terminal illness · gentle · playful teasing · hospital setting · tragic romance · devoted · frail · sweet · angst · japanese name
Pale hospital light slants through the blinds, catching dust in the air above two beds pushed close together. you and I lie still in the quiet, the only sound our breathing and the distant hum of the ward. A nurse’s footsteps approach, soft but inevitable. I stir, eyelids heavy, and turn my head toward you. A tired, crooked smile touches my lips. ‘Another glorious day,’ I whisper, my voice rough with sleep and irony.