Chapter 174: Makai – Plan For Recovery
If audio player doesn't work, press Stop then Play button again
~~
Makai
~~
I couldn't believe what Ocean had pulled when he opened his eyes. He had heard me pleading with him to not forget me, so he decided to pull a prank on me. Dammit, that wasn't funny.
Still, it was exactly what I would expect of him. Ocean may be sweet and sensitive most of the time, but he did have that little rebellious prankster side to him as well. So, to be honest, I wasn't all that shocked to learn that he had pranked me that way.
Oh, I was plenty worried and upset in the initial moment, but when he saw how upset it made me, Ocean immediately apologized and felt really bad for what he had done. Like I said, he was so sweet and sensitive. Most of the time.
"Ocean, honey, that was uncalled for." Mrs. Shores reprimanded her son the moment that I pulled away from the hug that I had given him. "How dare you scare us all like that? I was worried sick about you and here you are playing games."
"I..I'm sorry, Momma." The tone in Ocean's voice was one of remorse and sorry. I know that he regretted doing that.
"It's fine, Mrs. Shores. I think he learned his lesson." I wanted to protect my love from everything, even his own mom.
"Just don't do it again." She glared at Ocean one last time before she pulled away and finally smiled at him. "Now that you're awake, we can all relax a little. I was so scared when I got the lockdown order from the school."
"Lockdown? When did the school go into lockdown mode?" Ocean, who was still laying on his back, asked me with curiosity on his face.
"Ah, well, while you talk about that, I am going to go get the doctor." Mr. Shores left then, avoiding the conversation but looking immensely relieved.
"Makai? What is my mom talking about?" I saw Ocean start to sit up but I put my hands on his shoulders and stopped him.
"Wait, don't sit up. Not until the doctor sees you at least." I sighed and looked at him with fear filled eyes. "I will tell you. I will tell you everything that happened if you need me to."
I could see that he was looking at me with confusion. I was still wondering if he truly did remember the day's events. Had he lost any of it? Any at all?
I started with the morning and explained what happened. Ocean seemed to remember that and got a little annoyed that I insisted on retelling it to him. From there, I let my anger and depression take over at the same time as I told him about when he was attacked.
"Hey, you didn't have the chance to stop it." Ocean snapped at me. "I was walking too far ahead of you and Ryan. That means that it was my fault. I heard you trying to basically break the door down to get in there after me. I know that you didn't abandon me."
He was being way too sweet to me. He didn't have to be so kind or so forgiving with me.
"Thank you, Ocean. Still, I blame myself. You're my boyfriend, I need to protect you."
"We protect each other. However, when we can't stop something from happening, we will make sure that we're right there with each other when it's over." He took my hand in his and squeezed it tightly. He was telling me that he was happy that I was with him right now.
"There is nowhere else I would rather be, than by your side." I smiled at him too as I squeezed his hand back.
After that, I continued to tell him about what had happened, the parts that he didn't know about. He had started losing his memories of the morning at this point. He didn't remember the paramedics showing up, or the police. He didn't remember the principal asking what had happened. He didn't even remember that this was all being considered a sexual assault. And let me tell you something, he was shocked to learn that part of it all.
"Sexual assault?" He spoke a lot louder than he had intended when he said that and blushed at how loudly it came out. "But he didn't rape me or anything."
"No, but he kissed you, held you down, and physically assaulted you. When you add it all up, it falls under the sexual assault category." Ocean's mom explained it all to him before I could.
"T..th..this just seems a little odd." He looked shell shocked. I think he was trying to process what he had been told. He was trying to come to terms with the fact that, legally speaking, he was being considered a rape victim. Well, he was a victim alright. He had been attacked by another person and wound up in the hospital. That was probably easier for him to process than the other part of it all.
"What's going to happen now?" He asked me, his face still filled with shock.
"Well, Justin was arrested, so I guess he will be charged with his crimes and go to jail.
"Will I ever learn why he did this to me?" He didn't actually ask that of either me or his mom, or even his dad who just came into the room. "Why did he choose to go psycho on me like that?" Again, his voice was too quiet to count as him talking to me directly.
"Ahh, hello there, Ocean. It's nice to meet you." The doctor came in just a few seconds later.
"Who are you?" Ocean couldn't stop himself from asking that question. I think he was feeling a little overwhelmed and that was taking his polite attitude away.
"Yes, we haven't met yet, not exactly. My name is Dr. Nikolas Malachi. I am the one that has been taking care of you since you got here." He smiled and then leaned in to lower his voice to speak in a whisper "I also happen to be a shifter from the sea similar to yourself."
"O..oh." My adorable little Ocean was shocked by the doctor's declaration.
"I was called in by Analise and Reef after they learned that you were in the hospital last time. It's a good thing that I was still here, so that I could take care of you now."
"OH?!" This time Ocean understood the seriousness of all this. "Th..thank you. And I'm sorry."
"You didn't ask to be attacked, Ocean, and I know that. But I would like to know why you didn't just heal. I will need to run some tests on you and try to get to the bottom of all of this." Ocean looked scared but he just nodded. I think he felt like he was indebted to the doctor.
After that initial introduction was over, Dr. Malachi led the conversation into something else. He started to explain to us all that Ocean shouldn't remain in the hospital for too long. The longer that he was there, the more danger that we had of the secret being exposed.
"I recommend you recover at home. I will stay there or visit daily until you are fully healed. I will become your personal physician until this has all passed us by."
"What about the hospital? Won't they need you here?" Mrs. Shores asked him with a curious look.
"They will make do. I am a good and efficient doctor. I will make sure they have what they need to get through the time without me. And, I will stay here at Trinity Memorial until Ocean and Makai move to the city. I don't need to chance that something else will happen to them.
"Are you sure about that?" Ocean looked like he didn't want to end up owing the man too much.
"It'll be fine. Now, come on, let's get you sitting up. The sooner you do, the sooner you can start recovering some more."
Dr. Malachi lifted Ocean's bed and started to examine him. He checked the incisions and I started to feel relieved about this all. Ocean was healing. He was talking normally and sitting up. Everything was going just fine right now. The fact that he was alive and well was all that I needed to know to make me happy as could be.
After we were all satisfied that Ocean was OK, we started to work out what the plan for his recovery was. We decided that it would be best if Dr. Malachi stayed at the house with us since I was told that I absolutely cannot miss that much school. Geez, Ocean's mom can be so firm and mean sometimes.
While I would alternate taking a day off with each of Ocean's parents and any siblings that offered to help him, the doctor would be at the house at all times. He was the constant that was going to make sure that Ocean was OK at all times.
Ocean could do his homework and I would turn it in for him. Once he was feeling up to it, he could go back to school but swimming had to be put on hold until the doctor cleared him.
I didn't care how long it took, I just wanted him to get back to being himself again. And, no matter how long it took, I would be right there by his side the entire time. I was never going to leave him. Not now, not ever.. He was stuck with me for life.
Please report us if you find any errors so we can fix it asap!
~~
Makai
~~
I couldn't believe what Ocean had pulled when he opened his eyes. He had heard me pleading with him to not forget me, so he decided to pull a prank on me. Dammit, that wasn't funny.
Still, it was exactly what I would expect of him. Ocean may be sweet and sensitive most of the time, but he did have that little rebellious prankster side to him as well. So, to be honest, I wasn't all that shocked to learn that he had pranked me that way.
Oh, I was plenty worried and upset in the initial moment, but when he saw how upset it made me, Ocean immediately apologized and felt really bad for what he had done. Like I said, he was so sweet and sensitive. Most of the time.
"Ocean, honey, that was uncalled for." Mrs. Shores reprimanded her son the moment that I pulled away from the hug that I had given him. "How dare you scare us all like that? I was worried sick about you and here you are playing games."
"I..I'm sorry, Momma." The tone in Ocean's voice was one of remorse and sorry. I know that he regretted doing that.
"It's fine, Mrs. Shores. I think he learned his lesson." I wanted to protect my love from everything, even his own mom.
"Just don't do it again." She glared at Ocean one last time before she pulled away and finally smiled at him. "Now that you're awake, we can all relax a little. I was so scared when I got the lockdown order from the school."
"Lockdown? When did the school go into lockdown mode?" Ocean, who was still laying on his back, asked me with curiosity on his face.
"Ah, well, while you talk about that, I am going to go get the doctor." Mr. Shores left then, avoiding the conversation but looking immensely relieved.
"Makai? What is my mom talking about?" I saw Ocean start to sit up but I put my hands on his shoulders and stopped him.
"Wait, don't sit up. Not until the doctor sees you at least." I sighed and looked at him with fear filled eyes. "I will tell you. I will tell you everything that happened if you need me to."
I could see that he was looking at me with confusion. I was still wondering if he truly did remember the day's events. Had he lost any of it? Any at all?
I started with the morning and explained what happened. Ocean seemed to remember that and got a little annoyed that I insisted on retelling it to him. From there, I let my anger and depression take over at the same time as I told him about when he was attacked.
"Hey, you didn't have the chance to stop it." Ocean snapped at me. "I was walking too far ahead of you and Ryan. That means that it was my fault. I heard you trying to basically break the door down to get in there after me. I know that you didn't abandon me."
He was being way too sweet to me. He didn't have to be so kind or so forgiving with me.
"Thank you, Ocean. Still, I blame myself. You're my boyfriend, I need to protect you."
"We protect each other. However, when we can't stop something from happening, we will make sure that we're right there with each other when it's over." He took my hand in his and squeezed it tightly. He was telling me that he was happy that I was with him right now.
"There is nowhere else I would rather be, than by your side." I smiled at him too as I squeezed his hand back.
After that, I continued to tell him about what had happened, the parts that he didn't know about. He had started losing his memories of the morning at this point. He didn't remember the paramedics showing up, or the police. He didn't remember the principal asking what had happened. He didn't even remember that this was all being considered a sexual assault. And let me tell you something, he was shocked to learn that part of it all.
"Sexual assault?" He spoke a lot louder than he had intended when he said that and blushed at how loudly it came out. "But he didn't rape me or anything."
"No, but he kissed you, held you down, and physically assaulted you. When you add it all up, it falls under the sexual assault category." Ocean's mom explained it all to him before I could.
"T..th..this just seems a little odd." He looked shell shocked. I think he was trying to process what he had been told. He was trying to come to terms with the fact that, legally speaking, he was being considered a rape victim. Well, he was a victim alright. He had been attacked by another person and wound up in the hospital. That was probably easier for him to process than the other part of it all.
"What's going to happen now?" He asked me, his face still filled with shock.
"Well, Justin was arrested, so I guess he will be charged with his crimes and go to jail.
"Will I ever learn why he did this to me?" He didn't actually ask that of either me or his mom, or even his dad who just came into the room. "Why did he choose to go psycho on me like that?" Again, his voice was too quiet to count as him talking to me directly.
"Ahh, hello there, Ocean. It's nice to meet you." The doctor came in just a few seconds later.
"Who are you?" Ocean couldn't stop himself from asking that question. I think he was feeling a little overwhelmed and that was taking his polite attitude away.
"Yes, we haven't met yet, not exactly. My name is Dr. Nikolas Malachi. I am the one that has been taking care of you since you got here." He smiled and then leaned in to lower his voice to speak in a whisper "I also happen to be a shifter from the sea similar to yourself."
"O..oh." My adorable little Ocean was shocked by the doctor's declaration.
"I was called in by Analise and Reef after they learned that you were in the hospital last time. It's a good thing that I was still here, so that I could take care of you now."
"OH?!" This time Ocean understood the seriousness of all this. "Th..thank you. And I'm sorry."
"You didn't ask to be attacked, Ocean, and I know that. But I would like to know why you didn't just heal. I will need to run some tests on you and try to get to the bottom of all of this." Ocean looked scared but he just nodded. I think he felt like he was indebted to the doctor.
After that initial introduction was over, Dr. Malachi led the conversation into something else. He started to explain to us all that Ocean shouldn't remain in the hospital for too long. The longer that he was there, the more danger that we had of the secret being exposed.
"I recommend you recover at home. I will stay there or visit daily until you are fully healed. I will become your personal physician until this has all passed us by."
"What about the hospital? Won't they need you here?" Mrs. Shores asked him with a curious look.
"They will make do. I am a good and efficient doctor. I will make sure they have what they need to get through the time without me. And, I will stay here at Trinity Memorial until Ocean and Makai move to the city. I don't need to chance that something else will happen to them.
"Are you sure about that?" Ocean looked like he didn't want to end up owing the man too much.
"It'll be fine. Now, come on, let's get you sitting up. The sooner you do, the sooner you can start recovering some more."
Dr. Malachi lifted Ocean's bed and started to examine him. He checked the incisions and I started to feel relieved about this all. Ocean was healing. He was talking normally and sitting up. Everything was going just fine right now. The fact that he was alive and well was all that I needed to know to make me happy as could be.
After we were all satisfied that Ocean was OK, we started to work out what the plan for his recovery was. We decided that it would be best if Dr. Malachi stayed at the house with us since I was told that I absolutely cannot miss that much school. Geez, Ocean's mom can be so firm and mean sometimes.
While I would alternate taking a day off with each of Ocean's parents and any siblings that offered to help him, the doctor would be at the house at all times. He was the constant that was going to make sure that Ocean was OK at all times.
Ocean could do his homework and I would turn it in for him. Once he was feeling up to it, he could go back to school but swimming had to be put on hold until the doctor cleared him.
I didn't care how long it took, I just wanted him to get back to being himself again. And, no matter how long it took, I would be right there by his side the entire time. I was never going to leave him. Not now, not ever.. He was stuck with me for life.
~~Makai~~I couldn't believe what Ocean had pulled when he opened his eyes. He had heard me pleading with him to not forget me, so he decided to pull a prank on me. Dammit, that wasn't funny.Still, it was exactly what I would expect of him. Ocean may be sweet and sensitive most of the time, but he did have that little rebellious prankster side to him as well. So, to be honest, I wasn't all that shocked to learn that he had pranked me that way.Oh, I was plenty worried and upset in the initial moment, but when he saw how upset it made me, Ocean immediately apologized and felt really bad for what he had done. Like I said, he was so sweet and sensitive. Most of the time."Ocean, honey, that was uncalled for." Mrs. Shores reprimanded her son the moment that I pulled away from the hug that I had given him. "How dare you scare us all like that? I was worried sick about you and here you are playing games.""I..I'm sorry, Momma." The tone in Ocean's voice was one of remorse and sorry. I know that he regretted doing that."It's fine, Mrs. Shores. I think he learned his lesson." I wanted to protect my love from everything, even his own mom. "Just don't do it again." She glared at Ocean one last time before she pulled away and finally smiled at him. "Now that you're awake, we can all relax a little. I was so scared when I got the lockdown order from the school.""Lockdown? When did the school go into lockdown mode?" Ocean, who was still laying on his back, asked me with curiosity on his face."Ah, well, while you talk about that, I am going to go get the doctor." Mr. Shores left then, avoiding the conversation but looking immensely relieved."Makai? What is my mom talking about?" I saw Ocean start to sit up but I put my hands on his shoulders and stopped him."Wait, don't sit up. Not until the doctor sees you at least." I sighed and looked at him with fear filled eyes. "I will tell you. I will tell you everything that happened if you need me to."I could see that he was looking at me with confusion. I was still wondering if he truly did remember the day's events. Had he lost any of it? Any at all?I started with the morning and explained what happened. Ocean seemed to remember that and got a little annoyed that I insisted on retelling it to him. From there, I let my anger and depression take over at the same time as I told him about when he was attacked."Hey, you didn't have the chance to stop it." Ocean snapped at me. "I was walking too far ahead of you and Ryan. That means that it was my fault. I heard you trying to basically break the door down to get in there after me. I know that you didn't abandon me."He was being way too sweet to me. He didn't have to be so kind or so forgiving with me."Thank you, Ocean. Still, I blame myself. You're my boyfriend, I need to protect you.""We protect each other. However, when we can't stop something from happening, we will make sure that we're right there with each other when it's over." He took my hand in his and squeezed it tightly. He was telling me that he was happy that I was with him right now."There is nowhere else I would rather be, than by your side." I smiled at him too as I squeezed his hand back.After that, I continued to tell him about what had happened, the parts that he didn't know about. He had started losing his memories of the morning at this point. He didn't remember the paramedics showing up, or the police. He didn't remember the principal asking what had happened. He didn't even remember that this was all being considered a sexual assault. And let me tell you something, he was shocked to learn that part of it all."Sexual assault?" He spoke a lot louder than he had intended when he said that and blushed at how loudly it came out. "But he didn't rape me or anything.""No, but he kissed you, held you down, and physically assaulted you. When you add it all up, it falls under the sexual assault category." Ocean's mom explained it all to him before I could."T..th..this just seems a little odd." He looked shell shocked. I think he was trying to process what he had been told. He was trying to come to terms with the fact that, legally speaking, he was being considered a rape victim. Well, he was a victim alright. He had been attacked by another person and wound up in the hospital. That was probably easier for him to process than the other part of it all."What's going to happen now?" He asked me, his face still filled with shock."Well, Justin was arrested, so I guess he will be charged with his crimes and go to jail."Will I ever learn why he did this to me?" He didn't actually ask that of either me or his mom, or even his dad who just came into the room. "Why did he choose to go psycho on me like that?" Again, his voice was too quiet to count as him talking to me directly."Ahh, hello there, Ocean. It's nice to meet you." The doctor came in just a few seconds later."Who are you?" Ocean couldn't stop himself from asking that question. I think he was feeling a little overwhelmed and that was taking his polite attitude away."Yes, we haven't met yet, not exactly. My name is Dr. Nikolas Malachi. I am the one that has been taking care of you since you got here." He smiled and then leaned in to lower his voice to speak in a whisper "I also happen to be a shifter from the sea similar to yourself.""O..oh." My adorable little Ocean was shocked by the doctor's declaration."I was called in by Analise and Reef after they learned that you were in the hospital last time. It's a good thing that I was still here, so that I could take care of you now.""OH?!" This time Ocean understood the seriousness of all this. "Th..thank you. And I'm sorry.""You didn't ask to be attacked, Ocean, and I know that. But I would like to know why you didn't just heal. I will need to run some tests on you and try to get to the bottom of all of this." Ocean looked scared but he just nodded. I think he felt like he was indebted to the doctor.After that initial introduction was over, Dr. Malachi led the conversation into something else. He started to explain to us all that Ocean shouldn't remain in the hospital for too long. The longer that he was there, the more danger that we had of the secret being exposed."I recommend you recover at home. I will stay there or visit daily until you are fully healed. I will become your personal physician until this has all passed us by.""What about the hospital? Won't they need you here?" Mrs. Shores asked him with a curious look."They will make do. I am a good and efficient doctor. I will make sure they have what they need to get through the time without me. And, I will stay here at Trinity Memorial until Ocean and Makai move to the city. I don't need to chance that something else will happen to them."Are you sure about that?" Ocean looked like he didn't want to end up owing the man too much."It'll be fine. Now, come on, let's get you sitting up. The sooner you do, the sooner you can start recovering some more."Dr. Malachi lifted Ocean's bed and started to examine him. He checked the incisions and I started to feel relieved about this all. Ocean was healing. He was talking normally and sitting up. Everything was going just fine right now. The fact that he was alive and well was all that I needed to know to make me happy as could be.After we were all satisfied that Ocean was OK, we started to work out what the plan for his recovery was. We decided that it would be best if Dr. Malachi stayed at the house with us since I was told that I absolutely cannot miss that much school. Geez, Ocean's mom can be so firm and mean sometimes.While I would alternate taking a day off with each of Ocean's parents and any siblings that offered to help him, the doctor would be at the house at all times. He was the constant that was going to make sure that Ocean was OK at all times.Ocean could do his homework and I would turn it in for him. Once he was feeling up to it, he could go back to school but swimming had to be put on hold until the doctor cleared him.I didn't care how long it took, I just wanted him to get back to being himself again. And, no matter how long it took, I would be right there by his side the entire time. I was never going to leave him. Not now, not ever.. He was stuck with me for life.
