Theme song:"All i want by Kodaline"
"Some goodbyes don't come with warnings. Just silence, and the weight of everything you can't say."
— Mira
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We drove back in silence.
The roads that once felt like freedom now felt like chains pulling us back to the truth.
Elian's head rested against the window.
He wasn't sleeping. Just… distant.
His breathing shallower than it had been two days ago.
But he smiled when I caught his eye in the mirror.
"Best damn kidnapping of my life."
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At the hospital, they didn't scold us.
They didn't need to.
One look at Elian and the doctor's expression shifted.
Pity.
Worry.
Acceptance.
He was weaker.
Something in his chest had changed.
The scan showed it.
I stayed quiet.
Didn't ask questions.
Didn't want the answers.
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That evening, I helped him lie back in bed.
Tubes and wires replaced the wind in his hair.
Sterile lights replaced the stars.
He reached for my hand.
"You were my whole world," he said. "Even before I knew I was running out of time."
My throat closed. I shook my head.
"No. No final words yet. I'm not ready—"
"You'll never be ready."
He smiled. "But you'll be okay. You always were braver than me."
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That night, I slept beside his bed, my hand in his.
And I prayed the morning wouldn't come.
Because I knew...
With the sunrise, something would be gone.