Spending time with Liam was incredibly easy and comforting. In the final days of my life, I was more than content to have found such a gentle, understanding, and like-minded friend.
That was until one day, I collapsed at home due to a sudden flare-up of my illness. Liam rushed me to the hospital, where he found out about my condition and how little time I had left.
The usually calm, composed academic broke down right then and there, his eyes red as he sobbed.
"Don't cry," I comforted him with a smile. "You're a highly educated guy. You know better than anyone that life and death are just natural cycles. I'm just leaving a bit earlier than you."
"But your life has only just begun..." Liam choked out, too overcome with emotion to form a proper sentence. I never expected this quiet, reser
