ೃ⁀➷ᴘꜱʏᴄʜᴏᴘᴀᴛʜ ¬ ᴇɴɢ ᴠᴇʀ

- FOURTEEN -

That day, I finished cleaning the house, I told his mother about the situation and she arrived soon, although I had to send her the address, since Chris never gave it to anyone. When she arrived, I took her to see him quietly and then we went downstairs to cook. She understood everything the doctor told me and thought about what food to make. There was nothing there, so I told her to make a list and I would go shopping, she would stay in case she woke up. I came back an hour later and we started cooking, but Chris still wasn't waking up, she had barely shifted in bed, which meant she should wake up soon.

We finished making the soup and Mrs. Bang had to leave because it was getting late, so he begged me to stay with him and take care of him, clearly I promised.

I put away the other things I had bought just in case and then, when I didn't see what else to do, I sat down on the couch and turned on the TV at a low volume. I found a movie that was apparently new and was minutes away from finishing when I felt movement on the second floor, got up and hurried to see if Chris had woken up. Thanks to the man upstairs, he had.

As soon as he saw me, I could see a slight smile on his face. He had already sat on the bed and his hands were outlining his eyes to see better, maybe he thought it was a hallucination and that I couldn't be there, but when he realized that I started to approach him, he noticed that I was real, or so I thought.

- I'm glad to be able to see you at least in my dreams. I thought you'd be so upset with me that you wouldn't even take the time to show up while I'm sleeping, but it makes me happy for a little while to know that you must be okay. I miss you so much, but I think I did what I had to do. -His words came out with an immense longing, tears came to my cheeks after seeing how Chris was so transparent, so helpless. - Wait, why are you crying? What...? -and there he realized it was reality and not a dream, because he touched my cheek and wiped the drops running down it, making him cry too. -

- Why did you let me go without telling me the truth? Did you think I was going to leave you for something like this? Why... why...? -I had so many questions, but my voice wasn't much help, and I couldn't keep talking when he clutched me to his chest. -

- I'm... I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you, I never meant to, but it just got out of hand. -His voice was lost in the room between my sobs and his breathing. -

Neither of us said a word during the time we were cuddling, crying by way of telling each other what we couldn't. When we calmed down, I told him he should eat, so we went downstairs and I served him some soup that was still hot. When we calmed down, I told him I had to eat, so we went downstairs and I served him the soup that was still warm. I told him about how I had decided to come to see him, the doctor, his mother's visit, and everything I had to start doing until his health was restored. I didn't want to tell him that I would be with him every day and that I had promised Mrs. Bang, but I'm sure he would find out soon enough.