Part 37
They moved Henry to one of the rooms to stay in for the night. Shan had made sure Henry stayed in one of the private room being a most important benefactor and they did. Alex followed and stayed beside him all night waiting for Henry to awake and they had so much to talk about. He can see how Henry stirred middle of the night muttering and mumbling and he swore he heard him call Alex's name under his breath and it broke his heart. Shan told him that Henry never fails mentioning his name in his sleep. He never stop since he awoken from his coma.
When the morning light came shining into the room Alex had fall asleep by Henry side on the chair. He woke up to Henry's fingers triggered in his hand. He raised his head and saw Henry's eyes flutters to adjust the light in the room. "Hey." Alex grabbed Henry's cold fingers in his and Henry turned his neck to the side wincing at the pain. "Alex." He whispered feeling the pain over his head grew and his eyes closed tightly creating wrinkled over the side of his temple.
"Hurts." Henry mutters and Alex can see Shan is already sprinting out to get the nurses. "It's okay, they're getting you the meds." Alex says and he felt like the words came biting his tongue. He used to let Henry hold his pain for not being able to take any sort of painkillers and now he wasn't sure of Henry state at the moment.
Soon the nurses came and checked on Henry's vital and they shine the light over his eyes making him groaned more in pain. They had the collar removed from Henry's neck and the bed raised up to 30 degrees. He can see the pain over Henry's face as he sat up and they shot him the medicine right in his veins. Henry sighed in frustration feeling like he was invalid and incapable of doing anything being in this condition.
Few minutes later Shan left the room to go back to the hotel to get Henry's stuffs and Alex stayed. He sat by the chair next to Henry and they both sat in silenced. Neither one of them said anything that was meant to say. All the emotions, the words that kept playing inside their mind almost seems vague right now.
"Can't believe we're back like this." Henry says and Alex can hear the hoarseness in his voice. He poured the water from the jug into the glass and gave it to Henry. He winced when he tried to raise his arm and Alex pulled back the glass not wanting him to accidentally spilt the water all over on his lap. So instead, he held the glass firmed and brought it closer to Henry's lips watching as he took a sip."Thanks." Henry told him and Alex still remained silence.
"Say something." Henry asks him feeling the awkward silence raised in between them and Alex could only sighed. "What do you want me to say?" He told Henry and Henry let his gaze lowered to his lap while Alex is burning hole staring at him. "I know you're upset. I can't change anything. You moved on, I respect that." Henry can feel Alex is clenching his jaw tight next to him before he brings his hand over his face.
"I did. I moved on because you told me too. But why did you came back? You could have go on for five years without having to see me. What's five years more? Why now? Why ruined what I had with him?" Henry couldn't answer, his lips sealed shut before he turned his gaze back at Alex next to him.
"Then why are you still here?" He asks him knowing Alex stayed on that uncomfortable chair all night for him.
"Why did you stayed all night? You could have left me and go back to your boyfriend. Why did you stay?" Alex leaned his back against the chair crossing his arm over his chest. "I would. But my boyfriend isn't here right now. He had jobs in LA so if I go home, I would still be alone." Alex says and Henry nodded. "Then go. We've already seen each other, that's it. I can't change the past and you can't change your present. All we have is the future. Maybe someday we will meet again, who knows." Henry can see Alex is staring at him deeply feeling him suppressing all his feelings towards Henry.
"If that's what you want. Fine." He stood up from his chair and walked towards the door but stops midway and turned to look at Henry on the bed. "You know what! You are selfish Henry. You think you're doing me a favor by telling me that I had moved on! What about you then? If I moved on, why didn't you?" Alex raised his voice at Henry staring at him taking a breath before he answered him.
"You are my only greatest love. There is no one else but you Alex. I can't moved on knowing I still love you. I never stop loving you. Even when I got hurt, I woke up still remember how much love I had for you. I could never fell in love with someone else but you."Henry can feel it angered Alex at that point and he took a step closer in front of Henry.
"So you're telling me that I don't love you enough and that is why I can moved on?!" Alex had his hand over his waist right now and he is smiling in disbelief. "You are so messed up Henry! You fucking ruined my life! Do you even know how I was when I'm with him? It's fucked up! I can't love him the way that I love you! I can't say his name without having yours comes to mine first! Sometimes it slipped but he never questioned me for it. I can't have him kiss me and touch me without having that image in my brain hoping that it was yours instead of him!"
Alex stood closer and had his hand over his waist standing right over Henry's edge of the bed staring at him with anger and despair. "You shouldn't have come back. You should have left us all alone." Henry felt the tears are pooling in his eyes when Alex says that. He held it strong and held his chin up to reply.
"I'll leave soon. I just had to see you one last time." Henry says and he can see Alex's gaze changed at the words. "What do you mean one last time?" He asks and Henry sighed lowering his gaze back on his lap. His fingers twirling around the loose thread on his blanket and he can feel his vision blurred by his tears.
"Hen, what is it?" Alex's voice soften unlike his earlier growl and he circled around the bed and took a seat on the mattress besides Henry's legs.
"A month ago, I had a seizure. It was bad. They told me that if I had another one, I won't come out of it. So I had to see you, in case I had -" Henry stops himself and Alex can see the tears that fell on his face and he wiped it hurriedly. Alex stares at Henry's face trying to understand what he meant by it. He can see the years have took his youth and the light in his eyes whenever he saw Alex. But there is also another side of the story that Alex didn't know which might explained why there's a scar over Henry's left eyebrow. "What happened to you Henry? What happened five years ago?" Alex asks and Henry exhaled a breath leaning his head back feeling the rush of his heart beating in his chest.
"I remembered that night. I heard you called your parents to come over and I never seen you so scared. I hate that I did that to you. I leave to find help that I need so I could be better for you. My dad had uhm- he had a facility in Zurich for this kind of help, so I went. A year into therapy, all I could think of is how I have hurt you. How have I drowned you in my depression and I don't think I could come back to you in time. I don't see the light at the end of the tunnel and I was losing hope." Alex palmed his calf from top of the blanket and Henry felt the reassuring touch from him.
"What happened Henry?" He asks and Henry broke into more sobs.
"I jumped." He can see how Alex's eyes widen at the actual thought of Henry ending his life. The scariest moment he had experienced and he finally did it. "You did what?" He asks in disbelief. His mouth gaped apart and his eyes glistened in tears when he heard what Henry had told him.
"I jumped from fourth floor, shattering everything in my body and my brain in the process. I died for like three minutes, I think that's what Shan told me. I thought I would be finally free. I get to see my family again. But I revived and trapped in my body for two years. I couldn't walk, talk, eat or do anything and it got me thinking, I could never see you anymore back then. For sure in hell I'm not gonna let you see me in such condition. But because that I love you, I fight to make sure that one day I see you again. I want to tell you how much I love you. How much you mean to me in my life."
Alex lowered his gaze at Henry's lips and didn't even realized they are closer to each other. Alex's hand found henry's on his lap and Henry was caught by surprise when Alex finally crashed his lips over Henry's and they shared one deep breath. Alex let his lips linger over Henry's as they leaned their forehead together before they were both interrupted by someone clearing their throats behind them.
Alex turned to see Sophia and Nora by the door with a total opposite look on their faces. "Good morning." Nora says smiling sheepishly at them both sharing a kiss on the bed. Sophia on the other hand didn't find it pleasing over the fact that Alex's is kissing Henry on that bed. "Alex? How's Gideon?" She asks bitterly and Henry pressed his lips together pulling his hand away from him. "He's fine." Alex answered sarcastically and move away from Henry on the bed.
Nora went to Henry and gave him a hug and he groaned in pain when her hand wrapped around his side and she pulls away immediately earning Alex a sharp look. "Are you okay?" He asks and Henry nods palming his side. "You cracked a rib there. Be careful, you don't have enough ribs anymore to support." Sophia told him as she went to his side and raised his shirt up to reveal the bruised over his side and Nora gasped.
"Why didn't you tell me? I wouldn't have hug you so hard." Nora felt scared after seeing such bruised on Henry and Alex on the other hand had his eyebrow furrowed over his face. "How many ribs have you broken now Henry?" Alex asks and Henry cocked his head to the side not amused by his questions. Sophia pressed the stethoscope over Henry's back and listened to his lungs and noticed the bruise formed on the back as well.
"Lungs clear, any headaches?" She asks with her voice monotone and Henry knows she still held grudges against him for Alex. He shook his head and Alex scoffed. "Don't lie, that was the first thing you said when you wake up." He told her and she stares at Henry whom right now staring back at Alex in a death glare. "I'm fine, it's bearable now." He said and Sophia charts on his folder. "If no issue, I can release you today, I'm sure Alex would help you find your way back to wherever you came from." She smiled at Alex who is at the moment not happy at her words.
"Green isn't your color Sophia. Stop being jealous." Alex replied and she stares back at his face stuck her tongue out at him before she walked out of Henry's room to continue her work. Nora chuckled at the side and Henry smiled at her. "I'm glad you're fine. You scared me to death Hen." She wrapped her arm over Henry's neck and kissed him on his temple before she released him.
"I'm sorry." Henry said and his gaze were back at Alex. "I'm gonna get some breakfast. Nora? Can you come with me?" He asks her and she turned her head back at him, "Sure. What you want?" She asks Henry and he shook his head, "No thank you." Henry declined her offer politely and Nora crooked her eyebrow at him. "Cafe latte and Turkey sandwich it is." She says and Henry softly laughs at her remembering his exact order from the time they worked together.
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Alex and Nora went to one of the hospital cafe they used to have breakfast or lunch together and they've ordered. While waited, Nora and Alex seated by the window on a cafe lounge with a small coffee table in between them. "What's on your mind?" Nora asks as she can see Alex is staring at the table before him, silenced. Usually Alex is the talkative one but the whole way they walked there, Alex has barely say three words to her.
"Henry." He replied softly and Nora bend her elbow over the arm rest and pressed her palm under her jaw. "What about Henry?" She asks him and Alex glared at her with an annoyed look. "Come on Nora, don't act stupid. You obviously has something to say about me and Henry. Just say it." He told her and she chuckled. "What I want isn't the same as what you want. If I say it you're gonna get angry at me." She replied and he crooked his eyebrow further.
"What do you mean? How would you know what I want?" He asked her and she sighed cocking her head to the side. "Come on Alex, don't act stupid. I know how much you wanted Henry back in your life but you worried that you are going to hurt Gideon and hurt yourself again." She says and the crooked line between Alex's eyebrow rested and his gaze soften.
"I never thought I would see him again. But now seeing him, I don't think I can lose him again. I can't afford to lose him even if we're not together anymore." Alex says and Nora can see how Alex is at the verge of breaking into tears. "What do you mean by that?" She asks him leaning closer to him. "Henry is not well Nora. He is sick. He told me that if he had another seizure, he might not come out of it. That is why he is here now. That is why he wanted to see me. He wanted to make sure that he see me before anything worst happen."
Alex broke in tears and Nora leaned to grip his hand with hers. "Alex. He's here. He's alive. Make every seconds count." Nora told him and Alex finally looked up to meet her brown eyes and nodded. "What about Gideon? He didn't deserve to get hurt." Alex broke knowing how hard it is to break up with someone especially with someone Gideon felt insecure with.
"Do you think it's better if you keeping it a secret or rather than telling him the truth? He deserves to know the real thing. You can't keep stringing him along Alex, it's painful enough he's already hoped you love him the same way he did. If he knew that Henry is here, he would be more upset that you didn't tell him." Nora can see how it made Alex contemplating in his life choices right now. He didn't say anything further considering their orders was called and they both left the cafe heading back to Henry's room.
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