Chapter Forty - Falling On The Male Lead, Again!

It took another a few more days when Dean's condition stabalized. By then, Tyler was almost healed from his shoulder injury. Although Dean's condition was severe, he stayed awake the entire time during the day and slept soundly at night. It was just that in his injured state, he couldn't stop himself from blabbering nonsense.

Just like what was happening right now. Tyler had just applied herbs on Dean's stomach wound before using a cotton band-aid to finish dressing. Just then, Dean couldn't help but open his mouth.

"Why're you sitting so close? I really can't stay sane whenever you're near, you know?"

Normally, Dean wouldn't say something so embarrassing to Tyler. He would only act aloof in front of the other person, trying to maintain as much distance as possible. And these thoughts would be hidden in the depths of his heart.

But now, the situation had turned so much worse that Dean's consciousness had blurred to the point that he can't tell whether this was a dream or reality. So he just kept blurting it all out, thinking this was his pleasant dream.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but reveal a goofy smile while staring intently at Tyler's face. "You're still the same as before, Ty-oops. I shouldn't call you that now. You're Stanley!" He paused and thought for a while. "I must not let you know who I'm. I really must not! Or else..."

Tyler paused his actions and stared at the male lead for a while, squinting his eyes. This was the first time this person had talked about the possible reality. He couldn't help but be curious. He got closer to Dean and asked, "Do you know who I am?"

"Huh?" Dean looked bewildered and tilted his head. "Aren't you Stanley?"

Tyler face-palmed himself and shook his head. There was no point in trying to get something out of this person. Dean was already acting like he had drunk a bottle of wine or something. "Nevermind. Forget what I just said."

"Okay, I'll get some sleep. Wake me up when my assistant calls me." And after saying this, Dean leaned back to the cave and dozed off.

Tyler couldn't help but face-palm himself all over again after seeing the male lead behaving like this. It was no doubt that Dean was the same person as David from the previous world, but there seemed to be a reason why this person was so stubbornly trying to hide his identity like this.

Thinking of this, Tyler couldn't help but frown. It was crystal clear that the two were the same person. Then why would this person hide it from Tyler? And Dean even knew that Stanley and Tyler were the same person.

Clearly, this person really wasn't a good actor. Otherwise, why would Dean act like this and even OOC without showing any hint of getting into his character settings? Was this person a newbie, unlike Tyler?

If that was the case, then it was understandable that Dean was acting like this. But things still didn't make sense.

Just then, Adam stumbled inside, clearly exhausted. He leaned his body on the wall and wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hands, "Stanley, I can't find anything."

"There's nothing outside?" Tyler frowned at this. The second stage seemed to be more difficult since they couldn't even find a mirror. "Did you search it carefully?"

Adam nodded. "I searched thoroughly and didn't find anything."

"Okay, you keep an eye on him. I'll search instead." Tyler said and had just taken a step to go out when he felt a tug on his sleeves. He lowered his head only to see male lead gripping the cloth of his hands tightly without any intention of leaving.

Dean's brows were furrowed as he leaned toward Tyler's feet and muttered. "Don't go."

As soon as Tyler heard this, his expression softened. He gently took hold of the latter's hands rubbing his thumb against Dean's hands. After the male lead's body relaxed, he gently placed the hand back and turned toward Adam. "Take care of him." And Tyler took off without turning back even once.

It took half an hour before Dean could get partially healed, at least enough to become sane again. He frowned and opened his eyes only to find Adam dozing off before him. Then he suddenly remembered how he had behaved earlier and nearly exposed himself before Tyler.

Damn, that should be a dream! He really hadn't done any embarrassing stuff before Tyler. But the more Dean thought about it, the more he felt that it wasn't a dream. Then he looked at Adam and decided that it perhaps was a dream because if it were real, Tyler would be the one sitting before him instead.

Thinking of this, the male lead's shoulders relaxed.

"Oh, you're awake?" A cold voice spoke just a moment later, making Dean's body stiffen.

"Y-Yes." Dean didn't know how he should behave with this person anymore. Of course, his behavior earlier should be a dream, but he still wasn't sure. If there were a possibility that he had really exposed himself to Tyler, it would really be embarrassing. So he glanced at Tyler's expressionless face, trying to see through the latter's cold exterior only to find that Tyler wasn't behaving weirdly. He couldn't help but relax at this.

It seemed it really was a dream.

What Dean didn't know was that Tyler had seen all of the changes in the male lead's expressions and knew what the male lead was thinking, but he decided to pretend that he didn't know anything. He wanted to get more things out of this person's damned mouth.

He admitted to himself that he was a little angry. Who told Dean to hide this thing from him?

So if the other person wanted to pretend like this, Tyler would fulfill his wish.

"There's no mirror outside." He got down to business after marching inside. By this time, even Adam had woken up. 

"See? I told you there's no mirror." Adam said, pushing up his glasses.

Tyler frowned and thought for a while before turning to the man with glasses. "You go see what's in the darkest corner of this cave. Perhaps we can find something."

"You're telling me to enter a darker area at this time?" Adam couldn't help but tremble when he thought of entering the dark area. This cave was initially big, so much so that they didn't have a chance at examining it thoroughly because of Dean's injury. Adam had taken off first to collect herbs while Tyler was taking care of the dizzy male lead.

After collecting the herbs, Tyler again ordered this person with glasses to find clues about the mirror outside the cave, but it was still useless. So they could only try to search in the darkness.

But when Adam remembered those monsters outside, he couldn't help but tremble in fear. What if he ended up facing one of the monsters?

"Can you come along with me?"

"No." Tyler rejected coldly. "I have to guard a sick person."

"I can do it!" Adam seriously didn't want to go in the darkness all alone.

Hearing this, Dean frowned. "I refuse. If Stanley is going, then I'm going as well." After saying this, Dean tried to stand up. But since he had lost too much blood, it took him much effort to just get up on his feet. He knew he was weak, but he absolutely wouldn't let this person get out of his sight, even for a moment!

So he gritted his teeth and decided to bear the pain that made him feel like his bones were crushed. While leaning one hand against the cave's damp wall, he staggered while going further inside the cave.

Tyler instantly rushed to the male lead's side, and just as he was about to support the other person, the latter suddenly stumbled forward. But it was Tyler's misfortune that just when Dean had stumbled, the male lead had tried to hold onto Tyler by gripping his hand so tightly that he couldn't shake it off no matter what. In the end, both of them ended up falling on the ground one after another.

The result was extremely familiar to Tyler. He remembered falling like this in the previous world. He remembered that he was on top of David, just like now.

Even the blush on Tyler's face was still the same as before. He was also completely bewildered and stared unblinkingly at Dean in a daze.

Seeing that, Dean couldn't help but stare back at Tyler for a long time. His heartbeat rose rapidly to the point that he even felt that his heart would jump out of his chest. This scene overlapped with the situation both Tyler and David had faced that day in the airplane. He couldn't help but wish that both of them could travel back in time to that day. Then he wouldn't let go of Tyler no matter what!

Thinking of this, Dean's grip around Tyler's waist subconsciously tightened as he couldn't help but raise his fingers to touch the latter's cheeks. But what he didn't expect was that Tyler willingly leaned on his fingers, gently rubbing his cheeks against his palms like a little cat, acting spoiled.

Was Dean dreaming again? He was surprised.

Just then, Adam's cold voice woke both of them from their trance. "Oi, why're you both still on the ground?"