EMBRACE YOU: Presence & Poison
Episode 65's

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I let go of his grasp and the reflex of my left hand raised touched his chest, where his heartbeat

throbbing quietly from behind his shirt.

“If I told you that I also have the same fear, would you believe it? All that's right, all the time left.” I looked up at him, the word just slid off as my palm felt his heartbeat.

With my current condition, I'm getting more and more insecure in front of him, at the very great, he's like a mountain that

it's hard for me to climb.

“What are you afraid of now?” She asked quietly, I can't hide anything from her and just

short nod.

Death seems to be behind me, waiting when this heart can no longer beat. Waiting for this moment of the heart to give up.

Our eyes were turned upside down when Doctor Stefan ran up to our table with another doctor and

a nurse.

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I've been back lying on top of the vault in the ER. This time two doctors were checking on me, while Doctor Stefan was chatting with Bayu by the door occasionally glancing at me.

“How are you doing now?” the voice of Doctor Mina who was introduced by Doctor Stefan disperse

my daydream is watching Bayu.

“I've been better.” I answered as I rubbed my left chest, feeling the heat slowly dissipate and still feeling a little. The doctor smiled at me with Sebastian standing on the other side of the bed. These two doctors have been appointed by Dr. Stefan to deal with my pain. They are heart specialists.

“So how am I doing, doctor?”

There was quite a long pause between these two doctors before finally answering my question. “Start now

you should not be too tired, have to rest a lot and take medicine. Symptoms like this further harm your heart.”

“So right, now I have a history of heart disease?” I asked again, wanting to be absolutely convincing.

This woman beside me nodded slowly.

“What pain do I have to do with the poison, doc?”

“The three of us are still researching it, but one thing is for sure about your symptoms is real because of your heart

being sick.” Doctor Sebastian replied in a quiet voice from before.

Not knowing what to say let alone, I just nodded slowly while staring at the ceiling of the ER room. I looked at a point where my mind was empty.

“Rest.” It was Doctor Mina's voice, the two slowly walked away letting me daydream alone. Now that I'm really aware of one thing, whether it's the poison's side effects or not, I'm now being declared a heartache and that's for sure.

I want to be angry, I'm upset, I'm disappointed but I can't get it all out. I don't know what to either

sad or happy. But above all, fear dominates.

Suddenly my vision was darkened from being blocked by someone's face. Bayu kissed my forehead for a moment and smiled at me. Next to her hand touched the top of my head, rubbing it slowly.

My eyes turned to look at her, replying to her with a small smile. “It's better?”

“Hmm.. better.”

We both stared at each other for the next ten seconds, I could see clearly what was going on

he's thinking. His gaze was trying to encourage me but behind it was a great fear.

Bayu nodded slowly, his position was sitting on the edge of the safe facing me. Both of his hands grabbed my hands and held them. His hands were always warm and comfortable. “However I have to finish all this because from the beginning this is my job.”

I can't reply to her words. He was right, from the beginning Bayu was always involved with something like this. “Yes, you

true.”

I changed my side position which was originally stretched to be tilted facing him. “Tell me the tasks you've been handling. Looks like interesting.” I suddenly couldn't wait to hear it.

Bayu smiled small, justifying his sitting position to be more comfortable. “It will be a long and boring story.”

“I'll never get bored if you're with you.”

I chuckled at the temptation coming out of my own mouth. This man was now laughing in response to my temptation. “You sure you'll never get bored with me? People say I'm too serious and have no sense of humor.”

“Means I know you better than anyone else.” Bayu pinched my cheeks in anxiety, not caring about me who

complain ask to be released.

After that Bayu began to tell his experiences while on duty, whether it was a funny or dangerous experience. I love moments like this, we talk comfortably like old friends who don't see each other, a lot of which he tells me so much.

I only heard about his work for the first time after we met again. Trying to get to know her now, about her life, about her daily life and about her work.

Several times I changed my position, got up to sit back or went back to sleep on my back. Until not

felt the time had shown at four in the afternoon, our chat stopped because two sisters wanted to do a routine check-up.

“Now you must rest. Let's close your eyes.” Bayu who sits on the seat beside my bed is in the middle

tidied up my blanket after the two sisters left.

“But I still want to hear that story of yours.”

“We can continue after you rest. I'll wait here.”

“You should also rest at home.” A moment ago I forgot her condition, Bayu's face still looks tired because

sleep less.

This man shook his head, his serious expression signifying that he would not obey my words. Didn't want to

arguing over this, I finally just nodded slowly and tried to close my eyes.

Somehow Bayu always knew what my needs were, I still felt excited chatting with him but when these eyes closed I felt very sleepy and tired.

“While dreaming, we enter a world that is entirely ours. Let him swim in the deepest ocean or

gliding from the highest clouds.” It was Bayu's voice, he whispered as if he was hypnotizing me.

I chuckled softly reflexively opening my eyes looking at him. Then change the position to be sideways facing him and then back closed. For the next few minutes I knew Bayu rubbed the side of my head slowly until my consciousness was pulled slowly until I fell asleep.

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Stuffy.

Be ill.

Fearful.

My eyes opened quickly when I felt I was having trouble breathing and my heart was beating fast. The ceiling of this room looks different from before I fell asleep. It's a little dark and dim.

This feeling of fear arose, My reflexes got up sitting even though my head felt dizzy because I woke up suddenly. As my right hand held my left chest in pain, I also tried to look around.

It's not an ER, I'm in a room and here's only one bed and a sofa. I was alone, no Bayu accompanied. Sweat soaked my face and neck, the room was very quiet, only the sound of the clockwork seconds of the wall.

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