Drifted Lovers: The Chocolate Raspberry [COMPLETED]

Chapter Twenty: Game is Over

A corporate phone welcomed Haru's foggy mind. He did not notice that he slept on their sofa set and Bom was currently in front of the television, eating oatmeal and scanning for some good programs. He took the call and he heard Mr. Jung's formal voice. " Good day Mr. Haru, the CEO would like to invite you for a cup of tea later in his office. He also would like to congratulate for finishing your workshop well and successful."

" Thank you for the details Mr. Jung, please expect me around 3 p.m. I guess?" Haru replied and Mr. Jung hung up the phone after giving a confirmation on CEO Bada's schedule.

" The breakfast is ready Haru. Grab some in there." Bom instructed the elder band mate to take his breakfast.Haru walked first to their shared  bed room and noticed that Nari and Jee were not around.    

" Where did Nari and Jee go this early?" He asked while wiping a green face towel on his face. " They slept in Elle's unit." Bom responded in an unbothered manner. " So much friendship huh!" Haru tried to dismiss the pinch of jealousy he had for Elle when the words from Whan's advice lingered. Bom begun to notice the change of Haru's impression and reaction towards Elle and he added, " Elle collapsed last night. She had high fever. Actually the three of us stayed there but I was a little bit of early to wake up because I am hungry." Bom walked towards the fridge and get some fresh pears to cut. Haru suddenly froze a bit, his mind swirled and his feet wanted to barge in Elle's unit to check her but his will to not move won. " I will bring her some pears to hydrate her." Bom motioned to the kitchenware and got a knife. Haru suddenly snatched it and volunteered to peel and cut the fruits for her.

" I have an appointment. This is the least I can do for her. Tell her to get well soon." Haru's cold and sad foxy eyes focused on the pears and Bom watched him curiously.

" Something wrong? Happened last night?" Bom insisted to elicit something from Haru.
" Nothing important. Just starting to get a more adult perspective of life." Haru replied and dashed a squeeze of lemon onto the sliced pears. " Please ask her if she can still manage to attend my awarding." Haru seated at their dinning area and started to eat.

" Why not you ask her? Bring these to her." Bom suggested and smiled with his teeth flashing like a grint. Haru did not say a single word and Bom instantly understood the rejection of the idea.

Meanwhile, Jee already woke up and check on Elle's fever. He scanned the thermometer on Elle's forehead and it read 40 degree celcius. " You suddenly had fever." Jee ran his fingers through Elle's hair and sighed. " I brought pears. Should I place these in the fridge first?" Bom entered the room. " Yah! she is still asleep. Her fever is bad. I think she needs to see a doctor." Jee held his hair and fixed his worried gaze to Elle. " I will call Mr. Jung to prepare." Bom dialed up and phased to Elle's living room to wake up Nari. After few minutes a knock interrupted their worrisome, Bom was expecting it was Haru but when he opened he saw Shion. " Oh hey!" Shion removed  his cap and his pointy ears was exposed. " Where is Elle?" He asked. Bom pointed to the bedroom's location. Shion rushed and dropped the paper bags which he supposed to give Elle. " How long she was asleep?" He grabbed Jee shirt in panic. " We need to bring her to a hospital. She could manifest that incident again. I will start the car and bring it to the lobby area. Try to carry her, she will not wake up that easy. Make sure to lock her unit's doors and shutdown  the appliances." Shion stormed outside and Jee's body was shaking in unexpected manner. He was  not sure what was happening to Elle and how could Shion be so panicked and worried. Nari patted Jee and shouted, " Jee we need to help Elle please be mindful. Shion needs our assistance. Would like me to carry Elle?" Nari suggested.  " No need get a jacket. I will carry her." Jee kissed Elle's forehead and whispered before he carried her, " What's happening Cheesecake?" Jee walked outside while Bom was assisting them to push move along things and people. When opened, Whan was inside the elevator and by the time Jee and Bom was waiting. Whan's eyes widen in horror when he saw Jee was carrying Elle. " What's going on?" Whan held the elevator doors and let his comrade hopped in. Nari ran fast and also hopped in as he held Elle's unit keys. He clutched the keys because of stress and fear of what could be the worse thing to come. " Where is Haru?" Whan asked. " He said he has appointments." The elevator door opened and the building guards rushed as well to check if they could give a hand. Whan bowed to a guard and let Jee and Elle be the one to enter the car.   

" Whan you can stay here contact Mr. Bada or Mr. Jung." Jee instructed Whan and he nodded in affirmation. Shion almost maneuvered his car in such a fast speed. He was quiet and from time to time, he was glimpsing backwards to check on Elle. When they arrived the hospital, several nurses facilitated them and they were pushed back when they placed Elle on a bed. "Shion explain this to us." Jee gripped Shion's lower tip of his blazer.

" What happened to her? Is she under extreme emotions?" Shion questioned first. " I think so. I assume Haru and her had a fight last night. I bumped into her outside our apartment and Haru was running after her. Haru seemed like to explain something but Elle refused to listen." Jee recalled what happened last night. " When we reached her unit she  was about to get cups of our bought ice cream and suddenly she fainted. She woke up after 5 minutes and she said she wanted to sleep. We decided to stay there until she can recover but until this mid morning she had never stood up or opened her eyes." Nari said and making a worried circling palm motion against his chest. " She could sleep for months depending on the severity of her attacks." Shion gripped his hair. " What?" Jee said. " For months?" Jee was confused. " She has an automatic defense mechanism for pain. Her brain will shut down to avoid extreme painful situations. She could be sleeping for months, her last attack lasted for 6 months, nearly like a comatose state. She had that condition after she was traumatized by a train accident in Busan with her close friend, Alison's twin brother, CLEO. " Bom suddenly fell his cellphone in disbelief when he heard Cleo out of Shion's mouth. " Cleo? Alison's twin brother?  But when we met in Sove that Cleo was a SHE! A girl!" Bom's eyes were wild and angry,maybe confused of how to deal in bizarre situations Sove had brought them. " You cannot met Cleo, he is dead for 6 years." Shion explained. " Cleo? I thought Carl was the name of Alison's twin?" Jee was swirling his insanity and trying to compose sensible logical brain processes for him to absorb confusing details. " Yah, It is Carl Leonard. Elle calls him Carl. Most of us call him Cleo as a nickname of his full name. What's with this game?" Shion was also confused with the revelation. " Bom and Haru met that Cleo as a girl. Exactly looking like Alison." Nari explained.

The boys were all puzzled and there was a chilling sensation that ran through their spines. " We need to talk to Elle soon and make this game over. This is making her sick." Shion clutched his fist and punched the concrete wall of the emergency room waiting area.