13 Bun In Beunka

JACKSON

I wasn't sure if I should tell her the truth or not. Would it be weird if I told her the truth? Would she think I was some kind of crazy stalker?

"Jackson?" her voice snapped me back to our conversation.

"I'm not really sure, I just thought I would call, I hadn't heard from you all day," I shrugged even though she couldn't see me.

"Dude, your pizza is getting cold," Jooheon called.

"Sorry to cut our call short but I have dinner sitting in the table and a friend over. I don't want to be rude, I was just checking to see how you were,"

"That's okay, I should probably get back to my friends anyway, I'll text you later,"

"Bye Thea," I smiled.

"Bye," she laughed hanging up the phone.

I picked up my bag heading to my room to get changed out of my work clothes and to put my bag away. Jooheon was smirking at me when I sat down on the lounge, Mark handed me my box of pizza without a word.

"What?" I frowned.

"So you have a girlfriend?" Jooheon raised an eyebrow.

"No," I shook my head.

"Then who is Thea?"

"A girl I ran into," I shrugged.

"That's one way to put it," Mark commented.

"How would you put it?" he turned to Mark.

"He ran into her getting covered in soup, he will claim that she ran into him, they exchanged numbers and have been nonstop texting since,"

"You ran into a girl carrying soup?" he raised his eyebrow.

"No, I was holding soup,"

"So you attacked a girl and wasted a perfectly good meal? That was dumb,"

"That's not even how it happened," I sighed.

"Sure it wasn't,"

"I'm going to shower, don't eat my pizza," I rolled my eyes getting up.

"Don't be like that," Jooheon pulled on my arm so I sat back down.

"Mm, tell us about this girl drama," Mark mumbled with a mouthful of pizza. I was pretty sure he was only asking to change the subject and divert my pouting.

"Thea's friends were sword fighting and one stabbed the other accidentally and had to have surgery. It sounds like she's had an intense day," I shrugged opening the pizza box.

BM

"Okay, come on let's leave Sam to get some sleep," Thea stated at 7:30 pm. Visiting hours would be over in half an hour anyway.

"I already talked to the nurses, they said that you can stay with Sam, if they ask you're his emotional support because he gets panicky alone in hospitals overnight," she continued, this time talking directly to Charlie.

"Thanks," she nodded.

"Do you need me to get anything before we leave?" Thea asked.

Sam looked exhausted, Charlie was still mad at me, Jae was silent and Thea was doing what Thea did best; mothering. I wasn't really sure what to do so I just stood by the door awkwardly. I blamed myself for him being stabbed and I felt so guilty about it, but the way Charlie was looking at me was making even me question if maybe I had done it on purpose, which was ridiculous, there was no way I would intentionally stab anyone especially not Sam. But Charlie's look was just amplifying the guilt that I felt. I knew it wasn't personal and that she as just channelling her worry and concern through anger, but she had every right to blame me.

"Not that I can think of," Charlie shrugged.

"Okay, we're off then, get some rest," Thea smiled at Sam.

THEA

"I don't need you to stay," Sam stated looking at Charlie, he didn't mean it, I think he just didn't want Charlie to feel obligated.

"There is no point in you arguing," Jae shrugged, we all knew it was more for Charlie than Sam.

Sam has had a few close calls recently, food poisoning, being arrested, and now being stabbed and going through surgery. I think it was all taking its toll on Charlie and she just needs to be with Sam so she knew for sure that he was okay. But that being said, Sam definitely needed her to be here to if he was left by himself tonight the full weight of this injury would hit him, at least if Charlie is here someone can talk him through it.

There was no way he was going to be able to pick up, let alone play, a guitar for at least a few months and that was pretty much Sam's life if you don't count Charlie. Not being able to play was definitely going to take its toll on him. I'm not sure anyone else had actually realised this yet, but when they did, Sam would going to be depressed, BM was going to feel even more guilty than he already did, and Charlie was going to be madder than she already was. The next few days were going to be interesting, to say the least.

"I'll be back in the morning to get you guys," I smiled.

"Can you bring breakfast?" Sam asked sheepishly.

"And coffee," Charlie nodded.

"Sure, oh, the nurse will be in soon to organize you somewhere to sleep," I threw over my shoulder as I turned to leave Sam's room.

"I'll just sleep in his bed," she shrugged.

"Probably a bad idea," BM frowned.

"How?" Sam raised an eyebrow.

"It's a single bed and you've just had surgery,"

"She doesn't move in her sleep," Jae pointed out.

"But Sam does,"

Charlie seemed to think about it for a moment. Giving BM a sceptical look. Sam frowned the slightly nodded.

"He sort of right," Sam stated.

BM

I could see what was happening even though no one else could yet, except probably Jae but he didn't see it as any of his business as it didn't affect him. Sam had already started on his Charlie-coaster trip, right now they were going up, I was a little worried about what would happen once they reached the top and came speeding down. Maybe if I could slow or even stop them from going up, then they wouldn't need to come down and it would save Sam a whole bunch of mental abuse.

Okay, that wasn't fair I couldn't really call it mental abuse, it's not like Charlie did it on purpose, but once Sam fell back into bed with her then he was no longer in control of his own actions. Which made the metal break up so much worse.

"Anyway, the nurse should be here soon, I'm going to get going, the animals need to be fed," Thea waved.

We waved at Sam and Charlie before making our way down the halls towards the exit. None of us said anything until after we had walked out the entrance doors into the cool night's air. Thea waved as she headed towards her car.

"Wait up we'll come with you," I called after her.

"Don't worry about it, I'll see you guys the morning," she left.

"Is she aware of the fact there's blood and boxes all over her backyard?" Jae asked.

"Probably,"

"You know if we don't go help her she's going to clean it all up and move it all on her own, in the dark," he stated.

"Is that a bit of concern I detect in your voice?" I smirked.

"Ew, no. I just don't want to hear about it tomorrow when she's complaining about how everything hurts because she had to clean up after us,"

"Right," I nodded.

The two might not show it but they cared about what happened to each other. Thea would have done the exact same thing she had done tonight if it were Jae instead of Sam. And Jae wouldn't have indirectly suggested we go and help her if he didn't at least care a little if she got hurt. They would be lost without the other one to attack.

"So we are following her huh?" Jae sighed like it was inconvenient.

"Yes,"

"If I stab you with a sword do you think it will hold her off until tomorrow?"

"You would stab me with a sword?"

"It looked kind of fun," he shrugged with a smirk as we reached the car.

"You have problems,"

SAM

"How are you really feeling?" Charlie sighed looking at me seriously.

She had been fairly quiet all afternoon, she was definitely mad at BM, it was so obvious that BM had noticed, it wasn't his fault, it was my own. I shouldn't have turned my attention away from a sword fight, but I thought I had heard Charlie and I couldn't help but look.

"I'm fine, just a little sore," I gave her a small smile.

"Serves you right, maybe next time you won't decide sword fighting is a good idea,"

"You know BM is already blaming himself,"

"So he should," she shrugged.

"It wasn't his fault, he was reluctant to sword fight in the first place,"

She frowned and looked at me for a moment before she decided to say something. But before she could get a word out a familiar voice came from her door, it sent my eyes involuntary rolling towards the back of my head.

"I should have known you would still be here," Bianca sighed, glaring at Charlie.

"What are you doing here? Actually, I don't care, just go away," Charlie snapped.

"I'm not here to see you troll face, I came to see Sam,"

"How did you even know I was here?" I interjected to stop and minimize the fighting.

"A friend of mine works here, she rang me to tell me you were here,"

"Which friend?" I frowned.

"Please, she doesn't have any friends and the hospital isn't allowed to just give out information to those who aren't family or next of kin. That psycho probably stalked you," Charlie rolled her eyes.

"You're one to talk, look how quickly you jumped into his bed, whore much?" she raised an eyebrow.

"Beunka," I warned.

"I'm sorry, I've been really cranky recently. I guess it's the pregnancy hormones," she shrugged.

THEA

I pulled into the driveway, I could see Sora and Shire in the front window. They were probably just looking out the window but I felt like I was being told off for them not being fed yet.

"I know, I'm sorry," I waved at them.

Shire jumped down from the window, he was a little jumpy, but he was a rescue cat and it took him a while to even warm up to us. He still doesn't like new people coming into the house, he just hides under my bed until they've left.

Sora continued to stare at me as if to say 'hurry up human'. But that was probably just my guilt from their dinner being late.

The two dogs started barking as soon as they'd heard my voice. I could hear them running through the house to meet me at the back door. Before I even got to the door I saw the back yard, it was dark but I could see the mess. I let out a sigh and unlocked the door.

"Come on, I inside," I called closing the door behind me.

After I'd put my bags down and fed the animals, I got changed into something warmer and turned the outside lights on before going to clean up the mess. They had already separated most of it, so the boxes that were staying here I taped back up and started moving them back into the shed.

BM

"Do you think she's finished?" Jae asked as we pulled into the driveway.

"I doubt it, she would have had to feed the animals first," I shook my head.

"Plus the backyard lights are on," I added.

We got out of the car, Jae grabbed the pizza boxes and we made our way around the back. Thea had moved all of the boxes that were staying here back into the shed and closed it up. She was currently taping up the other boxes for the donations, the stuff we were taking had also been moved but I wasn't sure where too.

"I'll go put this inside," Jae stated quietly.

"Why are you two here?" Thea frowned.

"We got dinner," Jae raised the boxes above his head walking into the back room.

"Why?"

"Because we knew you wouldn't eat,"

"I'll eat when I'm hungry," she rolled her eyes.

"No you won't, if we had of gone home I can pretty much guarantee that you would have finished out her, hosed the blood away, gone and showered then either sat on the lounge until you fell asleep or just gone straight to bed," I stated.

"Don't pretend you know me," she huffed.

"Come on BM, why don't you help me with these boxes? We can drop them off in the morning," Jae stated walking past me.

"What?" Thea frowned.

"Do you want to do it on your own?" Jae challenged.

"You never offer to help," She countered.

"I'm hungry and I don't want to hear you complaining about it tomorrow," Jae shrugged.

"Right," I nodded rolling my eyes.

"Well, are you going to help me so we can eat or not?" Jae asked heading down to the assortment of boxes.

"Like you're even going to be able to lift them," Thea pulled a face.

"Just because not everyone has man hands, doesn't mean I'm incapable," he stated.

"Move the boxes before I hurt you with my man hands," she glared.

"So you admit, you have man hands," he smirked picking up a small box retreating towards my car.

"He means well," I smiled at her picking up my own box.

"He's just hungry," she frowned at me as if telling her he was trying to help was ridiculous.

He would say it was so he didn't have to hear her complain and so he could eat faster. In reality, he was just distracting her so she did go all, well, all Thea and turn into a mothering, clean freak. She does that when she can control a situation, she turns to something that she can control.

"Where are the other boxes?" I changed the subject.

"The ones staying here are back in the shed, and the stuff you guys are taking is in the back of my car," she stated without looking up at me.

"And the swords?"

"Bin,"

"Seriously?"

"Yes,"

"They were like $150 each,"

"I know, I paid for them,"

"Right," I stopped talking and picked up one of the boxes.

"You're so slow," Jae huffed shaking his head at me.

"Can we just get these boxes moved so I can hose the grass,"

"Isn't a little late to be watering the lawn?" Jae raised an eyebrow.

"I'm getting rid of the blood not watering the lawn, moron," she frowned at him.

"Hurry up then," he stated grabbing another small box and retreating.

CHARLIE

"You're what?" I raised an eyebrow.

"Are you sure?" Sam frowned, if he wasn't already pale I'm sure the colour would have drained from his face anyway.

"I'm pregnant," she beamed.

"No," Sam shook his head.

I mean, dating her was a dumb idea but he wasn't stupid. He would have been careful, he's always careful. There is no way he would have slept with her without protection.

"You're not pregnant" I frowned.

"Yes I am, I even know that we're having a negative baby. But I know that with us together that we can make it positive," she smiled.

"What the hell is a negative baby?"

"A baby with a negative aura, obviously,"

"How would you even know that?"

"Because the test read negative,"

"Oh my god, you are so stupid," I rolled my eyes as Sam let out a relieved sigh.

"Excuse me?"

"The negative read means you're not pregnant, you actual idiot,"

"No it doesn't, if I wasn't pregnant the test would say 'not pregnant',"

"I don't even know how to comprehend your lack of intelligence,"

"I don't care if you believe me, I am pregnant, and it's Sam's baby,"

"You're saying you're pregnant to get back with Sam, I pray that you never reproduce. I can only imagine how troubled that kid will be,"

"Sam," she ignored me.

"Look, it's late and visiting hours are over. Can you please leave?" Sam sighed.

"What about her?"

"He asked you to leave, but please make me call security," I gave her a sweet smile, as the nurse came into the room.

"I'm sorry miss but visiting hours are over, you can come back tomorrow at 10 am," she gave a polite smile sliding in a fold up bed.

"You're staying here?" she frowned at me.

"I am," I nodded.

"Miss, please you need to leave,"

"Thank you," I smiled at the nurse as she ushered Beunka out of the room.

"This isn't over," she huffed.

"Oh, I think it is,"

BM

"Okay Thea, enough. The blood is gone and you've watered the entire lawn, which by the way, Charlie will kill you for seeing how late it is,"

"I think Charlie is more focused on killing you," she shrugged but turned the hose off.

"Yeah, I'm pretty sure the whole world knows that she's mad at you for trying to kill Sam," Jae added following out behind me.

"It was an accident," I sighed.

"She knows that, she was just worried about Sam and the only way for her to express those feeling was to blame you," Thea stated coming inside.

"She's so dysfunctional," I huffed.

"Why are you two even out here, go eat," she tried to usher us in.

"BM won't let me eat until you're eating," Jae snickered, he was lying, I hadn't said anything about him not eating, I had just told him not to eat her pizza.

"Really, you shouldn't be eating it anyway," Thea pointed out.

"Ew, do you like, care about me?" Jae practically dry heaved.

"That's disgusting. I just know what you're lactose allergy does to my bathroom," she retorted.

"That's also disgusting," I sighed.

"Well are we going to eat or what?" she asked.

"How did I get stuck with you two," I questioned myself.

"You're not stuck with me, you can go home after we eat," Thea stated.

"You stabbed Sam," Jae shrugged.

"Not funny dude," I frowned.

"It's a little funny," he mumbled.

SAM

"Move over," Charlie stated sitting on the edge of my bed.

"Why?" I asked as I moved over anyway.

"Because the mattress on that is too soft,"

"It's the same mattress,"

"Nope," she shook her head before placing it on my chest.

"You could just say that you were worried about me and you wanted to lay next to me,"

"And I would if that was the reason," she mumbled.

"Right,"

"Go to sleep," she let out a yawn.

"I'm hungry," I sighed.

"Of course you are,"

"Should we go get something to eat?"

"It's almost 11, go to sleep. Thea will bring breakfast with her in the morning,"

"But I'm hungry now,"

"I don't want to move,"

"Then you stay here and I'll go ask the nurse," I went to move.

"No, you stay, I'll go. You're not supposed to be moving around too much," she sighed getting up.

I wasn't actually that hungry, I just didn't want to tell her that the way she was lying on me was hurting my shoulder, it was mainly because of the position that I was laying but I didn't want her to feel bad when it wasn't even her fault. Also, she hadn't really eaten today so she should really eat something.

"The nurse said she would bring you something," Charlie sighed getting back into bed next to me. I wasn't in pain this time, well, no more than I was already in.

THEA

"Isn't it kind of pointless for you guys to follow behind me? Why don't you just wait here? I mean, I'm only picking them up and bringing them back here,"

"Yeah, but you're buying food on the way," Jae shrugged.

"I can bring you some back,"

"Just get in the car," BM stated getting in his own.

They hadn't left me alone, they had insisted on stay last night, Well BM had insisted. Jae was just too lazy to go home, according to him. I guess it was pointless arguing with them, BM was already in the car waiting for Jae to get in, I understood that he still felt guilty about stabbing Sam, but I didn't really understand why they wanted to take two cars just to pick him up. He could feel just as bad waiting here and not wasting fuel.

"What are you getting?" Jae asked walking backwards towards BM's car.

"Probably subway," I shrugged. Sam loved Subway and I could get it with little to no dairy products.

"Oh sweet, can you get me a sweet onion chicken teriyaki, just put all the salad on it I'll pick off what I don't like," he called before getting in the car.

I let out a sigh and got in my own car making my way down to the shopping centre to get everyone food. There wasn't a long line in Subway which was a relief, they had two people making the four subs I ordered; Jae's sweet onion, BM's Meatball, and two chicken and turkey melts, one with cheese and one without. I wasn't really sure how he was going to feel about the dairy so I figured to get him two. It's not like he wouldn't eat them both anyway.

I waited until I was closer to the hospital to find a coffee shop. Charlie likes to nurse her drinks and if it was warm when I gave it to her it would be cold before she finished it. I got everyone coffee, except Sam who got tea. Once I got to the hospital I paused, how was I going to carry all of this up to his room?

I slid the bags of sandwiches onto one arm, held the tray of four cups in the same hand, I put my own coffee on the roof on top of my car while I grabbed my bag and locked it. I headed towards the entrance but turned around halfway when I realised I'd forgotten my coffee.

BM

Charlie and Sam were asleep when Jae and I got to the room, The two were spooning, Sam's bad side draped over her waist.

"Wake up lovebirds," Jae all but yelled walking into the room dropping on the bed Charlie was supposed to sleep in.

"What time is it?" Sam asked. He sounded awake, and he looked like crap; I was guessing he hadn't slept much last night.

"Almost ten," Jae shrugged.

"Too early," Charlie mumbled.

"I thought Thea was picking us up?"

"She is, she just went to get you breakfast and coffee,"

"So why are you here?" Charlie huffed sitting up.

"Jae wanted food,"

"And BM feels guilty," Jae added.

"So you should," Charlie stated sitting cross-legged stretching her arms above her head.

"Charlie," Sam sighed.

"What?" she shrugged.

"It's not his fault,"

"No she's right," I nodded.

"She's not, it wasn't entirely your fault, we are all adults and we chose to sword fight," Sam stated.

"And BM chose to stab you," Jae nodded.

"Could you shut up?" Sam frowned at him.

"I could," he nodded.

"But you won't," I added.

"You know me so well," he beamed.

"Why are you standing in the middle of the doorway?" Thea frowned from behind me, she was juggling everyone's food and coffee.

"Do you want some help?" I offered.

"I carried it all the way up here, I'm sure I can go a couple more steps without assistance,"

"Except you're Thea and you more likely to just be able to put everything down then you'll fall over your own feet, or gravity," Jae commented.

"Do you want your food or do you want to be an asshole,"

"I can do both," he smiled.

"Here," she handed out coffees.

"Subway," Sam cheered when she handed him a bag.

"Here, eat this and shut up," Thea threw one at Jae.

"Where's the cheese?" Sam poured looking up at Thea who was handing me a sub.

"You've just had surgery, do you think a lactose reaction is wise?" she raised an eyebrow turning her attention to Jae who was pulling half of the sub contents out.

"What are you doing?"

"I told you I would pull out what I didn't want," he shrugged. He hand pull out basically all of the salad stuff except for the lettuce and tomato.

"You basically have a side salad,"

"What's your point?"

THEA

"It's such a waste,"

"Do you want it?" he raised an eyebrow at me.

"No,"

"Then leave me alone, shouldn't you be more concerned about the fact you forgot cheese on the patient's sub?" he nodded toward Sam who was still frowning down at his cheeseless melt.

"I can't believe you left the cheese off," he sighed sadly.

"I didn't think you would want to deal with the lactose reaction," I sighed.

"But it's not a melt without something melted, it's literally in the name," he continued to pout. I was about to hand him the other melt when BM added his complaints to the list.

"This is a meatball sub?"

"You like the meatball sub?" I frowned.

"Well, yeah. But I only eat it on a cheat day," he mumbled.

CHARLIE

I could see her getting frustrated, she was clearly feeling attacked and that's probably why she looked like she was about to cry. She took a deep breath.

"Then I guess today is your cheat day," she snapped.

"Here is your sub with melted cheese, you're all welcome by the way. Anymore complains before I go talk to the doctor?" She was biting her bottom lip.

"You got me a latte," I stated.

"And?" she sighed.

"It's exactly what I wanted," she let out a laugh and relaxed a little.

"I'll go talk to the nurse," she left the room.

"She's so moody this morning," Jae commented.

"Wouldn't you be If you spent most of last night cleaning up the backyard, then went out of your way to cater for us and was thanked by complaints?" BM commented.

"You say that like you didn't also complain," I stated.

"The nurse said the doctor would be by soon,"

"How soon?" Sam asked with a mouth full of food.

"Soon," Thea shrugged sitting in an armchair drinking her coffee.

"Are you in a hurry to get out of the hospital?" BM asked.

"He has been here a few times recently," Jae stated.

"I'm pretty sure he's got a thing for a hot nurse," I joked.

"You don't work here," Jae said before pulling a disgusted expression.

"You just thought of her as a hot nurse didn't you? You sick freak?" Thea accused.

"She could totally be a hot nurse," Sam mumbled.

"Just eat your sub," I rolled my eyes.