Café Pit-a-Pat - Season 1 (COMPLETE)

Chapter 21

Can someone faint from crying too much? Copter couldn't help but think to himself. He really hoped the answer was no, but the ceaseless sobs of the person in front of him right now was worrying him to no end.

"Bas, I'm really okay," Copter repeated for the billionth time.

But Bas continued to cry his lungs out. "I'm so sorry, P'!"

"Why are you sorry? It's not your fault at all," Copter reassured him with a smile. "And, like I said, it's just an elbow sprain. It'll heal in a couple of weeks."

Copter patted the sling on his arm for extra emphasis, expecting Bas to calm down a little. He internally winced, though, when his plan backfired.

"You shouldn't touch your arm like that!!!" Bas bawled out louder than before. "Doesn't it hurt?!?!"

Copter sighed. "You're acting like I'm going to die or something."

Bas hiccuped. "You're going to die?!?!"

"No! Of course not," Copter quickly denied. "I'm fine, Bas. So stop crying, okay? You're worrying me."

Copter promptly handed Bas some more tissues, which Bas took and subsequently used to loudly blow his nose. Copter suppressed an amused laugh at that, although his eyes were still consumed with worry.

He had been caught by surprise when Bas randomly showed up at his doorstep about half an hour ago. But, before Copter could react, Bas had instantly bombarded Copter with an endless string of questions about his well-being while ushering him back to the bed. And, since then, even though Copter kept telling him that he was okay, Bas had been crying over him nonstop.

"I'm sorry, P'," Bas apologized again in between breathless sobs.

"Like I said, it's not your fault."

"It is!" Bas insisted. "And I'm sorry for saying all those harsh words," he added, his voice heavy with regret.

Harsh? Copter scrunched up his face as he recalled what Bas had said to him earlier that morning. No matter how much he thought about it, he wouldn't have characterized any of Bas's words to him as "harsh". Regardless of his disagreement with the characterization, though, Copter didn't think that Bas owed him any apology.

"You didn't say anything that was harsh," Copter countered. "And, even if you did, you shouldn't be sorry."

"Huh?"

"You were saying that for P'Kim, right? Because you were worried about him. Because you wanted to protect him from getting hurt."

With a dumbfounded expression on his face, Bas gaped at Copter. Smiling, Copter grabbed a tissue in his mobile hand and gently wiped away Bas's tears.