But whilst your heart still beats. We stay awake. So you can sleep. They used to say that you were the embodiment of the sun. That you were the reason that we smiled and the very reason that the man next to you existed. He is crying over you. He is saying something. About how could you do this to him? After promising him that you would always be with him. And now what have you done? You have given him so much hope and love and now, in one act of selfishness, you have destroyed all foundations built with the boy. He looks at you and is scared. You've always been the older one and now, seeing you still on the hospital bed, he realises that he has to be the older one this time. You suddenly cough and struggle to move your head. Instantly the boy takes your hand in his own and soothes you so that you are calm and still once more. He hates this so much. If you had stayed home with him like he had asked of you then you wouldn't have been injured like you were. Angry red lines decorate your body from where the knife had kissed your skin and you had laid there and let it. The pain didn't matter to you in that moment. You were thinking only about the boy you left at home. The one waiting up for you so that he can sleep peacefully knowing that you are safe. Now you are the only one who sleeps for we all know that we will sleep when you do. But whilst your heart still beats. We stay awake. So you can sleep.