‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍" Sir, the patient is in room four and has been sedated. The door is heavily guarded and I don't know think it's a good idea to through with this", the young guard told him as he held a sheet of some common clothes.

The king coughed behind the doors and carried on with his task

He was currently getting dressed as a doctor and was doing his best to make it look convincing. He even had them get him a doctor's mask and a surgical cap so that he is completely hidden from the eyes of the onlookers. After he tied the talisman to his waist and fixed everything , he pulled his lose hair into a braid before he casually wrapped into around his head.

With his hair hided in a cap and half his face concealed by a mask , he somewhat looked like he is a bachelor young enough to marry his daughter. He doesn't have bulky muscles not a lot of muscle mass but when his body isn't suppressed by the multiple layers of royal garments, he seems to surpass I'll the fine looking young men. After that he finished his disguise by adding a name plate to his uniform.

He opened the door and the kid exclaimed in surprise.

" Wow, you look stunning. You should be a doctor when you g..", he realized that he is talking to the owner of the land who is already GROWN UP.

He smirked at the compliment and told him to lead him to the place where the wolf-attack victim was.

After a few minutes of walking and getting remarks from innocent eyes, both men and women, they finally reached the special ICU unit .

As expected atleast three guards were on each of the hallway swimming to a complete clan of six.

If he wants to get in there he has to make it believable. Of course if he had came as himself it would have been a lot easier as they would not dare to block his access but then again rumor would spread that he came here. Still even if it did spread he wouldn't owe anyone an explanation unless of course there some crucial fact or understanding that he would very much desire to obtain by himself.

He braced himself thereafter he boldly walked towards them.

They didn't say anything as he greeted them and he was sort of thankful for that. They must have gotten used to the great degree of specialists entering the room .

The minute he walked through those doors and closed the doors, he felt a wave of relief wash away the concern that was nearly driving him crazy.

He rested on the panels for a bit and he lowered his mask to breath easily. Within seconds he extracted the talisman and held it firmly as he walked towards Reed who was breathing slowly on the bed.

He was connected to an IV drip and some breathing equipment through his nose only. He did seem incredibly red rather than pale signaling the unnatural degree of bruising that he had attained.

The king carefully walked closed to the drip and noted that it seemed quite normal as well as the medication that has been provided for him. They all appeared like those one is given when they have been in a trauma accident.

He thought that he must been possessed so he raised the talisman over his body but there was no reaction.

. He moved his hand over the through the whole length of Reed's body check if he would be feeling a fever. Without any reaction he navigated his hand towards Reed's forehead to check of the reddening of his sky doesn't mean that be has caught a fever.

A few seconds passed as he had to fathom out the absence or presence of a fever and at that moment, Reed forcefully grabbed the hand making the tail of the talisman dragged over his face.

The king was awestruck. He quickly moved the mask to hide his face and he continued in that state of perplexity

Reed slowly parted his eyes as he firmly held that hand.

His energy was still a bit low but bringing that thing towards him when he is recuperating was a stupid idea as it just smells to him.

The talisman is made of a stone that when ground composes elements of the extracts obtained from tress used by wolves for cultivation. Therefore this is basically like a tree to him. Of course the smell isn't so overpowering like an alphaness's pheromone but more like the kind of odor that one only picks up if the source is brought close to his face. Sort of like a paper or stone .

If anything what smelled the most was the unmissable gorgeous rosewater that always decorates in the king's chambers and body. Of course the perfume is used everywhere but rarely . However that doesn't make it strange for him to smell it.

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He moved his eyes to look at the person towering over him and all he saw was his terrified orbs. The terrified being looked somewhat like he was staring at the eyes of the pure devil. A certain innocence behind the way he looked at him, a unique kind of desperation lingered at his eyes moved from left to right and why does it seem like he is about to cry?

The king's eyes were glistening in tears because as Reed held him it mimicked the pressure of being crushed by a thousand tonnes. Furthermore he was trying not to cough since he had barely recovered from sleeping under the rain all night.

Reed's heart plummeted to the floor as he felt a unique hollow in his heart. So he loosed his grip on him and the doctor elevated only for him to sneeze

He looked at him

' Rosewater and sneezing ', he had a tiny idea of the identity of the person but he was not sure if the small hint going through his brain is the real deal.

The doctor covered his elbow and coughed while sneezing.

" Are you okay?", Reed whispered not show why he would care if this stranger is fine or not.

" I am fine",

' that voice? ', Reed froze in place .

What his head, body and heart are telling him is not possible. It is not actual, what could be presenting itself infront of Reed . How in this godly sky is this reality.

He tried to get up but his body still hurt and just then , the doctor quickly grabbed him and told him to rest and not strain himself.

Reed looked dead cold at the man after he finished speaking. The colour drained from his face, the moisture evaporated from his lips and collected in his head. A foreign heat evolved in his back and spread like a fire through his veins. Breathing was facile if one ignored the fact that that his sinuses have suddenly learnt how to boil air before pushing it to his lungs.

Reed's head rested on his shoulder blade, the king's arm held Reed's waist and his back was supported on his arm. His head was inches away from Reed's but mostly importantly Reed was locked in an embrace by the king and his head laid close to his heart so much so that the freshness of blood red roses flew like hornets into his nostril , chilling his brain but arbitrary igniting a savage fire throughout his body that already ached from being brutalized by a demon.

If he calls his name right now , the king might find it hard to keep composure and this intense moment that is beget within Reed will fade into the abyss regardless of its welcome invitation.

He moved his eyes and he read the man on the plate.

" Rain!",

" What! Ohh , my name?", He panicked so embarrassing that he even laughed.

' why did he have to be so cute? ', Reed screamed as he realized there is not a single thing that he can do.

After that he laid Reed back like a corpse as he was no longer responding. He felt cold and confused. He looked paralyzed and distracted. Colour faded from his face bringing more definition to his lungs

He never anticipated that this would ever happen and it did , most of all his number priority touched him for the first time .

He didn't know whether to feel happy or sad . He didn't understand how to react. Joy that he is here or lament that is here yet there is not a single thing he can bring himself up to do

He turned and looked at him .

Rain was splendid. Somehow when he hid his whitish hair in the cap and half his face, he seemed like a dragon, almost like a vixen dominating her clan.

' if I.. ', suddenly a thought woke in him

"Dr Rain , my hands are sore",

" hmm, okay", he scratched his neck and walked towards the bed

he opened the blanket and touched his hands which were surprisingly cold.

for the first time , for the very first time , he touched his hand. like a flower at the embrace of sunlight, like a diamond glistening to the greeting of light and like snow melting to the scent of heat, Reed felt his skull crack out. though his eyes were open and he was looking at the ceiling , nothing except darkness cascade his nerves. it wasn't the sort of darkness of a blackout but rather of the one that is visible when one closes their eyes .

he rubbed them together with his but the coldness never went away.

he didn't want to look at him as he felt like he would live to regret it so he remained tense in place. a tear of happiness escaped his eyes and run down to touch the pillow .

Rain continued to massage his arms and he looked at Reed crying silent tears. He thought he must been missing his family. He didn't know what to say to make him feel better as the loss of a loved one is difficult.

He knows that it is unprofessional to hug a patient and that might weirded out the sick man eventually causing him to blow his cover. Little did he know that his touch is the one thing Reed craves from sun break to sunset.

He continued to rub his hands distractedly devising a way to ask him about the wolf that attacked him and how his injuries are.

As he did so he noticed an abnormal discoloration ascending his arm . This was actually the part where Reed's human flesh was ending and fusing into his natural water form.

"Let me check your whole arm incase it it's injured wholely" ,the king told him raising his hands up .

Feeling him raising up his flesh was so tantalizing but he can't let him see that. It would hurt so bad for him to turn to human but then the pain doesn't compare to the consequences of if he was seen looking like that.

" How did you catch a cold?", He asked him as his eyes started to turn red and his voice hollowed

Rain noticed the change and felt significantly pinched.

" I don't know. I guess it's cause I was under the rain", he giggled

" Why?", He questioned him bleakly as for some arbitrary reason the words and life seemed compressed by his heavy emotions and devine rose perfume

" It felt like the sky wasn't the only thing broken nor only the heavens crying ", he answered and Reed went silent

The doctor raised further up his arm and before he could completely pull his arm, Reed's leg extended from underneath the blanket, behind Rain and pull the string of his mask making if fall off his face in a slip second.

He tried to grab it but Reed had already seen his face .Rain jumped backwards and tied the mask. Before he could notice, the extendable leg had already hidden itself underneath and was taking form.

Reed mesmerized by the sight that befell him and Rain shocked from being exposed stared back at him.

" Wait, ",Reed called to him and he was interrupted by the sound of heavy walking on the floor .

A group of soldiers were approaching and though he could not tell who they were they seemed armed.

" Leave now.", He instructed him but Rain was confused and stammered saying he needs to make sure he is fine and if anything make sure the wolves don't attack him.

' is he worried about me as me or just as his kingdom's person? ', he questioned even when he knew what the answer already was

"Please leave!", He begged him

" How can I leave you like this? ";

" Do you know how much those words weigh?",

" What does that matter?",

Reed went quiet and the tears trickled down further onto his pillow.

Rain went to him and placed the talisman his hand . He cupped them and told him that justice will be brought to his family

Just as he was seconds from rising up, Reed grabbed his hands and pulled him closer to his face such that they were inches apart..

He looked into Rain's eyes and he into his.

" Why were you under the rain?" He whispered and Rain pushed him back and he ran outside the room.

The guards didn't stop him as his pace was neutralized in their company .

After he turned he laid his head on the wall and took several deep breaths.

Even though he had only walked for ten feet , it felt like he had run from Neptune across terrains and plateaus. He felt unnatural numbers running. From his waist through his nerves down his bone marrow all the way to his feet. They were so heavy needless to explain his breathing .

" Doc, are you okay?",

" Yeah , am just gonna take a coffee break.", He lied as he paced out of the hospital with legs like they were mounted to the floor.