PATIENT #102191

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Yi Xing quickly turned the television off when he saw Airah and her mother entering his room "Goodevening!" he greeted them "Have you tried some Filipino dish? Mama cooked one for us!" Airah said.

"Airah, will you be fine here?" her mother asked "Yes mama, besides Nurse Li is there to help me." she said to her mother "Okay, then I'll leave you here. Mr. Woo, Yi Xing, please look after Airah." her mother smiled at them "Be a good girl, okay?" she patted her daughter's head before leaving her.

"We call this adobo." she said as she transfered some on his plate "Adobo." he repeated "Yes, adobo!" he excitedly started to eat, Airah looked at his expression "Oh my God! It tastes really good!" he had an approving look in his eyes "Mama cooks the best!" she said "No, my mama does." Yi Xing told her "Our mamas cook the best, is that okay?" he nodded like a kid "I miss my mama."

Yi Xing misses a lot of people. She's curious why. Is he really that busy? He can't visit his own family? Or are they too far from him? She doesn't know. How she wishes he could see his loved ones soon.

She's good a reading people, she knows how pure Yi Xing's heart is and she's very happy to meet a person as nice as him "Visit them soon." she said "They miss you too, I am sure. To be honest, mama and papa brought us here because they can't stay away from us anymore. They were too busy earning money for us abroad and they weren't able to watch us grow. They regret it a lot. Now that they found a way for us to be together, they grabbed it."

"And you." she pointed her fore finger at him "Find a way to see them in person if they can't see you." she said "And if there's a way you can stay with them, please do it. You need your family and your family needs you too." she took her glass to drink "Please always be happy, Yi Xing."

"I will be, Airah."

It was a fine dinner for both of them "How long have we known each other?" Yi Xing asked Airah "Days. I don't usually count." she answered "I do. We've known each other for two days now. We met yesterday at the garden, we met again last night in front of the vendo machine plus we ate lunch and dinner together today. Thank you." his eyes were looking outside the window as he said those words "You're my first friend here, by the way." Airah said...

Friend? He thought. They both looked at Manager Woo when he coughed "I'm sorry." he said, Yi Xing ignored the small pain in his chest "You're my first friend here too." he said "You're getting discharged soon right? Are we still going to see each other? We can exchange numbers if you like." Yi Xing quickly took his phone and gave it to Airah "There save your number."

Airah was typing her number when her nurse came to tell her she should go back to her room "Here." she gave back his phone "Of course we will still see each other! I would love to keep the communication between us! Tell me when you visit your brothers and family soon okay?" he nodded "I will! I'll call you!"

"YES!" with both arms up he shouted.

"I knew it! You have a crush on her!" Manager Woo said "H-Ha? I... I don't!" he denied "Why are you shouting out of happiness then? Come on Yi Xing, you can't lie from me! It's the first time you talked about a girl well not unless if it's a friend! It's a first I saw you that happy! You were even blushing as you talked to her! I will tell this to Junmyeon! Sadly she called you friend. Hahahahaha!" he threw his pillow on his face "Shut up!"

He was saving her number when suddenly his phone shut down "What the heck?!" he shouted "Yah! My phone's charger?! Where is it?! Where is it?!" but both of them couldn't find his charger and even Manager Woo didn't bring his.

"Aiyo wei!" he shouted.

"Can you give me a can of beer?" he asked his manager "Here."

Yi Xing looked like he lost on a bet, he's frowning, he's pissed "This is your fault. You kept on teasing me!" he blamed his manager "Woah, I didn't do anything! I even helped you today! Why are you blaming me?" he defended "No!" he slightly punched his bed "You kept on teasing me! I could have saved her number... urgh!" then he finished his can of beer.

"Beers aren't allowed here, Mr. Woo." his nurse said "Have pity to this man who just lost his crush's phone number. Look at him." both their heads shake as they looked at Yi Xing sighing so deep for so many times already "Can you both stop talking?" he irritably said "Whose fault was it?" the nurse asked, Yi Xing pointed at him "I didn't do anything!" his manager quickly said "No! It's your fault!"

"Who didn't charge his phone huh? Was it me?" he asked "Aiyo wei." he sighed again.

"It's the phone's fault!" then he covered himself with blanket. Manager Woo and his nurse laughed.

The next day, he quickly took a bath with his nurse's help, he already asked his manager to bring pancakes with him.

"We're going to eat breakfast then I will ask for her number again!" he said with finality "Is that how you admit you have a crush on her?" he rolled his eyes "Shut up." he told Manager Woo "Ayyiieee, Zhang Yi Xing!"

It was around 10 in the morning, he's pretty sure she's awake already so they went to her room.

He knocked on the door and her nurse was the one who opened the door for them "Oh! Mr. Woo!" she said "Is Airah there?" the nurse had a confused look in her face "Didn't you know?"

His eyes widened "She got discharged an hour ago, she already left with her family. They fetched her really early because they said they are transfering to their house here." his eyes slowly closed as silence fell across all of them "I need to go now. I still have a patient to attend." Nurse Li excused herself to them.

They went back to his room. Manager Woo fixed the table for him... "I lost her number and now... she's gone." he said as he played his food, he wasn't eating actually he was only staring and cutting the pancakes. He sighed. He sighed very hard "This can't be." he pushed the plate and put his hands on his chin "Yi Xing, come on eat."

"I lost my appetite."

He was just on his bed and looking from a far for the whole day "Do you need something, Yi Xing?" Manager Woo asked "Can I have beer?" his face looked so lonely and Manager Woo couldn't help but feel responsible again. He needs to do something "Hey, I'm going to stay here, I'm going to sleep on the sofa. Okay?" but Yi Xing didn't reply.

Yi Xing was busy with his phone for hours now "What are you doing?" he asked "I'm searching for her in the internet. I made a Facebook account, don't tell anyone." he said without looking at his Manager "Okay, I won't but did you find anything?" Yi Xing answered him with a sigh "Hey, you've been sighing a lot since last night! That's not good! Remember what Airah told you!" he took the sheep stuff toy Manager Woo brought from his house.

He stared at the stuff toy and piched its ears "How long did it take when you knew your wife is the one?" he asked out of nowhere "I don't know. We've known each other for quite some time already even before we became together. Why?"

"Nothing."

Manager Woo can actually feel him "I felt that she's already the one when I couldn't see my days without her. When I felt like I can no longer let go of her, Yi Xing. That's how I knew."

"It doesn't matter how long?"

"It doesn't as long as you can feel it." he answered "Come on, get some sleep. I'm going to fix your papers tomorrow so I can bring you home."

"Now I know..."

PS: Errors can be found.