Maybe This Time

Chapter 3

It was only a few minutes before the medics and ambulance arrived to take Phukan to the hospital.

Because of the accident Phukan was involved in, the nurses who were with him in the ambulance immediately called his father and Cirrus.

"Hello? Are you Mr. Phukan's husband? I want to inform you that we are taking him to the hospital because he was involved in an accident" said the Nurse

"Is he dead?" Cirrus asked

"No" the nurse replied

"I'm busy just call me if he is and I'll collect his body" Cirrus said and then hung up

The nurses looked at the poor Phukan in shock,

"It's so bad that instead of pitying him, why do your father and husband seem to want you gone?" the nurse asked Phukan

The nurse didn't know that Phukan was awake and had heard everything he said,

Phukan was very hurt by what he heard, he didn't think that his husband would hate him so much, that he would rather Phukan disappear and die, even his father, he couldn't be contacted,

'am I really worthless to you?' Phu asked himself

Phukan was very depressed by what he heard, he lost consciousness and when he woke up he was already in the hospital, Achi was next to him watching over him.

"Phu? Are you awake" said Achi

"Achi? what are you doing here?" Phukan asked his friend

"I called you to invite you to eat out, and he said you were in the hospital because you had an accident, I asked him how you were but do you know what answer I got from your good husband? He said he didn't know because he didn't come to see you at the hospital, is that true? Tell me Phu, does your husband treat you right or does he mistreat you?" Achi asked his friend

But Phukan could only give a sob as an answer to his friend's question.

"Achi am I wrong? Am I wrong to hope? I just want him to love me too but why is it so hard for him to do that? I gave him everything Achi, my whole life, I chose him over our company, I loved him completely Achi, I gave him everything, I never hurt him or cheated on him, for over a year he was the only one, he was the only man I loved Achi but why is this? I just want him to love me too, I just want him to treat me like a human being, I just hope but why, why is everything happening to me" Phu said crying,

Achi hugged his friend tightly,

"I'm hurting Achi, it hurts so much, it hurts so much, I don't know if I can handle it, he's the first man I've ever loved like this Achi, he's the only one, it hurts so much, it hurts so much" Phu said crying

"I know Phu, I know you're hurting" Achi

"Is it hard to love me Achi? is it really that hard? Don't I deserve it?" Phu

"Phu, you deserve to be loved, okay? Your husband is just stupid because he doesn't see that" Achi

"I don't want to anymore Achi, I've given up, I don't want to hold on anymore, I feel like if I hold on anymore, I'll only get hurt more, and I can't take it anymore, no more, I don't want to anymore"

Phu just cried and cried in his friend's arms, whether Achi admitted it or not but he was also hurting, not because his friend was hurting, but Achi knew to himself that back then he didn't really see Phu as just a friend anymore and he was hurting now because of that, he regretted letting Phu marry that Cirrus, he regretted leaving then, if he hadn't left to fulfill his dream, if he had allowed himself to love Phu more, he wouldn't have been hurting like this now, he would have been happy with him, because he knows he can make him happy.

That same day, Phukan was released from the hospital, and after he left, he said goodbye to Achi that he was going to his and Cirrus' house, and as he expected, his husband was not there.

Phukan entered his and Cirrus' room, and looked at the photo of the two of them and his husband.

While looking at the photo in front of him, tears suddenly fell from his eyes.

This photo was taken on their first day as husband and wife.

"Is it really hard Cirrus? Is it really hard for you to love me? I knew you didn't love me but I hoped that if I stayed by your side you might give me a chance, but nothing, all my efforts came to nothing, you just ignored everything, all I wanted was your love, just for you to love me, that's all I asked for and nothing else, is it because I'm not her? Because I'm not Lukprae? I endured Cirrus, I endured because I thought it was possible, I thought there was hope, but no matter what I do there's nothing, really nothing, no hope,"

"Is it really nothing or do you just not want to? Cirrus, I've given up, I don't want to fight anymore because in the end I know I'll lose too, I've lost Cirrus, it's been a long time, I just don't accept it because it hurts me, but it's enough Cirrus, I don't want to get hurt anymore"

Phukan slowly opened the drawer where the divorce paper Cirrus prepared was placed, After receiving the paper, he immediately signed it.

'You are free now Cirrus, you are free now, I will no longer force you to do what you don't want to do Cirrus'

🖤Queen Maven🖤