“Yeah, I had some spaghetti,” she lied.

Tobias tightened his grip on her wrist slightly. “Join me for lunch. I’m starving, and it feels lonely eating all by myself.”

Skylar didn’t believe him one bit.

“Don’t lie to me! I saw you come here with a bunch of people, so how could you possibly be lonely? Anyway, I have to go. My mom is still waiting for me to bring her lunch, and she hasn’t eaten anything since morning.”

The Cardiology Department and Psychiatric Rehabilitation Department were on different floors, so Tobias could only follow her as far as the elevator.

“How’s your mom doing?” Skylar asked while waiting for the elevator.

“She’s alright. We haven’t decided on whether she’ll be getting a coronary bypass or a heart transplant. The problem with the latter is that it’ll take time to find a donor…” Tobias was clearly fatigued and stressed out when he said that.

Skylar gave him a pat on the shoulder and reassured him in her most mature-sounding voice possible, “Everything will be alright.”

the elevator arriving. Noticing that, Tobias decided

realized it, the

the stairs.” Tobias took the food over from her and began walking towards

she had no choice but to follow him up the

when they arrived on the seventh floor. “Go home earlier tonight, and make sure to stay away from

far the most heartwarming

scheduled very early the

him everything, including the part about

her, Tobias simply nodded and said, “Well, I won’t say any further since you’ve already made up your

two of them were standing so close to each

her tiptoes and gave him a quick peck on the lips, which obviously wasn’t enough for

and kissing her

the tongue as he pulled away

was his

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