Soulmates : The Tale Of Two Hearts

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When they reached , Yibo tried to come out but his legs gave up. They were trembling.

Zhan held him and picked him up. He was burning and at the same time drenching in sweat, brows frowned, jaws clenched.

Zhan could not help but felt his heart crumbling. He took him to his room as he knew he could not take him to hospital. He made him lie on the bed.

" Master Xiao ?!" Mrs Wu followed them to the room.

" He..." Zhan could not able to form words. He was panicking.

" A..aunty, m..medicine...." Yibo said in low tone.

Mrs Wu immediately moved forward to take out the small bottle. She poured four green pills out of it and fed Yibo with water.

" Master Xiao, please massage his arms and legs. I'll come with medicine." Mrs Wu said, hurried.

Zhan nodded and Mrs Wu left. He sat beside Yibo . He first removed his coat and rolled his sleeves and started massaging but not hard. He felt the hard veins through the muscles. All were bulging out. Yibo curled his leg. His breath was getting heavy.

" Z..Zhan" Yibo whispered while opening his eyes slightly.

" I'm here." Zhan replied.

" It's a...alr...alright." Yibo said.

" Don't speak." Zhan said. He did not know from where it was ok.

Yibo smiled slightly and turned to Zhan's side. Realising what other want Zhan moved towards him, making Yibo snuggled in him.

Soon Mrs Wu came back with a bowl of medicine.

" Master Xiao " Mrs Wu forwarded the bowl to Zhan. He made Yibo sit , leaning on his body and fed him the whole bowl.

Mrs Wu covered Yibo with blanket and sat at the end of bed. She started massaging Yibo's feet with expertise.

Yibo's temperature was increasing.

After almost six hours, Yibo finally relaxed but his temperature was still the same and both Zhan and Mrs Wu were there for him.

" Why his temperature is not getting down ?" Zhan asked worried.

" It'll go down slowly but won't vanish." Mrs Wu said.

" Then ?" Zhan asked. He was really hurt by his lover's that condition.

" Subside after three days. We can only control it to a limit." Mrs Wu said. She was glad to see that someone else was that worried for Yibo.

She got up and told Zhan that if he needed anything just called her. Then she left. She had to prepare dinner and medicines.

" Did I scare you ?" Yibo asked, slowly. Of course he wasn't sleeping because the pain could only be reduced to such point that it was easy to bear.

Zhan hugged him more closely. He looked at Yibo's face who had a small smile on his face and eyes slightly open which was reminding of other heart wrenching scene. He felt lump in his throat and kissed his forehead but Yibo felt something wet on his face.

He reached out to touch his lover's face and found it wet.

" Zhan, it's ok. I'm fine. Please don't cry." Yibo said, frowning and Zhan held his face in his lover's crook. He could not stop his tears but no voice came out from his mouth.

" Zhan, please love don't cry. I'll be good soon." Yibo felt worried but Zhan's heart, mind and soul were a mess.

" I'm sorry for scaring you." Yibo said, caressing Zhan's head with his trembling fingers.