Phillip gently pushed the hand that was playfully pinching at his waist away, "Careful, you've got a needle stuck in."

"Anyone who messes with kids gets the firing squad," Tina playfully aimed her finger gun at his heart, making a "pew pew" sound.

"Are you a kid?" Phillip asked with a smirk.

"I'm a twenty-six-year-old baby," she quipped, "and you must be a pervert."

Phillip was speechless.

She was fussy like a drunk after a wild party, causing a ruckus and resorting to biting Phillip whenever her headache turned severe, as if to share her misery in the name of fairness and justice. Phillip was surprisingly patient with her, even when she left bite marks on his neck.

As dawn broke and the hospital became busier, with the morning rush hour traffic flowing like a river in the early light, Tina finally calmed down and fell asleep in his arms.

Phillip's phone buzzed on the bedside table. He quickly silenced it, careful not to wake her.

When Tina woke up, the room was bright with daylight.

were empty, the needle

subsided a bit, her

was still there, holding her, wrapped in her embrace like a man trapped in an

movement,

"You awake?"

be at the office?" "I've got nothing

waiting for the elevator, Tina leaned into Phillip, who wrapped his arms around her. The elevator doors opened, and out stepped a kindly-looking

surprised gaze flicked

place her, nodding politely as Phillip spoke to her, clearly

home, after

her fever was almost gone, urging Phillip totend to

watched her

being the best medicine, helped Tina wake up

steaming bowl of chicken

restless after

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