"So I'm being featured in the art show next week."
Hobi was sitting on my bed, holding my hand and fiddling with my fingers.
He was talking the day away.
But I loved that.
So I smiled.
"I want to go."
"To the art show?"
I nodded.
He squeezed my hand.
"That would be amazing, Mina. But you don't need to. I really don't want you to push yourself like that, and if you can't do it... I don't want you to be disappointed, and-"
"Hobi!"
I laughed.
"I just want to go. Whether I make it or not, I at least need to try, right?"
He tried to hide his concern behind a curtain in his eyes.
But I was learning how to see through that curtain.
"Well okay. Of course I would want you to be there. But please don't get hurt."
He looked me straight in the eyes.
"I don't want you to get hurt, especially if it's because you wanted to see me."
"I won't, Hobi. Because, I have hope."
"Ah."
His concern disappeared and grew into a bright smile.
He looked all over my face, as if he were trying to memorize every crease.
I'll walk for you, Hobi.
I will make it.
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Butterfly
Fanfiction"Okay Hobi, take me to see the butterflies. I'll get better so we can go. I promise." A teenage hospital patient and a lonely high school volunteer. With Butterflies and Hope, they find their way through the dark. Together. Started: 10/29/18 First P...
