“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

only source of light, but it let in enough

else might recognize him - it

checked his

she breathed a sigh

herself staring at his face, lost in thought. Bringing him

then a smuggler's boat, followed

moment his face appeared on the

shadows,

earthquake struck, she instinctively grabbed his hand without

froze, but there was no

away; she was lucky to escape unscathed,

ensuing chaos, she commandeered a

day, so crowded that nobody

joined the research facility as

even without her equipment or medication, her medical skills were exceptional, and she was

for her.

up, they would live a peaceful life together in the

thought excited Queena, a smile curling on

outside, more urgent this

“Queena, you ready yet?”

with

followed Tobias down the path to

awake, his face a

worry,

already examining Abner’s wound, her voice

the study abroad talk, will

to ear, “Heh, it’s true though. Queena’s the best in

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