Chapter (7) A Man With a Bullet.
Rey continued to tell his brother's love story " I occasionally chatted with Kinn by phone just to ask how Phi Ryu was doing there, Kinn told me that not long ago Phi Ryu broke the finger of a girl who attacked him brutally just because the girl was jealous of Phi Ryu who seemed quite close to Kinn. The incident happened before the fashion show started, when Phi Ryu was alone in the make-up room, the girl sneaked in past the guards, then swore at him and also attacked Phi Ryu using a small knife in her hand. But Phi Ryu calmly managed to ward off the attack by breaking the girl's finger, the girl's scream drew attention at that moment, all the staff and security entered the make-up room. Kinn also came in, seeing Kinn there, the girl tried to play victim and accused Phi RYu as the attacker. But without the girl realising, Phi Ryu had recorded the incident, then Phi Ryu said "I don't care whose daughter you are, I'll make sure you get all this". Unable to accept being humiliated, the girl ran away from the event." (1)
"After work, Phi Ryu and Kinn would often go to a bar together. Kinn, who also knows Phi Ryu's feelings for his brother, occasionally advises Phi Ryu to move on from his brother and open his heart to someone else. But Phi Ryu just said "It's not easy Kinn , because your brother is my first love". That's what Kinn told me, because I asked Kinn to look after Phi Ryu, as we know that Phi Ryu is hard to contact and he doesn't like to talk much." (2)
Papa Leo "That's right, papa often calls your brother to ask how he's doing, but your brother only answers with a few words and then hangs up. " sighing while sadly thought of his eldest son.
Papa Leo " By the way Rey , papa has a question for you, why is your return postponed 4 days from the day you told me, do you have a problem there?" , Rey " Ohh...mmm It's just a small problem, but it's been resolved." Rey answered his papa's question frantically. ~ Ren " really..."..~ Rey "mmm..." .. ~ papa Leo " Ahh... Tomorrow is a holiday, is there anyone who wants to accompany papa to go shopping?" .... ~ Rey "I'm passing, I have an appointment tomorrow.🙋" ... ~ Ren " me too 🙋" .. ~ papa Leo "ok ok, papa will go alone then." After dinner, they went straight to their rooms to rest. (3)
In the morning, it was 10:00 am Papa Leo had gone to the supermarket to buy groceries , accompanied by the housekeeper's aunt. Rey was seen preparing to leave with a small bag, after drinking a cup of coffee , Rey rushed away by driving his black car. That morning Rey drove to a hospital, Rey went to the hospital to get himself tested for HIV. After driving for almost an hour, Rey arrived in front of the hospital. Waiting for a while then Rey entered the doctor's room, before taking blood samples, Rey had to go through a consultation session with the doctor. Several questions were asked by the doctor, such as, when was the last time you had sex? And did you use a condom during the last intercourse? ,, Then Rey answered, the last time he had sex was 2 weeks ago without using a condom and it was his first time doing it.
After completing some procedures, Rey was asked to wait for the test results. he waited in the waiting room anxiously. While waiting Rey suddenly daydreamed about what happened 2 weeks ago before he returned to Bangkok.(4)
Flashback 2 Week Ago
The day when Rey and his team had a meeting with the company's client, after the meeting they went to dinner together. The atmosphere inside the restaurant was very lively that night, They were also treated to sake, a Japanese liquor. Rey, who is not used to drinking sake, was forced to drink out of respect for the company officials. Without realising it, it was already 10pm. The dinner was still going on, in the middle of the conversation Rey wanted to go to the restroom. After using the restroom, Rey suddenly wanted to go outside for a moment to get some air, Rey stood next to the wall of the restaurant. The atmosphere that night was not very busy because it was drizzling.(5)
While Rey was using his cellphone, in the darkness, a shadow appeared as someone walking, panting, then fell among the unused boxes , then Rey try to get closer with slowly walked approaching to the person. Seeing someone approaching, with a panicked face and while enduring the pain, the person immediately pointed a gun at him and asking "Dare...? / in japanese: Who are you?" ,, ~then Rey answered "Watashi wa futsūnohitodesu, shinpaishinaidekudasai / I'm just an ordinary person, don't worry" , After feeling that Rey was not the one chasing him, the man lowered his gun. Rey, who saw the gunshot wound in the man's left shoulder , tried to ask him to help him. ~ Rey "Kega o shite iru nodesuga, tasukete moraemasu ka? / You're hurt, can I help you?" , The man didn't want to answer but Rey immediately tore his sleeve and pressed it over the gunshot wound so that the blood wouldn't flow out. Seeing Rey who was pressing his wound, the man asked "Naze watashi o tasukete kureru nodesu ka? / why you help me ?" , ~Rey "Wakaranai / I don't know".(6)
There was the sound of footsteps of several people walking towards Rey and the man , Rey ask the man "Hito ga kite imasuga, karera o shitte imasu ka?/ there are people coming, do you know them?" , ~ the man said "Watashi wa karera o shirimasen/ I don't know them" . Then Rey took a piece of cloth from his sleeve to cover his face. ,, one of the gansters said "Koko ni kakurete ita koto ga hanmei shita/It turns out you were hiding here" . ~~, then the gangsters shouted at Rey and the man "korose!/ kill them !" , then they started attacking , Rey immediately fought them all with quick movements, they were all knocked down.(7)
After finishing knocking them all down, Rey immediately helped the man get up and carried him to the car that Rey had brought and parked near the restaurant. then Rey took the man back to the hotel room where Rey was staying. On the way, Rey took the time to buy something at the drugstore , and A few minutes later , Arriving at the hotel room, Rey immediately laid the helpless man on his bed. Rey slowly opened the man's clothes and then took the first aid box that he had bought on the way. After taking off his shirt, Rey saw the gunshot wound and saw that the bullet had not stuck too deep. Then Rey asked the man "Shinjimasu ka, shinjite kuretara kata kara jūdan o nukimasu yo? /Do you believe me, if you believe me, I will take the bullet out of your shoulder?" , and the man just nodded his head . Then Rey took a bottle of whiskey and gave the man a drink. After the man took a sip, Rey also drank a sip and then poured into the operating equipment to be sterilized . then Rey stuffed the man's mouth with a handkerchief, and the operation to remove the bullet was carried out. The man endured the pain during the operation. After successfully removing the bullet and closing the wound with stitches, Rey felt relieved because the bullet did not hit an artery. (8)
It looked like the man had fainted, Rey made sure the man was still breathing by placing his finger under the man's nose. Feeling that the man was fine, Rey immediately packed up the surgical equipment, and Rey went to the bathroom to get a wet towel to clean the blood on the man's body. Rey slowly wiped the man's body, When he wiped the man's face, he saw the face of a young and handsome man. Then after that Rey went to take a shower. After taking a shower, when Rey was drying his hair, he heard the sound of the man groaning, then Rey went to check the temperature of the man's body, who was shivering with cold and the man's temperature turned out to be hot. Rey, who knew that the man was shivering with cold, Rey immediately took off his top shirt and was bare-chested. Rey slept next to the man and hugged him tightly while covering the man's body. Soon the man was no longer shivering and checked the man's body temperature which was no longer feverish, Rey wanted to get out of bed but couldn't move because the man's hands were tightly hugging Rey's body , then Rey just let him and Rey also felt sleepy, he fell asleep while still hugging the man.(9)
Until the morning, Rey, who is used to always waking up early, saw the clock showing at 07:00 a.m. , then checked the body temperature of the man who slept in his arm and felt that his temperature had returned to normal, Rey got up from his bed and went to the bathroom. After coming out of the bathroom, Rey immediately grabbed the phone and ordered breakfast to be delivered to his room, not forgetting Rey ordered a bowl of porridge too. While waiting for his order , Rey took the time to call his co-workers in Thai "it looks like I'm going to delay my flight for a few days, you guys go ahead, I'll catch up", In the middle of the conversation, there was a knock on the door, so Rey opened the door and let the waiter in to deliver his order, after placing it on the table the waiter left the room. (10)
After the call, Rey grabbed a bowl of porridge and a glass of warm tea to take on the bedstead. Then calling in a low voice , Rey tried to wake the man up " Hey...Okite, chōshoku o tabemashou, kusuri o nomanakereba narimasen! /wake up , let's have a breakfast , you have to take your medicine !" , Then the man got up from his sleep and Rey helped him by sitting on the headboard. And Rey fed the man slowly while blowing on the porridge that was still slightly hot. The man only ate a few bites and then Rey gave him fever medicine and antibiotics pills to take. After taking the medicine then Rey told him to get back to sleep, and Rey accompanied him by sitting next to him while having a cup of coffee and opening his laptop. (11)