Stand still, stay awake.

9

Wassupppp~ Okay yeah I'll stop talking now lol I can sense some of y'all are mad at me because of the last episode.

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"Where is he?!" Boss said as soon as he entered the hospital. Ram and King came there and explained the situation to the receptionist.

"And who are you?"

"We are his friends." The young girl typed something to her computer and tilted her head.

"He is in the emergency right now so you can't visit him for now. But you can go and wait on the second floor. There is a waiting room there."

"Thank you." Boss stood there, heartbroken and devastated. He was so scared right now and didn't know what to do or say. "Come on Boss..." King placed his hand on his shoulder and helped him to move.
When they came to the waiting room, Bohn and Duen instantly got up from the couch and came up to them.

"The doctors took him to emergency. They say it was still not too late." When Duen finished, Boss exhaled. He could calm himself down a little bit after learning the doctors can save him.

"I told you, man." King messed up Bosses hair a little. "It's still not late." Just as they started to talk more, a doctor entered the room. Boss ran up to him anxiously.

"Is Mek okay?"

"Mek?"

"Yeah, the boy who overdosed on pills. They said he is in the emergency right now."

"Okay let me check." He looked at the papers he was holding and looked back at them. "Yes, he is. He doesn't have any vital risks right now and he will be placed in a normal room in an hour." Everyone let out a breath. They all were so stressed about Mek and now they could calm down a little bit. "If he was a couple minutes late, he probably wouldn't make it. But he still needs to stay here for a day. Thanks to your quick actions your friend is saved now."
After the doctor was gone, everyone turned to Ram.

"He is right. Mek wasn't even asleep when we came to his room. How did you understand what was going on so quickly?" Ram thought about it for a minute.

As he paid for the pills, Ram turned his back to get out but stopped when he saw Mek looking at some vitamin pills. He took a minute to observe him. He was constantly checking his phone with a slightly worried face. His eyes were wandering around and clearly, he looked way more stressed than he should be. Something felt really off with him so Ram decided to talk with him.

After explaining what happened before he talked with Mek, Ram sighed. "I should have done something... I did felt like something was wrong with him, but I thought it was his normal behavior. Then this morning when I didn't see him with you, I finally realized what was going on. He wasn't even looking at sleeping pills when I first saw him. He was looking at some random vitamin pills, thinking they were sleeping pills." He looked at Boss, ashamed because he was late to take action. "I am really sorry P'... I should have stopped him... If I did, maybe he wouldn't be here right now. It's all my fault..." King took his hand and turned to him.

"Ram no. This is not your fault. Thanks to you, he is safe right now. This is the only thing that matters right now."

"Yes, he is right." Boss patted Rams arm and smiled at him. "You couldn't know it. Thanks to you and your quick thinking, we made it there just in time. Thank you so much for it." Boss hugged him. Ram couldn't do anything at first, but then he hugged him back.

"Thank you P'." Boss let go of him and sat down on the couch.

"Where are the others?"

"They went to school to talk with the teachers about the reason we missed the classes today." Boss just nodded and took out the phone that was in his pocket. It was Meks phone. King sat beside him and took the phone away from him.

"Hey?!"

"Boss, I know you enough to understand what your plan is. You are planning to explain what happened and make Bao feel bad, am I wrong?"

"He deserves it! This is all his fault!"

"Do you really think he will care? Don't you think this will make him try even harder? He will mess up Meks life even more than he already does. So it's better if you just don't say anything until Mek says it." Boss sighed and looked down at his feet.

"Okay..." Even though King trusted his friend, he decided to keep the phone in case of Boss trying something. He turned to Ram and held his hand.

"Hey.." He said with a soft voice. He can sense Ram was worried even though Mek is okay right now.

"Yeah?" Ram looked at him. His eyes were a little red and puffy because he cried a little.

"None of this is your fault. Don't forget this. Okay?" Ram just nodded and get lost in his thoughts. King leaned and planted a little kiss on his lips and gave him a reassuring smile. "I love you. Thank you for saving my friend's life." Ram forced himself to smile and leaned for a kiss. King caressed his cheek with his thumb and closed his eyes. His kiss was so tender and gentle that Ram calmed down a little. When they break apart, he rested his head on Kings' shoulder while King kindly patted his head.

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A couple hours later, they could finally visit Mek. When they entered the room, Mek was just staring at the wall. Boss took a step forward and looked at him, trying to calm himself down.

"M-Mek?" Mek turned his head to the voice but Boss was not the one he was looking at. He glared at Ram and they both just looked into the eyes of each other, talking without moving their lips. Ram was on the verge of crying again because of how angry Mek looks. Finally, he found the courage to talk.

"I... I'm sorry." That was the only thing that came out from his trembling lips. Mek looked at him, turned his head to the wall again, and stayed silent for a minute, then he talked.

"Your observing skills are impressive." His voice was really deep and low because he just got out of surgery. "I wasn't waiting for you to discover my plan, but you did." He again turned to him, his eyes filled with tears this time. "I thought you would be the best person to understand how I feel." Ram came up to him while King and the others just stood there, confused.

"I do. That's why I tried to stop you P'. What if it worked? What if I was late? You could never see your friends again. You could never see him again." They both looked at Boss, who was trembling. Tears were coming down from his eyes, his cheeks and nose were pink because he had been crying for a long time. His eyes were puffy and he clearly looked devastated. "I know you love him. Please, talk to him. He was really scared for you. He loves you too much and not ready to lose you yet."

"Boss..." Ram went back to King and gestured them to leave alone those two. Just as they were leaving, Mek talked. "Ram." Ram turned his head to the smiling boy. "Thank you." He just silently nodded and left the room, closing the door behind him.

Boss took a step again and gazed at him. He looked so tired and weak. Those sparkles in his eyes were gone. "Mek..." Mek lifted his hand and patted the empty spot beside him. Boss silently sat there and held his hand, afraid of never being to hold it again.

"I am sorry. I know what I did was dumb but... I didn't know what to do. I felt like I had no other choice." He wiped the tears from Bosses cheeks and sniffed. "I am so dumb... What was I even thinking?"

"Enough." Boss looked at him and planted a kiss on his hand. "I know. You don't need to talk anymore. You don't need to say sorry. I know you are tired. I am just relieved that you are here, with me." He smiled and kissed his forehead. "Try to get some sleep. We can talk when you get better."

"Can you stay here?" Boss thought about it for a moment, then laid beside him. Mek hugged him closely and rested his cheek on his chest. "Thank you." Boss played with his hair without saying anything. When he felt his breathing was calmer, he checked if he was sleeping. When he made sure he was, he silently cried himself to sleep.

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This episode is not really what I had in my mind. I hope you liked ittttt! 🙏 ❤️
Bye my loves! Stay safeeee~! 💕