Memories of the Forgotten (ManXMan)

Chapter 3

Dedicated to my fEllow kababayan yaoiChibi ! ;) her stories are soooo awesome! Mpreg all the way! Hehe

A shout-out to a friend of mine RenSakura who just published her story "From A Nightmare to a Dream Come True" a Free! One shot.. Kindly check it out guys!

PIERCE's POV

I hastily drove towards the hospital breaking a few speed limits along the way. It's all my fault though, if I didn't stop at Starbucks to buy my iced-coffee americano, I wouldn't be in this predicament. Can't help it though, the one I had for breakfast didn't quench my thirst for my favorite beverage so I had to make a stop and now I'm paying the consequences.

Thankfully I arrived at the hospital in one piece, still alive and kicking and no speeding ticket. Slowing down before entering the parking garage, I can't help but be excited for this day. Looking at the 7-story building, I felt like a kid on his first day of school.

The building itself was not like those gigantic hospital you can find in the city where people tried their best to avoid the place itself. This building was quaint and had a nice atmosphere that makes people comfortable. It thrived and was very well-known because of the quality of long-term care given to the patients. Yes I said long-term, it's a medical facility that also houses long-term care patients such as people with physical disabilities, chronic illnesses and coma patients. They also have a physical therapy department, that's why it's the sought-after facility for patients involved in vehicular accidents. One of the many reasons that I wanted to work here, seeing as I had my own experience of such unfortunate occurence.

Entering the garage, I immediately found the parking space that was already alloted to me. After parking, I grabbed all my needed things for a hard day of work. Using the garage elevator, I pushed the button that would take me to my assigned floor, 6th floor.

Walking through the corridor, I smiled at the staff that I will have the pleasure of working from now on. I've already met some of them when I was here for my interview.

I headed to the Doctor's Lounge where I found Dr. Michael Stevens, a good family friend of ours. He is actually retiring next month and was the one who recommended me for the job. After a number of interviews and paperworks, here I am now.

"Ah, Pierce welcome! Oh I should call you Dr. McKnight right now,aye? Excited for your first day of work?" He greeted enthusiastically. I nodded and shook his outstretched hand, "Yes, very much indeed Dr. Stevens. Can't wait to get this show on the road." He just smiled warmly at me and proceeded to explain all the necessary things to get me started.

After introducing me to the staff and being warmly welcomed, we proceeded to the patients that will be assigned to me.

"So here's the last patient I need to endorse to you. Let's get inside and check up on him and I'll explain the rest." I was happy to hear that it'll be the last since my legs are starting to ache from walking too much, with all the introduction and endorsement.

This is the last one indeed but little did I know, it'll be the one who'll turn my world upside-down.

Okay so I wanted to be a tease and stop here but decided to be nice. Hehe ;)

MASON's POV

I feel soft hands running through my jet black hair and soft lips peppering sweet little kisses all over my face. He was also humming a tune and it sounded angelic to my ears. Yeah angelic, don't judge. His fingers skimmed through the contours of my face, from my forehead, tracing down my eyebrows and closed eyelids. Those same fingers then traced my nose and my defined cheekbones, my slight stubble and finally my full pink lips. I pretended to be asleep through all of this just to see what he'll do next.

His fingers were touching my lips so lightly that it felt like I was touched by feathers. A soft pair of lips landed against mine in a very sweet kiss that made my heart melt right there and then. "Wake up baby, please wake up." He whispered shakily and I don't like the sadness that was evident in his voice.

I tried to open my eyes but it won't cooperate, it remained shut no matter what I do. An annoying beeping sound can be heard from around somewhere. I tried to move my body but I felt immense pain all over which made me still. I heard a door open followed by the sounds of footsteps coming closer.

"Okay Dr. McKnight this is the last patient that I need to endorse to you. This is Mr. Mason Richards, he is in a coma for almost two years now, 1 year and 11 months to be specific. He was involved in a car crash and had a very severe head injury. He's one of our longest long-term patient here. We've already stabilized his condition already, the latest tests we did on him all came back with good results. No internal damage and further injuries. Of course we can't be 100% sure with his motor movements, until he wakes up, paralysis is still a possibility. Here is his chart." A deep baritone voice said.

What in the world? Coma? 1 year and 11 months? Were they talking about me, well duh dumbass! There's no other Mason Richards here at the moment right? So they must be talking about me. Oh God, I'm starting to panic.

The annoying beeping sound became erratic and I tried to ask them what was going on but all that came out of my lips was a pain-filled groan. A female gasp was heard followed by a bit of commotion. Hands were felt around my body, as if they're checking me if I'm okay.

A certain rough hand made contact with my forearm and tingles spread through my arm and spread throughout my entire body as I heard another gasp but this time it was a man's.

The hand on my forearm felt comforting to me, making me relax a little. Taking calming breaths, I once again tried to pry my eyes open and this time I succeeded as bright lights assaulted me immediately. Blinking once, twice, okay many times, my eyes started to adjust and I can make out silhouettes.

As my vision adjusted some more, I heard a whispered and trembling 'Oh my God' as my eyes focused on two moss-green orbs staring at me in shock, confusion and denial??