Flashbacks will be in italics
^Mika's POV..^
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I have no idea what i did to make mum cry...i feel bad.
Mummy shouldn't be crying, shes the best mum ever.
I crawl to the end of the hospital bed and hang my legs over the ledge. "Mumma? What did i do?"
She looks up at me, wiping the tears from her face.
"Nothing sweetheart, you didn't do anything. Just give mum a second, okay Bud?"
The doctor gives one last sincere look before he leaves the room.
Mumma comes to sit next to me on the bed. Im glad she did cause i was getting lonely.
"I have something to tell you bud..."
I nod my head up and down, to tell her I'm listening.
She thinks for a second, like she was trying to think of how to tell me something in baby words.
"Mum, Im big now...you can tell me in big words."
She laughs and nods, "okay bud, the doctors say you have... terminal cancer..."
I've heard of cancer, grandma had it...she went to heaven a couple months ago.
"It means their going to have to give you lots of medicine, and your gonna spend a lot of time at the doctors."
Shes crying harder now, something tells me that I'm going to have to be strong for mummy.
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And thats what i did. Its been 5 years now. I just turned 15...
Winter in Manchester, UK is horrid. Its freezing out.
Luckily, I'm only going to be here for another hour or so. Mum and i have to go back to Las Angeles, US soon. The doctors there are more familiar with my case. Thats were I've been receiving treatment. Although the better place for me is in London, they think my case would be more cared for in the U.S.
Unfortunately, there isn't much they can do about Terminal Cancer. Treatments aren't working. I'm running out of time...all that crap.
Yet, my mom insist that they'll cure me. They won't.
I struggle a bit to pick my baby sister up, Zoey, shes 6.
"Okay Zo, you gonna be good for Dad?" I ask her. Shes a trouble maker.
She nods her head, "yeh, but my blue crayon is broken..."
I laugh and walk to the kitchen to get some tape. I walk into the living room where her coloring supplies are scattered onto the table.
I let her down from my arms and she gives me her blue crayon.
Once i tape it together, mom calls me from the front door.
" bye Zoey, love you!" I yell, running out the door.
I hug my dad on the way out giving him a quick "goodbye," before rushing out the door where my bags are already loaded into the backseat.
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Sorry for the short intro✌🏼️
-Axx
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Autumn||BoyxBoy
Short Story"It's strange that autumn is such a beautiful season, yet everything around you is dying." Or where Mika has cancer and doesn't want Zander to get too attached. Zander has other ideas...
