The Unconditional Love For My Uncle
My pain

Luke and Kai walk into the hospital where Nay is being treated. Every now and then, Kai looked at Luke from the corner of his eye. The man wanted to make sure Luke wouldn't leave Nay whatever Nay's current condition was.

"Here's the room, come on in" said Kai, inviting Luke into the hospital room.

Nay is asleep. On his pillow was a lot of hair. Luke was stunned to see the condition of the girl he loved so apprehensive.

"Kai, what happened to him?" luke asked in a whisper. He approached Nay and rubbed his face gently.

"Nay will tell you. He has promised. It's just, please keep this a secret from Mr. Rivers or anyone else" Kai asked.

Hearing Kai's voice, Kanaya woke up and blinked her eyes. "Kai, ken-, oh! Uncle Luke! Why is Uncle here?"

Nay covered her body with a blanket and her face looked embarrassed that Luke saw her in such a state. "Kai! This must be you! You brought my uncle here! Yeah, right!"

"I'll leave you two here. I'm waiting outside. Take your time, Mr. Wallace," said Kai and he rushed out of the VVIP's ward.

Now, stay Luke and Kanaya. The two drowned in silence, without a sound.

"Ehem! Nay, why didn't you tell me you were so sick like this?" ask Luke.

Nay stared at his uncle's chocolate bead. "I'm afraid Uncle will turn away from me. Right now I look terrible and I don't want Uncle to see me in this condition,"

"Is that why you didn't tell me?" ask Luke again. Honestly, you look surprised and hit by the condition of Kanaya like that. I don't know what happened to him, but the love for the girl was still firmly in his heart. "Nay, no matter what happens to you, I will still love you. Especially if you are just sick like this, you will definitely recover and will come back beautiful again, Nay. I believe you can get through this,"

Because of the effects of chemotherapy and changing hormones Kanaya also shed her tears when Uncle Luke said that sentence. "really? Uncle will still love me?"

Lutk nodded slowly. "of course. When I fall in love with a woman then I will not only give my heart but I will also give my whole life to her and I will love her be it in good health or ill, lucky or unfortunate, and in happy or sad,"

"Then, what about Auntie? Aunt Alma had come to my apartment and she was angry with me because Uncle had filed for Aunt's divorce. What's going on, Uncle?" ask Nay.

Nay had intended to ask his uncle, but conditions did not allow to immediately ask the divorce lawsuit.

Luke seemed emotional. "Alma? Why should he be angry with you? The divorce suit was long ago about to be filed against her but only yesterday I did it and it has nothing to do with you, Nay. Trust me, it's not because you asked for it but it's me who wants a divorce from her" Luke explained.

"Yes, he was angry with me and blamed my father and himself for failing to take good care of me. Pipi thought that she had mishandled me and made me a spoiled girl who would do everything to get what I wanted. Actually, I'm not that kind of girl. I will work hard for whatever I want to get, but that does not mean I do everything to achieve my goals" said Nay. His pale face looked sad. "Should I not have teased Uncle in the first place? I didn't know if we'd finally made it this far. I feel guilty for Auntie,"

Tears flowed back on Nay's tapered cheeks. Lately he felt he was very weak and very easy to shed tears.

Seeing Nay cry, Luke hugged the little girl. "It's not your fault, honey. There was my mistake in it too. I want you to know, if I didn't love you, I wouldn't be tempted by you. It's my fault, Nay, because I love you,"

Luke kisses Nay's head and calms him down. "Not think about that problem. Just focus on getting you healed. Now, tell me. What are you sick with, Nay?"

"A stage 2 blood cancer and almost up to stage 3. I'm scared actually. I'm afraid of dying. Sometimes, I can't stand the pain around my spine and they inject something from there and it hurts a lot." Nay told me. "My whole body felt like it was being pricked and after chemotherapy, I felt really nauseous. Kai helped me all along. Now, my heart is a little relieved that I've told Uncle my pain. But promise me not to tell anyone this. My father will be in shock later and he will take me abroad for treatment until I recover. It will be more tiring" continued Nay again.

Luke nodded. "I promise. From now on, I'll accompany you,"

But how wonderful Luke was when he saw Nay's headband. "No. I still want Kai to be with me,"

"Why should Kai?" ask Luke. The adult man did not think, what makes Kai so special in the eyes of his lover.

"If I die later, Uncle doesn't need to feel a very deep loss. I've already said this to Kai and he has no objection. So I asked him to always accompany me until this treatment was over and somehow the result would be" Nay replied.

Luke closed his eyes for a moment and digested every word that came out of Kanaya's mouth right now. Until now he has not been able to understand how the mind of the girl he has always loved. Until she gets sick, she doesn't give Luke room or a chance to stay by his side.

"Alright if that's what you want. But, I will still come here every day and will continue to take care of you until you really do. Think of healing not death. We're getting married, aren't we?" entertain Luke.

A red tinge was seen on Nay's pale face. "Yes, I'll try to get me well,"

That night at a bar in the middle of the Metropolitan City that never tired of his busy life, sat a woman dressed elegantly in bright colors looking to be raving.

There was a man sitting next to him. "Miss, you're drunk enough. Stop," said the man, keeping the glass away from the woman who was ready for battle when her drinking glass was taken.

"Ehem! You who?" ask the woman.

The man smiled. "Who are you?" tanyanya.

The woman reached out her hand, with a face flushed red from the influence of alcohol, she said, "Alma Rivers. It was Alma Wallace but that Goddamn Wallace divorced me just because of a young girl! Goddamnit!"

The woman named Alma snatched the glass from the hand of her male friend and downed the liquid in the glass with a single throat. "Aarrggh! Ahem! What's yourname?"

"Luke. Luke Winston," replied the man.

Alma rounded her eyes. "I'm home, I think I'm drunk. Why is everyone named Luke? I still love him, Luke. I still love you, Luke. I don't want a divorce from you. I don't know why I still love you when you hurt me so much and now, I'm sick because of you, Luke! You're so mean!" Alma raved and her hands continued to beat up the foreign man she had just met that night.

Alma continued to fumble until she fell asleep in the bar stool with tears hanging over her plump eyelashes. "Luke, you're so bad! You're making me sick!" erang slowly.

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