All The Way (Septiplier)

One Hundred Twenty Six

•Mark•

"If you'd like to see him, he's in room two twenty four, Intensive Care Unit." He walked away on that.
I opened the door to Sean's room.
The white faced boy had his eyes closed.  His lips were only a little bit blue.  His hair was completely gone.  He looked almost lifeless.
Almost.
"I'm here." I whispered.
I sat down, waiting for him to wake up.  His monitors were softly and evenly beeping, the tubes pumping air into his new lungs.
A nurse came in and took the tubes out of his throat.
"Is he okay?" I asked.
"His monitors say he can breathe on his own." She smiled.
I nodded and watched as she left.

•Sean•

I could hear Mark's soft voice.
"You'll be okay.  Now you're okay." He was clearly crying.
I tried a few times to open my eyes before they cracked open just a little bit.
"Oh my God, Sean!" He cried.
I smiled a little bit.  My chest hurt, but I didn't care in that moment.
"You're okay!" He was crying hard, as my nurse came in.
"Welcome back." Nurse Ming said.
I opened my mouth to talk, but nothing came out.
That scared me.
"It's going to take a few tries, you have to get used to the lungs.  Don't worry, you can talk.  You just have to give it a minute." She explained as she hung up pain medicine.
I nodded and held Mark's hand.
"Does it feel better?  To breathe?" Mark asked.
I nodded, still not able to speak.
"I'm so happy you're okay." He very carefully hugged me.
Doctor Sochta came in.
"I have some news, Sean." She told me.
I looked at her.
"Don't look so scared, this is amazing news." She laughed a little bit.
I looked at Mark.
"The cancer is gone.  All of it.  No more treatment, nothing.  You're okay now." She smiled.
I broke into tears right away.  Mark was crying again too, but these were happy tears.
"Thank you." Mark said.
She smiled, nodded, and walked out.
"You're okay now." Mark kissed me.
"Yes.  And I can.. talk.. properly, but slowly." I laughed a little bit.
"You can talk!" He exclaimed.
"I love you." I smiled.
"I love you too." He kissed me again, this time I kissed back.
"I also.. really like this.. ring." I looked at the ring he had given me earlier.
"I want to marry you, Sean." Mark said softly.
"As soon as we turn eighteen." I kissed him.
"Absolutely." He kissed back.