His feelings

Melania was lying on the bed with her eyes closed, but she could feel a person sitting by her bedside. She knew that Xiao Hao has returned. 'Why didn't he call me? Why is he quietly sitting beside my bedside?' Millions of thoughts were running through her mind. She slowly opened her eyes to find Xiao Hao looking through the window at a distance. She did not want to disturb the young man, and so she closed her eyes and pretended to sleep again.

'Do you miss me Soph? Do you know how much I'm trying to find you but I simply cannot. I don't know whether someone is deliberately protecting you or your identity. Each time I come very close to finding you, each time I get lost again. Why are you doing this to me? God knows how much I was afraid upon seeing Auntie in that condition. I searched madly for you everywhere. I have tried every means possible. But I cannot find you. Why? Why is it that every time I try to come close to you, life messes it up for me and distances us more. Till when will I have to wait to see you? Please be alive my love. I cannot bear to....' A single drop of tear rolled down from his eyes onto his hand which was resting on his lap. In a while, more drops started making way from his eyes onto his lap. After crying for a while, he was exhausted and slept on the couch on which he was sitting.

Melanie opened her eyes upon hearing the steady breathing from the young man sitting by her bedside. Melanie cast her gaze upon the young man, only to find his fair cheeks strained with tears.

'Oh, so this young man is missing someone. I must keep him cheerful. He has done a lot for me. The least I can do is make him happy while I stay here.', Melanie thought to herself.

Melanie couldn't get down from her bed because of the various machines surrounding her, but she bend herself a little and caressed the young man's forehead with tender care. The young man felt more comfortable upon feeling her touch and comfortably laid on the sofa to sleep more peacefully. He felt as if it is a mother's touch which he used to get earlier but missed for a long time. He felt contented. Melanie was also satisfied. She too went back to sleep.

In her dreams, she saw a young boy running and chasing a young girl in the backyard of her house. Then, the scene changed to the young boy and young girl were laughing together at something. Then she saw the most painful part where the young boy was being dragged by his parents to the car while the young girl was crying her heart out. The separation of the young hearts led to the change in the girl. She lost her interest in nearly everything. The scene in her dream changed to the lifeless look on the face of the girl, those haunting eyes.

Melania woke up sweating profusely. The lifeless look on her daughter's face was the cause of her everyday nightmare. Yes, Melania saw her daughter in her dreams. She turned to find the young man gone from the room. She found a glass of water on the table beside her bed. She picked it up and gulped the water hastily.