Forever and Always - BoyxBoy -Complete-

27

Jake

"Daniel! You're awake! I need to talk to you." I saw Daniel sitting on the lap of somebody, which made my spirit boil up to my limit. That person's identity was revealed when Dan slightly jumped on top of him and fell on the floor, with his butt hitting hard. "Kean, what the hell are you doing here? Didn't I tell you already not to come? Do I need to push you out of here just get you into your senses?" I ran over towards him and grabbed him by his shirt, lifting him up and about to hit him on his face when Daniel screamed. "Stop it! Who are you to barge in and tell all of this? He was just went here to me here okay, and to talk to me, what's your problem with that?"

I threw Kean back to the chair, almost toppled over with my hard push, and then Daniel came up to him. "Hey, are you alright?” He asked the boy then looked up to me, full of anger in his eyes. Those fiery blue eyes I've seen for the second time around since we had our fight a few years back. I knew once I saw this one, it means trouble. But he has no memory of it before so maybe I could stop him this time. "Jerk, how dare you do this to him?!" He spat. I was wrong, it’s still the same as what he did the first time I saw them myself. No one has ever seen those eyes, for the reason that we keep our arguments aside when we are at school or on some public places. But once we got in to some private places or left alone, there, I will see those same eyes as he has now. Kean then rubbed his shoulder, as if soothing him. "I'm alright Dan." He said to Daniel with what I assume a reassuming voice.

"Hey, get off my boyfriend!" I instantly pulled Daniel away from him, only to hear silent whimpers escape from Dan's mouth. "Is this the way a friend visit you, sitting on his lap?"

"I don't know you, jerk and what do you care if I sit on his lap? I'm not your boyfriend so get your hands off me, you worthless douchebag!"  My inner self could almost hit him without any hesitation for calling me like that. Then again, I regained my thoughts and remembered his case is a bit complicated now. He harshly pulled his arm away and on a split second I noticed his hand was bleeding. A needle got stuck over it and I think it slightly tore his skin apart when he swung his arm. “Daniel, you’re bleeding. Let me take hold of it.” Slowly, my expression cooled down a bit at the sight of blood running on his skin. However, he didn’t bother to turn back and didn’t even felt the sharp thing that was left piercing on his skin.

“Dan, I said you’re hurt! Let me treat it for you!’

“I heard you, you bastard! No need to yell at me and I don’t give a damn fuck about it! I’ll let it bleed as long as I wanted to.” He continued to tend on Kean rather than himself. Dan, what’s wrong with you? Have you already forgotten about us, our promises to each other? Tell me Daniel. Don’t leave me lost, just like before. I don’t want to feel left all alone again. 

“I guess I’ll leave for the mean time Dan. You need to talk to Jake. I’ll visit again next time.” Kean’s face bloom a smile as he glanced to Daniel and kissed him on his cheek. Damn him! I can see Daniel’s cheeks got tinted with red as Kean’s lips parted from his skin. I couldn’t believe that I didn’t do anything to stop him from doing it. Maybe, I was surprised, stunned or whatever. He walked up towards me, pausing on my right side as I stood just before the door. “I’ll leave for now so that you can talk. I respect you as much as I respect him. You must be thinking now that I’m being nice and to be honest, I am. I just don’t want him to see me hurt his beloved, though I could have fought back the moment you threw me on that chair.”

“Damn you…” I cursed. I know there are a lot of things I could have possibly done the moment he stepped

“Chill, I’m going to leave you to him now. I won’t be disturbing you’re quality time with him, though I doubt you will have some after he saw what you’ve done to me.” And with that he left, leaving me and Daniel who was now covering his wound with his blanket and a few drops of blood were on the sheets. I sat down beside him and reached for his hand. “Hey, let me do it.” Pulling out my handkerchief and attempted to wrap his wound with it.

“Don’t you understand a single word I just said? I can take care of myself. I don’t need your help or something,” kicking me off his bed with all his might. “Daniel, please calm down, it will continue to bleed if I don’t tend to it or worse. It might get infected with something.” I tried to sound as nice as I could, hiding away all the anger that has been my burden since this morning. I honestly didn’t expect him to cooperate with me this time around, only after I said that it could get an infection. “You’re still that stubborn boy I know.” I continued wrapping his wound and tied a knot on it so that it will not loosen.

“Heh, I wonder if I did love you before. I’m just looking at you now and you do have, not the slightest but the greatest tendency to hurt me. Your reaction earlier when you saw me sitting on his lap was more driven by rage. You’ve never been jealous, are you?” sitting back against the headrest and then covered his lower body with his blanket. I sighed, losing at his statement. It’s true, I have never been so jealous with someone before, apart from that time when I saw their picture kissing in the bus stop. But that was not the worst. “Well, you can say that.”

Our moods slightly shifted a little for some time now, leaving him sitting on his bed while I was on the couch, with arms folded on top of my chest and stared at him the rest of the time. “Isn’t it rude to stare at somebody, especially if that person you’re staring at doesn’t even know you? I might think you’re going to do something to me.” He broke out, pulling me out of my trance, more like annoyed instead of a straight-faced man speaking in front. “I’m just thinking.”

“Tell me, I’m all ears.” He moved away from his bed and pulled the chair in front of me as he sat on it. “Hey, you’re not supposed to move from your bed. Get back or else they’ll strap you down.”

“Like I give a damn fuck.” He puffed. For the first time in my life, I’ve heard him swear this time and did say a lot for one morning only. “Okay, I know you don’t remember me but, I’m your boyfriend and that boy earlier was not.”

“Don’t address him as boy, his name’s Kean and I don’t even know your name yet, mister. So don’t you come in here and claim that you’re my boyfriend or anything at all.”

“Sorry, I thought I don’t need to introduce myself to you. I’m Jake Andrews, by the way.” I stretched my arm out, offering a handshake. “Right… Your name does sound almost quite familiar, but it’s all a blur to me. Anyways, I’m Daniel…”

“Daniel Summers, that’s your name.” I finished his sentence for him. “Oh, good, at least somebody here knows my complete name. They all do call me Mister Summers, but I don’t know who the hell he is. So is there anything else that I need to know?”

“Aside from the fact that you’re my boyfriend, I also proposed to you a few months or weeks back. We’ve made a few plans already and-“

“Woah, woah…” gestured me to pause, “…are you suggesting to me that we’re engaged or something? That is the most stupid thing I have heard today. For all I know, you’re still here insisting that we have a relationship until now and I don’t believe any single thing ‘bout it.” He objected and chuckled at the statement thinking that it’s some ridiculous thing. “Dan, it’s true. Look,” showing him the ring I gave to him, “this was the ring I gave to you.”

“It doesn’t mean you have that meant we’re engaged or something. I’m not going to fall for that one.”

“Dan please, listen to me. I love you and we promised that we will be-“

“We didn’t promise anything! I don’t have any feelings for you and that love of yours is more of a one sided relationship.” He cried in shock, as he stood up and walked towards the window. I was also surprised that all the apparatuses that were meant to be attached to him were not on. Possibly he removes them when he wakes up and they did not bother to return it. I followed him and placed my arms around his waist. “Daniel, I love you. Please try to remember me.”

“No! No! Get the hell out of here! Get! Out! Now!” He shouted to my ears. I stared at him once again and this time, I was surely defeated. “I- I’ll talk to you again tomorrow.” I suggested.

“Don’t bother returning here.” He retorted. His tears we’re slowly streaming down his face. I was left with no choice but to leave his room. I was supposedly there to comfort him now, to pull him up, and to tell him that it’s alright, but I can’t. I lost today, and probably tomorrow again and the next days to come. We were supposed to be a happy couple. I’m starting to doubt myself, losing all that I’ve been standing for.

But… I still have to convince him. I still have to make him remember about us.

That is my resolve.