"Surgery is scheduled 6am tomorrow. Do you have any questions?" Derek gently asked the patient, after he was done explaining the diagnosis and the procedure for the operation. The patient shook her head. "I'll see you tomorrow then" Derek offered her a smile before the 3 doctors left the VIP room, leaving the Chief.

Meredith walked in a fast pace after getting out of the room, hoping Derek won't follow. She really doesn't know why she's feeling afraid to face him. She's afraid to talk to him and look at him. After she saw him, a lot was going through her mind, emotions running through her heart. She can't explain what those feelings are and why.

She was in the hallway when she felt someone grabbed her and pull her inside an on-call room.

He locked the door before leaning Meredith against the door. Derek was standing looking at Meredith with tears threatening to come out of his eyes.

She fought the urge to look at him but, failed. Meredith felt pain in her heart when she looked at his sad teary beautiful eyes. His eyes were full of sad, pain, angry, and longingness emotions. Tears, started to threaten her eyes too, she spoke hoping the tears will not come out.

"Dere – " She was cut off when Derek wrapped her arms around her, his head nuzzle on the crook of her neck.

"Please, mer. Please, please I miss you. Just hear me out please." Derek begged while he tightly hold her in his embrace. He didn't care if he sounded or looked desperate, he just wanted to held her in his embrace for the first time in 3 years - because given the circumstances this maybe the last.

He was expecting her to push him away but she didn't. Her tears betrayed her as they keep running down from her eyes as she automatically wrapped her arms around his neck pulling him closer to her. It was like her arms have their own minds.

She can feel her neck getting wet, from Derek's tears as he breathes her in.

Meredith felt a lot of emotions. She felt like she exhaled all of the emotions she suppressed for the past 3 years. She finally let out her suppressed emotions through her cries.

She felt everything around her collapsed as they hold each other. She suddenly forgot everything around her and only cared to the man he's holding in her arms. She suddenly felt alive, she suddenly felt like she was herself again. For the first time in 3 years she felt complete, she felt at home.

Derek slightly pulled away to rest his forehead against hers, tears still running down from their eyes. He gently cupped her face and brushed the tears away from her cheeks with his thumb.

"I miss you, Meredith. I miss you so fcking much. When you left, my world crushed down. I – I can't forgive myself for what I did – for hurting you. I know I – I deserve this pain but I can't let you go. I can't let you go … un – unless you tell me to" Derek cried out all the emotions he suppressed in his heart.

Meredith eyes is full of emotions but mostly she felt pain in every word he said. Her tears are still running down from her eyes. She can't think, her mind is full of memories and emotions to process.

She tried to push Derek away and tried to open the door to ran but Derek grabbed her arms and kept her in his embrace.

"Please – please, Meredith. Don't run from me again." Derek said while he was holding her tight in his arms. He can feel her fists slightly hitting his chest as she cried hard.

This is so hard the both of them, he knows she's with Nathan and they're probably happy, but he can't give up without putting a god damn fight. Not when he waited 3 years just to hold his world in his arms again.

"You – you left me, Derek" Meredith cried and weakly hit Derek's chest.

"I know, I'm sorry. And I regret that, I can't forgive myself too, but I can't let you go Meredith. I love you, I still love you. Please – don't run again, please" Derek begged while kissing her forehead.

She didn't say anything as they stayed in their position, neither of them wanting to pull away from each other's warmth.

He knows they were not totally over. He knows there is still a little chance for them, he can feel it and he'll hold on to it no matter how little the chance is.

Meredith, on the other hand, felt complete. It was like a large piece of her returned for her to be complete. She was lost in their own little world where only the both of them matters. After 3 years of convincing herself he already moved on from her, she suppressed any emotion that has anything to do with him and tried to live, but now she knows he still loves him too, she doesn't want to run and hide anymore, she's tired of running from her feelings.

Derek slightly pulled away to face her, but still holding her in his arms. He cupped her face as he looked at her beautiful green orbs, only to see sad and mixed emotions before he slowly leaned down to kiss her. His lips met hers as he kissed her passionately, letting her know how much he miss her and how much he loves her. Meredith didn't hesitate to kiss him back as she snaked her arms around her neck pulling him closer to him, to prove to her self it wasn't just a dream.

They slightly pulled away panting for air.

"I love you, Meredith" Derek muttered resting his forehead against her.

"I – I still love you too, Derek" she replied.

Derek leaned in to claim her lips again. The kiss was passionate, she gasped when Derek deepened the kiss asking for an opening to explore her mouth as she gladly let him, he involuntarily roams his hands on her body as she intertwined her hands with his curly hair. That moment she never cared about anything around them, she's with the love of his life and that's the only thing that mattered the most to her. She felt exhausted from all the hiding and running away from her own feelings and maybe just the perfect time to face her own feelings.

'If you're truly meant for each other, life will find a way to make it happen'