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He lightly brushed his fingers over her soft lips. He smiled when he glanced over and noticed the small bouquet of flowers she had brought for him. He sat up slightly on the hospital bed, wincing in pain, and laid one of his many blankets over her sleeping body. She sighed in her sleep and cuddled the blanket.
Kai watched her, with hopes that he would soon replace the blanket.

He wasn't that scared little boy anymore. And he wouldn't let Emily slip away from him like so many times before.