A ray of light in the darkness

When you're young and full of strength, you don't think about death. Until you happen to run into it, just like that, directly with full force. Just a moment ago, that nice old guy named JJ had been sitting there, drinking and laughing, talking about life... and now he was gone. But at least, he had died happy, closing his eyes in silence and placing his head on the chest of the wonderful lady who had poured him his drinks. The best way to die that existed, so it seemed. Especially in a world like that, full of dangers, pain and unfortunate accidents. AA2153 was well aware of all that, but just couldn't help himself. The things he had gone through, and the alcohol had thrown him off his balance and the tears were running freely down his cheeks like waterfalls, since he neither wanted nor had the strength to stop them. Next to him was his friend AC1677 sobbing, he loved the elderly cell as well in his own way. But what can you do, this was their harsh reality. Your time would run out and nothing would be left of you anymore, apart from useful substances that could still serve the body. AA2153 was crying so hard as if a water volcano had erupted inside him. The beautiful hepatocyte realized that it was useless to talk to him and offered him the chance to let it all out and accompany the old man to the sinusoidal capillary, where a Kupffer Cell would take care of his body. Then she whispered something in her friend's ear, took the young man's hand and led him behind the curtain, away from the hall.  She went with him to her room, opened the bed-curtains and made him sit down on the edge of the bed. "Allow me to comfort you," she said, opening his jacket. He looked at her, blind with tears. She took off his glasses that were fogged up from the moisture, cleaned them and placed them carefully on the bedside table. Next, she moved closer and hugged him. "Everything will pass, everything will be forgotten," she started calming him down, wiping his tears with her thin fingers. "Like this." And gently kissed his cheek and closed eyelids. AA2153 gave in to her affection and let her console him. "It's wrong to hate life because of the way it is," the nice hepatocyte whispered to him. "It's so terrible to be so young and already hate life! And neither should you blame yourself for incidents that don't depend on you or be angry that you aren't able to do anything. There just are things that we cannot change." She looked at him with endless affliction and comprehension: "But there is also love we can give to others." She kept whispering calming and sweet things to him, while helping him to get undressed. AA2153 soon felt the pain and desperation leaving him. He absorbed Hepatocyte-san's healing power of love and went crazy from the contact with her hot, silky skin. Not even comprehending his actions himself, he wrapped his arms tightly around her and threw himself into new sensations he had never experienced before. The hot kisses on her sweet lips made him almost drown with unknown happiness. In his mind, he could literally watch how the darkness that had filled his body was blurring and vanishing. Hepatocyte-san was as beautiful as an angel. After having driven him crazy with her caresses, she made him lay down on his back and positioned herself on top of him in order to love him. Every single one of her movements offered him purification, gave him new strength, inspired him and brought back his desire to live. Every single one of her movements made him reach the peak of pleasure, all the way to the primordial bang that created all existence in the world, to a complete divine catharsis that was too much for a simple mortal cell to conceive.  And then there was an explosion, as bright as the birth of a new galaxy, sweeping away everything in its way. It deafened them both to such an extent that they didn't hear their own loud screams, with which they let out all their accumulated pain and suffering, longing for the pleasure to take the latters' place. AA2153 forgot about absolutely everything. Now, he was existing in a whole new dimension, one that was full of happiness and harmony, completely different from the reality he was used to. He was seeking for even more love and didn't let Hepatocyte-san, who was burning with an intense heat, out of his arms. Healed and filled with happiness, he caressed her for a long time, as a thank-you for her help and the love she had offered him. * * * It was already late when they said goodbye. AA2153 thanked her sincerely for everything, starting to cry again, but this time from joy. The hepatocyte blushed and asked him to come there again, giving him a long, gentle kiss. They both had the impression that this wonderful moment would last forever. They continued with their tenderness, standing in the middle of the street, until they started to feel a piercing gaze on them, accompanied by a meaningful, accusatory "ahem". The two lovers suddenly noticed that someone was watching them: neutrophil U-1196. She was glaring with jealously at the happy couple, coming out from under a manhole cover. During that awkward moment, Hepatocyte-san gave the young man a last, quick kiss on the cheek and left, leaving the explanation to him. "Uhm, I..." he began absentmindedly. "Uh-huh..." grumbled the neutrophil.