Chapter 3 Why.. (2/2)

Next to the young man, stood a pregnant woman in a mauve pleaded dress, she was in the embrace of a man who wore the same outfit as the other men.

”Mami!!”

Cries Hana as she breaks away from Min Lee's embrace and runs towards Mami.

From the impact of Hana's hug, Mami was almost pushed back, but she steady her footing. She did not blink. Her eyes stared fixated on the white sheet covering the gurney in the center of the room.

”I'm so sorry Mami..” Hana sobs as she hugs Mami tightly. ”Oppa... he... wuuuu...”

Even with Hana's dreadful crying next her ear, everything seemed to have been muted in Mami's ears.

Looking at Mami and his wife, Min Lee steps close to them. ”Hana, let Mami through..” He spoke as he gently pulls Hana away from Mami.

”Mm...” Hana nods her head as she sobs returning to Min Lee's embrace.

Slowly, Mami made her way towards the gurney.

Each step she took was like thunder and lightning to one's heart.

Each step became harder to take, like quick sand sinking her legs in, making it harder for her to breath.

But, she still arrived in front of the gurney.

She looked at the White sheet that outlined a body, she raised her trembling hands and gently lift the sheet.

The face of a handsome man came to her view, yet his eyes remained closed. There were traces of Almost dried blood on his perfectly sculpted face.

She stare at the man with unblinking eyes.

This is the man who she gave her whole heart to....

For ten years, he has been the warmth of her cold world...

The shining light to her darkness..

A streak of dried blood was at the corner of his mouth and she reached out her hand to wipe it.

She did not pull her hand away, but caress his cheek.. It was no longer warm.

Looking at him, her heart broke into pieces, better yet, it was like her heart was ripped out with intense force.

Mami stare at Shin's face as she recalls their last meeting last night.

He had told her that no matter what happens, he'll walk through life with her. Never leaving her alone in this world. That, she was the love of his life and he to her.

Her eyes softened, as if the person laying on the gurney was only sleeping.

Softly, she caress his cheek with her thumb.

”That's enough Shin.. Open your eyes.”

Her soft voice echoed in the room.

Hearing her words, everyone looks at her with an even more broken heart.

But she didn't care about the looks everyone in the room had. All she could see was the man she loves wholeheartedly.

”Shin...” she softly spoke again. ”Wake up..”

silence.

Shin laid on the gurney with his eyes closed, unmoving. Mami gently lowers her body and kisses Shin on his lip, despite all the dried blood on his face. She didn't care.

She moves 3 inches away from his lips, and yet, nothing...

Again, she kisses him on the lips .

And again.

And again.

Seeing Mami's actions, Hana cries even more in Min Lee's embrace.

Mami pulled away from Shin's lips, seeing he did not once move or open his eyes, her legs gave up as she slowly falls to her knees.

She lift his hand and gently caress it on her cheeks.

”You liar.. you said before, if I kiss you when you're sleeping, you'd wake up... so why aren't you?!”

She gaze at Shin with watery eyes, as if waiting for him to sit up, smile at her and say it was all just a joke.

But..... Nothing, only silence.

The tears she had been holding back finally slides down when reality hit her..

She held his hand tightly with hers.

”Please don't leave me.... please don't...” her sobs echo through the room and out into the hospital corridors. ”I'm begging you.. please don't leave me...”

Mami's cries and pleads were like a hammer that abruptly hit each one in the room.

Min Lee guided his crying wife to sit down on a chair. He knew she was in pain, but she was pregnant as well...

The man with the pony tail clench his fists tightly with his head down. Streaks of tears slid down his cheeks as he cries silently.

The young man stares at Mami with red eyes from crying. He wanted to go over to her and tell her sorry, but how is a sorry going to bring back Shin?

He looks away and press his forehead against the cold window.

Mami's cries echoed throughout the hospital corridors. Anyone who hears can feel her pain and cry with her.

Outside the room, Qin Jun sat on the floor by the door with his head hung low.

'Why.... why must it be like this... why....?'