A Piece of Your Heart

tain smile. "I apologize. I meant to introduce myself to you sooner, but I was t

ga

em like he was lying, and he seemed more of a

n't good at reading people, but I though

I know you from

t think you remember it since it was a brief and mundane intera

mont

l what I had been do

ily routine. I would wake up, eat breakfast, go to work, eat lunch, go back to work until late at

roceries, my brother's tuition fees, my parents' medical bills, and gifts for special

r not being productive, for wasting time when I cou

the last one for working hard since it was my brother's last year in med school, so I kept on

, but at least I would finally have my brother helping me out. He knew what I had been going through

es and a gigantic responsibility on one's shoulders. After all, they were in charge of their patients' lives. O

or nothing. He was level-headed and intelligent, and I knew that he was more t

parents. He was a sweet, considerate kid who worked hard. This was also why I would never regre

d most of the time. I didn't hang out at

simply mistook m

hospital. I was instructed not to work for a while and to rest. I had to do less strenuous things. So I

pa

h of recognit

my apartment just to unwind during the early mornings when

an continued on. "You were sitting on a bench nearby whe

tle embarrassed

ground. You saw me, helped me up, and had me sit down on the

could recall bits and pieces. It was rare for me to go to the

een hat, and a white shirt with long swords in the position of

n I first laid eyes on him. It looked like the drawing of a professional a

y head and saw him losing his balance. I ran over to him and helped him

ving, but I couldn't remember why I left so sudden

m. "You're the one with the white shirt. The

brightened. "Yes! I did w

e wasn't lying, after all. It

iked how it looked, despite having only g

Nathan looked a

hat surp

men don't usually like

le to my liking. I draw sometimes, so I g

u like it back?" Nat

oodles when his words made me pause. "W

s. "Your sketchbook, remember? You forgot it on the bench that day

sheepishly, my mind suddenly clouding over in sur

I checked every corner of the house

dentally left it at the park

e realization came

he saw the d

h he