Once Upon a Time an ANGEL and a DEVIL Fell In Love (Fanfic)

2.

We reached the hospital within minutes.

The moment the ambulance doors swung open, harsh white lights spilled out, blinding after the darkness of the road. Cold air rushed in, carrying the sharp scent of antiseptic. Everything felt unreal-too bright, too fast.

They pulled him out on a stretcher immediately.

I barely had time to register what was happening when I saw Mina rushing out of the ER with a few nurses behind her.

She was running-until her eyes landed on me.

For a split second, she froze.

Just a moment.

Just long enough for recognition to pass through her eyes.

Then she was moving again-faster, sharper.

She checked his pulse quickly, her hands steady, professional. Then she glanced at me once more before turning to the nurses.

"Take him to the ER," she ordered.

The stretcher was pushed forward at full speed, wheels rattling against the floor. I followed them without thinking

-barefoot, numb, unaware of anything except him.

I didn't care that I was still in my night suit.

I didn't care that it was soaked, almost entirely stained red.

I just kept walking behind them, the bright lights above blurring through my tears, my heart pounding with one desperate thought-

Please... let him live.

He was inside the ER, surrounded by doctors and nurses, his body covered in blood.

Yet... his eyes were still open.

After enduring so much pain, after being dragged between life and death, his gaze was fixed only on me.

And I was looking back at him.

My eyes felt numb, as if they no longer belonged to me. My mind was clouded with a strange, suffocating fear. My body refused to move.

I stood there like a statue-motionless-in the middle of the chaos, the rushing footsteps, the tense voices, the heavy air thick with desperation.

Then suddenly-

The monitoring machine began to beep faster.

Sharper.

Louder.

"It's a cardiac arrest!"m

Panic spread through the ER like wildfire.

"Code Blue!" Mina shouted.

She climbed onto the bed and began pressing on his chest, counting, commanding, fighting time itself. Doctors rushed around her. Nurses moved frantically. Everything blurred into noise and motion.

But he never looked away from me.

Not even once.

His eyes stayed locked onto mine, unblinking, unwavering-like he was holding onto me as his last anchor to this world.

That gaze pierced straight into my soul.

I didn't know what emotion lived inside it-fear, pain, hope, regret... or a silent goodbye.

I couldn't move

I couldn't speak.

I couldn't look away.

All I could do was pray.

Slowly... painfully... the energy in the room began to change.

Faces that were once determined started losing color.

Hands that moved with urgency began to slow.

Hope was slipping away.

Mina's movements weakened.

Then... stopped.

The machine released a long, piercing beep.

A sound that didn't belong to this world.

A sound that meant everything was over

In that moment, something inside me shattered.

The world went dark

My body gave up.

My legs lost all strength.

The last thing I remember was the dull thud of my body hitting the floor-

and a sharp, blinding pain exploding inside my head.

A slow, dull ache pulsed through my head.

Not sharp.

Not sudden.

Just... constant.

Like something inside me was broken and refusing to heal.

I tried to move, but my body felt impossibly heavy. My eyelids fluttered, struggling, before finally giving in.

White.

That was the first thing I saw.

White ceiling.

White lights.

White walls.

The smell of antiseptic filled my nose.

Hospital.

The realization settled slowly, sinking into my chest like a weight.

Memories rushed back without mercy.

The accident.

The blood.

His eyes.

The long beep.

My breath hitched violently.

"No-" a broken whisper slipped from my lips.

Tears flooded my eyes before I could stop them. My chest started to ache, tightening until every breath felt painful.

I turned my head weakly.

Machines surrounded me, quietly beeping, wires attached to my arm. A thin blanket covered my body. Someone had changed my clothes.

I was safe.

But I didn't feel safe.

I felt empty.

I felt hollow.

As if something had been ripped out of me.

I squeezed my eyes shut, hoping-praying-that it had all been a nightmare.

But nightmares end.

This hadn't.

A soft movement near the door made my eyes open again.

Mina stood there.

She didn't look like the strong, composed doctor from before.

Her eyes were red.

Her shoulders slightly slumped.

She walked in slowly and stopped beside my bed.

For a moment, neither of us spoke.

I was scared to ask.

Terrified of the answer.

But my lips trembled anyway.

"He...?"

One word.

That was all I could manage.

Mina looked at me.

Mina inhaled slowly, like she was gathering courage.

"He's alive."

For a second, I didn't understand the words.

They hovered in the air... meaningless.

"W-what?" I whispered.

"He went into cardiac arrest," she said gently. "We lost him for almost two minutes. But we managed to revive him."

My heart skipped.

Then shattered.

Then tried to beat again.

Alive.

The word crashed into me all at once.

Alive.

A broken sob escaped my lips before I could stop it. Tears poured freely, soaking into the pillow as I brought my trembling hands up to my face.

Alive.

He was alive.

I wasn't too late.

Not this time.

My chest ached with a strange mixture of relief and pain, so overwhelming it felt unbearable. I laughed weakly through my tears, a sound that didn't even feel human.

"Can I... see him?" I asked, my voice barely above a whisper.

Mina's expression changed.

"No," she said firmly.

The word hit me harder than I expected.

"You have pneumonia," she continued. "Your body is already weak. As your doctor, I'm not allowing you to leave this bed."

My lips parted to protest, but she didn't give me the chance.

"You need rest," Mina said more gently this time. "I'll have a nurse check on you regularly. Please… try to sleep."

She adjusted the blanket over me, her movements careful, almost protective.

"I'll update you about his condition," she added. "But right now, you need to focus on yourself."

Then she turned and walked toward the door.

"Mina…" I called weakly.

She paused, glancing back at me.