Hold My Tear, I’m Getting My Wife Back!

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.

IV bags were empty, the needle no

fever seemed to have subsided a bit, her head

her, wrapped in her embrace like

her slightest movement, he opened his

"You awake?"

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

and waiting for the elevator, Tina leaned into Phillip, who wrapped his

flicked between

but couldn't place her, nodding politely as Phillip spoke to her,

after changing

bit more since her fever was

and watched her take

best medicine, helped Tina wake up refreshed

a meal, a steaming bowl of chicken soup their

after the