Hiroki's P.O.V.

I was sitting with my parents during dinner when the phone rang. I didn't think twice about who it could be, that is, until my father came back and handed me the phone. Who would want to talk to me? I checked the time and saw that it was 7pm. Who wanted to speak to me so late? Wasn't everyone having dinner? Unless it was- No. It wasn't her. Or was it? Maybe it was my therapist? But why would she call? Did she forget to tell me something today?

I was abruptly taken out of my thoughts when my father slammed the phone against my ear, effectively making me realise that I had been staring into space and lost in my thoughts for a bit too long. I took the phone and went to my room. Once inside I shut the door and glanced at the number on the phone, freezing when I saw the dialling code.

"Hello?"

"Hiroki oh my god you need to come here right now please Hiroki I love you come back."

She seemed to be out of breath. What was going on? What had happened to calm and composed Shania? What was going on?

"Shania? Calm down. What's going on? Are you okay? What happened?" I sighed at myself, realising that I was telling her to calm down when I was everything but calm. But she was worrying me with how she was behaving. She was never so worked up, never.

"The man at the cemetery. He's Emilie's dad. And he's sick. And Emilie is here. But she won't talk to him. And I don't know what to do, she should talk to him but I don't know how to convince her. And Hiroki I miss you so much and I want you here and we'll work through this but please, I beg you, come back. I can't do this anymore without you. I need you. Please Hiroki come back."

By the end of her mini rant, she was out of breath and I could hear her trying to contain her cries. That got me to really worry and I was wondering what was going on exactly. There was clearly something that she wasn't telling me. But I guessed that I'd have to go over there to see what was going on and to help her.

"Shania, love, don't worry, I'll catch the first flight home that I can, okay? Hang on for me okay? I love you so much and I'll be there as soon as I can, okay?"

I waited for an answer but I couldn't decipher anything that she said in between her sobs and in the end she hung up. I sighed and rushed to put the phone back in its place, yelling at my parents that I had to leave because Shania needed me. I didn't care that my therapy hadn't ended, that I was still borderline suicidal, but if my girlfriend needed me, then I had to be there for her. I rushed to my room and dragged out my suitcase from the corner of the room where I'd put it and started packing all my stuff. I didn't even think of the flight until my father came in and handed me a flight ticket he'd just booked. I took it, barely uttering a thank you, and rushed out of the house to get to the airport as soon as possible. I didn't even say goodbye to my parents but I was hoping that they'd understand. I couldn't leave my girlfriend alone one second longer than necessary, especially not when she so obviously needed me. Why did I even leave her alone in the first place? We could have worked things out together. We could have gotten through this mess together and she wouldn't need to call me to beg me to come back. She should never have to even ask for that because I should never have left in the first place. I was regretting leaving so so much and I wondered how I could have been so self-centred as to do that. Who did I think I was to put myself before my girlfriend? Before the love of my life? Who was I to leave behind the one person that meant everything to me?

Once I got to the airport (why did have public transport have to be so slow?) I rushed to the luggage drop off and then to the gate. My father had gotten me the first flight and luck seemed to be on my side as I didn't have to wait several hours. Once I was seated on the plane, I sent a quick message to my parents, explaining what had happened, to Shania, letting her know that I was on my way, before turning off my phone.

I then closed my eyes and started thinking about what could possibly have happened to drive Shania over the edge.

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Hi there lovelies!😊

I am finally done with this chapter, and to be honest I've got no idea what I just wrote. I had something else planned originally but then Hiroki popped up and told me that I had to write this or else he'll get mad. And who am I to disobey?

What do you think happened? I'm curious what you guys think!😄

Next chapter will be up some time in the future😉

Have a good day/night/evening!💖