BACK HOME (G&B)

Cap 15

Bas stop his movements cold, when Park notice he wasn't hitting him anymore, he let go of Bas just to realize a second latter that it was a mistake, the smaller one throw a punch to his jaw and another hit to his mouth splitting his lip, just then he could hold him again.

"shit! Stop!!" he push him to the bed and manhandle his body to hold his arms on his back.

"How... do you dare... To lie like.... that!!"

The tears and the splitting pain of his head was letting him out of air, he wasn't breathing fine, so Park had to let him go.

"you... did it... ha...."

Park let him go and turn him around still holding his arms but then he notice the boy wasn't fine.

"Wait, breath!!!"

Park look scared how the boy keep panting and losing the color on his face "shit !! shit!! Breath properly!!" he did the only thing he could think of, he make him sit up and place his hand on Bas's mouth forcing him to breathe through his nose...

"inhale... 1..2..3... exhale"

Slowly the air get to his lungs, he stop hyperventilating and the color came back to his face, tears fall down on his cheeks and the headache was still strong, but his chest didn't hurt anymore, he move park's hand from his face and lay down on the bed with his eyes closed taking deep breaths.

"Shit man don't scare me like that!!" Park move away and fill another glass of water offering it to Bas, but he didn't take it, so he left it at the bedside table "do you have asthma or something like that? Do you have an inhaler?"

"No, I don't need one, now shut up" Bas close his eyes trying to calm the heavy pulsations of his head, and then he felt something cold being placed on his forehead. He sigh relieved by the coldness.

They stay in silence for a bit until Bas speak.

"it's true?" he know he didn't need to talk further, they both understood.

"yes..."

Bas shake his head "I can't believe it"

"he didn't believe me at first either..."

Bas lift the towel form his eyes and look at Park sitting at the chair by the bedside, Park smile softly and take out the towel to dampen it and pass it to him again.

"... so he knew it?" he lay down again pressing the cold towel to his warm eyes

"yes, we used to talk after classes"

Bas sit up supported on his elbows "what? When?"

Park give him again the towel that fell on his side.

"When his father was so sick that he had to find work... sir George need help with the harvest, so I was helping him when Saint came to talk to him, I was surprised at first because he came alone, we start working together... at first, we didn't get along but after spending some time together we get closer.

It was actually a good time, at home my father keep pestering me for my grades, he want me to become a police officer like him, but I didn't like it... Saint was the first person to know what I want to do for real, he laugh at me for being so dumb and he help me sometimes with homework...

I had feelings for him since before, actually I used to bully you because it was the only way for him to look at me... I was jealous of your friendship... I told him that, he laugh at me but didn't reject me...

That day it was our pay day and our last, Saint told me it was getting harder for him to lie to his mother and to you, so he wouldn't keep working... I ask Sir George to pay me ahead of time and... prepare a surprise for him, I ask him to be my boyfriend..."