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''Nico? Nico? Nico!'' Link shouted after Nico had been ignoring his call for the past two minutes.

''Huh?'' Nico looked up.

Link followed his line of vision to Levi working with a patient. ''Dude.''

''What?'' Nico asked.

''He told you to just give him space and if you want him back, that's what you'll do,'' Link answered.

''I don't understand how this all happened,'' Nico groaned.

''You lied, toyed with him, and then tried to manipulate him into staying with you as just someone to share your bed with,'' Link reminded.

''I didn't mean to,'' Nico tried to defend. ''I just didn't know I would fall so in love with him.''

''Well now you do so suck it up and do as he says because as shitty as you were to him, I still think he's gonna give you a second chance,'' Link shrugged.

''Really? You think?'' Nico questioned.

''I do. He loves you more than you love him.''

Levi was standing at the entrance of the hospital when Nico walked out of the elevator and carefully walked over.

''Should I keep walking or..?'' Nico questioned.

''Last year, when you got back from visiting your parents for Christmas, you told me you wanted me to come with you next year, you didn't actually mean that, right?'' Levi asked.

''...No, I didn't,'' Nico answered.

''So then, why say it at all?'' Levi questioned.

''I..I don't know. I guess it was just in the moment but after I said it I thought it would never get to that point so I wasn't worried,'' Nico replied.

''You mean, you didn't think that we wouldn't get to that point, right?'' Levi guessed.

Nico nodded. ''Yes.''

''That one day, when we were together in the on-call room and my mother called, why did you get so upset and leave because she didn't know about us? If you had no intention of telling your family, why did it matter if I told my mom?'' Levi wondered.

''I didn't want both of us to be in hiding, it would've just made things even more difficult and stressful,'' Nico explained.

Levi scoffed. ''So, you wanted me to be the one to shoulder the 'coming out' responsibility?''

''Yes,'' Nico nodded.

''When you said you loved me, did you mean it?'' Levi asked.

''Yes,'' Nico immediately answered.

Levi nodded after a moment before turning away.

''Levi,'' Nico called out. ''I'm so sorry about all of this. I'll give you all the time and space you need to think but I just want you to know that I know how incredibly wrong I was.''

''Wrong? You tried to manipulate me in to being your personal whore. You knew exactly how I would feel when you said you would leave me but you just didn't care. You were willing to throw my feelings aside for your own cowardly and selfish reasons but I have feelings, Nico and I love with all my heart! Even if you don't,'' Levi retorted.

''I do love you, Levi! You are..I have never, in my life, loved anyone as much as I love you. I admit I was selfish, arrogant, an asshole, and a complete loser but I honestly mean it when I tell you how much you mean to me. I never wanted the white picket fence, marriage, or kids before, but if it means I get to be with you, then I want it all Levi. All of it,'' Nico confessed.

''Do you want marriage and kids? Or is it just because I want them?'' Levi questioned.

''...I don't know. I never wanted them until now but I do know that when I imagine walking down the aisle, playing with our children, and spending the rest of my life with you, I like it,'' Nico admitted.

Levi turned away and left Nico standing there.

Nico sighed when he left Link place his hand on his shoulder. ''I don't know if I said the right thing.''

''Was it the truth?'' Link asked, Nico nodded. ''Then it wasn't wrong, no matter the outcome.''

''I miss him so much,'' Nico choked up.

''I know buddy,'' Link tried to comfort his friend.

Levi found a place to rest for a moment after completing his rounds.

He felt like since Nico was gone, so was his muse. It was ridiculous, he knew that. He had gone to medical school for crying out loud and now here he was, losing it over some idiot.

Levi patted his shoulders before rubbing the tired from his eyes. He looked up when he felt someone come up to him.

''Hello. You're Dr. Schmitt?'' An older Asian woman asked him.

He nodded. ''Yes ma'am. Can I help you?''

''I am Kim Sol Ri, Nico's mother,'' She smiled. ''May I sit?''

''O-Of course ma'am,'' Levi moved aside to give her more room. ''I'm not sure where Nico is right now.''

''He's in surgery. I just had lunch with him where he told me all about you,'' Nico's mother smiled.

''He told you..about me?'' Levi questioned.

Nico's mother nodded. ''He did. He said he was in love with the best person in the world and here you are. He also told me what he did. All of what he did to you. I must apologize for my son's awful behavior.''

''No ma'am. You don't have to apologize for anything. He made those choices,'' Levi responded.

Nico's mother nodded. ''That he did but I can't really say I completely blame him. His father isn't a very flexible man.''

''You're worried?'' Levi sensed.

''I am and I'm sure if Nico hadn't fallen in love, he would've never told even me,'' She sighed.

''He and I..'' Levi found himself unable to finish.

''I know. He said you were quite hurt and angry and most likely wouldn't forgive him,'' She smiled.

''I'm sorry. I love him. I really do but..'' Levi grimaced.

''You don't have to apologize dear. I understand completely after everything he did. If you feel like you can't forgive him, it can't be helped,'' She shrugged.

''I am sure I could forgive him. I could forgive and forget but..I don't know if I should is the problem. I..don't want him to think I'm weak. Isn't it funny? The one person I want to be strong for is..'' Levi stopped to push back his tears.

''Oh Levi, honey, love will always make even the strongest, weak. You just have to decide who you want to be weak with and I can't tell you if my son is that person for you. What I can tell you is that since Nico was a child, whenever he got in trouble with one of us he would immediately do everything he could to make it up to us and he would never do it again,'' She hinted.

''You think I should forgive him?'' Levi assumed.

''That is completely up to you dear. You have to follow your heart and if your heart doesn't allow Nico back in, it can't be helped,'' She answered.

''My heart aches for him. I love him. My pride, my dignity, my self-respect, that he taught me to have, is what hinders me,'' Levi cried.

Nico's mother pulled him into her arms. ''Oh honey, pride, dignity, self-respect are important in a relationship but you can't let them become an obstacle to your happiness.''

''I'm so afraid of making the wrong decision,'' Levi whimpered.

Nico's mother began to rub circles on Levi's back. ''That's nothing new, dear. We're all always afraid we're making the wrong choices.''

''Do you think I'm just being stubborn and foolish?'' Levi questioned.

''No, I don't. My son behaved like an idiot. He was a complete selfish asshole, even I can't deny that, sweetie,'' Nico's mother shrugged with a smile causing Levi to chuckle. ''I should get going now but regardless of whether or not you choose to forgive my son, I'd to see you again.''

Levi nodded. ''I'd like that as well, ma'am.''

''And as a favor to me, I would appreciate if you didn't tell Nico I came and talked to you,'' Nico's mother requested.

''Why?'' Levi asked.

''He specifically told me not to make myself known to you. He said he didn't want you to think he was using me to try to manipulate you,'' Nico's mother shrugged, grabbed her bag, and made her way to the elevator.

Levi watched her leave before leaning his head back and closing his eyes.

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