70 Days; Chapter 14

Rashed's perspective;

Today morning has felt like the longest one of all.

I was awakened by the sound of the knock at the door, then entered the nurse.

She observed my face and described it, "You look so pale, and yellow, did you sleep well?"

"Not really, it still hurts, I'm starting to feel nauseous," I replied.

She left and returned a few minutes later with a needle and a tube.

Great. A blood test, once again...

During it, I turn my head over to the sucking process, I witness a dark shade of blood, it was quite unusual, really...

In spite of having over 8 blood tests in the passed month, I've never seen such a color. From that moment, I knew something was wrong, especially since the opposite side of my old pain also began vibrating in ache and discomfort.

A doctor entered the room. "How does his blood look like?" he asked, as if he knew my blood would look different than how it usually is..

"Much darker," responded the nurse.

I looked at the old man wearing the white doctor coat, and asked, "Doctor, is there something wrong?"

He ignored for a few seconds, but then managed to speak, "Well, by looking at your blood itself, it seems to be something uncommon, but not to worry, we will let you know in a few hours."

Not to worry? Something's going on in my god damn body and all he tells me is 'not to worry?'!?

I've officially turned into a short-tempered freak.

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Trying to ignore the pain, I picked up the phone from my side-table that I haven't touched in almost 2 weeks.

All were messages from friends and one specific person.

Jade.

Her messages were the only ones that mattered to me.

Though they were all sent before she came to visit, it still grew a smile on my face, since the fact that she couldn't stop thinking about me just made my heart feel warmer.

"Hello there," I wrote to her.

She is still in Australia, probably in the airport, by now.

She replied instantly.

"Rashed!"

"How are you feeling?" I asked.

"Still a bit weak, and you?"

"You know you didn't have to do that," I said.

"If I could choose between living my life with one kidney or never seeing you ever again, I would risk every part of my body to just have another minute with you..." She knew what I was talking about.

My heart dropped, and butterflies wandered about in my stomach. And just for that second while talking to Jade, I happened to completely ignore the pain, and feeling nothing but joy and bliss.

"But you have a whole life ahead of you; meeting new friends, people, having a great job." I responded.

"I can still do all those things with one kidney! Besides, I can even do them with you, alive, healthy, and right by my side," she answered.

I decided to keep the blood test and the pain I've been feeling to myself.

"You truly are my savior," I wrote to her.

"And you truly are my life," she replied.

"I wish you were here with me," I said, "you're so indescribable, inside and out..."

"Rashed, I don't know what to say..."

"Oh no, you don't have to, my love, just stay there, and let me stare at your beautiful face.."

"Rashed?" she wrote, "Your game... It's off, right?"

"Off in the sense of the fake love, but I'm still counting,"

"Oh, okay... About to enter the plane!"

"Okay, please inform me when you land safely, good bye, my lovely princess,"

"Your princess?" she asked.

"Yes, mine, and only mine,"

"Bye, my prince."

-

I woke up from my regular nap and a few moments after that, a nurse makes an entrance, "I have been asked to take you to the doctor's office," she said, bringing in a wheelchair.

I was soaring on the wheelchair through the hospital, observing all the bald patients with cancer, observing the nurses injecting them, and observing parents crying for the sake of their children, and some of them, the opposite.

I felt the pain in the hallway and in the rooms I passed by.

It was terrifying.

But, it was slightly a good feeling, knowing there are others who are just like me.

"Hello, Mr. Rashed! How are you feeling today? Did the pain, by any chance, reduce?" the doctor asked.

"Not really, the other side is starting to hurt me, as well..."

"Well, according to your test results-"

"What?" I interrupted, asking.

"We will re-do the blood test again tomorrow, but as for now, the results were shown as-"

"Why? What happened?!" I questioned, so afraid.

"The kidney that we just placed in you, is beginning to weaken, and it might end up failing even worse than your old one, the one we took out..."

My ears couldn't bear the news and my eyes couldn't stand the pain the doctor's tone was in.

I hope this is all a dream... I kept repeating inside of me.

I hope this is all a dream...

I hope this is all a dream...