Is this the end? he wondered as his consciousness began to slip. The green eyes were now crying uncontrollably.
Don't cry, he pleaded inwardly. Watching tears streaming down from those eyes hurt him more than the gunshot.
"Stay..." she held his hand, begging him. "Stay..."
No! he scolded himself. This can't be it for us! I want to be with her for a little longer.
He tried to fight off the drowsiness. He could not leave her there crying, but it was a lost battle. The last thing he saw before slipping into the darkness was Mirae's crying face.
....
"We're losing him!" the doctor shouted as he pumped more blood into the patient.
"Sir, the wound is too severe!" a nurse said frantically. "Even if we operate, he's losing so much blood. Moreover, the bullet may have barely missed the heart but it ruptured some arteries."
"Get me the clamps!" the doctor ordered.
