Chapter 172: Split
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Makai - Procedure And Recovery
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Makai
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Dr. Malachi was definitely not going to wait for very long. He was already making preparations to have Ocean taken straight to surgery. I was sitting in the room next to Ocean's bed and watching his face, while a nurse that the doctor trusted drew blood from my arm. They were going to take a good chunk of blood from me, so I was told that I needed to stay here while Ocean went to have the procedure.
Yeah, like hell that was going to happen. I was going to go and wait right outside his room like I was supposed to. I was his mate. I was the man that needed to be there with him at all times. Dammit, why were they trying to keep me away from him.
The problem ended up being that as soon as it was time to wheel Ocean out of the room for the procedure, I fell backward on my ass when I stood up.
"Hold on there, son." Mr. Shores had to catch me before I fell to the floor. "Come on, sit back down." He guided me back toward the chair that I had been in before.
"But I need to go with him." I tried to say it clearly, but apparently, my words slurred a little bit, because what came out sounded way different. "Buut I neeeb to go wiffim."
"Yes, I know you want to go with him, Kai, but you need to rest here." Mrs. Shores was also trying to stop me from getting up and leaving the room. "Phineas and I will go and be with Ocean for right now. We will be back as soon as we can, OK?"
"Buut."
"No buts, mister. You sit here and behave." She snapped at me, and even though her voice was calm and sweet, and the words themselves should have made me laugh, I felt fear from the intensity of her eyes. Ocean was right, she was scary.
"Fiiine." I consented to let them leave without me and just slouched onto the back of the chair.
"It's not that bad, Kai. You just need to remember this is what a good partner does. If you plan to still marry Ocean, then you need to understand that you need to take care of yourself as well." I tried not to listen to Mr. Shores's words, they were right, but that didn't make me feel better. "Sit here, save your strength for now, I know you will be staying with Ocean tonight, right?" I nodded at him and that seemed to be it. Ocean's parents left the room and I was all alone in the room.
Or at least I thought that I was. No sooner had Ocean's parents left the room, did I hear the sound of someone walking closer to me. I could vaguely make out the shapes of Ben and Ryan.
"What was that that Ocean's dad said about getting married?" Of course it was Ryan that asked that question. Dammit, they had heard it now, so there was no point in denying it.
"Ocean and I are getting married. I already asked him and he said yes." My words were still very slurred, but it was embarrassing me so I preferred to only think about the fact that I was saying them right, in my head at least.
"What!?" Ben sounded shocked.
"When?" Ryan asked me almost immediately after Ben's shouted response.
"This summer." I was barely able to move, so I was still slouching in the chair. Damn blood, why did it make me weak to donate some to my boyfriend?
"What's wrong with you, dude?" Ryan was looking scared, from what I could see anyway. "This is how Ocean was when they found him, right?"
"I'm fine." I struggled to keep my hand steady while waving away his words. "I just donated blood. Ocean is having surgery and he needs my blood."
"Why?" Ben was the one who was worried now. "Couldn't they just get blood from the hospital?" Shit, I couldn't tell them the truth.
"We both have a really rare blood type." I made up the lie on the spot.
"That's really cool. Really, to find two people dating each other with the same rare blood type." Ben didn't know how rare our type really was. If he did then he would rethink that comment.
"Yeah." That was all that I said in response.
Now that things had been settled, I just needed to sit here and wait for answers. This was going to be the longest couple of hours of my life. Good thing I had Ben and Ryan to talk to.
I learned from the two of them that Justin had been taken into custody shortly after we left. The rest of the students were dismissed and sent home after the police and paramedics were all gone.
The blood and mess in that classroom hadn't been cleaned up yet so it sort of became a spectacle. They all knew that Ocean, Ryan, Justin, and me were the ones missing from the classroom, and that Ryan was still at the school after it all happened, so they were supposedly making bets on who was hurt and who had hurt them. Though not surprisingly, they had all guessed it correctly. That most likely had to do with Justin's crazy and erratic behavior lately.
Well, I couldn't do much about what everyone was saying, but I was glad that Justin had been arrested. Though he, too, was taken to a hospital for evaluation, just to be safe. He had better be at a different hospital.
Dr. Malachi – Keeping Secret
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Dr. Malachi
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I walked next to the boy as we wheeled him to the operating room. I had hoped that my time here at this hospital was almost done. I didn't actually need the money that I was making, and I preferred my quiet life in the small town that I had moved to. Still, I came here to help some friends of mine with a problem that they had encountered. I didn't expect that the problem would repeat itself.
I guess that I needed to stay in town until that boy was determined to not be a threat to us anymore. I know that he was Analise and Reef's family, not by blood but by bond, but should that really matter? Should he be allowed to jeopardize us like this?
I know it wasn't his fault though, and that was why I tried not to judge him too harshly. Not to mention, he himself was an anomaly. That is what initially piqued my interest when Reef called me. I was shocked to hear that there was a male Siren, as far as we knew, he was the first and only of his kind to be born as a male.
He would be an interesting study, that was for sure. That was why I was still here. This had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that this boy's mate looked so pathetic when he saw his boyfriend lying helpless on the stretcher. It had no bearing whatsoever on the fact that underneath my tough exterior, I was nothing more than a mushy little softy that helped too many people.
Dammit.
I scrubbed my hands as I prepared to go into the operating room with the neurologist. I was getting a lot of evil looks from the people that were around me. They thought that I was overstepping my bounds.
Even Dr. Castellanos, the neurologist, thought I was stepping on his toes.
"What the hell are you doing here, Malachi?" He asked when he barged into the prep room.
"I was asked to stay with the boy. He is my patient after all."
"Yeah, and I am the fucking serpent god, Quetzalcoatl. Since when do ER docs babysit patients?"
"Since their pocket change could buy this hospital and bulldoze it to the ground without batting an eyelash." I gave him a serious look. OK, Reef and his wife were loaded, but I think they would take pause before doing that. They could, mind you, but they wouldn't.
"Fine, but don't get in my way." Castellanos rolled his eyes as I stepped away from him and walked into the operating room.
What none of them knew, was that I was just making sure that nothing happened during the surgery to make them think that Ocean wasn't normal. I needed to protect the secret.
Thankfully, the boy did alright during the surgery. The excess fluid was drained away so he should start to recover soon. I knew that I needed to get him back to his room ASAP and talk to the mate and the parents. Thankfully, I didn't need to hide things from them, even though they're human. Though, that was a whole new topic that I could research as well. Humans that adopted a baby Siren. What had happened to the boy growing up, and, did they truly not know?
I went to visit Mr. and Mrs. Shores, they were waiting in the chairs closest to the door in the family waiting room. I could tell they were anxious and, adopted or not, they loved their son very much. That was good to see.
"Mrs. Shores, Mr. Shores-." I held my hand out toward them intending to shake their hands, but they hopped to their feet and were already interrupting me.
"How is my baby boy?"
"How is he, Doctor? How's Ocean?"
"He seems to be fine. He will be taken to his room for recovery. The fluid was drained and he didn't require the transfusion after all. The blood had been marked and I promise that I will keep an eye on it, just in case he does need it later. He should wake up before too much longer. Right now, the two of you and Makai can wait with him in his room."
"Thank you." Mrs. Shores grabbed my hand that I had intended to give her, but she was shaking it more vigorously than I expected. "Thank you so much."
They were especially worried about their son. Too bad not all parents are like them.. That would have made things a lot better for a lot of people.
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Makai - Procedure And Recovery
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Makai
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Dr. Malachi was definitely not going to wait for very long. He was already making preparations to have Ocean taken straight to surgery. I was sitting in the room next to Ocean's bed and watching his face, while a nurse that the doctor trusted drew blood from my arm. They were going to take a good chunk of blood from me, so I was told that I needed to stay here while Ocean went to have the procedure.
Yeah, like hell that was going to happen. I was going to go and wait right outside his room like I was supposed to. I was his mate. I was the man that needed to be there with him at all times. Dammit, why were they trying to keep me away from him.
The problem ended up being that as soon as it was time to wheel Ocean out of the room for the procedure, I fell backward on my ass when I stood up.
"Hold on there, son." Mr. Shores had to catch me before I fell to the floor. "Come on, sit back down." He guided me back toward the chair that I had been in before.
"But I need to go with him." I tried to say it clearly, but apparently, my words slurred a little bit, because what came out sounded way different. "Buut I neeeb to go wiffim."
"Yes, I know you want to go with him, Kai, but you need to rest here." Mrs. Shores was also trying to stop me from getting up and leaving the room. "Phineas and I will go and be with Ocean for right now. We will be back as soon as we can, OK?"
"Buut."
"No buts, mister. You sit here and behave." She snapped at me, and even though her voice was calm and sweet, and the words themselves should have made me laugh, I felt fear from the intensity of her eyes. Ocean was right, she was scary.
"Fiiine." I consented to let them leave without me and just slouched onto the back of the chair.
"It's not that bad, Kai. You just need to remember this is what a good partner does. If you plan to still marry Ocean, then you need to understand that you need to take care of yourself as well." I tried not to listen to Mr. Shores's words, they were right, but that didn't make me feel better. "Sit here, save your strength for now, I know you will be staying with Ocean tonight, right?" I nodded at him and that seemed to be it. Ocean's parents left the room and I was all alone in the room.
Or at least I thought that I was. No sooner had Ocean's parents left the room, did I hear the sound of someone walking closer to me. I could vaguely make out the shapes of Ben and Ryan.
"What was that that Ocean's dad said about getting married?" Of course it was Ryan that asked that question. Dammit, they had heard it now, so there was no point in denying it.
"Ocean and I are getting married. I already asked him and he said yes." My words were still very slurred, but it was embarrassing me so I preferred to only think about the fact that I was saying them right, in my head at least.
"What!?" Ben sounded shocked.
"When?" Ryan asked me almost immediately after Ben's shouted response.
"This summer." I was barely able to move, so I was still slouching in the chair. Damn blood, why did it make me weak to donate some to my boyfriend?
"What's wrong with you, dude?" Ryan was looking scared, from what I could see anyway. "This is how Ocean was when they found him, right?"
"I'm fine." I struggled to keep my hand steady while waving away his words. "I just donated blood. Ocean is having surgery and he needs my blood."
"Why?" Ben was the one who was worried now. "Couldn't they just get blood from the hospital?" Shit, I couldn't tell them the truth.
"We both have a really rare blood type." I made up the lie on the spot.
"That's really cool. Really, to find two people dating each other with the same rare blood type." Ben didn't know how rare our type really was. If he did then he would rethink that comment.
"Yeah." That was all that I said in response.
Now that things had been settled, I just needed to sit here and wait for answers. This was going to be the longest couple of hours of my life. Good thing I had Ben and Ryan to talk to.
I learned from the two of them that Justin had been taken into custody shortly after we left. The rest of the students were dismissed and sent home after the police and paramedics were all gone.
The blood and mess in that classroom hadn't been cleaned up yet so it sort of became a spectacle. They all knew that Ocean, Ryan, Justin, and me were the ones missing from the classroom, and that Ryan was still at the school after it all happened, so they were supposedly making bets on who was hurt and who had hurt them. Though not surprisingly, they had all guessed it correctly. That most likely had to do with Justin's crazy and erratic behavior lately.
Well, I couldn't do much about what everyone was saying, but I was glad that Justin had been arrested. Though he, too, was taken to a hospital for evaluation, just to be safe. He had better be at a different hospital.
Dr. Malachi – Keeping Secret
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Dr. Malachi
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I walked next to the boy as we wheeled him to the operating room. I had hoped that my time here at this hospital was almost done. I didn't actually need the money that I was making, and I preferred my quiet life in the small town that I had moved to. Still, I came here to help some friends of mine with a problem that they had encountered. I didn't expect that the problem would repeat itself.
I guess that I needed to stay in town until that boy was determined to not be a threat to us anymore. I know that he was Analise and Reef's family, not by blood but by bond, but should that really matter? Should he be allowed to jeopardize us like this?
I know it wasn't his fault though, and that was why I tried not to judge him too harshly. Not to mention, he himself was an anomaly. That is what initially piqued my interest when Reef called me. I was shocked to hear that there was a male Siren, as far as we knew, he was the first and only of his kind to be born as a male.
He would be an interesting study, that was for sure. That was why I was still here. This had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that this boy's mate looked so pathetic when he saw his boyfriend lying helpless on the stretcher. It had no bearing whatsoever on the fact that underneath my tough exterior, I was nothing more than a mushy little softy that helped too many people.
Dammit.
I scrubbed my hands as I prepared to go into the operating room with the neurologist. I was getting a lot of evil looks from the people that were around me. They thought that I was overstepping my bounds.
Even Dr. Castellanos, the neurologist, thought I was stepping on his toes.
"What the hell are you doing here, Malachi?" He asked when he barged into the prep room.
"I was asked to stay with the boy. He is my patient after all."
"Yeah, and I am the fucking serpent god, Quetzalcoatl. Since when do ER docs babysit patients?"
"Since their pocket change could buy this hospital and bulldoze it to the ground without batting an eyelash." I gave him a serious look. OK, Reef and his wife were loaded, but I think they would take pause before doing that. They could, mind you, but they wouldn't.
"Fine, but don't get in my way." Castellanos rolled his eyes as I stepped away from him and walked into the operating room.
What none of them knew, was that I was just making sure that nothing happened during the surgery to make them think that Ocean wasn't normal. I needed to protect the secret.
Thankfully, the boy did alright during the surgery. The excess fluid was drained away so he should start to recover soon. I knew that I needed to get him back to his room ASAP and talk to the mate and the parents. Thankfully, I didn't need to hide things from them, even though they're human. Though, that was a whole new topic that I could research as well. Humans that adopted a baby Siren. What had happened to the boy growing up, and, did they truly not know?
I went to visit Mr. and Mrs. Shores, they were waiting in the chairs closest to the door in the family waiting room. I could tell they were anxious and, adopted or not, they loved their son very much. That was good to see.
"Mrs. Shores, Mr. Shores-." I held my hand out toward them intending to shake their hands, but they hopped to their feet and were already interrupting me.
"How is my baby boy?"
"How is he, Doctor? How's Ocean?"
"He seems to be fine. He will be taken to his room for recovery. The fluid was drained and he didn't require the transfusion after all. The blood had been marked and I promise that I will keep an eye on it, just in case he does need it later. He should wake up before too much longer. Right now, the two of you and Makai can wait with him in his room."
"Thank you." Mrs. Shores grabbed my hand that I had intended to give her, but she was shaking it more vigorously than I expected. "Thank you so much."
They were especially worried about their son. Too bad not all parents are like them.. That would have made things a lot better for a lot of people.
Makai - Procedure And Recovery~~Makai~~Dr. Malachi was definitely not going to wait for very long. He was already making preparations to have Ocean taken straight to surgery. I was sitting in the room next to Ocean's bed and watching his face, while a nurse that the doctor trusted drew blood from my arm. They were going to take a good chunk of blood from me, so I was told that I needed to stay here while Ocean went to have the procedure.Yeah, like hell that was going to happen. I was going to go and wait right outside his room like I was supposed to. I was his mate. I was the man that needed to be there with him at all times. Dammit, why were they trying to keep me away from him.The problem ended up being that as soon as it was time to wheel Ocean out of the room for the procedure, I fell backward on my ass when I stood up."Hold on there, son." Mr. Shores had to catch me before I fell to the floor. "Come on, sit back down." He guided me back toward the chair that I had been in before."But I need to go with him." I tried to say it clearly, but apparently, my words slurred a little bit, because what came out sounded way different. "Buut I neeeb to go wiffim.""Yes, I know you want to go with him, Kai, but you need to rest here." Mrs. Shores was also trying to stop me from getting up and leaving the room. "Phineas and I will go and be with Ocean for right now. We will be back as soon as we can, OK?""Buut.""No buts, mister. You sit here and behave." She snapped at me, and even though her voice was calm and sweet, and the words themselves should have made me laugh, I felt fear from the intensity of her eyes. Ocean was right, she was scary."Fiiine." I consented to let them leave without me and just slouched onto the back of the chair."It's not that bad, Kai. You just need to remember this is what a good partner does. If you plan to still marry Ocean, then you need to understand that you need to take care of yourself as well." I tried not to listen to Mr. Shores's words, they were right, but that didn't make me feel better. "Sit here, save your strength for now, I know you will be staying with Ocean tonight, right?" I nodded at him and that seemed to be it. Ocean's parents left the room and I was all alone in the room.Or at least I thought that I was. No sooner had Ocean's parents left the room, did I hear the sound of someone walking closer to me. I could vaguely make out the shapes of Ben and Ryan."What was that that Ocean's dad said about getting married?" Of course it was Ryan that asked that question. Dammit, they had heard it now, so there was no point in denying it."Ocean and I are getting married. I already asked him and he said yes." My words were still very slurred, but it was embarrassing me so I preferred to only think about the fact that I was saying them right, in my head at least."What!?" Ben sounded shocked."When?" Ryan asked me almost immediately after Ben's shouted response."This summer." I was barely able to move, so I was still slouching in the chair. Damn blood, why did it make me weak to donate some to my boyfriend?"What's wrong with you, dude?" Ryan was looking scared, from what I could see anyway. "This is how Ocean was when they found him, right?""I'm fine." I struggled to keep my hand steady while waving away his words. "I just donated blood. Ocean is having surgery and he needs my blood.""Why?" Ben was the one who was worried now. "Couldn't they just get blood from the hospital?" Shit, I couldn't tell them the truth."We both have a really rare blood type." I made up the lie on the spot."That's really cool. Really, to find two people dating each other with the same rare blood type." Ben didn't know how rare our type really was. If he did then he would rethink that comment."Yeah." That was all that I said in response.Now that things had been settled, I just needed to sit here and wait for answers. This was going to be the longest couple of hours of my life. Good thing I had Ben and Ryan to talk to.I learned from the two of them that Justin had been taken into custody shortly after we left. The rest of the students were dismissed and sent home after the police and paramedics were all gone.The blood and mess in that classroom hadn't been cleaned up yet so it sort of became a spectacle. They all knew that Ocean, Ryan, Justin, and me were the ones missing from the classroom, and that Ryan was still at the school after it all happened, so they were supposedly making bets on who was hurt and who had hurt them. Though not surprisingly, they had all guessed it correctly. That most likely had to do with Justin's crazy and erratic behavior lately.Well, I couldn't do much about what everyone was saying, but I was glad that Justin had been arrested. Though he, too, was taken to a hospital for evaluation, just to be safe. He had better be at a different hospital.Dr. Malachi Keeping Secret~~Dr. Malachi~~I walked next to the boy as we wheeled him to the operating room. I had hoped that my time here at this hospital was almost done. I didn't actually need the money that I was making, and I preferred my quiet life in the small town that I had moved to. Still, I came here to help some friends of mine with a problem that they had encountered. I didn't expect that the problem would repeat itself.I guess that I needed to stay in town until that boy was determined to not be a threat to us anymore. I know that he was Analise and Reef's family, not by blood but by bond, but should that really matter? Should he be allowed to jeopardize us like this?I know it wasn't his fault though, and that was why I tried not to judge him too harshly. Not to mention, he himself was an anomaly. That is what initially piqued my interest when Reef called me. I was shocked to hear that there was a male Siren, as far as we knew, he was the first and only of his kind to be born as a male.He would be an interesting study, that was for sure. That was why I was still here. This had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that this boy's mate looked so pathetic when he saw his boyfriend lying helpless on the stretcher. It had no bearing whatsoever on the fact that underneath my tough exterior, I was nothing more than a mushy little softy that helped too many people.Dammit.I scrubbed my hands as I prepared to go into the operating room with the neurologist. I was getting a lot of evil looks from the people that were around me. They thought that I was overstepping my bounds.Even Dr. Castellanos, the neurologist, thought I was stepping on his toes."What the hell are you doing here, Malachi?" He asked when he barged into the prep room."I was asked to stay with the boy. He is my patient after all.""Yeah, and I am the fucking serpent god, Quetzalcoatl. Since when do ER docs babysit patients?""Since their pocket change could buy this hospital and bulldoze it to the ground without batting an eyelash." I gave him a serious look. OK, Reef and his wife were loaded, but I think they would take pause before doing that. They could, mind you, but they wouldn't."Fine, but don't get in my way." Castellanos rolled his eyes as I stepped away from him and walked into the operating room.What none of them knew, was that I was just making sure that nothing happened during the surgery to make them think that Ocean wasn't normal. I needed to protect the secret.Thankfully, the boy did alright during the surgery. The excess fluid was drained away so he should start to recover soon. I knew that I needed to get him back to his room ASAP and talk to the mate and the parents. Thankfully, I didn't need to hide things from them, even though they're human. Though, that was a whole new topic that I could research as well. Humans that adopted a baby Siren. What had happened to the boy growing up, and, did they truly not know?I went to visit Mr. and Mrs. Shores, they were waiting in the chairs closest to the door in the family waiting room. I could tell they were anxious and, adopted or not, they loved their son very much. That was good to see."Mrs. Shores, Mr. Shores-." I held my hand out toward them intending to shake their hands, but they hopped to their feet and were already interrupting me."How is my baby boy?""How is he, Doctor? How's Ocean?""He seems to be fine. He will be taken to his room for recovery. The fluid was drained and he didn't require the transfusion after all. The blood had been marked and I promise that I will keep an eye on it, just in case he does need it later. He should wake up before too much longer. Right now, the two of you and Makai can wait with him in his room.""Thank you." Mrs. Shores grabbed my hand that I had intended to give her, but she was shaking it more vigorously than I expected. "Thank you so much."They were especially worried about their son. Too bad not all parents are like them.. That would have made things a lot better for a lot of people.
