CHAPTER 19

It’s been a month since Aku confessed to Zara, until then he doesn’t have any communication with her. “Bro want to go with us?” Damon said, looking at Aku who is busy. 

Aku shakes his head “I need to finish this” he said while writing. The school started last week, and some professors are giving activities. 

Damon looked at his friend before leaving. Damon and Audrey are planning to go out to have some fun, and they also plan to invite Aku.

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“Damon, seems like Aku is still not okay…” Audrey said, Damon looked at her and he bitterly smiled. “Damon it’s not your fault… we all know that they both have feelings for each other” Audrey said, she hugged Damon. 

Audrey knows that Damon is also suffering from what happened last time. Damon is blaming himself from what happened, if he didn’t pursue Aku to confess to Zara this will never happen. 

Damon always looked at Aku, he was different from the past Aku, he was a bit cold or maybe you could say lifeless. Unlike before even if the professor gave activities to do for days like research. Aku would still come and join Damon and invite him. 

Damon notices that Aku didn’t smile as usual like in the past, even though he teases him Aku won’t be bothered and looks at his phone. 

Damon sometimes looked at what Aku was doing on his phone, he saw that Aku was looking at the messages between Zara and him. Not only the messages but he was also looking at the photo they took together, or the photo Aku stole while Zara is not looking.

“Damon are you fine?” Audrey is looking at Damon with worry. “I am fine… unlike my best friend who is heartbroken… I am much better… and I am much better because you’re here beside me” Damon said looking with sincerity. 

“Even though you're like that… you keep teasing me!” Audrey said as she pouted. “HAHAHAHA!!! I can’t tease my best friend…” Damon said laughing. 

Audrey smiles looking at Damon “you're hard on yourself!” Audrey said, she grabs the hand of Damon and walks.

“I think it’s time to go to the hospital…” Damon said, Audrey was also scheduled to go to the hospital today for her yearly check-up. Audrey nodded and they went to the hospital,

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At the hospital, Damon and Audrey looked around and so many people at the waiting area. “Sigh* so many people” Audrey said, Damon looked at her with a confused face. 

“Aren’t you a VIP here? And you already scheduled your check-up?” Damon asked her. The hospital is one of the biggest hospitals in the country and the facilities are also in top quality unlike the other hospital. 

“Hmmm… yes I do… I just feel a bit guilty that I won’t fall-in-line…” Audrey said. Damon patted her head and smiled at her and said “It’s okay”.

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Damon who is waiting for Audrey who went to a room to check-ep look around the place. While looking around he saw a glimpse of a lady whom he knew. 

He followed the girl and the nurse who pushed the wheelchair. He didn’t know that when the girl stopped and looked behind, he was right. 

It was Zara who was riding the wheelchair, unlike the past Zara who was still looking healthy. The Zara he saw was pale… super pale and thin. 

“ZARA!?” he called her. Zara, who is sitting on the wheelchair, was shocked to see Damon. Damon walked towards her “Da-Damon?” she was feeling guilty and somewhat in pain. 

They looked at each other and kept silent, Damon didn't know what to say. “Aku…” Zara looked around and didn’t see Aku. 

“He was in the dorm… did he know?” Damon said while he also asked if Aku knew that she was in the hospital. Zara kept quiet and didn’t say a word. 

“I guess he didn’t know… maybe if he knew he would understand and he would not be like this…” Damon said, he looked at Zara seriously. 

“Zara! Are you bored waiting for me?” a guy said, it was the guy in the mall. 

“I see… is he your boyfriend? I just want to know?” Damon asked her knowing that it would be rude. 

“HAHAHAHA! No I am not her boyfriend… I am her brother” the guy said while laughing, it was interesting to see that her cute little sister was talking to some other guy than him and his dad. 

“Oh!… sorry…” Damon said he was not embarrassed, not a bit, with his speculation. “Then I would like to ask you… Zara, can we talk in private?” Damon asked, he was looking at Zara’s brother. 

“Brother Duke…” Zara said and Duke and the nurse went away.

“I just want to ask you… why didn’t you tell him?” Damon said, he was looking at Zara. “I was planning to tell him… the last time we met but…” Zara explained. 

Damon looked at her “I want to tell Aku that day… because maybe that will be the last time I will see him… I know my condition… my health very well” Zara starts to cry, Damon looked at her with the same expression. 

“Maybe I will die soon…” Zara said and smiled towards Damon. Damon was shocked, “from the very start you…” he can’t finish what he wants to say. Zara nods and calls his brother who is only a few meters away from them. 

“Cough*” Zara holds her mouth, Damon was in front of her, and her brother is still on the way. Damon saw blood; he couldn’t speak… 

Duke told the nurse to bring back Zara to her room. “I guess your questions are answered…” Duke said while glaring at Damon. “Well… it’s not really me who wants to see her…” Damon replied… 

“Damon… I’ve been looking for you” Audrey shouts, he saw Damon with another guy. 

“Not you?” Duke asked “Yeah… not me, as you can see I already have the love of my life…” Damon said and walked towards Audrey…

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