It was a busy day in the hospital the nurses and doctors were moving from one room to another, patients were being taken in a hurry to operation theaters
Amidst all this hustle and bustle there lay Eri next to an unconscious Dream maybe in a comatosed state.
Eri could only see him next to her as the nightmare she had was fading.
"Dream?"
"Dream"
"Dream!!"
She suddenly jumped ripping off the drip wires connected to her arms as she hugged Dream with all her might.
At first she couldn't understand why she did that it was just a impulse, a impulse which she liked
Slowly as she felt Dream's warm body against her she started weeping, crying, as big heavy tears fell from her eyes same ones which fell when her parents died.
"Oh right was that a dream she had...."
"Was it not real"
"But it felt so real"
As she looked at Dream's body once more she could she him still intact but with one arms plastered.
"Thank god"
"Thank god you are okey Dream"
"Even if that was real or fake I am glad you... are alive"
As she hid her face beside his neck she kissed his neck gently a warm gesture of her love maybe or her worry for him.
Suddenly Then the door burst open.
Dream's family stood before him all of their eyes were red and glassy from crying.
As they say him okey they breathed a sigh of relief.
But as they say the one who caused so much pain to their son next to him hugging him even they were filled with a rising tide of anger.
his little sister stella, eyes already streaming tears froze at the sight—Eri beside her broken brother, the girl who had caused him so much heartache.
As she couldn't control her anger she dashed and slapped her across her face.
As eri stood the marked with a print of her hand on her own cheek she looked at him, with nothing but sadness.
"I-"
"What more do you want from my brother?"
"Huh"
Eri was confused by this sudden question but Stella was still filled with anger.
"His friends"
"His reputation"
"His happiness"
"His love for YOU!!"
"Now you are even trying to take his life !!"
"What more do you want !!"
Eri recoiled a little with this sudden outburst but she felt guilty because everything said by Stella was true..
And she hated that she was right.
a hand coming to her cheek as she stared at the distraught girl in disbelief for the pain of the slap started working, hardly able to process the venom and accusation in her words.
Dream's mother and father stood in the doorway, their faces etched with a mix of worry, fear, and a growing anger.
Eri's heart clenched in her chest, a fresh wave of guilt and anguish washing over her
And a part of her wanted to scream back, to defend herself, to make them see that she had never meant for any of this to happen that she truly loved him but was lied to, was manipulated. But the words died in her throat, choked off by the weight of her own regret.
With a shaking voice, Eri whispered, "...I would never... I could never..."
But the words felt hollow, insincere, even to her own ears.
She had already taken so much from Dream, already cost him more than she could ever hope to repay. And now to have his sister believe that she would somehow be the cause of his death was a betrayal she feared she could never overcome.
"You..... You really think I believe that bullshi-!!"
Eri rose from the bed on shaky legs, her body trembling with a mix of fear, shame, and a desperate, hollow emptiness. She knew that she could not stand before Dream's family and defend herself, could not make them understand the tangled web of emotions and regrets that had brought her to this moment. The only thing she could do, the only thing that felt even remotely right, was to beg for their forgiveness, to throw herself at their mercy and pray that some small part of them might find it in their hearts to forgive the girl who had caused their beloved son and brother so much pain.
"Please... please forgive me. I know I can never make up for the pain I've caused your son, the heartache I've brought to your family. I was blind, stupid, and selfish. I let my anger and bitterness consume me, and I hurt the one person who ever truly loved me. I hurt him in ways I can never begin to repay."
"I was to blinded by a love that was never true I was blinded by Alex's popularity, his money, his fame and his..... Beauty"
"That i didn't notice who truly loved me".
Eri's voice cracked and shattered, the weight of her guilt and regret threatening to crush the air from her lungs.
She turned to Dream's sister, her eyes filled with tears and a desperate, pleading light.
"I would never, ever want to take Dream's life. He is the most precious thing in the world to me, and I would give anything, do anything, to make things right between us. Please, you have to believe me. I love him more than anything, and I would never want to cause him any more pain. I'm begging you, all of you, to find it in your hearts to forgive me. I promise, I will spend the rest of my life making this up to him, to you, if you'll just give me the chance. Please... please forgive me. I'm so, so sorry."
The last words emerged as a broken, anguished wail, a desperate, final plea for mercy.
Suddenly Eri felt a hand on her shoulder.
As she slowly looked up she saw Rosa who was comforting her
"I understand that you are truly sorry for what you have done.."
"And don't think I am forgiving you just like that you would have to earn our forgiveness"
"But for now you..... Can stay with dream.... I know he loves you a lot.."
"So he wouldn't like it if we hated eachother"
Rosa gave Eri a soft smile a warm one just like Dreams god the genetics are strong in this family.
Eri looked at bob who was also smiling at her and then at Stella who had turned her face away from her but seemed like she was okey with it for now.
And at this kindness the dam broke again as Eri started crying in rosa's arm like a daughter in her mother's.
Her embrace was really like that of her mother's.
After this encounter the days went boy slowly but happily.
Eri was finally forgiven by dreams family , they even took a liking to her like she was a part of his own family at last and later on she was discharged
But she still kept on staying in the hospital when dream's parents weren't with him, she treated him, helped him bath, bringed him food and since he couldn't eat himself she fed him and sometimes when no one saw(everyone knew) she slept next to him feeling his warmth.
Like this 3 months had passed but Dream has still not woken up.
Until one faithful snow.
As a snowflake drifted past the open windows where laided Dream in his slumber tat snowflake fell on his nose.
At which he sneezed (yeah he woke up from his coma by sneezing).
"Ahhh..... My head hurts like my arm"
"Wait why does my arm hurt ??"
As he looked down he saw his arm plastered like it was broken. Then he remembered what had happened.
"Wait where is Eri !!"
As he looked around to see where he is he saw A teddy bear on the desk beside his bed. That teddy bear was none other than mr snuggles himself.
"Mr... Snuggles"
It was like he was watching him.
"I.... Didn't know you liked eyeing sleeping boys"
He joked because he knew if Mr snuggles is with him Eri must also be fine, hence proved.
He tried to sit up, but his body felt heavy, leaden, as if he had been underwater for far too long and was only now struggling to surface. As he pushed himself up on shaky elbows, he glanced around the room once more, a frown tugging at his lips as he realized that he was alone. No Eri, no family, no nurses—not a single soul was there to greet him as he emerged from his long, dream-filled slumber except for me snuggles.
A pang of sadness and longing swept through him as he reached out, his fingers brushing against the soft, worn fur of Mr. Snuggles.
With a sigh, Dream settled back against the pillows, his gaze drifting to the window and the falling snow beyond. He didn't know how long he had been asleep, or what had transpired in the world outside while he drifted in that in-between place. But one thing he knew for certain—he needed to see Eri.
"God how lonely can you make me"
And as if god listened to him suddenly the door of the room slowly opened
As I saw who it was, it was Eri who had a plate of food in her hand—maybe for herself—but we stared at each other for 10 seconds straight like time had frozen
I gave her a warm smile like before a gesture that this is REAL.
"Good morning Eri"
Eri stood frozen in the doorway, the plate of food slipping from her trembling fingers and clattering to the floor with a loud, startling crash. But she barely noticed the mess, barely registered the splattered remains of her intended meal. For there, sitting up in the bed, was the man she loved, the man she had feared she might never see awake again. Misaal's tired but warm smile, the way his eyes crinkled at the corners as he said her name, sent a jolt of pure, unadulterated joy surging through her veins.
And as she finally came to her senses without wasting a single second she run and jumped into his embrace.
Finally they were together, without nothing in between
As they were in eachothers embrace Eri finally said it
"I love you Misaal, i love you so good damn much"
"Ahh..... You know I waited pretty long to hear that"
"I know"
As they pulled from the embrace there faces so close it felt like nothing was between them
There eyes locked on eachother as they
finally kissed
A sweet kiss
Like a birthday cake
the end