Until the Iris Blooms

A new beginning

A meek voice floated from the other side of the receiver asking for him to go because no one else was picking his call for some reason and he did not feel well. "Mahasamut can you please come? I don't feel good and neither my secretary nor my Phi picked up my call and I think I need to go to hospital. I am dying of pain." It scared him, scared him more than the night he was waiting for his grandmother to be back in the rain. He was still in the middle of the class, but the call from Tongrak shocked him because Tongrak never called. He will always text him asking if it was the right time to talk before calling. And then his silent phone blinking with Tongrak's name made him feel uncomfortable, his heart started thundering in his chest. He told the professor that it's an urgent call and went out of the room. As soon as he heard the voice from the other side he started running even before the call was disconnected, he reached the bus stop. Throughout the bus journey he had googled the possibilities of the pain and came up with the conclusion that he again cursed one more person he loved, or at least wanted to love in future, his unborn child. When his grandmother passed away he came to a conclusion he should never love anyone because anyone he loves leaves him.

He got down the nearest bus stop to Tongrak's house and called him again asking for the door lock because he assumed Tongrak won't be able to open the door for him. When he entered the house it was almost dark, the setting sun below the horizon made everything dark, like his heart felt at that moment. He ran up two stairs at a time to reach Tongrak's room. It was as dark as the rest of the house, he turned on the flashlight of his mobile to check the room and also not to startle Tongrak if he was sleeping, he wasn't on the bed. Neither he was in the bathroom because the door was ajar and it was clearly empty. When he heard some crying from the other side of the bed, he went near it and found him sitting on the floor with his back resting on the bed. "Khun Tongrak! I am here and he placed his hands one below his knees and one under his back to pick up but Tongrak refused, "Don't touch me, I am dirty, I bled." Mahasamut just ignored his screams and picked him up and placed him on the bed first, he took out his phone and dialed the emergency services number 1669, explained the situation and looked back at Tongrak "Where are your medical documents?" and Tongrak pointed him at the cupboard. "Ambulance will be here in 10 minutes" he said while collecting the documents they may need at the hospital. "Where is your National ID?" and Tongrak pointed to another drawer.

Once he had arranged everything he went back near Tongrak who had stopped crying from the pain because of this man in front of him he got him confused, any alpha in a situation will just stay away from him. He was dirty and this man picked him up and placed him on the bed, got him some water. Arranged all the items then needed. Made sure Tongrak was decently dressed before the paramedics reached and now checking the time and smiling at him and asking him something but he couldn't hear. This man's smile just drew all his attention that his ears stopped working. He will never accept in words. The day he saw his smile for the first time in the cafe offering him the last piece of strawberry croissant because he thought Tongrak wanted to eat it? He did, but he was not thinking of asking the one Mut was supposed to have though. Actually his smile looked attractive at first when he entered the cafe but the food offered by him made him think that he wants his child to have that smile. He wasn't even sure then if he actually was his baby's father or not. His smile right now felt like a relief from his pain and suddenly this man stopped smiling and started out of the room "Where are you going?" left his mouth even before he realized. "I will be back khun in a minute, your ambulance is here." and he still left even though Tongrak shook his head in a no.