The sky had already darkened outside. The two lovebirds were in bed sleeping peacefully.
What was planned as a nap, turned into a good 6 hours of sleep. Qiushi was the first to wake up. He tried to move, but he felt a weight on his chest.
Looking down, he saw his love sleeping on his chest, with his head in the crook of his shoulder and neck, such that Qiushi could feel the breath on his neck. His body instantly stiffened, but he relaxed quickly too. Seeing the person asleep, he placed a soft kiss on his forehead.
Qiushi carefully moved Nanzhu on the other side of the bed and placed a pillow under his head. Getting out of bed, he checked the time and closed his eyes with a sigh.
It was already 10pm at night. He got up and washed his face with cold water. As he looked up in the mirror, the memory of the accident flashed before his eyes.
The last moment where his head had banged on the inside of the car making him lose his conscious as he held on tight on Nanzhu as they fell into the deep abyss and finally hitting the water where everything blacked out was deeply engraved in his mind.
Qiushi felt as if he couldn't breathe at all. He felt his body tremble and his legs weaken, making his lose control and stumble. He held the wall behind him and slid down holding his head in his face, taking deep breaths, his heart beating so fast that he felt it could pop out of his chest anytime. Hot tears fell from his eyes making his cheeks burn and he felt pain shot up in his head.
Everything around him starting going blur. He heard the bathroom door slide open, but he couldn't look up. He didn't want anyone to see him like this. Then he heard a voice, which spread like a calm throughout his body, a relief came over him and his body shuddered at the cold touch. It's not that the other person's body was cold, it was his body that was scorching hot right now.
"Lin Lin" he heard the voice call again and he leaned into the touch finally grabbing onto the clothes of the other person.
"Nanzhu, stay with me." Qiushi mumbled in a low voice but Nanzhu understood.
"Lin Lin, I am not leaving you. Not again. I am here, okay." Nanzhu pulled him in a tight hug and rubbed his back and the back of his head.
"You won't leave again?" Qiushi asked another hundred times confirming and Nanzhu replied to him for hundred and one times.
"Lin Lin, baby I'm not leaving you. I am right here."
Nanzhu started feeling hot, but it was already the start of winter and it was cold, not to mention the air conditioner was running at the lowest temperature. He touched Qiushi's forehead and then his own.
"F*ck, you're burning hot, baby. Get up, I'll take to you hospital." Nanzhu said while putting one arm under Qiushi's arms and other under his knees and picked him up bridal style.
He first placed him on the bed and called his cousin.
"Ge, I'm taking Qiushi to hospital, he's burning hot with fever and almost unconscious. I- I don't know what's wrong." Nanzhu stuttered at the last sentence.
"Ruan, take him to hospital, we are leaving right away. We will be there soon, don't be scared, okay. I will keep talking to you. Don't hang up." Yu Liang comforted him and Nanzhu just made a sound in affirmation.
He picked up Qiushi and as if he never lost his memories, he swiftly grabbed the car keys from the drawer and went down to the floor below them. He beautifully unlocked the car and laid Qiushi on the back seat, buckling him to the seat belt.
He knew the switch for the lift to open, he got in his car and buckeled up, and drove the car in the lift. The lift went straight down and opened up.
He carefully took a turn and drove towards the gate. The security guard recognised the car and opened up the gate immediately. Nanzhu gave him a nod and drove past.
Within next 15 minutes, they reached the nearest City Hospital and Nanzhu parked his car in front of the Emergency Department and passed the key to the valet.
He carefully lifted Qiushi who was still unconscious, mumbling some incoherent words, and almost ran inside.
Seeing him rushing in, one of the doctors ran to him.
"Hello, I am Dr. Cheng Yi. Can I know what happened?" The doctor asked looking at the man laying the other carefully on the bed and tucking him.
Cheng Yi immediately knew they were a couple. Nanzhu looked up to him, his eyes red. He cleared his throat before answering.
"Um... I found him in the bathroom, but he was conscious and even asked me not to leave and stay with him. Then he just... I felt his body burning with fever. So, I just got him here." Nanzhu said looking back to the person lying unconscious.
Just then Qiushi called his name.
"Nanzhu.." And Nanzhu at once went to his and held his hand.
"I'm here. We are at the hospital. Let the doctor check you, okay. Be good." He said and kissed the other's forehead before he stepped away.
Cheng Yi gave a light pat on Nanzhu's shoulder and then went on getting his checks done. He ordered for blood test and other stuff. Just then another doctor appeared.
"Xiao Yi, what is it?" He asked looking at the person on the bed and the one standing besides with his eyes on the person lying there.
"Not clear yet. Found in bathroom, high fever, later unconscious. That's all we know for now." Cheng Yi replied and the other person nodded.
"Hello, I am Dr. Hou Ming Hao. Can I ask how you are related?" He asked looking at the both the males.
"He's my husband. Anything else?" Nanzhu asked, his eyes still on Qiushi.
"Okay, fine. Did anything happen between you two? You know an arguement or anything. Couples do fight, nothing serious." Ming Hao asked and Nanzhu now turned to look at him.
"Yes, something did happen. 10 years ago. We were returning home after getting registering our marriage. On our way back, we had an....." Nanzhu stopped and took a deep breathe before answering.
Cheng Yi and Ming Hao both exchanged glances and looked back at Nanzhu. Cheng Yi administered an anti-fever injection and looked up.
"We lost control of our car. The brakes didn't work and we fell off the bridge while still stuck in the car. I leaned in front of him, hence ended with lots of injuries and lost my memories. Two years later when I woke up, I had no idea of what had happened, that I even had a husband. 10 years later, today morning, I came back from America. For him, I was equal to dead. He didn't know I was alive. When I saw him, I only recognised him as my best friend. I didn't know anything, until he walked out of the house and my brother told me everything. I went behind him and we reconciled. We promised to help each other. I will try to remember everything and he will help me with my memories. Everything was just like 10 years ago. He cooked my favourite dish, dryed my hairs, and we decided to take a nap and I had just returned from a long flight. But we over slept. I saw him going in the bathroom. After almost an hour, he still didn't come out. It scared me, so I just dashed in to see him on floor. I have no idea what happened or if he was unwell. He had such a high fever, so I rushed him here. Our families should be here soon." Nanzhu explained everything.
"Well, it looks like a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. As you said, you were equal to dead to him in those 10 years. Now you're back. There's a high possibility, he must have suddenly remembered some stuff like maybe your accident scene. And he couldn't cope with it. Hence the rest things which happened." Ming Hao explained.
Hearing the doctor say that, Nanzhu sat besides Qiushi and held his hand tight. Tears threatened to fall out, but they were so obedient, without his permission, not even a single tear came out.
Cheng Yi reached out to him. Nanzhu looked up and gave a nod.
"I'm fine, thank you, doctor."
"It's fine. After this medicine finishes, his fever will subside. And he will wake up slowly. I have given him a sedative as well. He can rest a while too." Nanzhu nodded.
Chengi Yi and Ming Hao were about to leave, when people started gathering around, looking at Qiushi. They didn't understand anything. Just then, one of their assistants came running.
"Master, you don't know him? He's the Top Actor Lin Qiushi. The one who was rumored to have involved in sex trade." The assistant whispered and both Hao and Cheng Yi raised their eyebrows in confusion. Hao even smacked his assistant's head.
"Shut up." The assistant nodded.
"Call the security guards and let few of them stay here. Other two at the door. No papz or media will be allowed and no one is allowed to come here or stop and gossip. This is a hospital and any inconvenience caused, both patient and the relative will have to leave and find another hospital." Hao said in his usual ice cold voice and left with Cheng Yi following him.
The receptionist had already called the security and everyone dispersed. Nanzhu had no idea what was happening as Cheng Yi made sure to close the curtains once they were out.
But Hao and Yi hadn't even reached the nursing desk, when 6 people came running in.
"Hi, where is the patient Lin Qiushi? We are his parents." Mr. Lin anxiously asked and the receptionist looked at Hao and Yi, who hsd arrived.
"Doctor, my son, is he okay? We travelled from Beijing as soon as our son called us." Ruan's mom said nervously.
"We've checked on him. He is fine. But since he jad experienced a traumatic situation, he has suffered from a flashback." Cheng Yi replied.
"But, during those 10 years, no, not 10 years, after the accident, did he show any signs of anxiety, fear, or anything mental health related?" Hao was the one to ask.
"No, nothing of that sort. It's a whole another story that he distanced himself from everyone and lived on his own. But then within 5-6 years he rose to fame became the Top Actor in country. So nothing." Mr. Lin spoke this time.
"Okay, go see him now. We will do a Brain Scan later, just to be sure. Don't worry." Hao smiled at the them and they left.
The 6 members immediately went in and closed the curtains.
"Maa, Paa, Ge..." Ruan Nanzhu greeted and then hugged his mother and sobbed.
"Shh, my baby. Don't cry. He is fine, we just met the doctor. He is okay, alright?" Mama Ruan comforted her son while Mama Lin and Papa Lin both sat besides Qiushi.
After what seemed like forever, Qiushi was finally awake. He took in the environment abd first thing he did was call for one person.
"Nanzhu, where are you?" He panicked not seeing the person instead he saw his and Nanzhu's parents.
"Maa, Paa, where's Nanzhu? Where is he? Why is he not here? Let me go find him." Qiushi started panicking and got out of bed.
"Qiushi, he's just gone to get the medicine the doctor prescribed. Don't be so anxious. Get on the bed." Mr. Lin told him but he didn't listen.
"Phone, where's my phone. Let me call him. Please find my phone." Qiushi was getting more and more anxious.
Hearing the commotion, one of the nurses called Dr. Hao out. Hao was in between of kissing the hell out of Cheng Yi.
"I will see you soon, my husband." Hao teased Cheng Yi and kissed his forehead before leaving.
"What's happening here? Mr. Lin, please get on the bed." Dr. Hao said in a bit louder voice.
"Doctor, where is Nanzhu? Can you call him, please. These people won't let me go to him. I need to see him. Please."
Qiushi was so anxious by now. They had to put him to sleep, if not it would result it something worse.
"We have to get him to calm down first. It's not good to be so anxious. We don't know what caused his unconsciousness. We still have to do the scans." Hao explained.
Ruan Nanzhu had just left with Shunxi and Yu Liang to get some food and drinks for Qiushi and so they had no idea of what was happening.
Thankfully, Ruan's Mom called him and told him to hurry. And he did.
Hao had called the security to help. Just when they were about to touch Qiushi, they heard a deep voice.
"Don't touch him." And all turned around to see who it was.
Ruan quickly changed his expressions and looked at Qiushi softly.
"Baby" he called the other which sounded like a purr.
"Nanzhu," Qiushi called him back and Ruan stepped forward pulling him in his arms.
"I'm here. I went to buy food for you." Ruan told him patiently rubbing his back and back of head.
"I... I dreamt about our accident day. I was scared.." Qiushi sobbed in his arms and Nanzhu could feel the hot tears soak his shirt on the shoulder.
"Alright. Let's sit down first okay? You're still weak because of the fever." Ruan told him and Qiushi lied down on the bed, while Nanzhu sat besides him.
"Leave us alone. I will take care of him. Paa, Maa, this is the house card for the penthouse. Ge, please take them home. You all must be tired after the flight." Ruan told his parents, in-laws and brothers to home.
Reluctant at first, they all left later. Yu Liang stayed back. First thing he did was update to a private room, so Ruan Nanzhu and Lin Qiushi could stay together, also so nobody could get a chance to click any pictures or anything.
Once they were in the VIP room, Nanzhu first tucked Qiushi in. Once he was asleep, both brothers ate the food in silence.
Yu Liang noticed how Nanzhu had been silent whole time and rubbed his hairs gently.
"Hey, I am here for you if you need me okay?" Nanzhu felt warmth pass through his whole body.
He nodded and then smiled at his older brother.
"Ge, thank you." Yu Liang just smiled back.
"I will be outside, if you need me. So just shout okay." And Yu Liang went outside.
Nanzhu then climbed the bed and pulled Qiushi in his arms. The other only buried himself deep in the arms of his loved one. Soon he relaxed and his breathing was evened out.
Ruan kissed his forehead and then pulled him towards himself.
In the middle of the night, Hao and Cheng Yi decided to take a round. When they came, they saw Qiushi all cuddled up in Nanzhu's arms and smiled.
Nanzhu was about to get up, but Hao signed him 'it's ok'. Cheng Yi checked his temperature before leaving and said the fever had already gone down.
After they left, Ruan looked at the man in hjs arms and smiled sadly and said,
"I love you, Lin Lin."