"Well, I'm going to tell you something but make sure that you won't tell this to your mom." He said.
"Yeah, what is it?" Kairo asks him, confused.
"I'll go outside town for three months. If your mom is gonna ask you about that, tell her that I went on a business appointment vacation." He replied.
"Then, if she asks me where, what I'm going to say?" Kairo asks.
"Tell her in switzerland. I want to feel peaceful mind. She's just a machine gun if she's here, i'm tired of her rant everytime you make some mistakes." His father said.
Philip was listening to them and he suddenly felt bad at kairo.
"I'm going to be ready for school, dad. Good morning."
"By the way. I've just noticed that..
Kairo stared at him so awkwardly and he felt danger on himself, philip covered his mouth just not to breathe when Kairo's father was starting to feel suspicious.
"I've just noticed that you turn off your air-conditioner. Why?" He asked his son,"You wouldn't turn off your air-conditioner if you hadn't gone out of your room, right?" He added.
"Oh, i'm about to go out, dad, that's why I already turned it off." He replied.
"Right," his dad stood up as he patted Kairo's back, "I'll go now. I'm going to pack my clothes there." He said as walk close to the door, leaving kairo in the room and he winked as kairo laughed fakely.
"Ok, go now. You might get caught if you don't go." teasing his dad.
After his dad closes the door, he immediately locks it up , sighing heavily and philip gets up as he is holding his back.
"Why did you kick me that much? My back hurts so much." and he sat down on the bed while massaging his back.
Karo sat beside him while looking into Philip's eyes, "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry for doing that to you." Ka replied, "are you ok?" He lifted Philip's shirt to take a look at it.
Philip startled when Kairo lifted his shirt, "w.. what are you doing? Huh?" He asks awkwardly.
"Stay still, I'm just taking a look at it.." and he took a very close, "See, there's a bruise. I'm sorry." He added.
"I.. it's okay, no need to worry. I'm really ok."
Philip replied as he closed his shirt immediately.
"Really? I'm sorry but you need to put some ointment on it. So that it can heal immediately."
He can see those worried guts of kairo with those eyes, he felt that kairo truly care for him for real.
"It's ok, I-
He quickly pressed the button on his wall and his maid came in front of his door knocking it, "Young master? There's something happened? I brought some medicine kit, what happened to you?" She asks.
He open the door as the maid walks inside, "here. Did you hurt something?" She asked again.
"No, i'm not but my friend is."He replied and he immediately took the medicine kit from the maid's hand.
The maid walk outside from his room as she closes it to give some privacy.
He opened the medicine kit and he saw the ointment, "Here, let me put this on you. I'm really sorry for kicking you earlier." He said.
"No, it's ok. I can do it." Philip replied.
"Turn around, let me put it on you."
Philip turns around awkwardly as kairo rolls his shirt gently and he puts the ointment directly on the bruise.
"Ouch..
"I'm sorry, I'll do it gently."He said.
Philip felt shy while letting Kairo do it to him.
"Here, it's ok now. I'm really sorry."
"It's ok. You don't need to say sorry again and again. I understand." Philip replied.
They stare at each other for a second as he looks at Kairo's beautiful eyes, suddenly he feels something on himself and he really can't figure it out what it is.
"Philip? Hey, are you ok?"
Kairo asked him as he waved his hands in front of Philip's face.
Suddenly Philip realised he was stunned looking at kairo's face and he looked away, "oh, nothing.. I mean I'm ok, just my back hurts." He replied and he giggled softly.
"Are you hungry? Let's have breakfast downstairs." Kairo said.
"It's ok, senior. I'm going to.. to my dorm right now, thank you for letting me sleep here last night. " He replied.
"What? Really? You don't want to eat here?``Kairo asks again.
"Y.. yeah, I'm going back to my-
"Ham, bacon and marinated chicken. You want to go back now?" Kairo tricks him.
A few minutes, they go downstairs to eat breakfast, Kairo and he are both seated on the table while those maids are serving them. Philip was amazed by how Kairo lived daily.
"Really? You live like a prince." He whispered near kairo's ear.
"Shh, there's no talking if we are at the table." Kairo replied, He picked up the fancy fork and knife to slice the ham and he fed himself while Philip was watching him eat.
"Woah.. you look amazing."
"What are you doing? Dig up, help yourself." Kairo replied as he got confused.
He doesn't know how to use those utensils properly, he picks it up as he copied what kairo did but he doesn't know how to and he just do is smile fakely to him, When in the middle of he slicing the ham on his plate, suddenly he accidentally bumped his elbow on the glass cup and it falls on the floor. They both startled and he felt embarrassed, He looked at Kairo's eyes with embarrassment.
"I'm sorry." He said and he immediately got down to pick up those broken glass.
Kairo immediately held his hand to help him get up, "No, you don't need to do this. You can't pick those broken glass with your bare hands, you might get hurt."
The maids run into them and she immediately rid all the broken glass.
"I'm really sorry, senior." He begged to apologise.
"No, it's ok. Don't worry, my mom will not be angry about this, she can't even count our utensils."kairo said as he accepted those apologies from Philip.
"Sam! Have you finished taking a shower?!" Larry shouted from outside of the bathroom.
"Just give me a minute, I'm almost done." He replied while struggling with the soap.
"Just hurry up, you have a class." he added and he walked into the veranda to sit down, sniffing the nice air and he smiled so genuine, "Jeez, feel so nice." saying to himself and he took the newspaper to read it.
After a minute of showering, Sam came out from the door as he could barely walk into the veranda while carrying his bag.
"I'm getting going now. See you later." He said.
"Are you sure you want to go to school? You can't even walk." Larry replied jokely.
"Asshole, I can. I'm going now, see you later. Fucking shit. Make sure that you already threw that shit thing." He said, cursing larry that referring to the necklace box.
"Oh, I already threw it away. No need to worry. Bye, see you later." Larry replied and he went back to reading his newspaper.
He continues to walk into the gate, larry glares at him and he run closer to sam, he hug sam behind his back. "I love you, see you later." He said.
Sam smiles and he faces him, "Right. See you later. Wait for me here." as he held Larry's cheek, he kissed Larry's forehead to symbolise his love for him, he continued to walk and went outside to wait for some cab.
"I'll wait for you here!" Larry shouted.
A half of an hour later, Sam arrives at the school and he's walking slowly on the hallway while guiding himself. "Jeez, really. That jackass." while cursing larry.
Philip saw him walking like a turtle and he run into him, "Hey, what's up. Why do you walk like that? There's something happened to you?" He asks suddenly.
Sam was startled and he was pretending to be fine. "No, nothing. There's nothing wrong." and he felt the awkwardness.
"Then, why do you walk like a turtle? You're acting weird today." Philip said as he got confused, "Let's go now."He added and he suddenly slapped Sam's butt and he ran faster while laughing.
He just endured the pain and pretended to be fine. He wants to cry loudly but he holds it back to himself after Philip slapped his butt. "This jerk!" He shouted at himself and Philip turned around and he yelled at Sam,"what are you waiting for? Let's go now!"
He smiled fakely at Philip in the distance as he kept pretending, "go first."He replied.
Philip continued to walk as he got confused at Sam's behaviour, "What's wrong with him?" but he just ignores it while sam still walking while guiding himself slowly into his room.
When he arrived at his room, some of his classmates greeted him, "Good morning sam." He just smiled at them as he continued walking, sitting down gently on his chair and he sighed deep inside himself, "Aw... asshole." He cursed.
"What's wrong with you?" Philip asked him.
"Oh, nothing.. why?"
"Why did you act something weird today? There's something happening?" Philip asks him again.
"There's nothing, it's alright."He replied.
Philip let him and he just ignored sam, They just waited until their teacher came into their room.
"Do you have an extra pen?"Sam asks him.
He immediately dug up his bag to find some pens and gave it to Sam, "Just make sure to give it back to me later." He replied.
Sam smile stupidly at him and he just quickly accept it. "Thank you, I'm sure I'm going to give it back to you." He replied.
Suddenly their teacher gets in and she announces something, "Ok, class. Listen!" She yelled with her stick, tapping on the table.
"Guys! Be quiet! The teacher is here now!" Their class president said to them, they immediately muted as they faced their teacher.
"Next week is our final exam and I need to convince you to study hard." She announced, "Samuel? Larry hasn't come back yet?" She asks.
"Y.. yes, ma'am. He hasn't came back yet, why ma'am?" He replied.
"Here, take this. You're two are close, so give it to him. He needs to study too. Next week he will come back since next week is our final exam." She said he stood up to get it to her teacher, "Yes ma'am, I'll give it to him." He replied politely.
He returned to his chair as he put those reviewers to his bag.
"Who's Marco's friend? Go take his reviewer and give it to him too." She announced again.
"You and larry are very close to each other, does something between on you?" Philip asked him, Sam was smiling and he just ignored Philip's question.
"You should study your paper there, have you heard of our teacher? We have a final exam next week." He replied.
A few hours after their class, Sam was walking down the street peacefully heading to the cab station, he felt dizzy and he dropped his book from his hand, he stopped from walking until his nose got bleed again. He held on to the wall and he suddenly passed out. Some stranger saw him, "hey, young boy. wake up!" They yelled, and they quickly took Sam to the hospital.
A few minutes later, he opened his eyes slowly as he saw first the white ceiling.
"Sir? Are you awake now?" The nurse asks him.
He gets up gently as he scrubs his eyes. "Yeah, why am I here?" He asks.
The nurse immediately went outside to call the doctor and he got confused while holding his head and there was dextrose on his hand.
"Young boy, i'm your encharged doctor. There's something I want to tell you." He said. "But, just don't get surprised when you hear it." He added.
Sam got confused and he wanted to hear it out, "what is it, doctor?" He asks.
The doctor held his hand as he looked pity on Sam, "since did you pretend it and endure it?" He asks sam, "Are you feeling unwell everyday?"
Suddenly Sam got confused about what the doctor said to him, "the what, doc?" He asks again.
"Do you feel pain in your bones or something?" the doctor asks him.
"yeah, but I endure it and I can handle it, what are you trying to say doc?"
"I'm sorry but you have acute lymphocytic leukaemia. I've tested your blood and I saw it, I know that your nose got blood because of it, right?" The doctor replied, "That's the first symptom."
"Pardon me? Acute lymphocytic leukaemia? How could it be?" He said he can't believe it.
"You should take the treatment very soon if not treated, it would probably be fatal within a few months. If you don't do it , there's a chance you will die." The doctor warned him.
Sam got startled after he heard that he could die because of that and just couldn't believe that he carried it a long time, je just knew that his nose was bleeding and he didn't know that was the first symptom.
"does your head hurt often?" the doctor asks.
"yes doc, when my head is hurt my nose will bleed, There's something else that can cure it, doc?" He asks.
"Yes, there's a cure but this medicine can't make it go away immediately and it's the painkiller for your headache when it's attacking you but you should take the treatment. '' the doctor replied.
"I'll just think about it, but today I'll just take the medicine. Can I?" He said.
The doctor handed him the paper, "if you have changed your mind you can sign on this paper to take the treatment."
Sam was hesitating to accept it. "I can't sign it for today, doc. I'll just take the medicine, maybe soon. I'll just think of it." He replied.
The doctor handed his medicine to cure it temporarily, "here, if your nose got bleed or you felt dizzy or headache because of it just take one capsule of those. You should drink it." The doctor advised him.
"Yes doc, I will." Sam replied as he immediately took it from the doctor's hand.
"I hope you will get the treatment to save your health." The doctor said that he felt pity on sam, "I'll leave you here. Make sure to think carefully about that." He added and he left.
Sam got to think of it deeply after he heard everything, He got pity on himself and he just looked at the paper. Suddenly he couldn't control himself and tears fell on his cheek. "I don't know anymore. " saying to himself and he cried silently, covering his mouth while sitting on the hospital bed and those tears were dropping on the paper.
Philip is waiting in front of the faculty room while those students are getting home.
"Hey! Dude, why are you here?" Others ask him.
"Oh, there's something I'm waiting for. Just go on first." He replied.
Those students continued to walk after they asked him, The faculty dorm opened and kairo went out, "oh, why are you here?" He asks Philip.
"Oh, senior. Here you are." He replied while holding the paper bag down there.
"Here, I just want to give back your clo-
Kairo's co- class president went outside, he saw it and he immediately pinched Philip to shut off.
"Senior, why haven't you walked now?" Another class president asks him.
"Oh, there's something I want to talk about with him. Just you two going first. See you tomorrow." He replied awkwardly.
"See you tomorrow, senior. Have a good day." They replied as they walked away from them.
After those two girls leave, Philip changed his mood from delighted to pissed off.
"Why did you pinch me? It's so hurt." He said madly.
"I'm sorry, that's your fault. You speak out so loud." Kairo replied.
"So what?" He asks madly.
Kairo took a look at Philip's arm that he pinched it earlier, It's bleeding and he got startled, "oh. I'm sorry, it's bleeding."
Philip took his arm madly from Kairo's hand, "here. Take this, I'll get going now." He said as he aggressively handed the paper bag on him and he walked away immediately.
Kairo chased him and he just held Philip's arm as Philip turned around but he don't that kairo is so close to him and he landed into Kairo's chest.
"W.. what are you doing?" He asks awkwardly.
"I'm sorry. Let me clean your wound, i'm sorry. It was my fault, ``Kairo replied.
Philip suddenly felt those strange feelings. He looked at Kairo's eyes and they were staring at each other, "Don't y.. you ever do that again." He warned.
"I'm sorry, it's just my nail's fault and i-
"No, you should not do that hug again." He said as he walked away, leaving kairo on the middle of the hallway.
Kairo felt worried about him but all he just can do is look at Philip in the distance, "I'm worried."
Philip could not understand himself, he's just walking alone in the hallway heading outside of the school. He suddenly stopped and he hold his chest to feel his heartbeat, "why does it run so fast?"asking himself with all confusion, He continued to walk while slapping his own cheeks.
After Sam gets discharged from the hospital, he's walking down the street alone, doesn't have any energy and is just thinking deeply, He goes back to his dorm room, slowly closes the door and sits down on the bed, "I am going to die?"
He looks himself in the mirror while his tears are about to fall again. He braces himself to overcome the pain he feels, he sighed deeply. He drinks the one capsule just to make it gone temporarily.
He takes out the paper on his bag, he continues to read it again until he remembers larry.
"I can't leave him. How can I tell him about this?" He said to himself. "I don't know what he will do if he knows about it." He added.
Larry was waiting for him at the veranda, he felt worried about Sam, he sneaked a peak outside from the gate and there's nothing cabs stopping in front of his house. Time flies so fast but Sam hasn't arrived yet.
"Should I go to him there? I'm worried now." He took his motorbike key, when about to hop on his motorbike suddenly he remembered that Sam said he will come back on time. He got off and he sat down on the couch, he bowed to wait him up.
Suddenly a cab stopped in front of his house and Samuel came out. He immediately went inside, seeing larry running coming to him.
He immediately hugged Sam so tight, "what happened? Why did you come back here so late? You said after class you will come back here on time?" He asks, worrying.
Sam, pretending that nothing happened, he smile widely as he looks into larry's eyes.
"There's something that came up, Philip asks me to bring those notes to the faculty. I waited so long there, because the teacher hasn't come back yet." He replied.
"Oh, really? It's a relief. I thought something happened to you, I feel so worried." Larry said to him.
("What do you think if this really happened to me? I hope you will love me till the end if you are going to find it out, I know it's so hard but let me just keep it.") saying to himself refer to Larry as he stares at him.
"Hey, let's go inside. Let's study."Larry said to him with excitement.
"Oh, right. Exactly when you go back next week there's an exciting exam that is waiting for you." He replied and they laughed, They went inside to get prepared for their study.