Chapter 5: Dream
"A'Nian has a Cardiac Heart Disease." Hex blurted out the moment that they sat on the sofa. Lu Xia was shock and subconsciously look at the two young couple hugging each other while sleeping on the hospital bed.
"W-What?"
"Her condition is so vulnerable, making her heart so fragile. Too much sadness can make her heart ache and even too much happiness might worsen her condition."
"How about her family?" He Tian shook his head
"She's already an orphan." Lu Xia felt even more sad at his revelation. So they're just somehow the same..
"I just want to say thank you again for what you did earlier. She almost gave up but the good thing is that you said those words so she fought again. If it weren't for you, my brother might go crazy."
They both sigh. Lu Xia look at the couple again and smile. "Fortunate for them that they already found a genuine love in their younger age, don't they? They seem so in love with each other."
He nodded. "A pure young love indeed."
Both of them were silent after that. They just silently watch the two sleep until she remembers the time.
"It's almost noon. I need to home." She said and look at him.
"You're living? A'Nian will be happy if she can still see you when she wakes up later."
Hearing that makes her hesitate.
"So.. what should I do?" The arrogance on his face disappear and smile at her genuinely.
"Stay."
And that's what she did.
They patiently waited for them to wake up until it's almost 12 noon. And as he said, seeing her make Xiao Nian smile again even if her face is pale.
"Ms. Lu, I'm very happy." The child's smile gave her warmth on her heart.
After eating their lunch, she stayed in the hospital until the doctor said that she needs to rest again to gain more energy for her health.
And even when she's saying her goodbye, Xiao Nian still hope that she'll come back so she happily obliged. Since the lady already captured her heart, of course, she gladly say yes and promised that she'll come back soon.
"Take care, A'Nian." Her last words before He Tian took her back at home.
Right now, in the balcony of her house, she's sitting on her spot while silently stargazing.
Lu Xia let the time slowly pass again until it was time for her to sleep.
"Time to rest."
Wearing her usual white pajamas, she flopped herself on the bed and immediately went to her slumber because of tiredness and there, for the second time around, she dreamed about him— again.
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EVERYTHING'S DARK as usual but it's not raining hard anymore or even that lonely road. It's just black. Plain and simply dark.
And she just stood there. Calming herself and readying if something will appear. Why does she keep on dreaming like this anyway? That's what she thought and of course, no one answered.
She took a deep breath and before she could take a step forward, visible blue and white lights came to view a few steps away from her.
It's like a series on Christmas. On and off it turns and she just found herself taking a step forward towards the light.
One. Two. Three steps towards and she stopped when she noticed something. Her forehead creased at first because she couldn't perfectly figure it out but eventually stilled when she realized what it was.
That silhouette of a man again!
It's the same but this time, as the blue and white lights turned on, she saw the glimpse of his appearance. That tall and lean body of him and this time around, he's wearing a light blue green tuxedo with some sort of white long sleeve peeking outside the rim of his suit. And this time, he's still not facing her but it's not his back, his position is on the side view.
And now, let's see his whole appearance. With courage, she continues taking a step forward.
It's just three steps again and her heart is hammered fast like it wants to go out of its cage and the next thing that happened made her shake in an instant.
Like a slowmo, his side face turned around making her body stilled like solid rock. Her eyes are growing bigger as she can see his face but before she can fully take a glimpse of his appearance, she was bewildered upon meeting his pair of orbs and that's when everything faded again.
Huffling, she sat and leaned her back to the headboard. Sweats became visible and she can still feel her heart pumping faster than normal.
She was still catching her breath while trying to remember everything in her dream.
Pure pitch black everywhere, then sudden lights that colored blue and white appeared like a series on Christmas, and then someone— tall and lean and his side view appearance. Her feet that have their own mind taking steps towards and— she stilled.
Her eyes widened and a loud gasp escaped on her lips as she remembered the last scene wherein she met his eyes.
"T-That nut brown orbs of his!"
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