Jenny's Pov---------

Arthit said that he wants to stay with Kongpob all night, but I was going to insist that he go and feed himself, if he wants to stay in control around Kongpob Suthiluck. The stress of the last two days had taken a lot out of him, and he needed sustenance. Whole family agreed that he needed to do this. That’s why they sent me and Bright…

We wouldn’t take no for an answer !!

I would assure Arthit that I wouldn’t leave Kongpob for a minute. We figured that the press would get wind of his whereabouts any minute, and we needed to keep him from being bothered. The hospital security was good, but we felt like we really needed to be on our toes after the disaster of him being kidnapped. I still couldn’t believe we hadn’t realised that there were two stalkers.

We had a lot to make up for.

When I entered into Kongpob's hospital room, I could tell from his respiration and heart rate that he was already in a deep sleep. Arthit was so focused on Kongpob that he hadn’t heard me slip inside the room. I watched Arthit for a few moments. He was always the most handsome, between all the man in our family, but now a glow seemed to come from inside him, making him shine like his name sake... SUN, it was almost hard to look directly at his face as he concentrated on Kongpob.

As I approached the other side of Kongpob's bed, Arthit looked up at me in surprise.

"Jenny, I didn't hear you come in !!"

I smirked at him just a bit.

"No, you didn't..... Penny for your thoughts ??"

I asked quietly, although I could guess.

"They are worth, a lot more than that...."

He said, running his fingers gently through Kongpob's hair.

"Kongpob's alive, his hand should be well in time, and he will be able to play again......"

He looked back down at him, and that glow was even more pronounced than it had been before.

"I heard you say that you were going to stay with him all night. But you need to feed"

I could see the arguments begin to form as he opened his mouth to speak. I raised my hands and said

"His Doctor said he won't wake until early in the morning. You won't want to leave while he is up, so you need to go now"

He was shaking his head NO.... even as I rounded the bed to put my arm around his biceps to lead him out of the door.

"Arthit, I won't leave him for even a moment. Bright is waiting in Noor's parking space for you now....."

Arthit was looking over his shoulder at the bed even as I led him away.

"Go, now, and you will be back in time before he wakes up"

I gave his arm a squeeze.

"You need this..... you know you do. And besides, Bright wants to challenge you, to see who gets first to home"

A small smile played over Arthit's face as he considered my words. I could see that he saw the pros of going right now, while Kongpob was asleep. He gave me a small hug, glanced back at Kongpob, and then he was flitting down the hallway to the stairway. I heard him say, just as the door closed behind him,

"Call me if anything changes"

And then he was gone.

Turning back into the room, I assessed the monitors that gave feedback as to Kongpob's state of health. Everything looked good. We had spoken very quietly together, he hadn't been disturbed at all.

As I stood beside his bed, I took a good look at his face. He looked so young and vulnerable in his sleep. Kongpob had a lean figure always, but the blood loss and stress of the last day, has really took a toll on him.

I wonder what Arthit was going to do about the whole..... Us being a Vampire, fiasco. Kongpob had seen him ripped the door off its hinges and broken his chains with his bare hands to save him. Even with the effects of adrenaline, those occurrences would be hard to explain.

We know that Kongpob was Arthit's mate.... the one that made him complete. I could understand that for sure. Bright was my other half. I couldn't even begin to think about my life, immortal or not, without him. I had known it..... when I had seen him, for the first time, working at the fields, in his human life. It was the reason that I had followed him around, everyday for almost two years..... Then I couldn't hold back and went straight to him.... Told him about my secret and asked him to join me as my  vampire mate..... And he agreed..... So readily,  So I changed him and we stayed together since then..... Centuries has passed but my Love for him hasn't lessened even a bit. I still want him as crazily as I wanted, at the start of our journey, as Mates.

One didn't have to be a master of empathy to see that Arthit really did feel the same way about Kongpob.
Then...... I wondered how Kongpob would react after knowing our secret ??

Of course, I can see that he is attracted to Arthit as well....(well who isn't ??) So there was a way around that. Arthit could change him in a vampire too. I wonder if he had considered that course yet. It sure would make things easier between them. Well, except then Kongpob wouldn't be able to perform in concerts for a very long time, if ever. He was beautiful, but he would be even more so.... when changed. The paparazzi loved his looks and appearance, and his vampire beauty would be hard to hide. But if he love Arthit like Arthit loves him, it might be worth it to him as well.

Being a vampire had its share of perks. Being with the one you loved forever and always..... was the first and foremost for me. Plus strength, speed, beauty, and last but not least, not having to sleep, which left lots of time for other pursuits.......

Yes, lots of perks......

Well, it was certainly something for Arthit to consider. As I settled down to wait for him to return, I decided that I would bring it up to him soon.

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Arthit's POV------

Jenny and Bright had been right, as had the rest of the family. I had needed to feed. I actually felt my body get some of it's strength back while feeding. I soaked myself in a warm water filled tub after I was fully satiated with my fill of blood.
I spent a good amount of time in the bathtub, then I changed into fresh and comfy set of clothes and I was ready to be with my Kongpob again.

Bright kept humming on the drive back to the hospital and I wanted him to hurry. The pull to return to my Mate got stronger the longer I was away from him. When we reached at the hospital Bright asked me to tell Jenny that he is waiting for her. I nodded my head and walked inside.

Jenny welcomed me with a smile when I strode into Kongpob’s room.

“He slept well for the rest of the night”

She said that the nurses checked him every hour or so, and they thought that things looked pretty good. He never spiked a fever, so it looked like, at this point, that there wasn’t any infection.

“But.... the nurse said that he is going to be in pain when he wakes up, so be prepared.....”

We could both hear his heart and respiration rates picking up and knew it wouldn’t be long before he awoke. Jenny said that she would leave us alone for now, when I told her that Bright was waiting for her in the parking area, and she left the room. She and Bright were going to be on guard down the hall. The press had discovered that Kongpob was here, and we didn’t want him disturbed.

I was leaning over Kongpob, as his eyes opened. His smile when he saw me quickly turned into a grimace of pain. I handed him the pain pump button and offered him a cup of water. He shook his head NO to the pump but YES to the water. He still wanted to talk.

“Please, Kongpob. We will have plenty of time to talk…later......”

I caressed his face, delighting in the feel of the stubble along his cheek and the way he turned his face into my palm. I held the straw to his lips so he could drink.

“Right now you need to rest so that you can heal. Your orthopedic surgeon will be in later this morning to check your hand, and your other doctor should be here soon to check your side wound”

Before he had satisfied himself with the water, there was a light tap on the door. I was surprised to see Noor step inside the room. She had a wide smile on her face.

I moved the cup away and said

“Kongpob, this is my Sister in law, Dr. Noor Rojnapat, Chief Physiotherapist of this hospital”

Kongpob started to raise his hand to shake Noor’s, but Noor waved it down, seeing the effort it took. The expression of pain had become more pronounced on Kongpob’s face.

As Kongpob got a clear view of Noor, he recognised her...

“You were at the beach house with Arthit. You helped me after the fire”

He looked at Noor with a little smile.

“Nice to formally meet you, Kongpob”

Noor said, smiling back at him

“Yes, I was with Arthit when you were rescued”

Noor held Kongpob’s chart in her hand, flipping through the pages, scanning the information there.

“Dr. Suppasit, the surgeon who took care of your gunshot wound, had a small family emergency, so I am just checking your charts and vitals”

Noor finished looking over the chart.

“Even though you are in pain now, you really are doing quite well. You haven’t spiked a fever, which means that there is no infection at this point. And with all the antibiotics that the doctors are continuing to pump into you, they hope that there won’t be any”

Kongpob asked how long his recovery would be.

“Arthit is right, you do need to rest now and heal, Kongpob. Recovery from a gunshot wound, even though the bullet didn’t hit anything major, is going to take a while”

“You are going to hurt for several days to come. You will be in the hospital for another week or so. You won’t be able to lift anything for a couple of months either”

Noor looked sternly down at Kongpob.

“And I mean it. After that you can slowly begin to do more. Now, use the pump or I will do it myself”

Noor had her stern 'I am the doctor' look on her face.

“You must rest to heal”

“I still have so many questions to ask. I can’t sleep yet !!”

We could both hear his heart start to speed up. I laughed lightly to myself. His voice had a definite petulant sound to it. I had heard that human men were hard patients, and it appeared to be the case with Kongpob too.

Leaning closer, I used both of my hands to turn his face to meet mine. I lightly massaged his cheekbones with my thumbs.

“Kongpob, I promise you, I will answer your questions, all of them. But you need to relax and heal now”

I kept my eyes locked on his, moving one hand up and running my fingers through his hair. Slowly, his heart beat slowed, and he reached for the pain pump cord.

He pressed it and handed it back to me.

“Will you answer some questions before I doze off again ??”

His right hand had clenched into a fist from the pain. I lifted it into mine and held it gently in my own. I traced the lines on the back of his hand lightly, and slowly his hand relaxed. Once again I was amazed that he didn’t flinch from the coolness and the hardness of my touch. He was so tolerant of the differences, I wondered if he would be so accepting of all the answers to his questions.

I tried to guess what his first question would be.... What are you ?? How did you find me ?? How did you break the door and chains ??

But......When the question came, Noor chuckled and said she would be back later to check on Kongpob. I barely heard her leave as she closed the door firmly behind her, leaving us alone with the question hanging in the air.

Kongpob’s question took me by surprise but filled me with some wild emotions.

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Kongpob's Pov---------

My drugged sleep was filled with weird dreams. I kept seeing the waves in the ocean, Rainbows were dancing around me, Cool breeze from the ocean fanning over my face and body. At  least there wasn’t fire and smoke this time. But as I slowly regained consciousness, the pain began to grow, both in my hand and in my side.

Deep Onex eyes looked into mine when I could finally lift my eyelids. If the pain hadn’t been biting at me, I would have thought that I was in heaven. Arthit looked exactly like what I thought an Angel should look like. He was almost glowing. His touch on my face eased some of the ache I felt. I started to reach my hand up to touch his cheek, but the throbbing pain was making me weak.

He offered me the pain pump and a cup of water with a straw. Even though I hurt badly, I didn’t want the pump to make me sleep again. There were lots of questions that I wanted answers to.

Before I could ask any of them, the door opened. A tall beautiful woman walked in. She looked familiar to me. Arthit introduced her as his sister in law, the Chief Physiotherapist. I should have known that she was related to Arthit, before he introduced us. She had charcoal eyes too, and was inhumanly beautiful as others of their family members.

But why is she here right now..... Didn't Arthit said that I would need physiotherapy after I get discharged from the hospital and my when cast will be removed. Oh, wait…I heard her say that she was filling in for my doctor.

Suddenly I remembered where I had seen her. She had come onto the beach just after Arthit had rescued me. Before I could do more than acknowledge where I knew her from, she was filling me in on what my near future would hold. I tried to take it in, pain for right now, No lifting...... Rest.....

“Now, use the pump or I will do it myself”

Dr. Rojnapat had quite a severe look on her face.

“You must rest to heal”

I didn’t want to whine, but I really wanted some answers. Arthit’s hands on my face and his fingertips running through my hair were nearly sufficient to block the pain. But not quite enough, I realized that I would have to use the pump. Maybe I could barter taking the pain pump for some answers. I was quite relieved that Arthit agreed to my terms. The pain relief began moments after I pressed the button. One question leaped to the fore of my mind, and before I could censor myself, I blurted it out.

“Did you kiss me last night ??”

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Arthit's POV------

That was the last question I expected Kongpob to ask. I hadn’t really organized complete answers to the other questions, but this was one I was totally unprepared for.

I heard Noor laugh and leave quietly. She had closed the door behind her. We were alone. And now all I could do was look at Kongpob’s lips and remember the soft brush of my own across them last night.

Lifting my eyes to his chocolate ones, I found myself almost stammering. I took a deep breath to get a bit of control and to buy myself some time.

“Well..... May had told me to give you a hug and a kiss…”

I finally uttered. If my face could blush, I would have been doing so, probably to a very dark degree.

“I don’t remember the hug. Maybe I could have that now too ??”

Kongpob’s eyes were doing that crinkle thing at the corners. Even in pain and pale, he was breathtakingly handsome.

“I kept dreaming of kisses and rainbows all night long. Since I am being banished to sleep again, I would like to have more of those dreams, and your kiss must have brought them to me”

Kongpob’s voice was barely a whisper, his eyes so dark. It would be a hardship to kiss him, that’s for sure. But, it was something that I wanted to do again and again. And he was more awake at this moment in time. I decided to just not think anymore and go for it.

I settled myself on to the bed, on his uninjured side. We were right hip to right hip. Very carefully I placed a hand on either side of his head, on his pillow. His heartbeat kicked up a notch as did my breath rate.

“Arthit…”

He whispered as I leaned in slowly and brushed my lips against his. I tried to keep it light, but his right hand came up and cupped the back of my head. The feeling of his fingers tangled in my hair made me sigh. I leaned back just a little. As my breath left me, it washed over his face, he breathed in deeply, and his eyes became a little unfocused. I could smell the musky spicy scent of him..... of Kongpob..... And It was overwhelming.

His smile deepened, and I gently pulled his head closer…our lips touched gently again. We were exploring the outlines of each other’s lips, moving slowly. I was amazed at the heat that was generated at our point of contact. I felt warmth swirl through me for the first time in centuries.

When he sucked my bottom lip into his mouth, I gasped and pulled back. Careful..... I needed to be careful. My teeth were so sharp and coated with venom. I didn’t want to take any chances with him, without telling him the whole truth.  I needed to be cautious and see just how strong my self control could be.

“Wow.....”

He said slowly as he looked deeply into my eyes.

“And I thought the fire at that house was hot”

His hand released my head and slowly ran down my shoulder and down to my hand. I entwined his fingers with mine and pulled them to my mouth. I placed a couple of quick, soft kisses on his knuckles as I sat back up.

His eyes were slowly closing, the drug taking over. I cupped his cheek with my other hand, and he leaned into it again.

“Wow, indeed......”

I finally got out. He fell asleep quickly at that point, my hand still firmly held in his.

Once again, Kongpob had surprised me, first with his question and then with the kiss. It was nice to be surprised. That didn’t happen often. I liked it.

At that moment, it was great to be a vampire. I could sit in that same position for ages and not have to move. I could sit with my hand being held by this wonderful man and not have to shift to a more comfortable position. Right then, this was the best place in the whole world to be, holding the hand of the man that I loved, the man who just kissed me.

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