She called when he was with the doctor talking about his operation, which will happen 90 days 6 hours and couple minutes later. Interrupted the meeting and answered her call. Talked about alot of stuff as usual but she didn't sound right, so he asked if something happened. She said she wants to leave. She wasn't sure about the relationship. He didn't want to let her go but she said she would be happy, so he let her go. Because he knows these most prolly are his last 3 months, he let her go so he could see her happy before he leaves, forever. He gets his work done and leaves the hospital to meet his grandfather who's dealing with the last stage of his life. Just so that his grandfather keeps smiling, he fakes smile and jokes with his grandparents. After all these he comes back home with a tremendous emotional flood inside him. He locks himself in his room. Here it seems like time has stopped, and the world has shattered. His pillow now knows what he is going through, how much he cried. The so called "society" says guys don't cry. They have to go through everything but never cry. It wasn't very long since they last met, since she had kissed him and said I'll never let you go, but she's gone.
*the clock screams the time*
its 8 in the evening and he wishes his death. He couldn't tell anyone what he was going through, so he wore that fake smile again, went out of his room and kept himself busy. Well he was successful in wearing that smile but he died. He never became a corpse because his death was inside him, which happened when he lost his war with emotions. His so called "friends" also weren't by him, they took HER side.
He never got a chance.
He never had anyone.
He never will because he doesn't have time, only 89 days 2 hours is what he has.

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Behind the Smile.
Short StoryA very short story about a guy and the secret behind his smile.