Bittersweet Reality
Description
Winter~
Crash~
All that Suho has ever known is gone within the blink of an eye. One second, he's still whole-- still happy. The next, pain is rushing through him, coursing through his blood, poisening his mind like acid.
One second he's off to college and the next, he's lying in the middle of the road, the metal sheet of his car sliding into his legs, slicing through his jeans like butter and with a piercing scream, into the flesh of his thighs.
He can't feel the pain anymore.... Its too numb, but he can see it all. The darkening sky, the whirring, bright lights off in the distance. The ambulances racing towards him. But its too late. The edges of his vision darken and blur, mashing all of his senses together. And then-
Blackness
He wakes up on a hospital bed in a small room.
Everything is so white... so clean... so artificial.
There is one small window in the room, off on the side of the room.
There, besides the window is the other bed, and on the other bed, is Suho's new roommate: Zhang Yixing.
Every day Yixing gazes out the window and tells Suho of all the wonders outside. All the wonders that Suho will get to see once more, once he recovers.
But underneath all the images Yixing depicts, there is always that bittersweet reality.
Hey guys: I was reading my school's newsletter today actually, and I found this story. I'm not quite sure if it is a real story or not, but I was touched by the short article. I've changed it slightly to fit Suho and Yixing, and this is my second Sulay fanfic! My first one can be found |here|. I'll post a link to the article if I can find it online because it really was a sweet story.
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Foreword
"If you need anything else just press the button, alright, sweetie?" The nurse beamed once more at Suho before twirling around and tottering out of the room.
Suho didn't even bother answering, just closing his eyes to close everything off. To close himself off from the reality that had hit him... quite literally.
"My name is Yixing."
Suho glanced up and twisted himself so that he was facing the other bed in the room. The other male patient. "Sorry, what?"
The boy smiled at him, dimples peeking out from his cheeks. "My name is Yixing. I'll probably be your roommate until you get out." The boy's eyes seemed almost vacant as he turned around, away from Suho and towards the door. "Now is probably the time for you to tell me yours."
"I didn't ask for your name," Suho muttered but grudgingly told the other boy his name. "Why are you in here?"
Yixing chuckled, a quiet melodious sound that filled the artificially white room. "Just reasons."
Suho was about to push for more information, but seeing the suddenly sorrowful expression on Yixing's face, he couldn't say a word. "Alright" he finally murmered, but Yixing's face was no longer in his view. The other boy had turned towards the small window next to his bedside.
"You don't have to talk about it" Suho found himself whispering to the quiet room. "I know how you feel... I've just about given up..."
"Don't say that," Yixing protested, not turning away from the window. "There is so much out there for you to live for. You should never give up hope."
Suho simply snorted, closing his eyes once more.
"There are," Yixing insisted, voice cracking just slightly. "There is so much beauty in the world for you to see."
Suho made no move to respond, simply squeezing his eyes shut, feeling the first tears starting to betray him, slipping and sliding down his face.
"Outside, you get to see so many beautiful things... Can I tell you about them?"
Suho grunted, and he could hear Yixing chuckling again.
"Outside," Yixing began, his voice soothing and calming like a lullabye. "Outside, you get to see the beauty of nature."
Suho cracked open one eye, and turned to face Yixing's sillouhette. Yixing was facing the window, clutching at the windowsill. Due to his angle. Suho couldn't see anything but Yixing's back.
He closed his eyes again, hearing Yixing's voice smooth over him like a blanket. Yixing was talking about the grass at the moment, and Suho let a small smile slip on his face.
He fell asleep to Yixing's descriptions of grassy terrains and giant, towering oak trees.
"And outside, you can see the grass. Its not just green, Suho, its a magical color. It glimmers as the wind blows over the land, flickering different shades of green and blue and yellow. And in the grass, you can see small patches of brown. Those are the rabbits. They're hopping around trying to find a mate. Trying to find another bunny, and they'll do what bunnies do.... If you know what I mean." Through his dreamlike state, Suho could hear Yixing chuckling quietly to himself at his own allusion. "And they'll live happily ever after, Suho. Just like you will."
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