While I lay there motionless, sounds of siren was all that filled my ear, it was as though my brain was made to hear only that sound and these sounds had drifted me off to hit the light.
I slowly closed my eyes with image of him laying opposite to me, eyes shut and still bleeding from the head, I tired to call his name, but all I could say was I'm sorry. He lay motionless and I shut my eyes to a deep sleep.
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If we have to love again and again over the time, it's a density where it's
Timeless Love.
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A few hours later......
" Mr. Xiao! Mr. Xiao ! Can you hear us? "
An unknown voice had filled the room and possibly my ears too, I wanted to respond and say ' Yes! Yes I can hear you '
But I couldn't move myself due to the intense pain that streamed through me. I did flutter open my eyes and a blinding white light hit me. I shut my eyes tight again. And the voice called for me again
" Mr. Xiao, try opening your eyes again, you can do it. "
The encouragement from the voice was enough for me to try to open my eyes, I try to open my eyes slowly and then further analysis I realized it was a hospital, a hospital.... What had happened? Moreover my thoughts were on, where is he?
The woman who seem like a nurse helped me to sit up straight. Further I noticed I had been bandaged in my arms and legs. I had an immense pain in my neck and jaw, causing me pain to even open my mouth to say anything.
" Where is he? Is he safe? "
I didn't care about myself, no! I didn't, I cared about him, my love, my eternal bliss, my Yibo.
" Mr. Xiao ! Mr. Wang is still in ICU, you'll have to wait till his heart beat becomes normal. "
I understood everything they said, but I couldn't process it, it was really painful for me to even think bad about this situation. As I was looking at the doctors, he commands the nurse to sedate me, I was drifting to sleep, not because of the sedation but the voice of Yibo calling me in my dream.
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" Zhan ! Mr. Xiao ! Late! Again, this is the fifth time you're late this week, I'm sorry I can't allow you inside the class, as a punishment please stand out. "
Mr. Lee wasn't interested in excuses on why I was constantly late to all our classes, I can't help it that I'm really slow, and plus I'm a person who has to do all the work in my house since I had lost my mom in a young age, it's not easy taking care of a younger sister and a father alone.
As I stood outside that was the first time I saw him, if you would have asked me, if this was the man I would have fallen for, I would have said no way, not possible.
On our first meeting alone he won my heart with an angelic smile, I liked that the guy had something different in him, yet he projected as a playboy to me.
" Excuse me! Is this the science class?", His smile wasn't the only angelic thing about him, he had an angelic voice too. With a shy nod I nodded a yes and he smiled thanking me back.
Voice of Mr. Lee was heard soon after he entered the class. " Class this is your new transfer student from Shanghai High School, everyone let's welcome Wang Yibo " .
Yibo.... Yibo... So his name was Yibo......
His name stuck in my mind like a mantra to survive and his smiling image stuck in my head like it was my necessity to remember it.
" Zhan! Zhan..... "
My name was called again, taking me away from Yibo again, I fluttered my eyes open to see my father crying along with my younger sister.
" Baba! " To his relief my dad hugged me tight, but not tight enough to hurt me. My sister who was crying so far came closer to me hugging me along with my father.
" My Zhan, I was afraid I lost you, thank the almighty that you're safe. "
I smiled weekly and sat straight as the doctor came in to check my pulse and my condition.He seem to be happy that I have improved so far, that's when he sat down on the chair next to me, on what happened so far.
" Mr. Zhan, you and Mr. Wang had an accident, two days ago, you were in good condition just some mild wounds and scratches. But the same can't be said about Mr. Wang, since he was the one driving the car he suffered severe head injury, he's still in critical care, but he's doing better then before.
If words were knifes, his words were surely piercing me through the heart, one after other he gave me news which I couldn't bear. Yes.... Yes I remember now, what happened that night.
We were driving, our car skid off the road falling and rolling off the hill, I jumped out of the front window sue to the impact while Yibo rolled down the car, with my injuries I dragged myself to help Yibo out, I dragged his body out of the car, just enough time before the blast happened, and pretty much after that my memory had become blur.
The doctor Smiled and requested me to take rest, my father and my sister smiled and kissed my head before they went out. I didn't know what was happening to Yibo, but all I could do was pray, pray for him to return back to me.
Soon I drifted off to sleep while his name and voice was all that filled my dream.
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Next day......
The doctor shook me up with a happy news that Yibo had opened his eyes and was well now, just some scratches and wounds like mine, other wise he seem good.
I tried to walk fast in the room he was in, seeing his face through the glass of the door made my heart flutter again, bit all that happiness died as soon as I heard him ask this.
" Yibo! Are you okay babe? "
" Excuse me ~ Do I know you ? "
My world crashed..... He forgot me?
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Main lead:
Name: Wang Yibo
Age: 24
Personality:
Sweet, funny and really fun to be around, loves to take care of others, yet can get angry at times, doesn't like to be argued with. Owns a small restaurant.
Main lead:
Name: Xiao Zhan
Age: 25
Personality:
Sweet, funny, really caring, hardly gets tempered. Extremely patient, is loved by all and is a pastry chef.
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To Be Continued ...
Zhan was lying on his bed, words continuously hitting his head and heart like it was arrows, but only one sentence hitting him again and again." Excuse me do I know you ? "
He ruffled in his bed, since he was better then before his father thought it was good if he would come to their house.
" Did he really not remember me? Why me alone? " He kept thinking about this again and again and correlated with what the doctors had said.
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" Mr. Xiao, actually this quiet normal thing to happen, maybe after a week's time or months or years time, he'll get back his memories, but there also exist worst case of them not remembering you at all for ever ". The words alone killed him all over again.
" What can be done then?" Asked Zhan hoping there was a solution to the problem.
" Well for starters you can help him regain his memory by walking through it, but that doesn't work all the time, it makes them stressed or you can simply just allow him to catch up on him slow and steady. " The doctors smiled and left the room, leaving Zhan more worried then before.
What if he doesn't remember you, what if he doesn't want to be with you, a lot of what if's were coming in Zhan's mind and none of them had any answers for them.
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" Hello, I'm Yibo, I met you in the hallway this morning. "
Zhan was eating lunch and the guy from morning sat beside him to eat his lunch. At first Zhan was happy to have someone sitting beside him for lunch, but later he was worried for the new guy, that he would be tagged as a weirdo too if he sat beside him.
Zhan decided to tell him to go sit somewhere else, maybe at the popular people table. He smiled and began to talk. I know, nice to meet you Yibo.
He smiled and looked at me, " Nice to meet you too, what's your name? ", Zhan smiled answering back " I'm Zhan " He smiled as he began to eat his lunch again, Zhan sighed as he began to talk again, " I should warn you, you should sit somewhere else, if people see you with me, they'll tag you as Weirdo as well. "
Yibo was confused about why Zhan would say such thing, but then again Zhan was relieved he was able to save the new comer from getting a bad name on his first day. " So you don't want me to sit here? " Yibo said making a googly eye at him.
Zhan laughed at his reaction but then again he had to be serious " It's not that I- umm.. " , Yibo Spoke again " Then I can sit here right? " He asked smiling again. "Sure.... umm.... You can." Zhan gave up the warnings, Zhan knew Yibo is grown boy and if anyone bullies him he can face it, but as far he didn't want Yibo to sit beside him, he was also happy that Yibo decided to sit beside him.
After the lunch ......
" I seem to have same classes as you ". Yibo looked at Zhan's class schedule. Zhan was happy that they had the same class schedule, maybe the fact that he finally had someone talking to him sweetly and also shared same classes as him. Zhan was happy " Yeah, maybe I can help you with the missed classes."
Zhan offered him to help for which Yibo smiled brightly " I would love that, thank you " . Zhan smiled sitting on the desk, while Yibo sat on the empty desk next to him. " So where do you live? " Zhan asked him excitedly. Yibo smiled and answered him back " I live in 23rd street ". Zhan was excited since he lived closer to him, " I'm in 25th " . Yibo smiled seeing Zhan smile.
" Mr. Xiao and Mr. Wang, could you please be quiet ! " Their teacher had called them out because they were talking and disturbing the class, they laughed again quietly to the fact that they had been caught.
" Zhan.... Zhan !.... "
A voice was heard again pulling Zhan back to reality.
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It was late in the evening and I had finally woken up, doctors said I had met with an accident, I barely remember any of it, he did also said I may have forgotten some part of my memory of memories that's what he had said. I got up slowly still feeling the pain in my ribs and my hands and legs, but I decided to get up anyway. I walked trying to balance myself to see the view outside the window in the room. The city looked beautiful with the sun setting in the background, it looked beautiful. But that's when I had an excruciating pain in my head, it was like something was rushing back in me. A hand..... A voice...... A smile..... The tone how it called my name.
" Yibo ~ You should be careful you'll slip in the water " A voice that was soothing and caring at the same time, I fell holding my head and the nurse saw me.
" Mr. Wang! You need to sit down, I'll bring the doctors. " The nurse helped me back to the bed and soon a doctor came to test my pulse. " Mr. Wang, you still aren't recovered completely, you need to rest " The doctor Smiled at me and I thought this was the perfect time to ask him what was happening to me.
" Doctor while I was looking at the view, I had this image in my head.... It.... It felt as though it was real, but I don't know who it was, it was also like a dream. " I was confused, I didn't know if I was making any sense, but the doctor seemed to understand me.
" Well it's your lost memory, it's coming back to you, but here.... " He gave me an orange bottle. " Whenever you get those headaches, take one tablet from this " I smiled taking the bottle from him. Now my concern was who's voice was it. And why was I suddenly able to remember it just by looking at the sunset.
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Zhan moved to the kitchen since his father had called him and asked him to come down, since he had the accident Zhan's father was the one who was cooking for them. Zhan's father was happy that Zhan was smiling again, but Zhan's sister did tell did that his father did cry all the days that Zhan was unconscious. He carefully went down to the kitchen and saw his father cook and almost burning his finger.
" I'm cooking Wonton soup noodles, you like that right? " Zhan's father asked him excitedly, he smiled and nods his head. "How are you feeling now?" Zhan's father asked him in a concerned way, he smiled vaguely, " A little better, just some pain here and there " He knew Zhan was lying since the most painful of all pain was Yibo not being able to remember Zhan and his father knew that for sure. Zhan sat on the dining chair and his father handed him the bowl of noodle that very nice aroma.
" I'm here for you..... And don't worry he'll remember you, I mean he has to or else I will make him remember otherwise. " Zhan's dads words were comforting as he kissed the top of his head hugging him slightly from the side, as tears rolled down from Zhan's cheeks he prayed that Yibo remembered him.
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So what do you think will happen next?
To Be Continued.....
( A/N: I hope you didn't have any trouble understanding the story so far and are not able to differentiate between The Past and The Present Scenarios, if any difficulties please let me know )
" Yibo! " A voice called Yibo as he turned back to look at who it was. "Mama, Good morning. " Yibo smiled seeing his mom, she had come to see him, she's been worried about me a lot. " Good morning Yibo~, how are you feeling today? " She smiled sitting close to him, while she looked at his eyes, though she smiled her eyes were sad otherwise.
" I'm good mama apart from the occasional headaches I'm good, but mama why are you sad? " Yibo asked and that's when she finally looked at me in the eyes. "I feel like I lost you, somehow." She teared up, Yibo held her hand and rubbed it gently and smiled. " Mama, I remember you, I remember baba and also all our funny memories, what more should I remember? " Yibo asked looking at his mom.
Yibo's mom smiled at him " Your Restaurant , how you fought against us to become a chef, when your baba clearly said you to become a Doctor like him. " Yibo's mom laughed at this thought. " I was really afraid you're father won't allow that to happen, but since you were determined and he saw a spark in you, he allowed it to happen. " Yibo's mom further explained.
" So I became a chef, but.... Do I know to cook that well? " Yibo asked confused, since Yibo did remember falling in love for his passion that was cooking, but he didn't remember anything about studying for it, not that he knew to cook that well, he did used to cook well, but now after the accident he hardly doubt that he can cook that well.
" I know what you are thinking, just go back to your kitchen, maybe your memory about that place may come back, and they say if you have a passion in something you won't forget it till the day you die." His mother ruffled his hair, while Yibo smiled holding her hand. " Okay mama, I'll try " .
By this time the doctors came back to check on Yibo " Mr. Wang how are you feeling today? " Asked the doctor checking Yibo's reports. " I'm good. " Doctor looked at the records and and then back at Yibo. " Mr. Wang, you're Completely alright, except the fact you have some mild wounds and amnesia about some incidents of your past, you're ready to go home, Take the tablets properly and be here for your regular checking and most important thing is don't lose faith, a faith that you'll get back your lost memory. "
The doctor was really kind and his words sounded so good when said, but when it was practically to be done, Yibo doubted on how he'll try to remember his past and what did he forget that he had to remember that. Yibo brushed off the thoughts and thanked the doctor for taking care of him. Soon Yibo was discharged and Yibo's mom drove him off to my their house, she did mention he had an apartment, but she said it was a better idea for him to stay with her till he's ready to face the world again. And it was a good idea, with all the memory loss and accident, he wasn't sure if he would be able to recognize some faces even though they claim to be familiar with him.
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Zhan walked back slowly to his shared apartment, though his dad said no to it, but he protested about going over there. Zhan looked around, all the memories of their past roamed around still lingering in that place. Zhan knew his father was right when he said he shouldn't have come back to this place. Zhan cried falling down on the bed remembering all his past, but it wasn't of any use when Yibo couldn't remember their past together. " You came here? " Zhan turned back hearing a familiar voice.
" Paul! What are you doing here? " Zhan smiled seeing Paul, though he was Yibo's step brother, they still were pretty close with each other. " Mama sent me here, to get some clothes for Yibo ". Paul smiled and sat beside Zhan, " How are you doing? You know after Yibo's.... "
" I'm good, just a little hurt, I don't know how to cope with the fact that he doesn't remember me or is it the end of our love story? " Zhan felt an immense pain in his heart mentioning and realizing the fact that their love story had forgot the past and Zhan didn't know how to make him remember it. " You know Yibo loved you, I was always jealous that Yibo had such an amazing person as his lover, but when I realized how much Yibo was happy after meeting you I was happy for him as well " Zhan smiled as any mention of Yibo made him happy " Thank you ". Paul got up and stretched his hand as Zhan looked at him confused.
" Come on, let's go " Paul looked at Zhan and smiled at his confused expression "To where ? " Zhan asked him confused. " Come on! " Zhan finally stretched his hand and went with where ever Paul was taking him. He trusted him, since Zhan and Paul knew each other as long as he knew Yibo, he was a friend to Zhan, a close friend.
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" Yibo ! " Zhan and Yibo were talking and he heard a boy calling Yibo's name. Yibo turned back to see who called him. And as soon as he saw him he smiled. " Gege~ How was your class? " Yibo smiled seeing his elder brother. " It was good, how about you? ".
" It was good as well gege ~ " Yibo smiled. "Who is this boy beside you? new friend? " Paul asked pointing to Zhan ruffling his hair. " Yes gege, his name is Xiao Zhan, I met him today we have the same class. " Yibo introduced Zhan and he smiled bowing a little.
" Nice to meet you Zhan, I'm Paul, Yibo's elder brother" He politely introduced himself.
" Nice to meet you too Paul-ge ", Paul laughed since he was a free type he didn't like it when someone called him gege, he preferred being called by his name " You can call me Paul, I don't mind ". Zhan smiled as he nods his head " Sure "
" Lets be friends as well " Paul said smiling at Zhan, while he smiled back and nods his head.
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" Not here Paul ! Please. " Zhan protested since he had taken him to the place he avoided the most at this moment. Paul smiled looking at him " Don't worry Yibo is not here "
" But still..... " Zhan wasn't sure if it was right choice to come over that place " Come on, you love the food over here and it's free " Paul joked and pulled Zhan inside.
Actually it was Yibo's Restaurant, Moonlight. He named it after their mutual love for moon and star gazing. Zhan avoided this place after the accident since it had lot of their memories together. But Paul pulled him inside making him sit in the table near the window. As soon as the waiter saw Zhan he bought his usual, pancakes, it was his specialty and he loved the fact it was named after him. " How is ZhanCakes ? " Paul laughed eating his pancakes." Amazing, still the same " Zhan smiled.
" He was crazy in love with you to name it after you. He should have named it after me, I mean, girls would have loved it " He laughed in attempts to make Zhan laugh as well, Zhan laughed since he didn't want to make him sad as well. And they both continued to eat their pancakes.
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Yibo felt really bored sitting in his house so he decided to check out the Restaurant, his Restaurant. His mother said he named it Moonlight, ' not bad ' he thought .He loved the moon and Star gazing. He got the address from his father and decided to check it out. Yibo slowly walked on the very familiar streets, he did remember the streets, they were lovely as always, many memories of him and brother playing on these streets came back to him as he smiled in this thought. His legs had automatically reached the place without him realizing, it was as though his feet remembered the place, but he didn't.
Yibo opened the door and as soon he opened the door, he loved the interior since it was a theme Restaurant of the planets and night sky, maybe he did fulfill his dream, but it was sad that he didn't remember it.
As Yibo's eyes roamed around it landed on two people sitting by the window, as he looked close it was his brother with a guy, he walked close to get a better view.
" Paul- ge ! " he waved to him and the guy sitting opposite to him turned back to look at Yibo. At that exact moment Yibo stood in his place as the guy looked at him, he felt as though his gaze was familiar, the head ache was back and all that stuck his mind was a voice.... A voice and laugh so sweet.
Yibo..... Yibo..... Yibo..... Calling me sweetly in my head, I blanked out.
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To Be Continued ...
Support role:
Name: Paul Yu.
Age: 26
Description:
Step brother of Yibo but loves him as though he was his real brother. Very sweet and mature and takes very good care of his brother. Very protective of him and is the first one to support him all the time. Close friend of Zhan. Is a Doctor just like his step father.
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