“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.”

the door behind her and returned

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

him - it was

checked his forehead

had broken, and she

face, lost in thought. Bringing him here had

then a smuggler's boat,

moment his face appeared on the

him, hidden in the shadows, as he sparred

grabbed his hand without a

and froze, but there was no tto

she was lucky to escape unscathed, but he

she commandeered a helicopter and flew him

was swarming with people that day, so crowded that nobody

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

without her equipment or medication, her medical skills were

for her.

they would live a peaceful life together in

Queena, a smile curling on

voice cfrom outside, more

“Queena, you ready yet?”

lan with a

Tobias down the

was awake, his face

Queena. Don't worry, she’s

already examining Abner’s

study

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

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