We Parted in Life, Reunited in Death
Wild Wheat
Five years after I broke up with my childhood sweetheart, Jason Thorne, my ALS progressed to its terminal stage. Since I can't receive any treatment for my disease at all, I decide to fly back to my hometown and wait for my death to come.
Meanwhile, Jason has been dating a woman named Freya Tyler for five years. In fact, they are about to get married. Freya is even pregnant with Jason's child.
We bump into each other in the hospital's garden.
When Jason sees the blanket around my shoulders, he scoffs at me.
"You're already this weak, and yet you're here all alone. It seems that your doctor boyfriend isn't taking good care of you at all. Then again, you did cheat on me with that guy. It only makes sense that your new relationship won't end well at all."
Freya smiles brightly at me. "That's enough, Jason. It's not like everyone is capable of taking care of me very well, just like you do.
"Our wedding will be held at the base of a snow mountain in Selvaria. You simply must attend our wedding, Ms. Moyer."
As I gaze at Jason's cold and arrogant expression, I do my best to suppress my feelings of longing and guilt.
Instead, I reply calmly, "No, thank you. I'm not interested in my ex-boyfriend's life. I'm only staying here for a short while. In the future, I will never come back ever again."
Jason merely huffs before turning on his heel and walking away.
But when I depart from this world, he loses his will to live too.