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My heart skipped the moment I saw him. That was a problem because I was his nurse. My name is Philippa, and in May 2025, I was still a volunteer nurse at a small clinic in my town, where most people knew each other, and the front gate always creaked the same way. The morning was peaceful and calm as I walked into the clinic, with soft light on the porch and the street still quiet. Everywhere smelled of antiseptic clean and sharp mixed with soap and the faint scent from the sterilizer. My heart settled into a slow, steady rhythm, like my body already knew what the day would bring. I took a deep breath and prepared for my shift. Though I couldn’t help but wonder how the day would unfold, I quietly asked for success and for God to guide my steps not knowing that this day was going to awaken something in me I hadn’t felt for years. I had just taken over the shift ,the report finished, vitals reviewed, and pens tucked neatly into my pocket as I made my way down the corridor to c

I shouldn’t have been thinking about him this much. But I was. My two-day break from the hospital had finally arrived. Normally, I would have felt relieved,grateful for the rest, the quiet, the time away from the constant routine. But this time My mind refused to settle. When I left the clinic that day, I tried to convince myself that everything was normal. That it didn’t mean anything. After all, I had taken care of many patients before. It was just another shift. Another patient. Another ordinary day. But deep down… I knew that wasn’t true. The moment I got home, I realized I couldn’t rest not really. Every quiet second brought him back. The young man in the recovery room. I kept seeing him the way he had looked on the hospital bed… still, fragile, almost too quiet. And the way my heart had reacted the first time I saw him. That sudden, unsteady beat. It had caught me off guard. Because I hadn’t felt anything like that in almost three years. And now… I didn’t

After that morning, when he asked about my phone, the thought stayed in my mind for the rest of the day, like a small, steady hum. I kept replaying that small moment again and again, hearing his voice in my head. The way he asked, “Where is your phone?” made me feel like he wanted to give me his number, and I couldn’t help thinking about it between tasks. Maybe I was overthinking it. Maybe it was nothing, but the idea alone made my heart beat faster, a quick flutter I tried to hide. I told myself that the next time I went to attend to him, I would be ready, not caught off guard like before. So when it was time for me to go back to his room to administer his medications, I made sure my phone was with me and slipped into my pocket where I could reach it without looking. As I walked toward the recovery room, I could feel the same mixture of excitement and nervousness I had felt before, warm in my chest and light in my hands. I tried to calm myself do

After that day at his family house, things between us slowly became more natural, like we had found an easy rhythm ,talking almost all the time on the phone . We started seeing each other more often, not at the hospital anymore, but outside, in normal places. Sometimes, he would invite me out, and we would spend time together just the two of us, no machines, no charts, no uniforms. Those small outings quickly became some of my favorite moments, the kind I thought about later when the day was quiet. Nothing very big or complicated. Sometimes, we would just go somewhere quiet to sit and talk, a bench under a tree or a calm corner where we could hear each other. Other times, we would take a short drive and listen to music while chatting about random things, the windows down a little, and the air moving through. But somehow, those simple moments meant a lot to me, more than I could explain. Being around him was one of the best things and feelings that happened

After that day, everything between us changed, but at the same time, it didn’t. We were now “friends.” That was the word he used. Simple, but somehow very heavy in my heart, like it carried more weight than the letters. I tried to act normal, like nothing had happened, like the conversation on the bench was just another afternoon. Like I didn’t just open up my heart to him. Like I wasn’t still feeling everything I felt from the very first day in that recovery room, when I saw him lying there and my pulse did something strange. But it wasn’t easy. Not really. We kept talking, just like before. Calls, messages, small check-ins during the day, the kind that don’t need a reason. Sometimes, he would ask if I had eaten, and I would roll my eyes and smile at my screen. Sometimes, I would ask if he had taken his medication, and he would laugh and say yes, he had. It felt natural like we had known each other for a long time, longer than the calendar said. But n