Fated Love [BL]

Chapter 11: Fallout

Aiden woke up with another pounding headache after his subconscious revealed yet another word he doesn't consciously remember, but for some reason, unconsciously remember. He slowly massaged his temple to somewhat ease the pounding in his head, closing his eyes to allow himself to relax a bit.

As soon as he closed his eyes, the voice of a child started echoing inside his head again, as if it's on an unending loop, "I promise... I promise..." before another child's voice, a voice that Aiden seems recognize, but could not seem to remember - "Mee-Mee", the child's voice breaking, as if on the verge of tears.

Aiden quickly opened his eyes, his head hurting again, the pounding getting stronger the more he tries to remember the voice that was saying "Mee-Mee". As if the more his consciousness tries to force his subconscious to break open his fragmented memories, his mind's defense mechanism activates and prevents him from uncovering what his mind has sealed away. As the pounding became unbearable, Aiden got up, sitting on the side of his bed, giving up on trying to remember whatever his subconscious was keeping from him.

"Who's Mee-Mee? Why can't I remember any Mee-Mee?" Aiden asked himself, confused as to why his memory of this Mee-Mee seems to be hazy. He can't recall any acquaintances, friends, or family members that are named Mee-Mee, although the weird thing was, every time those children's' voices echo inside his head, he automatically remembers the night his Mother and younger brother died.

Aiden was completely puzzled, did this "Mee-Mee" or the words "I promise" have anything to do with that night? Why can't he remember any Mee-Mee? And what's being promised? Is this some kind of false memory that was implanted in his head due to the trauma he received? Or is this part of memories that was sealed deep within his subconscious that was trying to break free? As Aiden thought deeply about this, he was getting more questions than answers, and at this point, he couldn't really trust his memory, given that it had gaps, and a lot of things were hazy.

Aiden finally gave up, he shook his head before getting up from his bed to make himself a fresh cup of coffee, thinking that the caffeine might help with his headache. He left his bedroom with his phone in hand and went straight to his kitchen to brew some coffee. As he was doing so, he tried remembering what he was doing before he passed out, as he had no recollection of how he ended up from the ballroom to his bedroom, as if he got drunk and magically ended up on his bed.

While the coffee was brewing, Aiden opened his cupboard and reached for his coffee mug. As he closed the cupboard, his 6:00 AM alarm he has set to go off only on Sunday started blaring, with the alarm song being "It's You" by Henry. The moment he heard his alarm, he dropped his coffee mug on his tiled kitchen floor, shattering it on impact.

Aiden's face got flushed immediately, his hand shaking as he slowly raised it up to touch his lips, his heart beating fast as he remembered what happened between the moment he left the ballroom and ending up in his condominium. His legs suddenly got weak as he placed both his hands on the counter to support himself and prevent himself from falling on the floor.

"Damn that Thammasat Kid! Wha-What does he think he's playing at!?" Aiden told himself, becoming flustered as he remembered Min kissing him twice last night – during the games and by the fountain.

Suddenly, he heard Min's voice inside his head, "Aiden, I like you".

"Shit! Did I really got confessed to last night!?" Aiden asked himself as he placed his hand on his face, his right eye covered by his fingers, his face blushing hard, "I got kissed before being confessed to as well!?"

Aiden was in a state of panic; he wasn't sure if anyone saw or heard what transpired at the fountain last night. Then he suddenly remembered his first kiss happened in front of everyone who was at the welcome party, with members of the MJU press corps also in attendance, the grim realization means that their kiss was going to dominate the news cycle and he would have to deal with the fallout that was sure to follow.