Every Breath You Take (cover)
"Like this?"
I take the small mirror that is handed to me and look into it.
"A little more on the left."
He touches the cotton soaked in some liquid to my skin and erases the drawing.
"Here?"
"Yes! It's perfect!"
"Okay."
I give him the mirror. He starts preparing everything and I get scared. Especially at the sight of a needle.
"Is this your first tattoo?"
"Yeah. Does it hurt?"
I ask trying to look relaxed and cool but it's a total failure.
He shrugs his shoulders.
"Nothing you can't stand."
He says, looking at me and winking. It's easy for him to talk like that, with his three-kilometer beard and tattoos all over his body. Later, I hear the sound of a machine with a needle, which now resembles a chainsaw.
"Ready?"
No.
"Ready."
I'm determined, or rather I'm trying. It's not my fault that I can't stand the pain and when it comes to such huge needles, this is a completely different conversation. No, seriously, I can barely restrain myself when I give blood for tests, and here is a tattoo. But I want this tattoo. He comes up to me and when he starts, I'm so tense that I have my fists clenched and it hurts.
"Relax."
It's easy to say than done, but I try anyway. I close my eyes and try to force myself to breathe calmly and I really feel better. I thought I was going to convulse, but no. This is tolerable. The man smiles at me.
"I told you you'd survive."
"What? Is that all? Honestly, I was expecting something worse."
"You know, such a tattoo is real proof of love. Who is this lucky one? "H" like?"
"Harry."
He is surprised for a second, but then immediately smiles.
"I think it's cool. Well, you know, that gay marriage that's been allowed recently and so on."
I start laughing.
"The world is not perfect, but it's good that people are gradually beginning to accept other people."
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