"y-you know i hate goodbyes, so," she gave a little wave, "see you later, bear. i love you so much. thank you for everything."
taehyung weakly smiled back, lifting his hand and waving it.
"s-see you later. i love you more. t-thank you for being here with me."
he watched, broken, as soonyi was slowly moved out of the room.
as soon as he could no longer see her, his tears started to fall again. putting a hand over his mouth to muffle his sobs, he started to slide off the chair and land on his knees.
hiding his face in his arms, he made a wish as his tears dropped onto the floor below him.
'please. please let her be ok.'
•
to taehyung, it seemed like barely any time had passed since soonyi had been taken out of the room.
that was until he heard footsteps enter the room he was in, and a voice call his name.
"kim taehyung?"
slowly looking up, taehyung saw a doctor staring at him, a solemn look on his face.
"w-what is it? i-is she ok? she made it, right?" taehyung quickly asked him, standing up so fast that his vision turned black.
hearing only silence from the doctor, taehyung felt tears well up in his eyes again.
"w-why aren't you answering me?! s-shes ok, right?" taehyung asked again, raising his voice as he felt a tear escape.
"...i-i'm sorry, sir-" the doctor started, only to be interrupted by a choked out son from the man in front of him.
"n-no!! n-no, no, she can't be gone! n-no, p-please, i need her!" taehyung sobbed, grabbing the shoulders of the doctor.
"sir, i-i apologise. we did everything we could, b-but-"
"d-don't give me that shit! if you did everything you could, s-she'd still be alive!!" he yelled, fresh tears rolling down his face.
dropping to the floor, taehyung let out loud sobs as the news started to hit him.
"s-she's really gone..." he muttered, staring blankly in front of him.
the doctor crouched down next to him.
"i'm so sorry for your loss, sir. i-if you would like, you can pay her a visit to say your goodbyes."
taehyung only nodded, still staring blankly at the floor.
•
walking into the room, taehyung's breath hitched when he saw her body.
pale, lifeless, cold.
he would never be able to hear her melodious voice again.
he would never be able to see her bright smile again.
he would never be able to hear her say "i love you" again.
he felt broken.
softly grabbing on to her hand, he held back a sob when he didn't feel her squeeze his hand back like she used to.
brushing a stray piece of hair from her face, he flinched as he felt her cold skin.
letting a tear fall, he sat down next to her as he rubbed his thumb in circles on the back of her lifeless hand.
taking a deep breath, he opened his mouth to speak.
"i-i can't believe you're really gone... i-i had so much hope that you would get through this- that we would grow old together, t-that we would have children together... w-we were supposed to spend our lives together..."
clenching his free hand into a fist, he felt another tear drop.
"i-i don't understand why the world was so cruel to you! y-you have the purest soul, you'd never hurt anyone- s-so why does the world think that you deserve this?! w-why couldn't it be me instead?! why did it have to be you?!"
he took a shaky breath, and lowered his voice.
"i-i'm so sorry that i couldn't protect you."
tightening his grip on her hand, he wiped some of his tears away.
"m-maybe, we just weren't meant to be together in this life. m-maybe, in another life, we're holding hands, standing next to each other, laughing at the thought of not being together.
a-and i just hope that we can see each other again. if not in this life, then maybe in another one. b-but i just hope that wherever you are now, y-you're happy. i hope you're smiling."
he lets out a sad smile.
"n-now you can be where you belong, angel. t-this world was too harsh on you, bear."
he sniffled, wiping away his remaining tears.
a knock on the door made him jump, and taehyung grew sad when he couldn't hear you giggling at him.
the doctor entered the room, placing a hand on taehyung's shoulder.
"i'm sorry sir, but we need to deal with her body now. she fought well."
taehyung only closed his eyes, and took in a deep breath.
opening his eyes again, he nodded and turned back to soonyi.
standing up, he tucked a piece of hair behind her ear, and placed a long kiss to her forehead.
"in a universe somewhere out there, im with you. i-im sure of it. and we're both happy. im just glad that at least one version of me gets to spend a lifetime with you." with a soft smile, he muttered. "i love you, bear. s-see you later."
turning around and nodding at the doctor, he turned to leave.
"thank you for doing what you could, doctor."
the doctor only replied with a sympathetic smile and a small nod as taehyung left the room.
for the first time in two years, taehyung had no new messages that night.
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