The Merge ( EXO's Miracles In December)

9- The Truth

"How can I help you, Sir?" Chen asked the customer behind the counter.

"Forgive me!" The customer answered with a low-ashamed tone.

He looked at her, and sighed, he didn't want to be in this situation. He hated bringing his personal life to work.

"Excuse me, the lady is still deciding, what would you like to have?" He asked the next costumer.

"Chen, please, don't do this" She said desperately.

The customer did not say anything he just looked at Chen who glared at the girl crying for his attention, then looked at the customer again nodding for him to order whatever he wanted, which he did and Chen repeated the order after him to make sure it was right. He then went inside, delivered the order, asked his boss to leave early and once the permission was given he changed his clothes and went out. Before he managed to get on his motorcycle she was standing right before his eyes. He looked at the other side, turning on the engine he was ready to leave when she said, "I swear I told no lies. It was the truth Chen." Her voice cracked.

"Get away, Lea" He said not so heartily. He didn't want her to leave. He wanted to hear her reasons. And most importantly, he wanted to listen to her, to look at her, he did miss her.

"Chen" She cried so hard silently, put her hands on her mouth, she didn't want him to think she used her tears to weaken him though his thoughts would never go so lame but she knew he wouldn't trust her anymore.

He looked away, not because he didn't want to hear her out, he couldn't stand her tears, it broke his everything inside.

She started coughing, crying and coughing till it became so hard to breath, she tried to fight it but she knew it already came, she fell to her knees trying to gasp air, he jumped off the motorcycle and sat beside her, "Lea, Lea, breathe, don't hold it in, breathe" He freaked out, knowing that she's trying but can't, really gave him couple of mini heart attacks in one minute.

"Lea, Lea" She fainted hearing Chen calling her but she just couldn't neither respond nor breathe..

When they reached the hospital, the doctors said she had trouble breathing caused of the sobbing and that she needs proper rest. They told Chen it would be better for her if she stayed the night but he hates her laying on that bed so he decided to take her home at his own responsibility.

Once they got home, he took her to bed, covered her in thick blankets, went to the kitchen and started making her some soup.

He took a tray but before he use it, he found her standing in front of him, he went to her, turned her around to walk her to bed but she stopped walking, "Chen, I really am sorry." She said feeling really sorry and tired as can ever be.

"You need to rest now." He said softly and tried to walk her but she refused to move.

"Lea.."

"No, please hear me out."

"Okay. But I can still hear you if you're on bed." He gently said walking her and she did not protest.

He laid her on bed and went to bring the tray.

"Thanks" She said and he nodded.

"So.. You stopped taking your medicine." He said, pulling a chair next to bed and sitting on it.

"Chen"

"People can die only because of coughing, you know that?" He said looking at her. She started crying.