EXCHANGE OF HEARTS [BL]

CHAPTER 26

Race felt this way before when he was in grade school, he's 9 years old when he felt this hell.

Race was sweating, he's panting and catching for his breathe. He felt his body and it's burning hot. That's when he realized that he's burning fever, but it's not about his fever.

It's about his heart.

His father run him to hospital when he's 9 because he had palpitation. His heart squeezed so tight and he can't move because his body was weak.

Race groaned and trying to reach for the button that connected to his parents' room. Isaiah put this button in case he felt something in his body-specially in his heart.

Just like now. He woke up with sweat all over his body and he's catching for his breathe like someone take away his breathe.

Race swallowed hard and tried to open his eyes and moved to the side of his bed to pressed the button. In just a simple moved, his body drained and he felt more weak. His body was weak.

Race successfully pressed the button, but his body can't take it anymore.

He collapsed on the floor.

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First thing he saw when he opened his eyes was his daddy Isaiah who looked worried for him.

Isaiah cupped his face, "thank God!" Worried flash in Isaiah's eyes, but it's not just worried, but also feared. "How's your feeling? Are you hurt? Did you feel something on your body?" Isaiah boomed him question after question.

"How long did I slept?" He asked, voices are weak.

"Two days, son. You've been unconscious for two days." Isaiah caress his hair, worried was written all over his face.

"I can't really imagine the horror I felt when we saw you on your room's floor, laying there unconscious and you're burning hot, Race." Isaiah put his forehead to Race's. "I'm so damn worried, son. I don't want to remember again the first time we almost lost you." Isaiah's voice quivered.

Race heart squeezed, but he didn't show it to his daddy. Isaiah's been worried about his health. "Dad, I'm fine..."

"When we heard the button, your daddy and I rushed to your room. I remembered, my heart was throbbing so fast and so fucking terrified in the thought of you," Isaiah take a deep breathe. "It's been a long time since you felt this way. It's been a long time since you have a palpitation and we both don't know what to do because we're shocked. The first time you have a palpitation was when you're nine years old and we can't lose you, son. We can't take it..."

Isaiah's eyes shimmered, tears slid from his eyes but Isaiah wiped it immediately.

Race didn't want to see his father like this. He's hurting when he saw his father cried because of him, because of his damn stupid heart.

He don't want to see his parents cry because they though he'll die because his heart palpitated and his breathe weaken. Race remembered when he first open his eyes all he saw was his fathers crying beside him and they are praying and begging for him to comeback to life and don't leave them behind.

It's hurt to heard it. It makes his heart more in pain and that time he promise to took care of his health, specially of his heart because he can't stomach seeing his parents cried and in pain.

"I'm alright, dad." Race showed a weak smiled and hugged his daddy. "I'm not gonna die." He added to ease what his daddy felt right now, but it seems it didn't make Isaiah's alright because he cried more.