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In fact, I had the saht now

Had been for nearly five years

I loved it

It wasn’t often that I got to see my baby brother smile like that And next to me, at that

“That’s aweso his scars up close now That had been why he had so one through so much”

“Are you trying to talkamused

I let my eyes move from his scar-covered, tattooed arht his hazel eyes, which were the color of cha stilled

Nothing rong with ery to savethere, looking at me at my worst

We were just Pace and Oakley

A man and a woman

He blinked, and that ed my life

If we lived through this, I was going toas I could, anyway

Whichaloud

“Organ donation only lasts for about five to ten years,” I said softly “And based on how long dialysis worked for me, I could ruin your kidney in possibly five years”

He looked at me with an honest, sincere look on his face as he said, “And in five years, I’ll help you find another one”

I would’ve cried had he not caught my hand

“I pro up I researched it before I did it I have a friend who has one kidney He’s a doctor I talked to hiht about it TrustI know everything there is to know about it I’ into this blind”

The sincerity in his words had what felt like a concrete pillar being lifted from my chest

I drew in a breath, s the lovely smell that was Pace, and breathed out

“I never thought I cared about fivehis hand “Not until they toldme them”

He squeezed s I never thought I cared aboutuntil hting for my life, I knew that I wanted to live, even if it was a shitty life”