Middle of Everything

CHAPTER 8 : Five Minutes

I realized that it is not yet too late. That day when she came and save my life I realized that life is still worth a shot. I learned a lot about everything. How it is important to continue fighting and never give up as long as you are alive. There is still a chance if you just let yourself be happy. Life is like a story. Some started in pain and mistakes but even it is a bittersweet story. You just have to believe that in the end there will always be a happy ending.

Fast forward. 5 years had passed and it is still like a dejavu that time when she grabs my hand and saves me from ending myself and until now I am really thankful that I chose to live. Continue the life that I thought is hopeless. During the chemotherapy she is always there to support me and because she is a soon to be doctor she became also one of the people that treats me when I'm home.

She never stops to make me smile. My family loves her so much that she instantly became part of the family. Days, weeks, months and years had passed and that time we learned that I am getting better, that my life has been extended and now I am fulfilled. Happy. That after those difficulties I face I realized I am not alone. I have my family, my friend and most of all I have her.

"Good morning sleepyhead," she smiled sweetly then she lies next to me, tucks herself in and hugs me so tight "wake up!"

My head is a bit occupied and drowsy so I pretended asleep and just feel her breath on my neck and her body holding me so tight. I smile and that is when she tacked us in the blanket.

"Hey, Ae?" she murmured.

"Yes?" I whisper

"I love you," she said.

That is the most beautiful words I will always remember and will never forget. Those memorable moments, which is what she always does every morning when she wakes me up. It is either before she went to her work or after a very tiring day as a doctor. She will visit me just to wake me up. Bringing me a cup of coffee and fast food ordered breakfast because she doesn't know how to cook. She always makes time for me. That sometimes I feel that I am the woman in our relationship. Every time we meet it is either she will just wait for me to prepare for work or we will eat at the same time and I will take her home when it is my day off. But sometimes we went out when I don't have work.

You see our day together isn't that normal because of our jobs. Parisa being a doctor is really hard to make time for us because sometimes her job is on the night shift and sometimes our date are being canceled because of the emergencies that are happening at the hospital. It is not really easy especially when I know she is happy with her job. That is her passion and I want what is best for her so even sometimes we don't have time to see each other or we only have a few minutes to talk it is still fine with me. As long as she is happy, I'm happy as well.

But the thing is lately I started to get busy with my work as well. I became a barista slash businessman and it is also the reason why we both have a hard time to go on a date. Yet we still make sure to make time to one another. It is really sweet of her on how she makes it up to us and those little things such as this waking me up every day and cuddling me until I wake up is really something and that is one of the reasons why I fell in love even more with her. To be honest, I have a million reason why I love her so much.

Sometimes I was thinking about how all of this happened. We met at the same school. We experienced the same almost near to death experience and we got separated for how many years and yet here we are. Together and loving one another. Parisa once told me that the universe pulled us together for some reason and now I finally know that reason. That reason is we are stringed together, the universe chose us to be destined and love one another. I can still remember that conversation we had.