Before Dawn

Chapter 20

Fighter rushes into the hospital where Tutor have been admitted. He runs to the nurse's reception desk asking for Mr. Tutor. He is directed to the third floor in room 304. He takes the elevator and presses the room floor number waiting inpatiently for the elevator to reach the third floor. The door opens and quickly Fighter exits looking for room 304. He hears crying sounds coming out of a room and he quickly opens it and sees a young man about to be covered with a white cloth. An old woman looks at him with red eyes and tear stained face then he recognises he is in the wrong room. He bows slightly and apologises before closing the door. He stops and takes a deep breath before knocking and opening the door. He comes in and sees no one in the room only Tutor lying in the bed with an oxygen mask covering his nose and other medical equipments connected to his body.
"Tutor." Fighter rushes to his side and rubs the side of his face gently. He knows instantly it is Tharn and his father that must have done this to him.
"You cannot give up Tutor, you must wake up. Don't give up on me. I love you so much." Fighter holds his hand and tightens his grip on it.
   
        The telephone rings in the sitting room and Miss Cheer answers the phone.
"Hello." Miss Cheer answers. "Yes this is the family of Tutor."
She looks at Type walk into the sitting room then gasps hearing what she has been told. Type swiftly turns to Cheer.
"Which hospital is he in?" Miss Cheer asks. "Thank you."
She cuts the call.
"What happened?" Type asks.
"It is Tutor. He is in the hospital."
"Who is in the hospital?" Mai asks as she walks into the living room holding a glass of juice.
"Tutor." Type says
"Oh my God, what happened to him?" The glass shivers in her hand but she holds onto it tightly.
"I don't know just that he is seriously hurt and he is in a coma." Miss Cheer says.
Mai gasps, "Then we have to see him."
Type curves his lips downward in anger. Just as he about to celebrate his return back home, Tutor has taken the spotlight again.
"Type will you come with?" Mai asks.
"Yes. Of course." Type smiles.

        The door to room 304 opens revealing Mr. Thananan and Tharn walk inside. They see Fighter holding Tutor's hand. Fighter looks behind and sees the father and his son, immediately he rushes Tharn and grabs his collar.
"You did this to Tutor. I will make you pay for hurting him."
"What's wrong with you?" Tharn with the help of his father holds onto Fighter's hand and pushes him away.
"Fighter, what is wrong with you?" Mr. Thananan shouts.
"I know you both did this to Tutor." He points to the unconscious figure lying in the bed.
"I have no idea what you are talking about." Tharn exclaims not understanding what Fighter is talking about.
"Then how do you explain this?" Fighter points again to Tutor.
"I'm also surprised. It was Henia's scream that woke me up."
"What did she say happened?" Fighter asks.
"She heard something like a body drop and she went to check and saw Tutor on the ground." Tharn replies.
"Fighter, why are behaving like this? Perhaps do you like Tutor?" Mr. Thananan looks at Fighter suspiciously.
Fighter glares at Mr. Thananan. Perhaps it was time to open up with everything and let them know he is on their tail.
"Yes, I like him. I love him." Fighter says boldly.
Tharn looks at his Mr. Thananan in shock but his father just smiles.
"I will not leave this room with you both in it because I don't trust you and your son. The police will be here shortly so get ready because I will make sure it rains fire on you both."
   Fighter then returns to sit by the side of his lover. Tharn turns to his father and sees him smiling which seems suspicious to him but when Mr. Thananan notices his son's look at him he quickly puts on a normal face.
"I will be with the doctors let me see how Tutor is doing." Mr. Thananan touches his son's shoulder before leaving the room.
Tharn walks closer to Tutor making sure to still keep his distance because of Fighter's glare.
"Fighter, I am really sorry for what happened to Tutor. I promise you I will do everything within my power to make sure he survives this." Tharn says looking at Tutor's bad condition pitifully.
'You better pray he survives this if not I will make sure you and your father fall even if it means risking my own life." Fighter clenched his fist.
"I don't understand what you are talking about. Why are you implying that my father and I had something to do with this?"
"Because..."
The door opens and Mai and Type walk in. Mai gasps seeing her son on the bed looking so devastated.
"Tutor!" Mai rushes towards him and rubs his face carefully with her shaking fingers. Fighter stands up from the chair in order for Mai to sit down but she was less concerned about that. Type and Tharn look at each other in shock. He remembers telling Fighter to look for this man right in front of him but with everything happening he didn't remember to ask about the investigation.
Tharn smiles at him but Type ignored Tharn moving his attention to Fighter who is looking at Tutor.
"What happened to him?" Mai asks looking at the two other men in the room.
"We don't know the details but all we know is he fell from the balcony at home." Tharn replies
"Oh my God. How could that have happened?" Mai turns back to her son.
"Has the doctor said anything?" Type asks feeling a little pity for Tutor.
"My father went to see him." Tharn replies quickly.
"Then I will be going as well." Mai leaves the room gently closing the door behind her. The tension increases tenfold around the three young men.
"Fighter, are you alright?" Type asks but he doesn't get any reply. He looks at Tharn who shakes in head in disagreement with Type's question.
Tharn looks at Type for a moment and back at Fighter.
"How do you know his name?" Tharn asks Type.
"We were dating but we broke up." Type replies. 
Then Tharn remembers Type when he was broken hearted, telling him about his fiancé that broke up with him on their wedding day. He looks at Fighter, surprised Fighter is the one.
"Fighter, why didn't you tell me you dated Type when I asked you search for him?"
But Fighter doesn't reply. This frustrates Tharn and almost approaches him but Type quickly stands in between them placing his hand on Tharn's chest.
Fighter turns to the two men in his front.
"None of what you all are saying is making sense to me. All I care I about in this moment is Tutor." Fighter says.
"It doesn't mean you should lose yourself. You said you were going to find out what happened to him, is it by sulking here like a lost puppy?" Tharn yells.
"And if I find out you did this to him, I will kill you myself." Fighter glares at Tharn then at Type before exiting the room.