“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.”

behind her and returned to the

source of light, but it

him -

his

had broken, and she breathed a sigh of

she found herself staring at his face, lost in thought. Bringing him here had

then a smuggler's boat, followed by

on the research facility's

hidden in the shadows, as he

earthquake struck, she instinctively grabbed his hand

and froze, but there was no tto push

she was lucky to escape

she commandeered a

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

she joined the research facility as a researcher, conducting

without her equipment or medication, her medical skills were exceptional, and she was certain she could make him

for her.

woke up, they would live a peaceful life together

thought excited Queena, a smile curling

cfrom outside, more

“Queena, you ready yet?”

covered lan with a

the path to his

was awake, his

Don't worry, she’s brilliant, studied

already examining Abner’s wound, her

drop the study abroad talk,

ear to ear, “Heh, it’s true

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