Jay pov.
Its been two days since keifer is unconscious. Kade also have a little fever again and here I am taking care of my baby and watch my husband laying still.
Please keifer wake up. Everything so hard without.
I don't know how keifer do everything because with him I don't have to take care of anything even myself. With him I'm the most careless person alive because he take care of everything.
Percy has stayed with me every second and I'm glad. He also take care of everything and make sure I don't do anything.
Well everything in hospital is manage by Percy and I'm just taking care of Kade because he is fussy and refused to let me go out of his sight even for a second.
Mama and papa visit everyday.
Right now it's 1.am and Kade is fussing and I'm pacing around on the room rocking him.
Eventually he fall asleep and I laid him down beside Percy on the bed next to keifer's.
Percy is sleeping and I laid Kade beside him.
I sat on my usual spot. Chair beside keifer bed.
I took his hand.
"It's almost 3 days... Please wake up" I said and rested my head on his bed.
I closed my eyes hearing soft beeping sound.
I was half asleep when I felt movement.
I didn't notice at first. Then... I felt he squeezed my hand.
My eyes opened and I sat up straight.
"Keifer..." I called hopefully.
He frowned. Again.
"Keifer....can you hear me?" I asked patting his face lightly.
My eyes was full of hope.
His frown deeper.
Please please please.wake up.
"Keifer, keifer please open your eyes" I whispered desperately.
Slowly..... very slowly.
His eyes open.
I swear my knees almost gave up and I was about to pass out with happiness.
"Keifer...keifer.." I said a little loud without caring anything.
Tears start falling from my eyes.
He opened his eyes and stared at the surrounding like he's trying to focus.
His expression was confused.
His eyes land on me.
"Keifer..." I whispered my voice barely audible and my vision was blurred from tears.
He looked at me for a moment.....then.
"Jay.." he said. His voice was low and husky.
I smiled through my tears.
I kissed his forehead.
"Yeah. I'm here. I'm here" I said my voice shaking.
He weakly took off his oxygen mask and th monitors start beeping loudly.
Before I could process the doctors rush into the room
Jay POV
Everything happened too fast.
Doctors rushed into the room. Nurses followed behind them. The monitor kept beeping loudly and the sound alone made my heart stop.
No.
No no no.
Please not again.
I immediately stepped back, my eyes never leaving Keifer. One doctor carefully put the oxygen mask back on him while another checked the machines.
"Sir, relax."
"Take slow breaths."
"Check his vitals."
My hands started shaking. I couldn't hear properly anymore. The voices around me felt distant. All I could see was him.
Please.
Please don't do this again.
Not after three days. Not after I sat beside him every day waiting for him to open his eyes. Not after talking to him even when he couldn't hear me. Not after begging him to wake up.
Please.
I unconsciously stepped closer.
"Ma'am, give us a moment."
I froze.
I looked at Keifer again. His eyebrows were tightly frowned. He looked uncomfortable. Confused. His eyes slowly moved around the room, trying to understand where he was.
Then—
His eyes found me.
Immediately.
Like he wasn't even looking for anything else.
Me.
Only me.
I don't know why that made my chest hurt even more. Because even now... even now after waking up— he looked for me first.
My lips started trembling.
A few moments later the doctor looked at the monitor then let out a small breath.
"His vitals are stabilizing."
...
I almost collapsed.
Stabilizing.
Okay.
Okay.
He's okay.
He's okay.
The doctors slowly stepped away after checking him.
"Don't overwhelm him. He needs rest."
I nodded immediately even though I wasn't even sure if I heard properly.
My feet moved on their own. Slowly. I walked toward him. Then sat beside him again.
I looked at him. Really looked at him.
His face looked pale. There were cuts I hated seeing. Bandages I hated seeing.
And for the first time in days— his eyes were open. Actually open. Looking at me.
I reached for his hand carefully. Like I was scared he would disappear. Then held it with both of mine.
His fingers moved weakly around my hand. Very weakly. But enough. Enough for me.
"...Jay."
His voice was barely above a whisper. Low. Hoarse. Weak.
I lowered my head immediately because tears started falling again. I tried stopping them. I really tried. But I couldn't.
My shoulders shook.
"You scared me..."
My voice cracked.
Three days of fear. Three days of pretending. Three days of holding everything together. Everything suddenly came out.
"I thought..."
I couldn't finish. I couldn't say the words. Couldn't even think them.
For a few seconds, Keifer stayed quiet.
Then very slowly— I felt his fingers move. Weakly brushing against my hand.
Like even injured... even exhausted... he was still trying to tell me—
I'm here.
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I held his hand tighter. Not enough to hurt him. Just enough. Enough to feel that he was here. Actually here. Warm. Alive.
Because for three days all I did was sit beside him and hold a hand that never held me back. Three days of talking to him. Three days of waiting. Three days of praying.
And now... his fingers were moving against mine.
My tears kept falling quietly onto our hands. I didn't wipe them away. Didn't care anymore.
For a while neither of us said anything. The room was silent except for the soft beeping of the monitor and Kade's tiny breathing from the bed beside us.
I looked at Keifer again.
His eyes were still on me. Tired. Very tired. But on me. Always on me.
Slowly his eyebrows frowned. Like he finally noticed something. Really noticed. His eyes moved across my face. The dark circles. My swollen eyes. My messy hair.
Then they moved toward Kade sleeping beside Percy. Then back to me.
His throat moved slightly.
"...How long?" he whispered weakly.
I blinked. "What?"
"How..." He paused to breathe. "...long was I out?"
...
My grip tightened. I looked down.
"...Almost three days."
Silence.
Absolute silence.
Keifer stared at me. Then his eyes slowly moved back to my face. His jaw tightened slightly. And I knew that look. I knew it. That look he gets when he's upset. Not angry. Upset.
Because he already understood. Understood why I looked like this. Why I looked exhausted. Why did my eyes looked swollen.
He looked at me quietly for a few seconds.
Then—
"...Did you sleep?"
I immediately looked away.
No.
Next question. Please.
"...Jay."
Oh no. Not that voice. That soft serious voice. The one I hate because he always catches me with it.
I stayed quiet.
"...Jay."
"...A little."
Liar. Big liar.
I heard him let out a weak breath. Not angry. Not annoyed. Just... sad.
Then very slowly he lifted his hand. The movement looked painful. Weak. I immediately sat up.
"Keifer—"
But he ignored me.
His hand slowly reached my face. His thumb brushed under my eyes softly. Touching the skin there. The dark circles. His eyes never left mine.
"...You cried too much."
...
And that sentence completely destroyed me.
Because after everything— After waking up. After being hurt. After three days unconscious— He wasn't asking about himself. Not even once. He was looking at me like I was the one hurt.
My lips trembled. I lowered my head and held his hand against my cheek.
And for the first time in three days— I felt safe enough to cry again.
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I held his hand against my cheek. My eyes were closed. I didn't even care that tears kept falling.
I was tired. So tired. Not physically. Everything tired. My heart. My head. Everything.
For three days I kept telling myself he was okay. Kept pretending. Kept acting strong because Kade needed me. Because Mama and Papa were already worried. Because Percy kept looking at me like he knew I was one second away from breaking.
And now— Now Keifer was awake. Now I didn't have to pretend anymore.
I slowly opened my eyes.
Keifer was still looking at me. Quietly. Watching me.
I hated that look. Because it was the same look he gives when he already understands everything without me saying it.
I looked down immediately.
No. Don't look at me. I'm ugly when I cry. Actually I'm ugly after not sleeping for three days. I probably look like a ghost. A very emotional ghost.
Silence filled the room.
Then quietly—
"...Kade?"
My head immediately lifted. My eyes moved toward the bed beside us. Kade was still sleeping beside Percy. Percy had one arm around him carefully while sleeping awkwardly against the headboard. His hair was a mess. Very messy. Actually he looked terrible. Dark circles. Wrinkled shirt. Face looking exhausted.
I stared for a second. Then looked back at Keifer.
"...He had a fever."
Immediately Keifer's eyebrows frowned.
"...What?"
"K-Keifer—"
"How high?" he asked weakly. His voice was still tired but I heard the panic immediately. "...Jay."
I quickly held his hand tighter. "It's okay now."
His eyes immediately moved to Kade again. I knew that look too. That worried father look. The one where he starts overthinking every possible thing.
"He kept crying for two days," I whispered quietly. "He wouldn't let me leave his sight." My throat tightened. "He slept on me all the time."
Keifer stared at Kade quietly. Very quietly.
Then his eyes slowly moved toward Percy. His eyebrows frowned slightly.
"...Percy stayed?"
I nodded. "He didn't leave."
Silence. Then after a few seconds—
"...Mama and Papa came every day too."
Keifer looked back at me. Then at my face. Then suddenly—
"...And you?"
I froze.
"...What about me?"
His eyes didn't leave mine.
"...Who took care of you?"
...
Oh.
My heart suddenly hurt. Because I didn't even think about that. Not once. For three days I only thought about Kade. About Keifer. About waiting. I never thought about myself.
I looked down at our hands.
And for some reason... I couldn't answer him.
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I couldn't answer him. Because honestly... I didn't know. For three days I didn't think about myself even once.
Before I could say anything, Keifer tried moving slightly.
Immediately my head snapped toward him.
"...What are you doing?"
His eyebrows frowned. "I need to sit—"
"No."
"...Jay."
"No."
I wiped my face quickly and narrowed my eyes at him.
"No."
He stared at me. I stared back.
Oh wow. Look who's trying to act like nothing happened. Sir. You just woke up after being unconscious for almost three days. THREE DAYS.
I carefully adjusted his pillow a little and fixed his blanket.
Keifer watched me silently. Probably because my face still looked like I had cried for three years.
I pointed a finger at him.
"Don't move."
"..."
"Don't sit up."
"..."
"Don't remove anything."
"..."
"Don't act strong."
Keifer blinked slowly. Then looked at me. Then at my finger still pointing at his face.
"...Are you scolding me?"
I stared at him with betrayal.
"YOU GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT!"
Oops. I looked at sleeping Kade and Percy immediately.
Okay lower voice Jay. Lower.
I looked back at Keifer and whispered angrily—
"You got into an accident."
"..."
"You scared me."
"..."
"You slept for three days."
"..."
"And now you're trying to move?!"
Keifer just looked at me quietly. Way too quietly.
Wait. Why is he looking at me like that? Suspicious. Very suspicious.
I narrowed my eyes. "What."
Nothing. Still staring.
"...Keifer."
Slowly— Very slowly— The corner of his lips moved. Not a smile. Barely anything. But I saw it. I SAW IT.
EXCUSE ME?!
I stared at him. "Did you just smile?!"
This man. THIS MAN. I was out here emotionally dying and now he's amused?!
I grabbed a tissue box dramatically. "I'll hit you with this."
He looked tired. Very tired. But his eyes softened while looking at me.
Then quietly—
"...You look scary."
...
My mouth fell open.
Excuse me?!
I looked down at myself. Messy hair. Oversized hoodie. Puffy eyes. Wrinkled clothes.
...
Oh. Oh my God. I looked homeless.
I looked back at him slowly. "You almost died and you're bullying me."
Keifer weakly lifted his hand. Very weakly. Then touched my fingers.
"...Missed you."
...
...
Never mind. I forgive him. Completely. Immediately. Entirely. Gone. Finished. End of discussion.
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Well I received a lot of comments that you guys were telling me not to make keifer lose his memory, but honestly? I didn't even think about that 😂😂 but when you all were saying the same thing I thought that I could do it 😌🤔 but...I didn't because I don't want my readers to get disappointed.
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