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2024-10-29 19:42:56The dusk had set into night and the hospital had become silent. Sebastian had forgotten about all the crowd and fans and didn't want to come to any conclusion of wether they were still standing out or have left.
All he could feel was this burning sensation in him, mixed with anger, the familiar race of his heart when he was near Lorraine and scared. He thought this would go away when he'd see Lorraine for once and made sure that she was well but no, he ended up sitting outside her room and refusing to move.
Along the empty hallway of the hospital, he wished that his mind and heart were as empty too. All he had thought about was Lorraine and their consequences and he felt depressed already; let alone be the thought of media and his manager back there in New York.
Perhaps his heart had had enough, but within the next beat, tears were falling down his eyes. He let a few years fall, realising there was no one around,
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