Matilda pulled Niki into a tight embrace, he wept heavily on her shoulders. Drops of tears fell from her eyes too, but she dabbed the tears to avoid bringing down Niki's confidence.“Niki, read my lips. Your surgery will be a success, and you will not die”All Niki could do was nod and clean his tears, he developed an hiccup and Matilda patted his back.“You are one of the strongest people I know, you are even stronger than I, your older sister. I'm proud of you”.A warm smile spread across Matilda's face, and Niki smiled weakly in return. She pulled him into another embrace, and kept patting his back.She released him and they continued walking and stopped when they got to their doorstep.“What would you like to have for dinner, my little pumpkin?”Niki rolled his eyes as he went through the door, Matilda laughed so hard.“I'm 12, stop calling me that”“Then you should be aware that your shoes do not belong on the couch”.Matilda pointed to his shoes he placed on the couch, he picked
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