“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

of light, but it let in

recognize him -

checked his forehead for

fever had broken, and she breathed a sigh

she found herself staring at his face, lost in thought.

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

the research

the shadows, as he sparred with Experiment

instinctively grabbed his hand without a second

know who she was and froze, but there was no

lucky to escape unscathed, but he lay close

chaos, she commandeered a helicopter and flew him to

was swarming with people that day,

ago, she joined the research facility as a researcher, conducting numerous

were

for her.

they would live a peaceful life

a

outside, more

“Queena, you ready yet?”

lan with

down the path to

awake, his

Don't worry, she’s brilliant, studied abroad

was already examining Abner’s wound, her voice

the study abroad

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

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