Suzy jolted awake, sweat coating her body. It was one more of those dreams she couldn’t explain. She took a few breaths to calm herself before pushing the covers off. Eagerly, she walked towards the front door.  She opened it to find her expected present waiting.

Over the past week, she woke up every day to a single tulip on her doorsteps. She thought it was a mere coincidence the first day, and yet was doubtful at the long stream and beautiful colour. As it kept happening, Suzy became excited to wake up every day to the perfect flower.

Somehow, it relieved her at night to imagine it greeting her as soon as she opens her eyes. It took her mind off her usual thoughts.

She beamed as she picked up the flower. She felt bad about holding such hopes but her heart races faster in the morning, she knew that for sure.

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Seung gi smiled as he entered the hospital, for the first time in a while. She picked up the flower from yesterday, and should now be greeted with the fresh one as she wakes up.

He hoped the flower would offer her some relief, just until he can replace it.  He could only imagine her beautiful smile as she makes her way to the door, knowing her gift waits.

Somewhere inside of him, amid those thoughts he tried to conceal, he knew it was also his only evidence that she wakes up every morning.

It was a very usual morning. He checked his patients, sat to talk with their families, and spent his break with Dae Wang. The news of the day happened as he was about to leave. Min young’s parents finally reached a decision. They agreed to the surgery.

Seung gi didn’t know if he should be relieved that they decided to give him a chance of living, or distressed for the type of life they were going to experience. ‘We can’t let go of him’ they told him.

That night he couldn’t sleep. He wondered if he was being selfish. He wanted her to fight, but what if he was sentencing her to a life of struggling and pain? What if she’d be happiest living the remaining time she has doing the things she loves? It wasn’t right to promise her a life he couldn’t give.

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The next morning, he carried on his routine of visiting the florist, and then leaving a single tulip at her doorsteps. He then drove to the hospital.

Min young was supposed to have the surgery in three weeks. He could imagine his parents feel utmost agony. He hoped he’d be