Desperate

Desperate
Leo didn't move, he didn't respond to Lucia's words. However he breathed, Lucia panicked. She tried to move Leo's body to see that he was still alive.

The sound of a police car's siren was heard, she felt relieved, but on the one hand, seeing Leo who was no longer moving made her panic.

"Leo? Leo, please hold on! You can't leave me like this! You have to stay with me! Whatever happens, stay with me!"

Lucia sobbed, hugging Leo who was no longer moving in her arms. A few moments later, she heard footsteps and several police officers arriving.

"Lucia...!"

Lucia heard Bryan's voice from down the street. She looked back with a helpless feeling as if half of her soul had left. She saw Bryan, Pierre and Chris running towards her with expressions of disbelief. Meanwhile the police were holding weapons while checking every place.

"Oh my God, what happened to you?" Bryan said. Panic was clearly visible on the faces of the three of them and when they saw the figure lying unconscious in Lucia's arms, their eyes widened.

"Leo?"

"Oh my God-" Chris tried to check Leo's condition and what he saw shocked him.

Pierre looked at Lucia with teary eyes, he tried to be strong even though his heart was broken. Lucia cried in front of him as if hoping that he would hug her.

Pierre grabbed Lucia's body and hugged her. They were at a loss for words to say, only tears of sadness were left for them to hold together.

Several ambulance officers came and took Leo into the ambulance with Lucia who refused to leave Leo even for a moment. Every second she wanted to spend it by being by Leo's side and praying that God would save him.

"Everything will be fine!" Pierre gripped her hand tightly. Lucia nodded weakly with tears still streaming down her face.

"Pierre, what should I do now? I really don't know what to do!"

"You're injured, you should also get treatment."

After they arrived at the hospital, Leo was immediately taken to a room where he would receive intensive care because his injuries were so serious.

Lucia stood at the front of the room, looking through the glass to wait for the miracle to come. Bryan, Pierre and Chris accompanied her after she received treatment for the gunshot wound in her shoulder. She refused to rest and returned to waiting in front of the room where Leo was being treated.

"You should stay in your room and rest! We will be waiting here, you don't need to worry!" Bryan said. But Lucia didn't move, she remained standing in front of the room like a soulless statue.

"Lucia? Please rest! You're injured and you look very tired, don't force yourself! I promise, I will look after you here. Bryan and Pierre too, that's why-"

"Chris, thank you."

"Lucia, I-"

"Pierre, Bryan, thank you. I know it's too late for me to tell you that I never hated all of you in the first place. I lied when I said that I didn't need you. I, I only have you all in my life and when I'm gone, every when I always want to go home to the place where you are. If I could turn back time, I wouldn't go. I won't go, no matter what happens and how messy my life and feelings are at that time, I won't go."

"Lucia, never mind! You don't need to discuss the past anymore, we have forgiven you and-"

"If that day I hadn't left, if that day I had chosen to stay. Leo definitely wouldn't have experienced all this. I was the one who made him like this. I was the one who made him so dependent on me and my leaving destroyed him. This is my fault, if at that time I don't go, none of this will definitely not happen-"

"Try saying that to yourself 12 years ago! Try saying that to yourself who was too young to understand other people's feelings!" Bryan got up from his seat and walked over to Lucia who was standing there with a desperate face.

Bryan stood in front of her, looking at her with wet eyes and sadness that he was trying his best to hold back.

"If anyone is to blame, it's me, not you, not anyone, but me. It was me who was selfish that brought destruction to all of us. I asked them to reject your feelings if you liked one of them and Chris rejected your feelings, it was all because of me. If I hadn't been selfish at that time, you and Chris might have been married right now. Leo will be fine because as long as you are by his side, it won't be a problem for him. Pierre, I'm sure will give in and understand your feelings, if there was no selfish interference from me. Today maybe we were on holiday together, staying in a villa in the middle of the hill and sitting near a warm fire. If anyone is to blame, it's me. Me, it's me."

"Bryan, I don't-"

"Yes, you will definitely say that! You will definitely say that this is not my fault, because you hate seeing your friends feel guilty. You have always been like that since the beginning. You endure the pain and never want to cry in front of us, so that we don't feel guilty. You always protected us like that, but never once did you allow us to protect you in the same way. I always thought that I was a very selfish person, but now I realize that there is no one worse than you . Why don't you ever let us wipe your tears? Why do you always have to pretend to be tough like that, Lucia? Why?"