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Josh was apologizing for things I didn't understand, but I let him.

His voice was raw, cracking under the weight of something I couldn't quite grasp, and yet-his words barely made sense to me. If it had been three years... how could I blame him for anything?

If I could have spoken, if I had known what was happening to me, I would have told him to be happy.

He couldn't have known I would wake up.

Hell, I defied all logic by being here right now. The way my body felt-the sheer weakness, the heaviness in my limbs, the foreign weight of tubes and wires attached to me-was proof that my survival wasn't something anyone had expected. Whatever Josh had done, whatever choices he had made, I'd already forgiven him.

I knew I had.

Because if I had been in his place, I didn't know if I would have been strong enough to hold on, either.

The doctors had to pull him away eventually, muttering about assessments, checking my line for feeds, and ordering imaging to see if they could reverse the stoma and other attachments I 0.00%

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had apparently gained over the years.

I hated it.

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I hated the way I felt-like I wasn't even a person anymore but a project they had to fix, a problem to solve.

to be normal

to be

what three years had done

didn't want him to look at me

wasn't who I

www.

his last memories of me to be from before all

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normal-if I got back to normal-we could make

But not now.

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a moment, letting the silence

It didn't last.

The door creaked open.

turn my head, assuming it was just another nurse coming

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muffled sound

see a familiar

Jess.

eyes were red-rimmed, her lips trembling, and for a moment, she just stood there, staring at me like she

without a word, she crossed the room in a few hurried steps, dropped down, and pulled me into

and I felt the warm,

something-to tell her I'm okay, I'm here-but nothing would come out,

back as hard as my frail

at her tears,

deep into his pockets. He was stiff, his face unreadable, his body half-turned like he wasn't sure

a damn hug,

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crossing the room, hesitating only for a second before leaning down to wrap his arms

hug wasn't as tight as Jess's. It wasn't desperate or

But it was real.

them in, letting them hold me up because I couldn't do it

This was home.

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