"Help! Help! Someone is drowning!" The woman who was playing with Tin Gold earlier screams as she stumbles onto the shore.
Panda King instantly stands up and runs towards her. "What did you say?"
She stares up at him with big brown eyes and falls onto her knees on the sand. "Tin! Tin got hit by the wave!"
"What?!" Panda shouts loudly.
Without a moment of hesitation, he runs towards the water and swims away. His heart is heavy and beating anxiously as he swims. Tin can't be hurt! He won't allow anyone or anything to hurt his bodyguard. He won't accept even a wave to hurt Tin.
As he frantically searches the sea, his heart sinks. He can't give up. Tin is definitely somewhere here.
Something glistens on the surface of the water and as he swims towards it, he realises that it is red blood. Diving fast into the water, he glances around.
Tin!
When he sees the unconscious figure, Panda's heart aches in a way that it has never done before. Panda grabs the waist and pulls Tin up. He must swim as fast as he can back to the shore with Tin.
Holding tightly onto Tin, he swims through the rough waters. It is all his fault for wanting to come here. It is all his fault for bringing Tin to the beach.
Once he has reached the sand, there is no sign of the woman from before. Does she not care about her boyfriend?
Panda lays Tin's unconscious body gently on the sand. The blood is from a wound on his head. Panda has seen enough videos of CPR to know how to do it. He uses his hands to press against Tin's chest in a rhythmic beat. His chest feels soft.
As he continues, there is no sign of Tin reviving. The next thing to try is mouth-to-mouth. He slowly bends over Tin's body and opens his mouth, blowing into it with his own.
After a few minutes, he gives up and decides to do the chest presses again. Maybe if he removes Tin's shirt, it might work better. As he slowly unbuttons his shirt, he removes the top too. How many layers did Tin wear?
Panda King's eyes widen in shock as Tin lays there with a bandage around his chest. Did he get hurt? They have been in dangerous situations before. Is that how Tin got hurt on his chest? Curiously, he slowly unwraps the bandage.
A person like Panda King is not one to easily get his feathers ruffled. However, as he stares down at the man whom he thought he knew so well, his heart beats erratically. His bodyguard is obviously a man. But what Panda is looking at right now seems to reveal otherwise.
Confused, upset, angry. Panda's emotions are a mess as he hesitates before coming to his senses. Man or woman, he needs to save this person's life.
After hurriedly rewrapping the bandage and putting his top back on, he tries mouth-to-mouth again until Tin splutters and water comes out of her mouth.
"P-Panda!" She gasps and wraps her arms around Panda's neck.
"Let go Tin." Panda says coldly. His confusion is causing him to feel angry and upset.
"Th-thank you." Tin smiles weakly.
"I'll take you inside." Panda says with a blank face. He gently holds Tin and helps her up before slowly walking to the beachside hotel.
Tin's brown eyes suddenly widen as she glances around, "Where's Ciarra?!"
"I don't know but you don't need to worry. She came back." Panda explains.
"Thank you for saving me Panda." Tin says again.
Although, his chest feels warm at Tin's words, he keeps a poker face. He can't be fooled by his bodyguard again.
Man or woman, he doesn't care. As long as Tin is the same Tin he has known and grown fond of, he will keep it a secret. The other thing which is puzzling him is how he is able to touch Tin so easily. It reminds him of that woman who he saved that night. Two women whom his phobia hasn't acted up from.
Is Tin really a female? All of a sudden, all the accidental kisses and weird incidents haunt his mind. Tin even saw him in the nude!
Panda's face flushes.
What has he done?!