A Four-Letter-Word Called LOVE (COMPLETE - ENG Translation On-Going)

Act Sixty-Eight

Chris:

Muffled voices keeps on murmuring around me; resonating and reverberating like I'm in the middle of a huge crowd. A faint beep from a certain machine echoes in between my ears while the muffled voices I'm heeding becomes louder and clearer. I tried to open my eyes, even moving my body but to no avail. The voices and the beep keep on resonating around me until the surrounding turns quiet. I tried moving my hand. I could feel the faint movement that one of my fingers did. I tried moving my eyeballs to see if I could do it.

It's moving. I can move it.

I tried to mouth a word or two. But I only manage to mouth faint moans instead of putting it into words.

Chris, come on. You can do it.

I keep on moving my eyeballs and my fingers until I finally open my eyes. A bright light suddenly blinds me, shutting my eyes once again. I could see a few people gathering around me as soon as I open it again. They're all hazy and blurry and I couldn't even tell who they are.

Is Mhairi here?

I tried to open my mouth for the second time, trying to construct a word that I can manage to utter;

Trying to utter the name of the woman I wanted to see.

"M-M-Mhairi... A-Ate... A-Ate Mhairi..."

A woman's silhouette suddenly shows up in front of me. My eyes are constantly blinking trying to comprehend who that woman is. Her voice keeps on echoing and murmuring until I could finally heed it clearly.

"Chris? Chris, can you hear me?"

My vision turns much visible together with her voice that keeps on uttering my name. Although all my senses are still weak, I try to lift my hand to touch her beautiful face that I've been missing the most. A weak smile crosses on my mouth as soon as I touch her cheek...

...Her warm and delicate cheek that I always hold every time I gaze at her.

"M-Mhairi... Mhairi, it's you..."

Her tear starts to flow from her teary gaze. She broke down in tears while leaning her head against my chest. She embraces me so tight like she doesn't want me to go. She sobs inconsolably while I tried my best to lift my arm to hug her back.

"God... Thank God, you're alive, Chris!" Mhairi sobs. "I thought--- I-I thought I'm gonna lose you. I-I thought I'm gonna lose you forever."

Her word sends the utmost euphoria to the depths of my broken heart; mending it slowly giving me the indescribable feeling I thought I would never, ever feel anymore.

"I-I'm here." I uttered while trying to gather my strength to speak. "I-I'm--- I-I'm not going anywhere, Mhairi. I-I'm not going anywhere away from you..."

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"Please Bella, you need to go home and rest."

"Chris is right, Bella." That's Chaz cutting in the conversation. "It's been a very long night for all of us especially to you. You need to go home."

"But I want to stay here."

She takes her gaze away from Chaz and turns it to me.