Pie's POV   I watched Kim happily play video games with Ploy. She always looked at her niece with delight and a look that meant a million things. It warms my heart and it even quivered just by simply gazing at her. I can't even imagine my life now without her. When she told me last night that she have, I can't, I couldn't even get myself to say it. I don't want to believe it. I refused to believe it but after hearing it directly from Dr. Meena, I was forced to face the terrible truth. Why did fate allow us to meet again? For us to fall deeply in love with each other? So that God can play a cruel joke on us? Then He must be laughing his tail off because I just felt like my world fell apart. These feelings I have for her that seem to just get bigger inside my chest, love that gets deeper each day, something so beautiful, it hurts. Whenever I look at her, and I just love her, and it terrifies me. It terrifies me before because of what my family and friends might think about us and I was scared of her leaving me because of it, but this is different now, it terrifies me in an entirely different way. I'm terrified of losing her completely, thinking that one of these days, I might wake up without her beside me and never see her again because I know if that happens, she'll take my heart with her. I know that I shouldn't be thinking this way. I know that I shouldn't be losing hope that Kim will get better. I'm trying my best not to think the worst thing that could happen. I don't want to think about it but I can't help it. I don't know what to do. I felt like I'm stuck in this terrible nightmare.    "Pie..."    I was startled out of my contemplation by Kim's voice. Her warm breath against the back of my neck while her arms gently wrapped around my waist. I glanced toward the living room, Ploy just left the room, running upstairs. I sighed, seeking comfort in her arms.    "Are you okay? I'm worried about you." She asked with concerned in her voice.    How can Kim even worry about me, she should be more worried about herself and not mine.    I voiced out my thoughts, "Stop worrying about me. You should be more concern about yourself and not m—"    "I'm always gonna think about you even before myself. What happens to me is the least of my worries."    "What do you mean by that? You should know that you're my life! If something happens to you... If something bad... I can't... If you really care about me—"  "Don't be upset, Pie. I'm sorry. I didn't mean it like that."    "Then what do you mean b—"    "Pie..."    God, she keeps on interrupting me, I bet she's preparing herself from my sudden outbursts. Why is she even acting like this? I just need her to stop thinking about me and just start thinking about herself getting better.    "I just don't want you to worry too much about me. I know that I'll be alright as long as you're here with me." she whispered.    I struggled against her arms, trying to push her away, "What can I do to make you better, Kim? I'm useless! You've been keeping this from me for almost two months now and all I ever thought, was you, cheating on me! How can I even thought of you hurting me like that! How can I even thought the worst from you when in fact you've been struggling on your own! I should've known better! I should've insisted to go with you when you had your—"    Kim tightened her embraced, snuggling her face into the back of my neck, "Please, Pie..."    "It's all my fault, Kim! I saw you collapsed before and you had those frequent nosebleeds! I mean, even your migraine and... I... those were signs of... I... I ignored it, Kim... I should've forced you to have it checked then maybe, maybe... you could've gotten better by now... maybe... we could've prevented it... I... I should've..."    Kim let out a deep sigh, enveloping my body with hers, "Pie, I never want to hear you blame yourself again nor even think about it. Ever. Do you understand? You and Ploy are the only reason I'm still fighting this. If you weren't even here, I think I would just let it be. I love you so much Pie and it hurts me that you felt like you need to blame yourself for something that you don't have any control of. I just need you to be here with me. That's all I need, Pie. You're all I need."    I couldn't help it. I bit my lip but tears began seeping down my cheeks. I spun around, threw my arms around her and buried my face in the crook of her neck. I keep on crying. I couldn't stop.    I felt Kim's lips pressed to my neck, she whispered, "Pie, I love you. You know that I get my strength from you. I promised, I'll try to get better. I'll fight against this."    I pulled her face to mine and kissed her gently on her cheeks, the corners of then her soft lips, "I love you too, Kim."      We told Ploy about Kim's condition later that same evening and she cried all night. We had to let her sleep with us to make her feel better. The next day, we told the rest of our friends and family although Kim didn't really want to tell them at first. She didn't want anyone else to worry about her, but then I insisted since we needed to get all the support she needs besides she needed to file for a leave of absence or better yet, resignation, for the chemotherapy and some of her other treatment. When we finally told them, no one could stop crying. Shone cried like a kid, hugging Kim and refusing to let her go. He felt so bad that this is all happening to Kim. He kept on telling us that Kim is a good person and she didn't deserve this, no one does, especially Kim.  After a few days of letting our family and close friends know about Kim, I knew that I had to accept it. Kim's first month long stay in the hospital was pretty rough. I cried a lot whenever Kim was sleeping or when no one is visiting. I tried my best to show her that I'm strong enough for the both of us, that I can handle it even though it's painful to see her suffer so much. My mom told me that cancer can take away a lot of things