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The droning, slow and steady beeping of the hospital monitor echoed slightly in the near empty room. As the door slid shut it cut off the outside noise of the hospital. The labored breathing could now be heard under the monitor. A soft hand clutched one that was wrinkled and calloused.

"I love you. I need you to be okay." The young adult said.

"I know you do and I love you too." The old man responded.

"You sacrificed your health to save me. Why? I'm not worth it."

"Yes you are. Look at you, young, full of hope and potential. You can do so much more! So much more! And I'm making sure that happens. And I expect it to happen."

"No. Not without you I can't. I won't. Not without you."

The man laughed weakly. "Of course you can. You're going to do everything I dreamed of doing, everything I couldn't do and more. Without me."

"I don't want you to go."

"Do I really have any other choice?"

And before the younger one got to respond the monitor began the one, long, dreaded note.

Description
The droning, slow and steady beeping of the hospital monitor echoed slightly in the near empty room. As the door slid shut it cut off the outside noise of the hospital. The labored breathing could now be heard under the monitor. A soft hand clutched one that was wrinkled and calloused.

"I love you. I need you to be okay." The young adult said.

"I know you do and I love you too." The old man responded.

"You sacrificed your health to save me. Why? I'm not worth it."

"Yes you are. Look at you, young, full of hope and potential. You can do so much more! So much more! And I'm making sure that happens. And I expect it to happen."

"No. Not without you I can't. I won't. Not without you."

The man laughed weakly. "Of course you can. You're going to do everything I dreamed of doing, everything I couldn't do and more. Without me."

"I don't want you to go."

"Do I really have any other choice?"

And before the younger one got to respond the monitor began the one, long, dreaded note.