Chapter 13 “Returning”
 
Kaien opened his eyes and looked around. The reason he was experiencing a shock when he was sleeping was a mystery to him. He had a terrible fear. There was a feeling that his heart was going to burst out of his chest. He was aware that something went wrong, but what exactly was it?
Instead of sitting on the couch, he stood up and looked at the clock. It was two o'clock in the morning. He took a look around, but there was no indication that there was anyone else there in the house. Allen had not yet made his way back. Kaien was showing signs of losing his patient. He grabbed his jacket and dashed to the door of his apartment.
Once he opened the door, what he saw was shocking to him.
There was a figure…
Leaning on the wall…
And he was trembling…
“Allen!” Kaien shouted at the figures as he ran to him. 
Allen had lost consciousness and was sweating so much. Kaien feared that Allen might experience another bout of fever. He immediately checked on Allen and made sure Allen was fine.
‘Why is he sweating so much if he doesn’t have a fever?’ Kaien asked himself. He took Allen into his apartment, rushed into his bedroom, and put Allen there.
“Kai…” Allen’s voice called weakly.
“Allen…Are you ok? What happened? Why are you sweating so much?” Kaien felt his questions were attacking Allen, but he was so worried. He could not control his emotions anymore.
“Kai…I’m ok…” Allen said softly as he opened his eyes.
“Allen…” Kaien hugged Allen.
Kaien did not ask any more questions. He was aware that he had just made Allen feel uneasy with his questions. He decided to wait for Allen until he felt comfortable and open to talk about it. 
“Don’t… leave me… Kai…” Allen begged weakly as he fell asleep. His condition was getting better. The sweating almost stopped.
“I won’t! Just… get some sleep, OK?” Kaien replied as he caressed Allen’s head. He did not know what to do anymore. The only thing he could do now was staying by Allen’s side, accompanying his love.
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The sun was shining brightly. It was almost ten in the morning. The warmness of the sun woke Allen up. 
Allen slowly opened his eyes. He felt a lot better. He did not wish to recall the events that took place the previous evening. Everything he wanted to do was forget about it, but he was unable to do so. He closed his eyes once again and grumbled to himself inside.
“Allen, are you awake? How’s your feel?” a voice asked as a figure entered the room.
“I’m fine, Dom…” Allen answered without looking at the figure.
“Dom?” the figure asked. “Allen! Have you really forgotten me? I have just been away for about 1 month!”
Allen realized whose voice it was and immediately turned to look at its owner, disbelieving. 
“Ben!” Allen got up and rushed to the figure, hugging the figure like crazy. He missed Benji so much.
“Allen… I can’t breathe…” Benji mumbled between his breaths.
“Sorry! But why? Shouldn’t you be away for 2 months?!” Allen asked confusedly.
“There’re…some…umm…problem...” Benji said uneasily. “You see, one of my… friend! His brother is sick, so I decided to accompany him back here….”
Allen realized that Benji was acting weird, too weird. He knew something must be happening with him in his university.
“Ben…Can I enter?” an unknown voice asked. Allen looked at the figure immediately. He was standing right at the door. His hair was a little spiky but the dark brown hair mixed beautifully with his black pearl eyes. He was shorter than Benji, but Allen knew that figure was just too cute and he had a spell that made people want to stare at him forever. Allen knew about that figure’s relationship with Benji in a blink of an eye. He was just too perfect and matched Benji’s taste.
“Umm… let me introduce my friend that I’ve told you befo…” 
Benji had not finished when Allen interrupted him. “Ben! I can’t believe it! You have a boyfriend!” 
Benji’s jaw dropped into the floor. “Hey! How can…?! Allen!” Benji felt embarrassed. He was trying to hide it from Allen. He could see his boyfriend was blushing. Benji immediately put his arm on his boyfriend, trying to calm him down. “Allen! You’re dating Kaien, isn’t it?!” Benji teased.
“How can…?” Allen was speechless. But he felt so much better now. Meeting Ben again made him happy.
“Umm…I’m Nathan. Nice to meet you…” the figure said as he gave a glass of water, which has been carried by him from the beginning, to Allen.
“Thanks, I’m Allen…” Allen introduced himself as he smiled.
“Allen? Are you awake?” Kaien entered.
“Kai! Where have you been? I was expecting to see you first when I woke up…” Allen pouted.
“Sorry, I was warming the food for you. I came here because I heard some ruckus…” Kaien put his hand on Allen’s forehead.
“I’m fine, Kai…” Allen knew Kaien wanted to ask what happened last night. He begged silently that Kaien would just forget it.
“Ehem, Nathan and I will wait outside…” Ben and Nathan immediately left the room.
“Kai…” Allen called softly. His voice was trembling.
“Shh…” Kaien kissed Allen’s lips. He entered his tongue into Allen’s mouth, licking it. They kissed passionately. After a long kiss, they were out of breath. The kiss breaks.
“Promise me. Don’t ever…leave…me alone…again…” Kaien whispered as he tried to get more air into his lungs.
“I’m sorry…” Allen said as he let Kaien hugged him.
“Let’s just eat first, OK?” Kaien took Allen’s hand and guided him to the kitchen.