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Life went back to normal for both. They met each other at the hospital during their work shift. M was brought by Kuya Nestor while J brought his car. The condo where he and Dr. Carlo stayed at was about a 20-minute walk from the hospital; M's house was in another city.
Although they were not required to be together anymore during J's rounds, M was always around to assist at a moments' notice. The mood would almost always turn happy when M came into the ward or the patients' room. She was always requested to help calm the anxious children. Apart from her nursing duties, M was a trainer for the Pediatric Music Therapy program. The 'hospital' sounds of the PA system, machines, and sounds from patients' rooms, the pediatric floor of Hopewell had been transformed into a happier place. Visitors often quipped that it felt like they would be transported into a happy place even if they knew that there were lots of sick kids on that floor.
"Ate Nic?" Raine, a 12-year old girl with a congenital heart defect and was just recently transferred from another hospital, sat patiently in bed as M checked on her vital signs after administering her medication.
"Yes?"
"Boyfriend nyo po ba si Kuya Doc?"
"Bakit mo naman natanong yan?" M replied as she looked from Raine's IV line to her Mom who was seated on the couch beside Raine's bed. Mommy looked at M apologetically. M just smiled at them.
"...para po kasing ang lambing lambing ni Kuya Doc kapag ikaw ang kausap nya. Dati, kapag dinadala ako ni Nanay para magpacheck-up kay Kuya Doc, takot na takot ako sa kanya kasi ang sungit nya. Parang kulang nalang sisigawan ako."
"Naku...hayaan mo, kausapin ko sya para pagsabihan na hindi dapat sinisigawan ang bata...ang pasyente..."
"...pero magaling si Kuya Doc...kahit na masungit...naalala nya yung mga check-up nya sa akin...lagi nyang tinatanong kung okay pa ba daw yung heart ko?"
"Hmm...anong sagot mo?"
"Okay naman kasi inaalagaan ko...inaalagaan ako nina Nanay at Tatay...love nila ako...at dahil sa love na yun, tumitibay ang heart ko...siguro, yung love ni Kuya Doc, kahit na masungit sya, parang love nina Nanay sa akin..."
"Paano mo nasabi?"
"Kasi, inaalala nya yung mga taong mahalaga sa kanya. Concerned sya. Concerned sya sa mga taong mahalaga sa kanya..."
