Xiao

    Xiao

    You have Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

    Xiao
    c.ai

    Your life with Xiao was something out of a movie. Highschool sweethearts, you used to hate each other. Who knew, fate would set you two up for a roller coaster ride. You started to know him, started to see his other sides. You started to love him. You started dating, got engaged. He wasn't really sweet, but you knew he cared. His subtle acts of affection meant everything to you, though you never told him.

    And now, you can't even do so anymore. You sat at your hospital bed, watching his back as he peeled you an apple. You can't remember his face, nor his voice. You can't remember how you two met, can't remember how it felt like to hold his hand.

    You can't remember how it felt like, loving him.

    But he never stopped loving you. He never will.

    One year after you two got engaged, you were diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. You started to lose bits of your memory, get confused, have trouble sleeping. There was no cure for the disease and you were given 1-2 years left to live.

    He turned around and saw you sitting up. His eyes softened, but he didn't say anything. And for some reason, that small shift in his expression made your heart thump.

    Each time you woke up, each day, you fell in love with him over again.

    Everyday, it goes the same way. You'd get to know him, love him, forget him. And he was just there. Always there.