OUR LAST KISS, S. Shinichiro

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CHAPTER TWENTY

One month later...
6:30 PM
Placing your index-finger down on a number of the equation and explained it to Shinichiro.

"Do you get what I'm saying?" You asked him and he nodded.

The two of you are at your house studying for the final exam which is on Friday this week.

Suddenly as you were explaining another problem to him, a ring came from Shinichiro's phone.

You gazed at the phone and it was from an unknown person.

Shinichiro picked it up and then turned to you. "(Y/n) I'm gonna go take this okay? I'll be right back" He excused himself and went out of the bedroom.

A minute had past and Shinichiro was done with his call.

He opened the door but just stood there. You looked up and saw a shocked expression plastered on his face.

"We need to go now." Shinichiro said.

"Huh? Why?-"

"Now!"

Seeing the state that he was in, you decided to not ask another question and just followed him outside and got on his motorbike.

He drove for a while and then finally arrived at the hospital.

The two of you rushed inside the hospital to the front desk where the doctor was already waiting for him.

"How is she?!" Shinichiro asked as he halted in front of the doctor.

The doctor gave him a sad look and sighed. "Your mother is in critical condition. We need to perform surgery on her immediately." The doctor explained, "But in order to operate on her, it will cost a lot." He said and handed Shinichiro a sheet of paper.

Shinichiro scanned the texts on the contract and felt his heart drop.

"50..." His hands began to tremble.. "50 thousand dollars..?"

You walked to his side and was surprised to see a clear liquid drip down from his eyes.

"How the hell am I supposed to pay for it... We don't have this kind of money..." He mumbled, tightening his grip on the sheet and then handed it back to the doctor. "Mom.."

"Shin..." You touched his arm but he just turned around and walked away.

"I'm going outside." He said then exited the hospital.

You watched as he disappeared into the shadows. The news must've really hurt him.

The thought of losing his mother and he can't do anything about it...

"Young lady, I'm really sorry about this. I would operate on her if I could but-"

"Give me a pen" You cut the doctor off.

He gave you a confused expression.

"Give me a pen so I can sign that contract." You repeated yourself, "I'll pay for the surgery"

Walking outside of the hospital, you met up with Shinichiro who was already waiting for you on his motorbike.

You got on the backseat and he drove you back home.

Stopping his motorbike in front of your house, he apologized to you as you got off.

"Sorry (Y/n)... But can I just go home for the night? We can just study another time." He apologized and turned to you.

You gazed into his eyes and was able to see how red and puffy his eyes and nose were.

"Yeah... That's fine." You said. "Be careful on the road okay?"

He nodded and just drove off.

You followed him with your eyes and after he turned a corner and you weren't able to see him anymore, you went inside of your house.

You took off your shoes and walked towards the kitchen.

Halting in front of a counter, you opened one of the drawers and took out all the envelopes in there and threw it on the dining table.

You turned on the small lightbulb above the table and took a seat.

You opened each envelope and took out stashes of money in them.

The money that your parents used to leave on the counter for you before they went to work. Every time they went out, they'd leave 3 thousand dollars and sometimes even 8 thousand dollars whenever they go overseas. But you barely spent any of it and only kept it in the drawer.

You sat there for around 2 hours, counting the money in your kitchen.

After you were done, you returned to the hospital with the money.

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a/: ok ik i said things were gonna go down in this chapter but nvm😒 im too nice to kill a character🤭