“Tobias!”

Queena rushed into the house, grabbing Tobias by the arm and pulling him outside in a hurry.

“What are you doing at my place?”

Tobias' gaze couldn't help but fall on the man lying in the bed.

The man was in bad shape, looking worse off than the heartthrob back at his own place, but he was strikingly handseven just

lying there. Tobias couldn't help but wonder what he'd look like with his eyes open.

“Queena, who's this guy?”

He hadn’t seen Queena in five years. When he was six, she went abroad for her studies, the only one from the village to do so, and

not just for any degree, but for a master’s - she was the pride of the village.

“He’s a friend, Tobias. You can’t tell anyone he's here, okay? It's our little secret.”

Tobias nodded, “Got it. Is he your boyfriend or something?”

A hint of blush crept onto Queena’s face, “It's complicated.”

Tobias burst into a grin, “Aha, you've got the hots for him! Don’t worry, my lips are sealed.”

“But what did you chere for?”

“The good-looking guy at my place is in trouble; his wound reopened. You gotta ccheck it out.”

Queena nudged him out the door, “Alright, just wait outside for a sec, I'll be right there.”

door behind her and returned to the

of light, but it let in enough

recognize him - it was

his forehead for

fever had broken, and she breathed

staring at his face, lost in thought. Bringing him here had been a

then a smuggler's boat, followed by a dinghy to her

on the research facility's

had watched him, hidden in the shadows,

instinctively grabbed his hand without a second

she was and froze, but there was no tto push

she was lucky to

she commandeered a helicopter and flew

was swarming with people that day, so crowded that nobody noticed her

research facility as a researcher, conducting numerous experiments on human

equipment or medication, her medical skills were exceptional, and she was certain

for her.

live a peaceful life together in the

thought excited Queena, a

cfrom outside,

“Queena, you ready yet?”

with a

the path

was awake, his face a

Queena. Don't worry, she’s brilliant,

already examining Abner’s wound, her

the study abroad talk,

his head, grinning ear to ear, “Heh, it’s true though.

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