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With Starlight in the hospital

By karwler
Created: 2021-04-22 14:22:10
Expiry: Never

  1. 1.
    >Be sitting at the side of a hospital bed.
  2. 2.
    >You hear the soft beeping of a heart rate monitor.
  3. 3.
    >Holding one of the front hooves of your decades long marefriend.
  4. 4.
    >You’re both sitting in silence, enjoying each other’s company.
  5. 5.
    >Her mane and tail have gotten gray now. Her beautiful coat is missing patches in some places.
  6. 6.
    >You lean over and nuzzle the top of her head.
  7. 7.
    “I love you.”
  8. 8.
    >She looks up at you.
  9. 9.
    >”I know.”
  10. 10.
    >You just want to hold her one last time.
  11. 11.
    >”Do you remember that one time we got into a bar fight?”
  12. 12.
    “Yeah. That was a ton of fun.”
  13. 13.
    >You pause.
  14. 14.
    “That one guy was crazy strong though. I can never thank you enough for taking care of him.”
  15. 15.
    >”Still got it.”
  16. 16.
    >She says with a strained grin.
  17. 17.
    >You both sit in silence again, until you finally loose it a little.
  18. 18.
    “I’ll miss you.”
  19. 19.
    >She shifts and runs her other front hoof along your cheek.
  20. 20.
    >”You’ll be just fine. I promise.”
  21. 21.
    >More silence.
  22. 22.
    >It has been many days like this. Visiting her, talking about nothing, just hoping that you’d be able to spend her last moments together.
  23. 23.
    >You ponder.
  24. 24.
    “I suppose it would be too much to ask for you to stay forever?”
  25. 25.
    >She gives you a somber smile.
  26. 26.
    >”It’s not a fairy tale. This just isn’t how things work.”
  27. 27.
    “Right…”
  28. 28.
    >Silence again.
  29. 29.
    >You used to like these quiet moments. Back when you both would just sit on a sunny day by the riverside, drinking a beer, simply enjoying the company. Now it just feels like you’re wasting time.
  30. 30.
    “I’m sorry.”
  31. 31.
    >She makes a face like she’s pretending to be annoyed.
  32. 32.
    >”Shush. You know what I told you. Thank someone rather than apologizing.”
  33. 33.
    “I know.”
  34. 34.
    >She slowly closes her eyes.
  35. 35.
    >”Thanks for staying with me. You’ve always been a card.”
  36. 36.
    >The beeping turns into one long noise.
  37. 37.
    >The tension in her muscles is gone.
  38. 38.
    >Was this really your last conversation?
  39. 39.
    >You just wanted to hold her one last time.
  40. 40.
    >A nurse walks into the room.
  41. 41.
    >She instructs you to walk outside as a number of other hospital employees crowd around Starlight’s bed.
  42. 42.
    >You stumble outside.
  43. 43.
    >Guess it’s finally time to put that piece of rope to some good use.

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