āā¦..Should I hold your hand?āThey didnāt have any medicine and didnāt know when they will be going out. He wonāt like it, but Mason asked. Noah looked at him like he heard something crazy.āIf you hold something, itās less scary.āāThatās when the other person is reliable.āRelying on you? Noah turned his head like donāt talk to me because itās annoying, and Mason shook his hands.āNo, I as wellā¦., frankly Iām not saying this because I like someone who ruthlessly slapped my cheeks and shot at my face with a gun.āā-The cheek, -no, never mind. Since thereās nothing good for each other, donāt talk to me.āNoah opened his mouth to quibble over you hit me too, but soon sharply said it like he doesnāt even talk to him. Mason stared at Noahās swollen chubby cheek and looked at his sweaty neck. His shoulders were lightly shivering and arms and neck were all tensed up not able to move.Mason rubbed his lips. He told me to not to care why am I nosily caring. He turned thinking āIāll pretend not to know.āāā¦ā¦āāā¦..āāā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦āAnd there was a small silent. Some minutes have passed. Mason glanced at Noah. Actually heās been peeping at him. Noah who got little better after getting slapped looked like heās getting worse again. He was panting heavily and leaning his head on the wall of the elevator closing his eyes. Even in this dark place, Mason was clearly able to see how pale and precarious state Noah is in right now.āā¦ā¦āMason scratched his head for a while and sighed quietly. He approached him and quietly embraced his shoulders. He felt Noahās small flinch.āāWait for a second.āMason quickly said it before Noah say something.āI donāt like you, and I know Mr. Raycarlton doesnāt like me either. I know, Iām saving a person in a battle field, no, anyway. Iāll act like I donāt know you when we go out so just think of me as a body pillow and hold it for a while.āSeriously you, you look like youāre gonna die. āAfter he said that, Mason held Noahās shoulder little tighter, so Noah canāt push him away. Noah tried to stand up because he didnāt like it, but he didnāt even have that energy and soon he murmured āFuckā¦ā and leaned on him.āā¦.If we go out, Iām going to sue you for a sexual assault.āNoah breathe heavily and said it in his embrace, and Mason laughed.āYou are even thinking of going out here alive?āāWho dies for getting locked in an elevator?āāā¦..āHe talks well even though heās shaking in my embrace like heās going to die soon. Mason sighed at Noahās drenched wet hair on his shoulder, cold neck, and nonstop shivering shoulder.Because Iām holding him like this, it feels like I went back to 10 years ago. Back then this was common for Noah. On a regular day, he looks fine, but occasionally he is vacantly sitting there. Or when heās sleeping quietly, he wakes up screaming with a pale face and looks around. He looks around with fear in his eyes for a while, and when he has an eye contact with Mason who was dozing off under the bed, he gets relieved and goes back to sleep.Sometimes Mason thought he was overreacting, but he looked at sleeping Noah and once in a while stroke his hair. Still it wasnāt for that longā¦..āā¦.. That. Hairā¦.. Donāt do that.āMason raised his head at a voice coming from his embrace. Noah was frowning with his eyes closed. Mason was unconsciously stroking Noahās wet hair and carefully asked, āā¦.Does it feel bad?ā That time I thought he went to sleep well when I did this to himā¦.Noah didnāt answer Mason. Mason wasnāt sure if he didnāt like it but didnāt have energy to say something or didnāt not like it. He just touched his hair more slowly. He heard Noah sighing quietly.āā¦..Hey, Mr. Raycarlton.āMason played with his hair for a long time all of a sudden called him. Noah didnāt answer or raise his head, but Mason continued to ask.āSeriously why did you come?āHow did he know this house, why did he come, and why is it important for him to know whether Iām alive or not. I was curious about these.Actually since Iām living inside of Haleyās body, it was better for me to forget about these kind of curiosity. Without asking that person anything, I just have to get out of this place and go to the bank and after I get the money, the life as Mason is completely over. There was some sadness and lingering feeling, but Iām not delusional. I am dead. My head flew away and completely died and with that that life had ended. It wasnāt reincarnation like commonly thinking. It was a great luck that Iām able to live in the same time period continuing the time I lived, so Iām able to take my safe.Mason definitely understood that and no matter how weird the situation was, if it wasnāt Noah, he might have just passed it.āPerhapsā¦ Do you have some business with Mason?āBut Noah get in my sight too much to be ignored. I didnāt think that it is a great destiny that we are locked in the elevator, but still it is true that I see this manās weakness especially often.It was like this when I first met Noah. āThe story is not 10 years ago.āāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāI LOVE this new picture! I coincidentally found it online I didnāt know they had this pictureā¦ I have some more! Iāll change the cover picture again later~\n