I can't rewrite our fate

chapter 17: aftermath

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The week after Noor's accident passed excruciatingly slow.

She had been in a coma for the week and I felt more helpless than I've ever felt in my life.

Noor was stuck in the place where I promised myself she'd never end up in again.
Another thing I couldn't keep.

"Khalil you have to eat." Elias said, holding a plate of rice in his hand.

I just shook my head and crossed my arms in response.

"Do you think you refusing to eat is going to help Noor?" He asked.

I would have stayed in the hospital the entire week as of now. But of course I couldn't as I wasn't her Mahram.

I didn't want to leave her knowing she was in that that state because of me.

I looked to Elias with self pity, "She's in the hospital AGAIN because of me, Elias. I couldn't help her, not even for the second time."

"Khalil, this wasn't your fault." He replied, putting the plate on the chair next to me.

"How isn't this my fault? I was supposed to be in the car crash! Not her, not again." I shot out.

"This was all Zayan's fault, Khalil. You know that and I know that." Elias said, putting an arm on my shoulder to keep me from hyperventilating.

"Khalil? What happened?" Samir asked, coming through the front door with my brother and a bag of food.

"He's still blaming himself for the car crash." Elias  said, looking to Samir and Haadi helplessly.

"Khalil, if you think that my sister is in this state because of you then you couldn't be more wronger." Samir said, taking a seat next to me on the sofa.

"But Samir-" I said, confused.

"No, no buts. Neha's husband was the cause of this all and nobody else. I'm glad she's staying with us now." He replied.

"You really believe it's not my fault." I said, with my bloodshot eyes.

"Nobody believes it's your fault. If I did you wouldn't be here now would you?" He said sarcastically.

"Jazahkhallah, Samir." I replied.

"In'Sha'Allah, she wakes up." Samir said.

"Khalil, we're gonna go pray Asr. Come on." Haadi said, patting my back.

I nodded my head and followed them to the mosque.

An hour later Samir had gone back to the hospital as his Dad called to tell him that Noor had finally woke up.

"Has she actually woken up?" I questioned Samir.

"She's woken up." Samir replied on the phone.

I felt my legs go numb as I had to hold the chair to balance myself.

"Alhamdulilah." I replied, feeling myself smile for the first time since I last saw her.

I couldn't wait to see her. To just see that she was breathing.

I quickly consoled myself, trying to look as though I haven't slept in days. I did finally felt confident in myself though.

I wanted to fix all her problems and make them mine as I finally decided what to do with my feelings for the the only girl I had fallen hard for.

I just had to pray that she had felt the same for me.

Hers~>