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[Chapter Two]
Back in his own room, Nick switched on the lights, threw his bag onto the bed and head into the bathroom to wash his face.
Looking up at the mirror, he saw a boy who had just fallen out of love. ''No', he thought. 'I should take it like a man. It's not the first time anyway.' Still, he felt his eyes welled up when they were set upon a lipstick mark, left by Mandy, at the corner of the mirror. Walking back into the room, he stripped himself naked and flung the clothes onto the brown sofa. Then, he took a towel and fresh clothes and went into the bathroom. He turned on the shower and sat down in the bathtub. After a while, fatigue set in and Nick finally dozed off in the tub, leaving the tap on. ... Kevin was in his room sitting on his bed, checking his email from the laptop that Nick had bought him. It was a birthday gift. He never knew that a passing remark that he had made when they went to a mall would make Nick bought it. Thinking of that just made Kevin felt that he was in heaven because Nick actually took a mental note on it. Only seven emails today. He took a quick glance and saw Faith's name. He clicked on her name, and started to read. Dear Kevin, I received a nice poem from my friend. Just wanna share it! Oh, and I have send Nick a copy already. My land was uninhabited no chair was found on my beach my heart was empty the moon did go out but the sun stopped shining and in the middle of that black and blue there I suddenly saw you and land, beach and my heart are filled the moon and the sun shone again Love, Faith 'Exactly what I am feeling all the while...' Kevin thought. Knowing that the battery was already running low, he turned off the laptop. He was too lazy to recharge it. He glanced over to the alarm clock on the desktop. 1:03 am. He figured that the guys must still be at some pub and decided to go to Nick's room and chat with him. He put the laptop back onto the desktop and switched off the lights. ... Kevin knocked on the door once. No response. And he knocked again. And again. Still, no response. He thought that Nick must have slept already and decided to go back to his room. But as he started to leave, he look down and noticed that water was seeping out from Nick's room. "Holy shit! Nick! Can you hear me? Open up the door! Nicky?" he yelled and began to bang open the door. After a few tries, he managed to break open the door and immediately rushed in. He took no time to hesitate and headed straight for the bathroom. And there was Nick lying motionlessly in the bathtub with the tap flowing non-stop. 'Oh god, please don't tell me he's dead.' he thought. Kevin kneeled down beside the tub while turning off the tap and then tried to shake Nick vigorously. "Nicky, wake up!! Nicky! Oh no, don't tell me you commit suicide... No..." Kevin cried out. Nick felt someone was shaking him and woke up with a start from his deep sleep. He was surprised to find Kevin beside him. "What the... What are you doing here?" Nick asked, looking confused. "Are you alright? You scared the shit out of me. I thought you were dead." Kevin said, wiping his tears away. "Dead? What are you talking about? I was taking a bath." "Water is seeping out through the front door of your room and I-," he said, trying hard to control his emotion. "Oh... I dozed off." Nick was amazed that Kevin cried. And he looked so concerned, his eyes filled with something that Nick had never see before. Shaking the thoughts out of his head, he realized that he was still in the shower and Kevin was there. "Kev, I'm still in the bath. If you don't mind-" "Sorry... I'll go out now." he said and went out of the bathroom. ... Nick got out from the tub, towel dried himself and wrapped a towel on his head. As he looked around his surrounding, he was thinking that Kevin must have been really freak out. He changed into his clothes and then went out of the bathroom. Kevin was sitting on Nick's bed, looking dazed. He was trying to recover from the shock that he had earlier on and did not even notice that Nick was standing in front of him. "Yo! Earth to Kev!" "Huh? Nick... Sorry, I-" "Well, Kev-" Nick said, sitting down beside him on the bed. "I know you are shocked. But I'm really okay. I just kind of doze off just now. You really think I would commit suicide?" he asked while he took off the towel on his head and started to towel dry them. "I am really freaked out. I thought I lost you for good." Kevin said, looking into Nick's sparkling ocean blue eyes. The look in his eyes scared Nick. It was filled with fear, the fear of losing him. The same old confidence was not found in his eyes and speech too. He could not believe what he was hearing because that was not the Mr. Perfect that he knew anymore. And he seemed to have change more than a few months ago. Kevin did not treat Nick like a pest anymore and instead showed him more concern. He did not blew up his top for small, trifle matters and on many occasions, he seemed to be drifting into his own thoughts. 'Why the sudden change?' Nick thought. Kevin could feel that there was an awkward feeling around them and decided to break the silence. "Nick, do you want to spend the night in my room instead? I'll call the hotel staff to clear the room tomorrow," he said, hoping not to sound too weird. "Okay!" Nick agreed without even thinking twice and threw his towel onto his bed. He walked over to the TV set and disconnected all the wires from the play station. Then, he carried them in his arms and motioned Kevin to open the door. "Nick, you are not serious, aren't you?" "Oh come on, Kev. It's only one something in the morning. Let's not waste it!" Kevin kept shaking his head with a determined 'No Nintendo for 5 hours straight' look on his face. "Kevvy, be a sweetie for this. Just once... Please?" "Quit the whining and puppy eyes..." Kevin said, "You know I can't take that shit." And with that, he walks over to the door and hold it for Nick. "You're the best!" Nick said with a playful grin. 'Anything for you, Nicky. Anything for you...' Kevin silently thought, closing the door behind him as they walked out of Nick's room. ... Just as Kevin came out of the bathroom, Nick had already dozed off after replaying Super Mario for seventeen times and some other games. He looked over to the clock and it was already 4:20 am. "Nicky? Nicky Nicky Nick...?" Kevin whispered into his ears. "I can't believe this boy." he laughed to himself. Carefully, he took the controller set from Nick's hands and replaced them on top of the play station. As he glanced back at Nick, the continuous white flash from the screen radiated onto Nick's face. Kevin just stood there and watched Nick, who was sleeping like an angel and for a moment, he thought he saw a halo on top of his head. Kevin always enjoyed looking at Nick. No matter if it was way back when he was just a little boy or now. Whenever they are on tour, he would always have to go to Nick's room and wake him up in the early morning. But he would hang around in the room for a while, watching him sleep. He admired Nick's beautiful sleeping form, similar to that of an angel.  He smiled to himself. Then, he switched off the TV before jumping into bed. He tried to pull Nick up to the top of the bed so that he can place his head onto the pillow. But he failed. Nick was sleeping like a log and would not move a bit. "Might as well..." he said, taking the pillow and lifted Nick's head. As Kevin sat beside Nick on his bed, he scanned him from head to toe like he had never see him before. Kevin suddenly felt the urge to pull Nick close and kiss him on the lips. But he did not. Instead, he just plant a very light kiss on his forehead and whispered something into his ears. After that, he pulled up his blanket and went to sleep. He had a sweet dream. |
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