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8 longing years. Sakura Aiko could feel her 21 year old heart beating in delayed reaction when a faint smile was plastered in the man’s face. She blinked twice, afraid that it might be a dream after seeing her greatest love in front of her again. A sudden wave of memories hit her mind from her childhood squeals and growing up years, voices that inspired her long ago to move forward and the familiar soothing smell of her fathers homemade curry after a long day. It was her mother's nudge that hurled her back to reality. Inside the small room she quietly sat across him and their eyes met instantly. No words were uttered but his frail hands slowly reached for hers and gently patted it. It was real. Her desperate prayers were heard from above. With twitching lips and quivering shoulders she gave him a warm embrace, it instantly felt home after years of being lost. Terrified that time might snatch away the remaining days of seeing her father breathing she never left his side while attending on its needs. Life separated them for years and not being able to create last memories with the person close to her heart would make
