Chapter 14
Category:
Urban
Author:
KassaWords:1789Update time:25/05/26 19:55:27
Today marks the start of my actual treatment!
The elderly man in the bed next to mine has been here receiving treatment for a long time.
He didn't have any hair left.
But he told me,
that I should praise him for not having any gray hair at his age.
Okay.
I think I should pick out a wig first.
Cyrus arrived.
He came when Mom had to go out for something.
I had just undergone chemotherapy and was pale from the pain all over my body.
I was not sure if it was just my imagination,
but Cyrus looked as if he'd been punched hard in the heart when he saw me like this.
He asked me what was wrong.
I told him that I had a malignant tumor in my brain.
His expression became even more pained.
His hand, clenched into a fist on his knee, trembled slightly.
So I added with a grin, "Didn't you always ask me when I was going to die?"
Now I can answer you.
It seems like I'm going to die soon.
I know how to stab a knife on a wound, too.
I squinted as I watched him grasp my hands tightly.
He looked up at me, his eyes reddened.
He told me that he had never thought like that.
He begged me to stay alive.
I said, "When I tumbled down the stairs, it was so dangerous, but you said I deserved it."
Another stab of knife.
Seeing his pained expression, I suddenly felt that I had gone too far.
So I pulled my hand back.
And simply told him that I was tired.
I heard that Cyrus started a business recently.
That meant he should be the busiest now.
How did he have the time to come visit me every day?
Mom worried about his health, but he said it's fine.
Mom always tried to make time for both of us.
So when he offered me an apple today, I didn't take it.
I smiled at him and said, "I'm not going to disappear tomorrow, there's no need for you to come every day. I find you annoying."
He froze for a moment.
The area under his eyes was a dark gray, and his complexion was worse than mine, the patient.
He patiently peeled the apple and cut it into pieces, setting them aside, and tucked the blanket around me.
He picked up the jacket on the back of the chair and said to me before leaving, "See you tomorrow."
...
Whatever, I didn't have the energy to care about him.
Evan arrived.
I didn't recognize him when he stood at the door.
He was wearing a suit and wasn't wearing glasses.
His hair, which should have been neatly combed back, had a few strands falling down because of his run.
I hadn't talked to him for over a month when I saw him.
I hadn't told anyone about my hospitalization.
Not even my closest friends at school.
So Evan wouldn't have known.
I felt a little guilty and waved at him.
"Hi, Evan."
He always smiles when he sees me.
But not today.
His eyes turned red the moment he saw me.
I was about to say something, but he rushed over and hugged me.
His embrace was trembling.
I could sense that Evan must have had a tough time over the past month.
He seemed to have a thousand things to tell me,
but in the end, he said nothing.
...
Evan spent the whole afternoon with me.
Even though he was clearly upset, he kept trying to cheer me up.
But Evan is a bookworm and doesn't know how to tell jokes.
His jokes are always old and boring.
But I still laughed.
Because he only smiles when I do.
I love his dimples.
There's another regular visitor to the ward now.
Evan.
The weather is great today.
I said I wanted to go for a walk.
Evan immediately borrowed a wheelchair and wheeled me out together with Mom.
There were many children playing on the hospital lawn.
They were blowing bubbles.
I turned to Evan and said that I wanted some too.
But where would there be bubble solution sold in the hospital?
So he looked at my pouting lips, then at my mother's helpless expression, and finally at the laughing children playing in the distance.
I watched Evan approach the group of children.
Watched him get surrounded by the children, looking flustered.
take a lollipop from his pocket and make a trade with the kids.
His pockets are always filled with candy.
For me.
Every time I take my medicine, I frown at the bitterness.
That's when he takes out a lollipop, peels the wrapper, and offers it to me.
Each time, the flavor was different.
Evan successfully traded with the children and ran over to me with the bubble solution.
I smiled and took it, pulling out the bubble wand.
Puffed my cheeks and blew.
Round bubbles emerged one after another.
I watched them shimmering in the sunlight, telling Mom how beautiful they were.
Mom nodded and said, "Yes."
But as I continued to blow, I felt like crying.
Because the bubbles only flew for a few seconds before popping and disappearing.
They existed for only a few brief seconds.