My Almost You 4

"Congratulations Mister Medici for your successful operation..."

The doctor said after she finished taking the bandage around Lance's eyes. It took Lance few seconds to finally open his eyes, it was still blurry, he looked at his doctor and to the person next to him

Lance: "Shin... "

He said and roamed his eyes around the hospital room, Shin can't help but to cry, he was happy for him.

Lance thought of the thing he wanted to do first since he already regained his eyesight, and that is to go to the park with his Shin and Kiseia.

"Shin uhm , can you call Seia? I wonder if she was still busy?"

Shin: "Actually, I have something to tell you Lance, It's regarding Kiseia..."

Shin was not ready to tell him, he knew It'll just hurt Lance, but Lance knew it was a bad news, but he stayed calm.

"Lance... she's gone" Shin said.

"W-wait what, did I heard you correctly"

"Lance she's gone, I'm sorry for keeping it from you"

Lance can't even look at him

"She was sick before i hired her, I knew she was sick, but she insist to work with you, because she was your cornea donor"

Lance couldn't process what Shin just said, or he can't just accept the truth, that it was Kiseia's eyes he just received.

Lance: "Shin what do you mean she's gone?"

"She died the next day of your operation, her body didn't take it and she was dying because of her illness... And the money that you gave her for the exchange of her cornea, she gave it to the orphanage including her salary as your assistant"

Lance wanted to cry, he badly wanted to but there's no sign of tears of his eyes, his heart ached and he went speechless

Shin: "Ohh, and Kiseia told me to gave this to you... In case she won't make it..."

Shin gave him the paper that Kiseia wrote.

To: Lance

"Hi Lance, If you're currently reading this, that probably mean that I didn't make it and you already know that I'm your cornea donor, right? Did you know the time, I spend with you was my most memorable one, and I also really like you... well, I like everyone, but I really like you the most, you're short-tempered. This is the first time I have these feelings, right now... I'm so in love that I don't even fear death. HAHAHA I wish I could be so cool say all that... I really like you. I liked the way you faced the world. Even though you're visually impaired, you didn't give up easily. Whenever I eat with you, when I watched you sleep, when I walk with you in the park, even all the time I spent with you, I liked all of it so much. Lance whenever I say each syllable of your soft name, it would give me butterflies. Although you have to walk all alone on the path a head of you, you'll get used to it. You'll do a good job. So let me go now, You have to."

---Kiseia_Zhong♡

His eyes were filled with tears, and his head was tilted facing towards the ceiling and with lights from above. For some reason, his tears weren't listening to his demands and kept attempting to escape from his eyes.

'I wish I could at least tell you, how much I like you too...' he said to himself.

"Can you take it if we'll attend to her funeral?"

Lance: "Kf course, i told her I'll visit her after my operation but i didn't expect that i will meet her in her funeral"

"Okay then, We'll visit her funeral tomorrow."

...

It was 9:00 in the morning. Then Shin drove him to Kiseia's funeral, there are a lot of mourners but Lance walked straight away to her friend. Lance chuckled but it turned out to be a sobs later on, he tried to prevent his sobs by covering his mouth but he failed to, his feet numbed until he can't feel it already and kneeled in front of Kiseia's coffin.

Lance: "you should have told me so i can help you, how can i teach you the piano if you're not already here, how can i live with these eyes of yours?"

LANCE'S POV

I was filled with regrets before, but meeting Kiseia was never a regret for me, because of her I've realized a lot of things, because of her I am able to see things I am not able to see before. Sion said Stephanie's eyes fit me, they look so beautiful that i can stare to them all day in front of the mirror.

A year had passed, and i can still hear Kiseia's voice sometimes, I can still remember her sermons and advices, i can still remember her compliments, her laughs and her hugs, especially the song the she sung before. How can I even forgot those? Those memories are worth remembering for and I'll treasure them just like how i treasure her and her eyes I'm with her right now, I visited her grave.

"Do you still remember the song you sung at me? I wish you can sing it with for the last time..." he said staring at Kiseia's grave. Tears start flooding in his eyes...

"The sky is blue and the sun is shining. So my tears are even more noticeable. Kiseia, did you remember the letter you wrote me? You told me to let you go right? But i really can't bring myself to let you go... Everytime I keep telling myself... 'Why did it have to be you? Why can't I leave you?' Maybe the reason why I can't bring myself to forget you is, maybe i really don't want to forget you." I added. I placed the bouquet of flowers in front of her grave.

"I hope you like it..."

"Wherever you are..."

"I hope you're happy."

"I hope you're in peace..."

"Kiseia Zhong..."

"MY ALMOST"