A Love Most Robotic by Silas Vale

Author:Silas Vale [Vale, Silas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-02-01T07:00:00+00:00

Learning the truth

Willow tensed up, and her breath left her chest. His words echoed in her mind for a moment or two, before she cinched her arms around him tightly to try to comfort him. "Shhh... It's okay..." Her own heart was racing, and she could feel anxiety begin to set in on her chest. He had cancer. The most brilliant man she had ever met, someone who she had discovered she loved being around, had cancer.

But she pushed her own thoughts aside. He needed her at that moment.

"Oh, Nych..." She closed her eyes, resting her chin atop of his head. "I'm so sorry." She bit the inside of her lip. "I- what kind? Do you know how bad it is?"

He nodded his head, though it took a moment to get himself under control. Even when the tears had stopped, however, he still clung to her. He held her tighter than he'd ever held anyone before.

"Stage four acute myelogenous leukemia. It's a blood cancer. I could've possibly gotten rid of it with a blood transplant a few years ago, but..."

He looked down to his arms with a sigh.

"Have you heard of Rhnull blood? The rarest blood type in the world? It appears that I have it, and that it's diseased. So a blood transplant, well... It was impossible.”

Which meant...

"There's no cure for me anymore. I'm reaching my end."

Willow was silent for a couple seconds, and it felt as though she had been punched in the gut. She hadn't known Nych long, but the thought of him suffering through this and dying... It pained her to no end. She hugged him tighter after a second, closing her eyes and biting the inside of her lip. "I'm so sorry." Her voice was quiet, and... Sad. She didn't want to lose him, even though she had just met him.

Anger suddenly flared within her chest. He was ill and suffering, and everyone else had the audacity to be so... Awful. If anyone so much as glared at him while she was around, she was going to crush their head against the pavement with her own bare hands.

It flickered out after a moment, and she sighed heavily. "... Do you know how much time you have?" Willow murmured softly after a second.

Nych chuckled a bit, and looked at her with something new in his eyes.

Determination.

"I should have died yesterday according to the doctors, but... I'm still kicking. Three months and one day ago, they gave me three months to live. I'm still out here trying to find a cure for all cancers. Not just my own."

So that was why he was so adamant about it.

"Other than that... I've got no idea how much time I've got."

She stared at him for a moment or two, and then slowly nodded. "... I see."

After a second, a small smile came to her lips. "I guess we're going to have to make the most of every day, huh?" She quirked an eyebrow, and after a second leaned forwards and lightly touched her forehead to his.

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