“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

source of light, but it let in enough sunshine to reveal the man’s

might recognize him - it

his forehead for

fever had broken, and she breathed

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

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

appeared on the

had watched him, hidden in the shadows, as

instinctively grabbed his hand

froze,

landslide swept them far away; she was lucky to escape unscathed, but he

a helicopter and flew him to

that day,

joined the research facility as a researcher, conducting numerous experiments on

her medical skills were exceptional,

for her.

live a peaceful life together in

a smile curling

cfrom outside, more

“Queena, you ready yet?”

covered lan with a blanket,

down the path to his

was awake, his face

is Queena. Don't worry, she’s brilliant, studied

was already examining Abner’s wound, her

the study abroad talk, will

to ear, “Heh,

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