Accidental love

4.

A month has passed, Forth and Ming have been avoiding each other since that night like a plaque. Forth tries to focus more on his classes and sotus activities to forget everything, but is failing miserably. Ming has stopped going to the bar or participating in any activities around the uni. He just goes to his uni accompanied by PoshWai (after much threats from the duo of course), attends his classes, and returns to the dorm. Thanks to Wai's threat, no one from BeamKit or PhaYo made an appearance in front of Ming neither he tried to contact them.

The engineering gang has noticed Forth daydreaming and looking all guilty and lost, but the latter just shrugs it off whenever asked the reason. Even he doesn't show much interest in going to the bar or hanging out at the dungeon and even stopped looking at other boys and girls much to everyone's shock. Everyone receives a cold glare and deathly aura who try to approach him. Lam questions him again on the behalf of everyone only to receive a cold glare from his best friend.

Lam was going to the restroom after classes when he noticed Ming running in the same direction covering his mouth. He rushes to the junior campus moon and sees how he empties his guts in the sink. Lam tries to soothe him and pats his back while Ming has a painful expression on his face. After a few minutes, he calms down and washes his face. He rests his face on the sidewall for a second while Lam still holding his arm for support.

Lam notices the ever-looking cheerful face looks pale and thin. Now that he remembers, Ming has been almost invisible in the uni that is so not like his usual self. No flirting around, playful nature during lunch, or even attending the sotus activities. Most importantly, how Forth went to him in the bar and dragged him out not once but twice last month. But all these questions can wait for later given the nong's condition. 

Ming stands and thanks P'Lam for his help while the other just shrug it. Before any further questioning, Ming says that he might eat something bad that caused an upset stomach and left before the senior could interrogate him further. Lam also leaves when he receives a call from Park waiting outside for him. 

Ming started to feel scared for his health as he has been puking after eating everything, feels tired all the time along with body aches, dizziness, and nausea. He still remembers the blood that day, but thankfully it never occurred and he also shrugged it thinking it was a result of rough sex. 

When the symptoms don't resolve even after further 2 weeks of proper care and rest, he decides to see a doctor. He goes to the hospital alone without telling PoshWai to avoid any unwanted rain of questions. He is waiting outside with full nervousness and anxiety written face.

The nurse calls his name and leads him to the room after a few minutes. He explains to the doctor about his symptoms while waiting for his blood test results. The doctor has somewhat confused to shocking reaction on his face while reading his reports that scares Ming more. 

Noticing Ming on the verge of crying, the doctor calms him and asks him a few questions. He then question whether he knows about hermaphrodites or not to which the latter shook his head in no. The doctor explains that in hermaphroditism, an individual has both ovarian and testicular organs making them able to conceive their children. Similarly, he also has a fully functioning uterus that is now carrying a child. 

Ming who is trying hard to understand this new information feels difficulty breathing when he understands the whole meaning. He is shedding tears and sweating heavily on the fact that he not only has a functioning uterus, but also a child. He looks to the doctor troubled and asks again and again to which the doctor calmly replies that he is 6-week pregnant.

That it and the heavy rain of tears start flowing through Ming's eyes. Even the doctor feels difficult to comfort him. After much effort, the doctor can calm him down and ask him to go home and take proper rest given the fact he is malnourished and weak due to all the puking and morning sickness that is not going to resolve anytime soon. After getting a few prescriptions and health information from the doctor, Ming leaves the clinic and drags himself to his dorm. 

Ming feels that his world has crumbled down completely. He was not completely over the betrayal from P'Kit and the gang when that accidental night happened and while he is trying hard to get over it another bomb exploded. He has no idea about what to do anymore or where to go from there.

Inside the dorm, Ming has spent his whole day searching about his condition throughout the net. He feels scared of what people will think about him or worse what would happen when his family and P'Forth will find out. Ming's parents have been supportive of him since he came out to them in high school. But still, he fears breaking this news to them when they are not even aware of his and his ex-boyfriend's breakup. All the insecurities are crushing him to a point where he wants to run away from everything. He doesn't want people looking at him with judging eyes or calling him a freak.