02 First Love: Beep! Beep! Beep!

Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!

‘This sound. This beeping sound. What’s beeping? Alarm clock?'

''Quick! Turn that alarm clock off! I’m still sleepy! Let me sleep more! Let me rest!'

‘What’s happening? Why? Why can’t I lift my hand? Why can’t I move them? What’s going on?'

'Let me turn the alarm clock off! I need to turn off the alarm clock!'

‘I’m so tired. I’m exhausted. Turn that beeping machine off! Let me rest!

“Excuse me? Who is the family of the patient?” said the nurse. “The doctor in charge would like to explain about the whole thing.”

“I am her husband,” said the man as he rose up to his feet.

“She had cerebral contusion, so we performed urgent surgery," began the doctor. "She also suffered spinal cord injury.”

“She is stable for now, but she’s not out of the wood yet. Her brain injury was great, so her condition can change anytime.”

“There’s a high possibility that she may not regain her consciousness or worse death," the doctor went on. “Prepare yourself. She doesn’t have much time left. So better say your goodbyes.”

The husband walked wobbly towards the ICU. His hands were trembling, his feet shaking. He sat down and grabbed her hand.

“Lily! Sweetheart!" he said, his voice quavering. "What are you doing here?"

"If you're tired and sleepy, let's go home. Let's rest at home. This is no place for you to take a nap. It's more comfortable at home."

"Lily, sweetheart! I'm here to pick you up. So wake up already and let's go home, okay?"

He paused for a while. His lips now began to tremble, his eyes blurred with tears.

"You said I can’t die because I have to serve you for the rest of my life right?"

He cupped her hand with both his huge hands then squeezed it a little then went on,

“You said I have to carry you to the balcony before the sun rises so you wouldn’t miss the sunrise.”

“You said I’ll have to cook for your breakfast and prepare your lunch, and cook you dinner."

“You said I must run the bath for you so you wouldn’t have to wait for it to be filled up. Then you said that I must dry your hair for you because your hands are tired from whole day work.”

“You said that I must be beside you when you sleep in the night and must be beside you when you wake up in the morning.”

“You said I must say ‘I love you’ everyday and kiss you and hug even if you were sweaty or smelly.”

His eyes and face was now soaked with tears, his voice even more shaky. He lifted her hand up and placed it on his face and went on,

“Honey, I did all those things without complain. So let’s go home, okay? If you're not satisfy, I'll do better."

"This is not our bedroom. I'm so huge, remember? I can’t fit in this bed. With that small bed I can’t cuddle you comfortably.”

“This room has no balcony and big windows where we can sun bathe our whole body with morning sunshine.”

“So please wake up and let’s go home.”

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Beep! Beep! Beep!

Bip! Bip! Bip! Bip! Bip! Bip!

The seconds-long beep had beeped faster and the wavy lines in the monitor screen had waved erratically.

“Ventricular fibrillation!” shouted the doctor.

“Yes, sir!” replied the nurse, dashing towards the defibrillator.

“Lily!” shouted the husband.

“Please sir! Stay away!"

BEEEEEEEEEEEEEPPP!!!!!

"Lily! Nooooo!" cried the husband.

The one second-long beep had beeped longer and the wavy lines in the monitor screen had straightened.

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"Lily! Lily!"

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‘Lily? Are they calling me?’

‘Where am I? Why is it noisy?'

'It's cold. I can feel my whole body's drenched.'

Lily woke up not to the beeping sound but to the noise of people around her.

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