Chapter 15

Dk pov.

"Ok weird. I can't contact Vernon." Kwan said behind me. The sun was out and high and it was so hot. We both decided to stay in the room. Vernon went out over an hour ago.

"Don't worry he's probably just walking somewhere pretending that he's a model" i said trying to lighten up the mood.

"Nope does not answer my calls." He said and then I looked at Kwan this time.

"Wanna go look for him? I'm freakin' bored here. Nothing exciting is happening and my jerk of a boyfriend left with his friends without inviting me." I said and Kwan chuckled a little.

"Sure. And by the way... it's cute how you are so open about him being your boyfriend now. It felt like yesterday only when Joshua complained to Vernon that keeping your relationship a secret was killing him-. " kwan randomly said.

"He said that? But I don't care because I'm angry at him right now" I mumbled to him as I pack up my little bag.

"Yup. Vernon tells me everything." He said and then all of a sudden there was a knock on the door. Not a controlled knock but rather an aggresive one.

"Guys! You have to hurry there was an accident!" Vernon suddenly said. Goo we found him or he found us? Wait what accident?

"Huh? What happened?" Kwan panicked as he opened the door to see his boyfriend.

"Let's go! Joshua is unconscious!" Vernon said and my eyes widened. .

We all ran towards the beach and then as soon as I saw Joshua on the beach my whole body trembled. Hao was trying to bring him back and performing cpr. I have no idea what happened but I pushed Hao away from Joshua and he knelt down in defeat.

I performed cpr myself. This time my body was doing the work by itself because my mind was not thinking. Just focus on how Joshua was not moving and turning white.

"I'm so sorry. We were not paying attention.. I think I hit him and he fell to the water." Hoshi mumbled in panic. Joshua was still not responding.

"What are you guys waiting for?!?! Call an ambulance!" I shouted as tears stsrted forming in my eyes and clouding my vision.

"Wait! He's waking up!" Hoshi suddenly shouted. I looked at Joshua and he stsrted coughing. I panicked and put him on his side. He coughed out a lot of water and breathed very rapidly trying to steady himself.

"Thank you God!" Hoshi said while he was seriously crying from shock and from being scared. Hao breathe a sign of relief.

Joshua looked around and saw everyone. Waiting for him to say something. I helped him sit up and then looked at him. He looked at me and I just kissed him deeply. I didn't care about anyone looking. I was already not in my right mind.

"Dk?.?" He asked and I just hugged him. Then all of a sudden Hoshi hugged us too. Everyone joined in. This was not in my bucket list at all. ...

"You almost freaking died. I hate you so much!" I said while hugging him even more and crying. Everyone was a little teary but Hoshi and I were full on sobbing.

"I thought I killed you!!!!!" Hoshi said as he pushed me off Joshua and this time hugging Joshua to himself and crying. I wiped my tears and just waited for Joshua to adjust.

"Oh.. sorry. I was probably just distracted. You didn"t kill me stop crying already." Joshua said weakly as he comforted Hoshi.

Then all of a sudden people started to notice the commotion we made and even the boss noticed us and came.

"What happened? Joshua?!?! You don't look good!! What happened?" He suddenly panicked. Kwan stopped his dad and tried to relax him.

"Dad it's fine now he's awake isn't he?" He said to the boss.

"No let,'s get him to a hospital." The boss suddenly said.

"I'll go with him." I volunteered and just as I did, the ambulance they called earlier arrived.

"Me too." Hao and Hoshi said.

"Okey go with him. Everyone will stay and rest." The boss decided and we all helped Joshua to the ambulance. He was lookinh weak still and his lips were still purple. I held his hands the whole time we were in the ambulance and he would just smile and me.

"Dk. You have to relax. I just got a little dizzy and fell of the boat. Hao and Hoshi was there to save me anyway." He said as he noticef my expression. I was just counting the minutes and how much time it would take to get to the hospital.

"Dude! I absolutely am sorry." Hoshi said.

"Nope it was not your fault. I was not careful and threw myself off the boat-" he said and even got the guts to chuckle.

"I didn't hit you?" Hoshi asked in confusion.

"Hit me? No. Entirely my fault." He said and I looked at him. Then Hao was silent the entire ride. He just tapped Joshua's shoulder once and then kept his silence.

"Why were you not being careful." I asked him again this time getting emotional again as I remembered his lifeless face.

"I'm sorry I just had a lot on my mind." He said and I was a little guilty partly because I was thinking that I contributed to his stress.

"You forgot to take your medicine." Hao suddenly said. It was soft but I clearly heard it. What medicine?!?!?

"Let's not talk about it anymore ok? Dk is getting upset." He suddenly said to Hao and then I looked at him. He's hiding something.

"What medicine?" I asked him and he chuckled.

"Hao's over reacting. He meant my vitamins. I forgot to take it in the morning. I just got a little sea sick so I fell not a big deal." He said again and I looked at him judgingly.

We arrived at the hospital in a while and they took Joshua in. Hao insisted on going inside since only one person was allowed. Hoshi and I got some food from the vending machine.

"So... when do you plan to stop crying?" I asked him as he sniffed beside me.

"Hey! Joshua almost died because of me." He said trying to defend himself. I laughed a little because honestly I was so scared myself.

"Was he mad at me?" I said breaking the silence.

"Mad? I don't think so..." he replied and i nodded.

"Then why didn't you guys invite me?" I asked Hoshi.

"Well because we all secretly hate you.." he said and I looked at him to see if he was faking it. He looks like he was being serious. Then he suddenly looked at me and smirked.

"I can't believe you believed everything happening right now." He said and I had no idea what was happening.

"What are you talking about?" I asked him.

"Hello? DK we all already know who you are. Joshua knows. Hao knows everyone knows. All of your secrets have been exposed." He said and I fell into silence. My heart felt heavy. My tears were threatening to fall. They hate me??

"I can't believe you lied in our faces." Hao suddenly said from behind me and I looked back at him. The environment suddenly felt dark. The hospital halls were closing in on me.

"I can explain-- I was just--" before I could finish I saw Joshua standing behind Hoshi. When did he get here?!?!?" I thought to myself.

"You can keep that explaination to yourself. I never liked you. I liked how wealthy you are. And now that I'm getting promoted. I don't have to suck up to you." He said and those words shot me in the heart.

"Joshua.. what---" I don't know what was happening. Then all of a sudden the three of them started laughing.

"Dk cry all you want. But lying to us is a big deal. Especially with Joshua. You know the one thing he hates the mkost?" Hoshi said.

"The one thing he despises. LIARS." Hao said. And that was it. I ran past them with tears flooding my eyesight. What was happening. How did they found out?!?!

"Dk! Come back" they started running after me. But I just ran and ran.

"Dk!!" They shouted.

Dk! Come back!

Dk!

"Dk!" I suddenly shot my eyes open. I looked around to see Kwan beside me. He woke me up???

We were back in our room. I touched my cheeks and it was wet. I cried. Kwan finally noticed and then He sat beside me.

"Hey,hey..why are you're crying... " he suddenly panicked and I looked at the time. 4:30 pm. I fell asleep. That was a dream... a dreamm... that's the only time I relaxed. But my emotions were rather not on the relaxed side. I suddenly hugged kwan and cried. On his shoulder. I was hugging him for awhile but he didn't say anything else.

Thank god it was a dream. It was killing me as they all looked at me like that. I didn't know what to do.

"Hey.. shhhh Dk.. what happened?" He asked and then I wiped my tears and finally let go of Kwan.

"I'm sorry, I had a really bad dream. Sorry for crying on you." I said as I wiped my tears.

"Damn.. that was a pretty scary dream if your hugging nmand crying on me like this. Do you wanna talk about it?" He asked sincerely.

"No... it's fine now sorry.." I said.

Then a familiar knock was on the door. I looked at the direction of the sound and it was from the outside.

"That must be Vernon." Kwan said and my eyes widened. It's happening again. Kwan opened the door and then Vernon walked in in a hurry.

"Guys! You have to hurry there was an accident!" Vernon said.

"No!" I shouted and then covered my ears.

"Dk what's wrong???" Kwan said in a panic. I closed my eyes shut and waited for the voices to drown out. I don't wanna do this again.

"Dk.." Kwan said as he gently touched my shoulder.

"I'm scared..." I said and finally looked at him. I was definitely ugly crying but my mind wont recognize myself.

"Shhhhh..." Kwan said as he pulled me into a hug. I felt relaxed and then slowly opened my eyes again.

"What happened?" Kwan asked slowly to Vernon.

"No we can handle the accident. It was just that the boat. Hoshi kinda broke it." Vernon said slowly. I looked at him.

"I don't wanna go-" I said to Vernon as if pleading him to leave us both. Kwan hugged me even more tightly.

"It's okey Dk. I'll stay here with you.. Relax shhhh." Kwan said trying to calm me down. I then heard Vernon running outside and I sunked into Kwan's hug.

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Joshua pov.

"Are you kidding me?? How are we supposed to fix this?" I complained as I squeeze my clothes dry. Long story short. I fell down the boat because Hoshi used the old handle to exercise. It broke. It was an old boat.

If I just fell off the boat it would be fine but I swam back to shore and the boat handle is broken . Plus Now I'm soaking wet. Could this get any more annoying? Hao just shook his head in disapointment.

The worst part is that we didn't even catch any decent fishes.

"I already asked Vernon to get help. He is probably coming back with back up right now." Hao said.

As Hao said this we saw Vernon running back. Alone. Oh did he forget?

"Where's Joshua?" He asked and I stood up from the back.

"Here" I said raising my hands.

"Joshua I think Dk needs you right now." He suddenly said.

"What happened?" I asked in concern.

"I'm not sure but it looks like he was having a panic attack." Vernon said and I looked at him.

"Hao, Hoshi. You got this right?" I said to them. They both nodded seriously as I grabbed an extra shirt and put it on. I ran with Vernon back to their room..

As soon as I arrived at their room. I could here soft sobs coming from inside. I slowly opened the door and saw the state of it all. Dk was holding on to Kwan so tightly it looked so uncomfortable. Kwan then noticed me going nearer. He looked at me and I knelt down facing Dk.

"Dk.. hey it's me. Joshua." I said and then Dk looked at me. He lingered for a bit and then started sobbing as soon as he saw me and suddenly transfered to hug me. I almost lost my balance but I caught him. Kwan gave me a thumbs up and signaled that they were going now leaving me and Dk.

His hands were shaking. And he was crying nonstop. What happened to him?

"Dk... what's wrong?" I asked slowly. He was sobbing.

"I don't want you guys to hate me." He suddenly said and I was taken back.

"Dk.. we could never hate you." I said slowly trying to soothe him. He then started to hyperventilate. His breathing suddenly increased and his hands went to his chest. He was struggling to breath. This time it was my turn to panic but I tried my best to stop it from showing.

"Dk... breath.. look at me. Breath in with me. In..... and out.... in... and out.. " I tried to coax him and his eyes just focused on mine. I could see his eyes brimming with tears as he struggled to breathe.

He clung to me as if he didn't want me to let go. I held his hands and started kissing him. I kissed his hands, cheeks. His lips.

His breathing finally matched mine. Then he finally looked at me but it was a mixture of sadness and pain.

"I had a dream. That all of you hated me.... i couldn't stop it. I hate is so much..." he slowly said with teary eyes. I was still hugging him and rubbing his back.

"It's just a dream... I'm right here. And I have never once hated you. And I'm not going anywhere." I told him while giving him a soft smile.

"I'm so sorry. I didn't want you to see me like this." He said and snuggled into my neck.

"Nonsense. We are in a relationship. I should be with you espexially at times like this." I said and finally I saw his lips curved up even just a little smile.. I smiled back at him and kissed him in nose.

"I love you." He suddenly said. I was taken back. This is the first time he said it to me. My eyes widened and I accidentaly loosen my hold on him. He noticed it and his expression changed. I was so shocked to speak.

"Oh shit. I'm sorry I shouldn't have said that. It's okay not to say it back. It just blurted out. I don't wanna force you or anything it just came to my mind." he said as he pushed me a little. He panicked again.

"Dk.. I love you too. My heart is so happy right now." I said to him and gave him a kiss on the forehead. He finally relaxed.

"That's the first time we said that to each other. Is this too fast? " He said.

"Not really and.. it feels right. And I wanna kiss you so bad right now." I said honestly. This time he chuckled. It was as if the old Dk was back. None left of the Dk a while ago.

Then he pressed his warm lips on mine. It was soft yet lingering. He then pulled back and bit his lips while looking at me. I couldn't hold on any longer that was an invitation and I should accept it right away.

I pulled him closer and closed the gap between us. He straddled on my lap and my arms wrapped around his waist. His arms found their way to my neck.

I kissed him and he kissed me back. Our lips moved against each other savoring every bit of the sensation.

Then all of a sudden he bit my lip. I winced a little and he giggled. He was being naughty right now. I pulled back and grabbed his buttocks and carried him.to the bed. He yelped a little but smiled as soon as I was on top of him.

I lowered my head and leaned into him for a kiss. He wrapped his arms around my neck as he deepened the kiss. We were both breathing heavily as our kiss turned hungry and even more passionate.

My hands traveled under his shirt and carressed his tan skin all over. He pulled back and then looked at me in the eyes.

"Joshua. This is getting dangerous." He suddenly said and I laughed a little at his description. He looked away to hide his blush and I smiled.

"Your fault for being too sexy." I whispered in his ears.

"I don't wanna go all the way." He suddenly blurted.

"What? Where are you getting these ideas?" i asked.

"Well... I just made some research. I don't wanna be not ready. I wanna match your pace too. But I don't think I can right now." He said and my lord I am so smitten right now. He researched on it?!? I love this man so much.

"Don't worry let's just make out this time." I joked and he pushed me jokingly. Then all of a sudden he stopped me and took off his shirt. I was taken back by the sudden view. Oh he's gonna be a problem to me.

"Now you go." He said while covering his face. Cute. Damn it. I took off my shirt and then I heard the door opened.

"Hey just came to get my wallet—-" Kwan and Hoshi suddenly walked in on us. We were both half naked and Joshua was on top of me. This view is not the most conventional position to be in.

"Dude! Nice." Hoshi immediately gave me a thumbs up. Kwan's eyes suddenly changed and I just knew he was thinking of dirty things already.

"Joshua! Be gentle! My friend's a virgin!" Kwan suddenly shouted and Dk just covered himself with the pillow from the embarrassment of Kwan.

"Shut up!" Dk said as he threw a pillow at him. I laughed at their banter but slightly embarrassed about our position. I struggled to cover Dk from everyone.

Hoshi and Kwan left hurriedly and Dk was still hiding.

"Hey.. they're gone. Wanna continue?" I whispered at his ears. He was still under the pillow and refused to move.

"Are you embarrassed? I didn't hear anything." I said trying to smooth us all.

"Yeah easy for you to say you had a million exes!! This isn't your first time any way. And you have a million exes." He said while still hiding. This time I heard annoyance in his voice. I took the pillow away from his face and kissed him on the cheek..

"A million? Where are you getting these information?." I asked him.

"I know your friends and they talk too." He suddenly said as he crossed his arms at me.

"So what you're saying is you're jealous?" I asked him. He then pushed me aside and rolled his eyes on me.

"I don't get jealous." He said and put on his shirt. I guess we're done.

"Doesn't seem like it." I said as I pulled him close to me with a hug while we were laying on the bed. I kissed the back of his neck and intertwined our fingers together. I really like being close to him like this. I could almost forget all the things I was over thinking earlier.

Dammit. I'm thinking about it again. I tensed up a little.

He noticed that I was quiet and then turned around to face me. He then kissed me on the lips again. Just a little peck.

"I'm sorry for earlier. I was being secretive. I want to tell you but I can't bring myself to say the truth. I know that's the reason you guys didn't bring me along the boat." He suddenly said and I looked at him. He was not looking at me directly in the eyes.

"Sorry about that, it was purely an out of the moment decision. Nothing to do with us. And How big could your secret be that you need to keep it from me." I said as I poked his nose.

"It's about my family. We don't actually get along well.."he said with hesitation. I noticed that he suddenly felt sadness. I don't wanna see him cry again. It's like he's a lost puppy.

"It's okey if you don't wanna tell me. I'll try to understand, don't worry about it." I said trying to smooth things out. I'm not gonna think differently about him anyway. I'll just wait it out.

"I'm not sure about a lot of things. But I just know that I want to be with you." He suddenly said. I smiled at him.

"I love you." I said as I kissed him again. This time he just smiled at me.

"No I love you too?" I asked him.

"Stop being cheesy let's go back to the beach and check your friends. How was the boat?" He asked me as he stood up and comb his hair in front of the mirror.

"They're fine we can stay here for a while. Hao's gonna take care of it." I said confidently.

"Come on." He said. But I just grabbed him back to bed. He was not expecting it and I wrapped him around with a blanket and hugged him.

"Why are you being so clingy." He asked as if I can't see him clearly enjoying this too.

"My boyfriend just said I love you to me, isn't it normal for one guy to wanna devour you?" I said as I kissed his neck. I knew he likes it because he gave me more access to his neck.

"Joshua—-" he wined but it sounded like a moan, music to my ears. He covered his mouth as I continued to kiss him all over. I slowly slid his shirt up exposing his white abdomen and my hands roamed around his body under the shirt. Tried to stop my hands but I ended up getting him naked again.

"Hot." I said as I trailed my hands in his abs. He works out and it shows.

"Can you stop being a pervert right now?" He asked me but I just got on top of him and kissed him senselessly. He responded to my kiss right away. Then I pulled away to find him closing his eyes. He slowly opened them when I stopped kissing him.

I trailed my lips down to his neck. Then sucked his collar bone. He arched his back and closed his eyes. I wanted to mark him. Make everyone know he's mine. I felt possessive. I kissed the hickey I made and then started making another one on the side of his neck. I love seeing where I sucked and kissed. It feels like marking a territory. And hot.

"Joshua—-!" Dk yelped as he noticed what I was doing.

"Last one". I whispered. Then sucked the base of his neck making another mark. I heard him moan under me and made me hard. I was trying to control myself but hearing him was just too much.

"Seriously?" He asked me as I smiled at him.

"Oops I got carried away." I said innocently but nothing innocent about the canvas I made. Then he grabbed his phone and took the camera out. He looked at his neck and my artwork was exposed.

"Joshua!!! It's so visible." He panicked and I laughed at him.

"So? You enjoyed it earlier. It's hot and I even made it extra romantic." I said and then he glared at me.

"We're gonna see people later!!! Everyone can clearly see this!-!!?" He panicked.

"I know. When we swim later they will know you're marked by me." I said confidently.

"I hate you. We're gonna need to go out any time now." He pouted and I kissed him again.

"That's just impossible. Wait for me here, I'll go take a cold shower first." I said while smirking.

"Why?" He asked innocently.

"I'm still a little excited if you will. And I'm not sure you could handle me right now." I winked at him and he decided to look down my shorts. I am pretty confident about my body so I had no problem seeing Dk checking me out.

"Joshua! You pervert! Just because of a hickey??!?" He shouted as soon as he saw the tent in my shorts.

"What?? You're clearly checking me out and I'm the pervert one. Plus... seeing you with my marks really brings me to the edge." I said and opened the bathroom door. I could hear him panicking outside and I just chuckled a little.

Then the sound stopped. I heard his footsteps nearing the bathroom.

"Joshua?" He asked behind the door.

"Yeah?" I said as I ran cold water or freezing water down my body.

"I'll go out first." He said.

"Sure. ill catch up. Give me 10 minutes." I said.

"I—- I promise to take care of you once I'm ready." He said softly and it angered the monster I was trying to calm down. Seriously? That's just unfair.  I heard the door close and I could just imagine him blushing while saying those words. I'm gonna need more than 10 minutes now.

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I saw Kwan and Vernon in the beach. They were swinging while watching the waves. They are so cute. I looked for Kwan especially to thank them both. They took care of me and I owe them one.

"Kwan." I shouted.

"Hey dk! Come over here." He invited me as soon as he saw me.

"I made you this. Well technically I asked Jun to make this. It's an orange bento cake."  I said and handed it to Kwan.

"Woah... for me? Thanks I love how this looks." Kwan said as Vernon takes a picture.

"It's actually a thank you. You know for earlier." I said and then Kwan suddenly looked at me and squinted his eyes trying to figure something out.

"What?" I asked him conscious about his expression.

"Is that A hickey?!?!?" He suddenly shouted and I know it was dark so people were not gonna see but he did! What the hell is his eyes?!? I covered it with my hand right away.

"Lower your voice damn" i said and Vernon chuckled.

"Looks fresh." Vernon suddenly commented and saluted me like it was a sign of respect.

"You nasty! You even let him brand you" Kwan teased me and I face palmed myself. Why is my life just full of embarrassment.

"I hate Joshua so much." I mumbled and Vernon chuckled.

"Our little virgin is getting some. I'm so proud." Kwan said and I pushed him a little. How is this the same person that comforted me earlier!?!?

"Next time I'll teach you the art of seduction." He whispered.

"Ahhhh!!! You guys are both nasty. I should just leave you guys alone." I said and walked away from both of them. i could hear them call out my name and laugh too. But I just walked away from them.

I was walking to the garden side and spotted my boss talking to someone. I stepped back and hid behind the pillar. Then I noticed that the person he was talking to was really familiar. Then I finally figured out who it was...

"Dad.." I stepped back in shock. What is he doing here?!?

"Dk, there you are. I was looking for you the whole time." I suddenly hear Joshua behind me and I looked at him in panic.

"Joshua." I said.

"What? It looks like you seen a ghost. It's just me." He joked but I was seriously panicked already. They are both here!

"Shut up. Let's go!" I said and grabbed his hands. He was confused about my actions for sure. But I'm not ready for a confrontation. I need to separate them... we just literally said I love you to each other and here my father comes out of nowhere. I need a plan.

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Author's note. 🤭😭