Episode 17. I am sorry, Platt

And that was how they met, it was Samenffa who approached him first but it was Chris who made the second move after he transferred to Samenffa's school abandoning his girlfriend, Nadia. It was the birth of her undiluted hatred for Samenffa, she accused him of stealing her 'one true love '.

To get him back, she made a crazy plan with her bisexual twin brother to make him seduce Samenffa. It worked but it was the other way around, it was Platt that was seduced instead so the task became personal because he gradually fell in love with Samenffa to the extent he betrayed his sister when she tried to hurt Samenffa.

But he also realized that Samenffa did not feel the same for him so he made the only rational decision for the sake of Samenffa's wellbeing; he set him free.

For two years, their relationship was casual until Samenffa broke up with Chris because his cancer came back and secondly, because his father told him to. Fate yet again made their paths cross, Platt met Samenffa in his friend's clinic where he was taking chemotherapy treatment, it was there he learnt about Samenffa's condition.

One thing led to another and they started dating but Platt knew he was just a rebound boyfriend for Samenffa who was still grudging over his ex but he tried to enjoy every moment of their sexless relationship that he knew wouldn't last.

As expected, Samenffa ended things with him after three months but it was the best three months of his life, he never forgot all the little moments Samenffa tried to be a good partner. He (Samenffa) returned to his true love again but he (Platt) already accepted his fate, he couldn't fall for another even though he tried.

….

Samenffa slowly parted his lashes, his green orbs balled snail-likely round the room. First he saw a cloudy version of a man who had Platt's voice instructing two purple cloudy humans. Somehow his mind muted them but still figured out the owner of the voice.

His hands left the confines of the warm blanket housing his body from neck down and rubbed his eyes. It was enough to clear his eyes but rather than find Platt, his gaze fell on the flat screen television up ahead.

There was an advertisement on and funny enough, he paid attention to it.

It started with a sweet sounding bass voiced male saying, ("Ever got tired of your life, tired of the usual routine of sleeping and waking up to sadness and depression? Desperately in need of a break, an escape? Need an adventure? Need mystery? A little danger? Then you need Android System!")

After he said those words, the image of a small android appeared on the screen. Samenffa's brows creased because it was not what he expected. When the anchor said 'Android System ' he expected to see an Android, you know, the type that look like a human!

But this android system… shouldn't be called an android at all. It was 26.38 inches (70.1centimeters) in height. It Looked like a spherical capsule, its body was as white as snow ,it had two short arms attached to it's body and only two spherical-like fingers and one thumb representing its fingers. It had a square screen that represented its face, two blue digital eyes and a big digital smile.

Samenffa was extremely disappointed, his brows dropped to prove the point. He expected more from the very hyped 'Android System '. ' What an ugly system… ' he thought and almost immediately, the android system frowned but it quickly returned to it smiling self almost like it didn't happen.

Samenffa squinted, he felt like the android system was looking directly at him, he unconsciously shivered then moved his eyes from the television because he lost interest in the scam ad after seeing its avatar. If he had time, he would have given the producers a zero star rating for the nonsensical ad they made.

He smiled at Platt ignoring the feeling that something or someone was sending him daggers with their eyes. "What's up Doc!~" he greeted him with a patchy, I-just-woke-up voice.

Platt's head turned to his direction. "Sam!" He boomed joyfully then took a glass of water placed on the stand besides Samenffa's bedpost and fed it to him after helping him sit up . "How are you feeling this morning?" He asked with concern.

"I am fine, "Samenffa said with a much clearer voice. He looked around the room like he hadn't done it before. "Who brought me here?"

Platt gritted his teeth. The first thing Samenffa ask of is the man that put him in the condition, it made his heart bleed. Ignoring him, he placed the tumbler back in its former position then helped Samenffa's head back on the pillows.

"Do you feel pain anywhere?" Platt asked. "Does your head hurt? "

Samenffa stared blankly at him. "Who brought me here?" He repeated his question.

"Is that all you care about?" Platt asked. The anger in his tone was eminent, he didn't try to hide it. "The tumor in your brain got bigger and all you can think about is that jerk?!" His tone finally skyrocketed.

Samenffa turned his head away from the shouting man in an unresponsive way. He could handle Platt but Chris was more important right now. He needed to see him and explain to him without telling him the truth.

"Tell Chris I want to see him, "he said and didn't plan on saying more. He didn't need to be told that Chris was still in the hospital, although the man holds a grudge against him, he would never abandon him in his time of need.

Platt got up . He stared down at Samenffa and couldn't stop his tears from falling. "Keep hurting me Samenffa, I committed a crime by loving you unconditionally, break whatever is left of my heart because it is yours to destroy." With that he left.

The nurses also followed behind him , silently pitying their one of a kind director.

Platt was not the only one that cried, Samenffa also shed tears, his lips quivered as he said, "I am sorry, Platt."