Chapter 125
Iunk into the dark depths of the sea
Strangely, I didn’t feel cold. Instead, there was a conforting warmth, like I had returned to my mother’s embrace. It was so soothing I didn’t want to open my eyes. I just wanted to stay asleep right there, in her arm..
“Her blood pressure’s crashing! Start transfusion–400 milliliters!”
“Debrillator! Hurry up! Clear!”
“Move aside! Prep for surgery!”
“Ari, please! I’m sorry! Ari, don’t scare me like this–how could you do this to yourself?”
“Art, please wake up! Ari…
“Don’t hold me back! AL.”
The noise was overwhelming. All I wanted was to sleep, I tried to say something, but suddenly, a surge of blood spilled from my mouth
“She’s coughing up blood!”
Did I just cough our blood? Did it mean I was still alive?
1 struggled to open my eyes–and somehow, I did. Above me, bright, glaring lights stabbed into my vision, and chantic, frantic voles surrounded me.
“Ari, stay with us.”
A voice echoed in my mind, tugging me back. Through the haze, 1 glimpsed a familiar face. I wanted to smile, to tell him I was okay, but something kept pushing out of my mouth
I forced a slow, shaky sale in his diction, ying to lift my hand toward him, I felt relieved, comforted just by seeing him the one person who had given me warmth after I’d lost my
But before I could fully reach him, my smile faded, and the world dissolved into blackness aga
felt or amende joury, drifting in limbo for what seemed like an eternity. I didn’t know where I was going or what I was looking for.
In this dense fog, veices whispered around me. But whenever I tried to listen closely, they would fade away. So, I kept walking
There was a strange sense of prace, though I could see nothing, hear nothing
“Ani? Please, wake up, okay?” a voice murmured beside me, cholu with abs
“I’m so sorry. I didn’t know things would turn out like this. I’m a terrible friend–1 never should have brought up that awful thing..‘ “Ari. I’m your bear friend, your closest buddy. Don’t scare me like this, I can’t live withour you!”
In the darkness, 1 livesed quietly. I couldn’t speak, nor could I find Teri
I sighed I wanted to tell her that is was really okay.
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