Chapter 79

Keith

"Join me here," Matthew suggested patting the side of the bed he was lying on and I smirked pinching his cheeks.

"You don't want your parents seeing us in that position. They will freak out." I say and he feigns a frown.

"I don't think they would even come visit. So you don't need to worry." He said. "Besides you must be tired, heard you had stayed by my side throughout last night." Matthew chipped in, his eyes dancing from its socket as if he was being shy by the thought that I had been with him all through the night.

"Hmm, if you insist," I gave in. I rose on my feet and I walked over to the other side of the bed, I dropped the plate that we had both eaten from on the desk before joining him on the bed.

Okay, this is weird but no matter how weird it is, it seemed right.

I've longed to protect him like this, be with him, and spend more than the days George had claimed he had left.

No nurses might come in for the next three to four hou