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Where did it all go wrong? We were an ordinary campus couple that everyone envied. We were just a common, sweet pair who stayed up all night sharing trivial jokes and sat side-by-side playing games. But the moment Siha's body began to collapse, everything changed in an instant. 'It's just a passing phase.' I tried to turn away from reality like that every time. But Siha wasted away more and more each day. Not only did he refuse to eat, but even when I managed to coax him into taking a single spoonful of porridge, he would throw it all back up. People around me clicked their tongues. They called me pitiful and told me in unison to just break up and find a good man while I still could. As if I didn't know my own time was precious. If I made up my mind, I could leave without looking back and never set foot in this hellish hospital room again. But strangely, I can't do it. If I'm not here, who will look after Baek Siha, left all alone in this cold hospital room? His parents? They're the people who abandoned their child when Siha was three because parenting was too burdensome. There's no way people like that would show up now for a dying son. That's absolutely out of the question. If it's not me, Siha might not be able to hold on. Of course, every morning when I visit the hospital, Siha always snaps at me. He pours out sharp words, telling me not to come and asking if I'm doing this because I pity him. Every time he does, a part of my heart aches with a dull pain, but today, I choose to silently stay by Baek Siha's side once again.