Two months later

Alex was surprised at Henry decision to stay in the dorm but he barely sees him even though they are in the same room. Usually when Alex is awake, Henry is long gone and by the time Henry comes back into the dorm room, Alex is out for his classes and when Alex returned Henry is already fast asleep. It was their routine and when weekend hits, Henry was gone for the rest of the day and by the time he comes back Alex was gone the whole night partying.

Alex felt weird not seeing Henry or even talk to him and he wonders if Henry is adjusting well seeing he barely seen him on campus ground either. The last time they spoke he was a jerk to him and he barely get to know him. For what he sees Henry is someone who like his privacy and rather being alone than to hang out with friends. He doubt Henry had any friends seeing his only time is either at class or at the dorm room. But he wonders also what he did when he was gone and what he does during the whole time to keep himself busy.

He was having brunch with Nora and she was rambling on and on about the guy she met months ago and that was the last time she sees him so she was sure she might sees him again. Alex never cared to listen to her pining over some guy that she met and all the time he was staring at his glass of mimosa in his hand watching as the beads water drops down on the coaster.

"Alex!" Nora smacked him out of his trance and he gasped at her sudden gesture. "What?" He asks clueless and she sighed, "Have you talked to him yet?" She asks and Alex returned his gaze back on the glass and shook his head softly. "What's got you so upset? You hated his guts and now you regretted it?" She asks and Alex's turn to exhale an exasperation sigh towards her question.

"Maybe I was too quick to judge on people. I mean if Henry wants to-"

He was interrupted by Nora raising her palm and stopped him, "Woah, woah. Wait. Hold up. Your roommate name is Henry? As in Henry Fox?" She asks and Alex had his eyebrow furrowed, "Yeah. You know him?" He asks straightening himself on his seat before leaning his elbow on the table. "He's the guy I met. Wait, he's gay. Ughhhh..." Nora groaned slumping down on her seat as she took another sips. "Wait you told me the guy you met had a panic attack and you helped him. When was this?" Alex asks and Nora paused before she answered. "Maybe two months ago. Why?" She asks and Alex huffed leaning himself back against the seat. "I was an asshole." He replied and Nora retorts back. "You are, but why the sudden realization?" Alex glared at her acknowledging his words.

"Nothing." He shortly replied and he can see Nora is upset now seeing her crush is no longer her option. "Hey." He nudged her legs from under the table and she returned her gaze back at him. She had her arm crossed over her chest with her eyes shot an angry look towards Alex. "One day." He says and slowly her furrowed eyebrow relaxed and a smiled crept on her lip before she nods softly at him.

By the time they had finished their lunch, Alex told Nora he didn't feel like going out to party that night and instead he wanted to head back to his dorm. It was Saturday and initially he feels like he wanted to go to the gym but now he feels like he wanted to head back to his dorm and curled up in a blanket to watch a movie or something.

The moment he entered his dorm room, Henry is standing there and in the middle of changing his clothes. It's not that Henry half naked body exposed in front of Alex that got his attention but rather the bruised on the side of his chest that worries him. Henry hurriedly pulled his shirt down to hide his bruised but he knew Alex saw it. "Henry what happened?" He asks closing the door behind him. Henry shook his head dismissing his worried expression before he grabs his slacks and put them on his each legs.

"None of your business." He replied after buttoning his pants and it got Alex triggered the rage inside of him. "Fine." Alex couldn't care less if Henry barely says a few words to him but he can see how he was struggling to bend down and picked up his papers that fell from his file as he clutched his side in pain. Alex sighed bending down and helped picking up his papers and couldn't help read the title, "You're studying literature? Isn't it kind of cheating? You guys are hopeless romantic already." Alex asks and Henry tried to grab the paper from Alex's hand but he held it higher.

"Give it back! It's none of you fucking business what I do in my life." Henry was a little tense when this guy is trying to tease him every single time they both had interaction. He can see Alex is enjoying it a little since Henry is an inch shorter than he is. "I thought you are here on business major. Why change? Wait, does your brother know?" He asks still held the paper high above his head twirling around the room with Henry followed suit. Alex remember the conversation he had with his filthy rich brother whom he called every once a day and sometime, Alex purposely put the earphone in his ear to make Henry thought he wasn't listening but actually he does.

Every single time he called his brother all the thing he wants to do is making him believes that he is doing alright but he lied. His brother asks whether he is eating well or he took his medicine regularly which Alex find it odd seeing he doesn't know Henry is sick but then he remembered Nora told him that Henry had a panic attack before, it finally makes sense now. He had Henry standing few inches away from him and he tried to stand on his tippy toes but Alex had his forearm pressed against Henry's chest pushing him off from reaching the paper.

But their foot got caught up with each other and Henry was pulled by his collar down on the floor with Alex whom desperately tried to catch Henry but failed miserably and ended up hugging him around his chest right there on the floor. Henry groaned feeling the pain over the side of his chest where Alex had his arm wrapped tightly around it and he hates how Alex ended up being on top of him again. "We have got to stop meeting like this." Alex adds laughing and Henry groaned pushing him off from on top of him but Alex held his ground stronger.

"Alex! Get off of me or I swear-" Henry threatened him but it only raised more smirked on his face, "Or what Your Highness? What are you gonna do?" He tease and Henry felt his heart racing rapidly especially when Alex called him like this. "I told you, STOP calling me that!" Henry groaned trying to pull his arm away from his grip but failed miserably. He sighed finally stops himself from trying and Alex saw how Henry hides his eyes by turning his head to the side.

"Tell me who did it to you." He asks again and this time Henry couldn't even look at him in the eyes considering how Alex is staring deeply into his and his hand still try to fight and push him off. "No one. I fell down the stairs." Henry groaned still pushing Alex off but he is a lot stronger than he is. "What are you five?" Alex asks still holding Henry by his arm so he won't be free from his grip. "Get - off!" Henry pushed his weight but Alex only hides his smirked watching him struggling to break free.

"P-Please. Let me go." Henry mumbles and Alex can see how his eyes began to tear up and his lips trembling in fear so he finally released him from his grip. Henry immediately backs away from him and Alex saw the fear in his eyes that made him regret his action earlier. "Hey, I'm sorry. I never meant-" Alex was trying to raise his hand to comfort him but Henry smacked his hand away.

"No!" Henry yelled hinting Alex not to get closer but Alex can see his hands began to shake uncontrollably and his breathing began to increase rapidly. He remember Nora told him how she met Henry for the first time and he was having a panic attack and he can assumed Henry is about to have one right now.

Henry rushed towards his black pouch that he kept close next to his pillow and Alex always wonder what was inside of it. His shaky hands tried to unzip the bag in a hurry before grabbing his pill bottle out. He tried to open the cap off but he couldn't stop his hand from trembling. "Here let me." Alex offered to help but Henry pull away from him causing him to drop the bottle on the floor and the cap was broken spilling the content inside.

"NO!" Henry yelled before he kneeled down on the floor trying to locate the pill that fell which Alex finds it weird for him to act this way, "Hey, I was trying to help, you're the one who dropped it." Alex yelled back and Henry was on his four trying to find the last pill when Alex finally realized Henry is starting to got worsen. Henry felt his chest is burning in fire and his throat getting tighter and tighter as he took more breaths.

He gripped his chest in his hand with his mouth gaped apart trying to catch his breath but he knows there is no point in this. He rely too much on his medication and now the last pill he had, he lost it. Alex saw how Henry is gasping for a breath as he leaned against the bed. Alex figure he needs to step in so he kneeled down before him holding on to Henry's arm trying to distract him but Henry isn't exactly himself right now.

"Henry listen to me. Breathe Hen." He cupped both of his cheek and he can feel Henry's tears dropped on his palm as he tried to help him. "I - I c-can-can't." Henry stutters still holding on to Alex's wrist. "You can. Henry listen to me. Breathe." Henry kept shaking his head and Alex was out of idea to help him. So he decides to grab Henry's phone from his pants pocket and held it for him to unlock it. Henry raised his trembling hands trying to tap on the phone screen but failed when he missed the number few times. "Just tell me the code." Alex told him and he swallowed few times before he told him, "One-two-zero-three."

Alex saw Henry was running out of breath by the minute and he wished he would know how to help him but the only thing he can do right now is calling this one person that Henry trust more than anyone else. "A-Al-lex, don't." Henry stutter gripping his chest in pain and Alex looked up from looking down on his phone screen and saw how pale Henry's lips are with sweats running down his forehead. "Please." Henry begs him but Alex didn't understand why Henry refused for any help. "I have too. You should look at yourself." He says before he pressed the green button over the screen. Henry sobs with his breath heaving making this sound Alex never even heard off. He can see how Henry was weaken by seconds when he starts to fell forward towards Alex.

Alex didn't think twice before he grabbed Henry by his neck and let him leaned against Alex's chest with his palm rested over Henry's broad chest as Alex waited for the call to be connected. "Hen? I'm in a meeting, can I call you back?" Phillip's voice echoed into the speaker and Alex screamed for him not to end the call.

"Sir! It's Henry, something's wrong. I can't help him. I don't know what to do." Alex yelled over the phone and he can hear Phillip rustled from the other side excusing himself, "Let me talk to him." He pressed the speaker button for Henry to hear him and Phillip's heart dropped when he heard the wheeze and the heaving sound of Henry's voice trying to catch a breath.

"Henry, listen to me." Phillip voice began and Henry eyes open wide at the sound of his voice. "Pip. Pip, help- me. I can't, I can't." Henry repeated over and over and Phillip inhaled sharply. "Henry. Listen. I'm here. I'm right here. Follow my voice Hen, slow your breaths. Breathe in, hold. Do as I say." Phillip instructed him but Alex can see Henry is struggling in following his orders. So he repeated softly stroking Henry by his chest.

"Breathe Henry. Hold it. One, two, three.." Alex began to count but Henry couldn't even follow any of their orders and by the third time Alex tried, Henry eyes are slowly drifting into his unconsciousness and finally his head fell back against Alex's chest.

"What happened? What's going on? Why I didn't hear his voice?" Phillip's fear could be heard in his tone and Alex sighed, "He fell unconscious. Should I get the nurse?" Alex asks and Phillip sighed. "No. He hated it. Just keep him comfortable and wait for him to wake up." Alex nods, slowly lowering Henry so he can lay on his lap and he still holding on to Henry's phone with Phillip still on the line.

"Thank you." Phillip says and Alex swallowed his throat before he answered. "What happened to him?" He asks and Phillip sighed again. "It's not my place to tell. It's better he tell you himself if he trust you enough. Can you call me once my brother wakes up?" Phillip asks and Alex cleared his throat before he answered him. "Sure."