"Tell me the truth about Copter's condition. Especially his eyes. Don't think I couldn't see your reaction earlier." Tae was running after Kimmon who had taken his leave after the emotional lunch in the Wardroom just now. But still, he couldn't even eat properly watching those two reactions to each other.
Kimmon stopped on his track and turn to Tae who was standing a few steps behind him. "Follow me." Then he continues his step while Tae was following him behind. Inside Kimmon's room, Tae had close the door behind him and taking a seat facing Kimmon across the table when Kimmon was heaving a heavy sigh, before putting his hand together on the table, sitting up straight.
Looking straight into Tae's eyes, Kimmon then starts talking. "I know I was telling you we could only confirm once he heals his wound. But Tae, I saw him and treated him from the moment he was here. His both cornea had badly injured and judging by the wounds, he had close contact with the blast. He might have to face the blast while saving Tee. The possibility he will lose his sight was high. I did my best to give him proper treatment, and therefore I'm not losing hope. But still, we have to prepare for the worst-case scenario, which in his case was likely to happen."
Tae couldn't say a word while his eyes were forming silent tears that he was able to contain even by watching the scene earlier at lunch. But this fact? He knew how this news could affect his baby, and he was thinking how pitiful Copter is. He didn't want to believe Kimmon's words, but Dr. Park had visited Tee earlier this morning before the discharge and was telling them how Kimmon's reputation as an ophthalmologist in this country or even overseas.
"Is there anything we could do about it? Surgery? Transplant?" Tae would ask Kimmon back. "If I could do surgery, I have done it long before. Transplant needs a donor, and for that, he will have to be on the long waiting list. There is something about the artificial cornea, but I wouldn't recommend it for now since the technology was still new and wasn't yet stable. I don't want to jeopardize Copter more with false hope and even more in pain than he was already in right now."
"So you were saying, we had to accept his condition, whatever that is, for now?" Tae was asking and sadly, Kimmon could only nod his head. "Please don't tell Tee about this. Just tell him what you had told Copter and us before. I need.....time." Tae then standing up and was turning around weakly, opening the door and was closing it back. He leans on the wall beside the door, trying to keep his composure after the dreaded news he heard earlier.
'What would I do? What should I do? Is there anything I can do? Why things turn this way? Why Copter?' his mind was developing so many why and what questions, yet he couldn't even had a single answer to any of that. For the first time in his life, he felt weak, and unsure, and hopeless. Slowly he was sliding down and was sitting on the floor, trying to gather all energy he had left before he needs to face Tee and Copter once again. He needs to go back to the wardroom, or Tee would be worried.
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"Fix your expression, and make sure to smile in front of the Kongtanin couple. Wayo was so lovely, and you have to be that lovely Wayo. If you ever tried any other trick, bear in mind that I could make Copter died just by faking an accident. It wasn't even hard to do it. You know better."
Hearing Krit, Bas was biting his inner lips so hard it could bleed, but he keeps in his anger and other bad feelings inside since his father had proven to him he wouldn't hesitate to do what he said even a second. "Yes, father." He finally replied.
They both were in the car heading to the lunch appointment with Phana and his parents. Bas had a white tuxedo while his father was having the normal proper formal attire he always had.
Arriving at the restaurant, they both were brought by the server of the restaurant to one private room and when the door was open, all three people inside the room were standing right away. "Good afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Kongtanin. I hope we both weren't late." Both Phana's parents were smiling while shaking their heads.
"No, it was just us. We were actually always an early bird." Krit then heading straight to stand in front of Phana's dad, Anurak, and was smiling at Phana's mother, Arpa before shaking Phana's hand. Bas was giving his waii to both Anurak and Arpa, and was giving a slight waii to Phana, still getting into the character of sulking Wayo, but he was sure trying to make it cute than to make it serious.
"Your son was so cute. Wayo, right? No wonder Phana was so over the heels for the boy, and even sulking this few days before because Wayo was ignoring him. Still having an argument you two?" Arpa was giving her sweet comment when Wayo was giving the guy a slight waii with a sulky expression.
They were all then taking a seat and shortly after, the server was coming into the room serving food. While enjoying the meal, Anurak was starting the conversation. "I heard Wayo was studying at Sky University. On what courses?"
Bas, or they have known him as Wayo currently, was swallowing his foods properly before giving the answer. "Business study uncle. And actually, I had officially finished the study last week. Well, the graduation ceremony will not be held yet until early next year, in 2 months' time, but yes, I was pretty confident with the result." He was making sure to answer that confidently since Wayo was actually a smart student yet he was barely reaching that level. That's the reason he had to study very hard, just to make sure he was at the same level as Wayo. And it was really really extremely hard.
His comment making Anurak and Arpa laughing, while Phana gave out a proud smile, and Krit was laughing a little. "I heard from Phana that you were almost to genius level, and seeing how you confidently giving that comment, I don't doubt even a bit. It doesn't matter even it wasn't true." Anurak was commenting back.
"I told you, dad. My baby was a great boy. Anyway uncle, can I kidnap Wayo for a dessert at another place after this? He couldn't run from me this time, and I'll make sure we were okay." Krit was turning to Phana and was smiling. "He's all yours." He said.
"So, Mr. Krit. How about we talk about the main reason we were having this meeting today?" Anurak then said after.
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"Baby, stop sulking na. You had to torment me long enough already. You don't have any idea how awful my life was in Korea when you said you want a breakup and didn't even answering my calls nor replied to any of my messages. To make it worst, the situation didn't even permit me to come back for you. It's been 8 months and 6 days not meeting my baby."
Phana was saying when he saw Wayo was just looking outside the window, ignoring him who was driving them to a special place Phana had set-up for his baby Wayo. Bas had to take in a deep breath to face Phana once again and was hoping he wasn't screwed anything up.
"P'Phanaa...." He was stopped by his words when he could see a pouting Phana. Seriously. Oh my, this is not so happening, and Bas was almost cringed at that view. "Call me P'Pha as you always do na, baby. Stop sulking already, na?"
'Oh, so Wayo called him P'Pha.' Bas was taking in a relieved breath when Phana himself tell him how to address him when he was worried about it too much all this time. "Alright." He then pretends to surrender, but he didn't wish to face this situation so many times, afraid he will screw it up.
"P'Pha." Hearing him said that, Phana was smiling widely like a fool making Bas frowned but was able to fix his expression fast before Phana could see it. "I will call you P'Pha, and you can call me, and message me. But until the wedding, I don't want to see you. I still angry when you would rather leave me for so long for your work. Though I know and understand about it, I'm still feeling a bit irritated, so that you will think twice to be far from me for long after this."
Phana was pouting again and turn to Bas with his pouting face, make it hard for Bas to handle this. Not so cute. Ugh. "Not even once? But it was two weeks away." The parents had decided to make a wedding for Wayo and Phana in two weeks' time since they didn't have any reason to wait for long. About the preparation, Kongtanin's could have left to their workers, and two weeks' time was still considered long for their effective workers.
"Yup. Not once. You could handle 8 months and 6 days without me, two weeks will be a piece of cake for you. Don't you think.......P'Pha?"
End of Chapter 23
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Enigmatic Love
FanfictionLOVE TO LIVE OR LOVE TO LEAVE Life was never perfect for Copter, but he endured it and still trying to be positive every minute of the day. Bas's life seems perfect from the outside view, yet all he felt was suffocated and stress until he finds the...