Soul Mark (breddy fanfic)

Staccato Lightnings and How They Struck

Brett excused himself from the hectic emergency room to find a place where he could call Eddy's family in peace.

He looked around, and found a secluded cavity behind the Emergency room, his thumb hovering above Eddy's mum contact (yes, he has her contact, duh)

Brett crouched inside his hideout, and tap on the call button.

To his surprise, Eddy's mum picked up the phone almost immediately.

"A yí? I... I'm sorry to call you this early," Brett stuttered with his words, "but Eddy caught in a car accident this morning, he needed you here to proceed with the operation" Brett explained slowly to Eddy's mum.

He heard a sharp intake of breath, "Hand the phone to the person in charge" The old Asian lady replied sternly to Brett, to which Brett could only complied, it was clear from her tone that there's no room for dispute against her will.

So Brett got up, get back to the Nurse who asked him questions earlier this morning. He explained briefly that the patient's mother wanted to talk to her.

The bespectacled man watched as the nurse in charge cowered in fears because of whatever Eddy's mum howled at her (yes, Brett was pretty sure she raised her voice, and the expletives were.. Colourful) clarifying and stammered her apologies and how they would try their best and everything had been taken care of. Brett swears that the poor nurse's hand was trembling when she returned his phone to him.

He threw an apologetic look to the nurse, it was hard to be the one who faced the wrath of an Asian lady who's kid was injured from a car accident, and quickly resumed to the call.

"Yes, A yí?"

"Brett, my boy, I'll be there in 30 minutes, I've talked to the nurse, if they need to do something fast, they could ask your permission" Eddy's mum stopped, shouted to her husband in mandarin so fast Brett couldn't pick a word she said, "Please take care of my son while I'm not there" and just like that, the old Asian lady ended their call.

Brett slumped on the wall behind him, that went surprisingly okay, somehow his mum took it better than Brett.

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Brett checked on Eddy before his mum arrived, make sure that his bleeding and wounds had been tended to, all in all, Eddy looked better than that gory mess he saw this morning. The nurses around them reassured him that his best friend's wounds were not as bad as it seems, still out of it, but it was mainly due to the painkillers, and still, Brett couldn't help but worry.

Especially the one on his left arm.

Brett grazed over the now cleaned and bandaged wound on Eddy's arm, caressing it lightly. The nurse had stated that this one wouldn't cause him any harm in the long run but said nurse didn't know that he's a musician.

"Brett Yang!"

Brett whipped his head at the call, Eddy's mum had arrived, true to her words, Eddy's mum came to the hospital as soon as she can.

The old Asian lady checked on his son's condition with the nurse, signing some documents here and there, and then admitted her son to the operation prep before sauntered across the room to where Brett sat cross-legged on the floor.

"my son will be alright for now, just wait until the surgery's over" The old Asian lady spoke calmly, "you did well"

But he didn't. His mind traveled back to the time when Eddy's mum jokingly asked him to take care of her son.

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When Eddy had finally deployed from the surgery room and kept in the recovery room, Brett was allowed to look after him again with Mrs.Chen, who's sadly had to leave and take care of few other things that entailed the car crash.

The nurses around them told him that he'll stay unconscious for the next few hours, but he could hang around there if he wanted, so Brett made himself comfortable there, dragged a chair, and sat beside Eddy.

After some while, Eddy began to regain his consciousness and stir on the bed.

"C-cold.." Eddy shivered.

Brett went to get the nurse and asked them to turn up the heat of the electric blanket thingy that covered Eddy.

"You're such a caring boyfriend" the nurse commented with a twinkle in her eyes.

Brett didn't bother to correct them.

He thanked the nurse and focusing on Eddy once the curtain was drawn around him. Providing them some privacy.

The younger went back to sleep once they had warmed up the blanket, still unconscious from the surgery, Brett leaned closer to the bed, he stroked over the hair that matted on his forehead, inspecting the cuts. Lucky for him, the cuts on his face were not that deep, it'll be gone with time and care.

"You really scared me, man" Brett whispered as he felt some strange urge forced him to kiss Eddy, and who's Brett to fight this feeling? He planted the kiss on the younger's forehead, earning him a sleepy smile from Eddy. Brett snorted when Eddy began to mumbled something in his half-awakened state.

"Brett.." Eddy once again croaked in his sleep, seemingly aware that Brett was beside him.

"I'm here" Brett resumed on his act of petting the younger's hair, softly as to not disturbed his sleep.

Eddy scrunched his face and stirred as his eyelids fluttered open.

"Hmm.." Eddy grinned, but he flinched once he felt the damage of the accident on his face. "I'm okay now" Eddy muttered to him.

"..you're shitty" Brett fetched some water and offered the straw to his lips, the nurse had told him that Eddy would be thirsty when he's awake, so Brett had prepared. "Never do that again, bro"

Eddy managed to let out something akin to a strangled laugh, which didn't end well with his after surgery sore throat, rounds of coughs spilled from his inside.

Brett pat the younger gently oh his shoulder, "easy there, you'll cough up your left lung before you knew it"

"I,"-coughing fit-"I feel like dead"

Brett rolled his eyes, "Oh you have no idea"

Watching Eddy covered in wounds from head to toe, fearing for the worst while Brett pacing back and forth outside the operation room, praying for him.

Brett had tasted a little piece of death himself.

*a/n* 😂 I'm not good with angst guys, spare me