The rain had just stopped when they stepped out of the hospital gate. The gray sky still hung low, as if holding back tears that hadn't fully fallen. San opened the car door for the girl... the younger sister of the person who had kept his heart beating for the past three years.

The car moved slowly down the wet streets. The wipers swept lazily, pushing away the last of the drizzle. There was no music. Just silence, and the hum of the engine that carried them forward. The girl beside him stared out the window, her expression unreadable. San didn't know where to begin. It had been three years since the accident. Three years since the girl he loved last opened her eyes. Three years of holding onto hope that barely had anything left to stand on. He had watched his girlfriend's fragile body week after week, sometimes day after day... just to make sure her heart was still beating. Even if it was because of machines. Even if her life depended solely on tubes and wires.

Last night, her father had finally spoken. With a heavy voice, the older man brought up the possibility of letting go. Letting his daughter go from this suffering. From the endless medical efforts that promised nothing. From a life suspended between existence and oblivion. San lowered his gaze. His hands gripped the steering wheel tighter. He knew this wasn't just about love. This was about life and death. But how could he just let go of the only hope he had left? He wasn't ready. Even the world wasn't ready to lose her.

He loved her. Still. And every breath he took was a silent prayer for her to come back. He wanted to propose to her. He wanted to give her a new life, happy, whole. But what if the people around her started to give up, one by one?

The girl beside him took a slow breath. San glanced at her briefly. He knew this was the right moment. He needed to know where her heart stood.

"Do you agree with your father… about letting her go?" San asked at last, his voice barely holding together.

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