Gadget's POV ⚙️

"I can relate to that too." Ryobo says as he sighed a little bit before looking over at his broken arm.

"It's happened to me before. There was this one boy who was picking a fight with one of my friends and I couldn't do anything nor stop the fight because I was afraid it would only make the situation worse.

My little brother, Itachi, felt the same way too as well.

However, after the fight ended, my friend was really upset with me and didn't want to hear me out about why I didn't stop the fight and immediately said that they're no longer my friend anymore.

Unfortunately, they suddenly were killed the very next day, thanks to a psychotic murderer who escaped from prison and was running around at that time..." He explains to me while tears suddenly started appearing in his eyes.

"In the end though, the psychotic murderer was caught and sentenced to a death penalty."

Feeling bad for him over the fact he's still suffering from the loss of his former best friend, I pulled him close and embraced him into a gentle hug while being careful not to touch his broken arm.

After I pulled him into a hug, Ryobo immediately didn't hesitate to hug me back in return.

While he was hugging me, I heard him starting to cry before I began rubbing his back soothingly, in attempt to try to comfort and to make him feel better.

For a while, we remained like this until Ryobo stopped crying.

But, when he parted from hugging me, that's when Ryobo suddenly started coughing hard.

Ryobo's POV ❄️

As soon as I started coughing, I heard Gadget ask if I was alright while he was feeling worried about me.

I quickly shook my head in response as I quickly got up and hurried into the bathroom before I started vomiting blood in the toilet.

After what felt like several minutes had passed, I finally stopped.

However, as I was about to flush the toilet, I suddenly noticed that there were sunflower petals in my vomit.

Wondering what the hell just happened, I flushed the toilet before I went over to the sink and started to rinse my mouth out while I began thinking.

Sunflowers...

Then it hit me.

That's Gadget's favorite flower!

But, there's one thing I don't understand right now...Why am I coughing up sunflowers for?

That's something completely abnormal and out of ordinary.

As I was done and about to head out of the bathroom, I immediately started coughing hard again as soon as I left before suddenly passing out, while I heard Gadget say my name in a panicked tone.

After what felt like hours, I groaned a little bit in pain until I stirred and started to open my eyes slowly.

When my eyes were fully opened and I was aware of my surroundings, I looked over at myself and noticed that I was lying in my bed with Gadget next to me, asleep while he held me close to his body.

I started blushing a little at that, before burying my face into Gadget's chest as I silently letted out a relaxed sigh, enjoying how warm and soft his body felt when I hug or cuddle him.

"I wish I could tell Gadget how I feel about him without feeling so shy and what not...

It hurts my heart so much every time I try to tell him but ending up running away and failing constantly afterwards." I thought to myself as I felt tears appearing in my eyes a little.

I sniffed a bit before wiping the tears away, not wanting to worry Gadget when he wakes up and sees me like this.

If only there was a way I could him without feeling so shy.