Chapter 5: East wind blows

Kole went directly to his office, upon arriving he was greeted by his lady assistant estimated to be in her late twenties.

There was only three staff in his office, he likes to keep his circle small especially since all of the patient's cases were confidential.

"Hey! you're twenty minutes late today. That's rare." his lady assistant commented.

Kole never did once come late to the office. It was his golden rule A TRUE AND COMPASSIONATE PERSON WAKES UP EARLY WITH THE WILL TO ALLEVIATE PEOPLE'S SUFFERING.

He smiled at his assistant and responded jokingly, "Spare this old man a time to date."

"Date? who is the lucky one?" Yara asks with bulging eyes, she looked at Kole with so many questions in her head. Since when did Dr. Kole have an interest to date?

The doctor who was devoting his life to healing people, who do not have any interest in blind dates and night out's, friends that can be counted on fingers was saying that he's been on a date?

What sorcery was this? She must know the details. She must!

"Tsk! It's a joke, okay? I came from a patient's house." Kole immediately cleared the misunderstanding.

"Since when did you do house visits?" Yara throws her question again.

This was getting fun. Kole was now doing a house visit? What made this man change in twenty-four hours? Definitely need to investigate, women's instinct was never wrong.

Kole said before, it's not good to do house visits, although other doctors were doing it, he won't. The reasons were, he doesn't want to create rumors for the house owner, and seeing a psychologist visiting someone's house was such a taboo for him.

Another reason was, he once visited a patient in their house and he was chased out with a knife because the patient thought he was a burglar. That was one hell of an experience.

Lastly, patients need to see the outside world and one way for them to see it was to get out of their houses. A few minute's rides to the office will give the patients time to see life, at least that's what he thought.

But why did he change all of a sudden, Yara was dumbfounded but she will surely know the reason, after all, she's a psychologist.

Kole enters his office and wears his white coat. Sitting in his big rotating chair, he glanced at a picture frame on the left side of his table and uttered, "I'll do better today."

"I'm ready to take patients, call the first one," he called out to Yara who was still deep in her thought about the shocking changes in Dr. Kole.

Kole's day was spent talking to patients one after another. Patients who do not respond, patients who cried from start to end of the session, and patients who keep on asking for free coffee.

If he encounters patients with severe psychological disorders he will immediately refer them to a psychiatrist. So far, it's only a few. Most of them were depression, anger management issues, anxiousness, and speech problems.

"That was the last patient, right?" Kole asks.

He was stretching his body, he's been sitting for six hours, his joints wear aching and his back was sore.

"Yes! Where should we eat?"

Since all of the staff were single, they always eat outside together except for important days. "I want deep-fried pork. Let's eat in the usual place," he said brimming.

Suddenly a figure flashed in his mind, a thin and sad figure of a one hundred eighty-one-meter man. With his condition, did he take his dinner? The house condition is bad for him, is he breathing fresh air?

Before he left, he asks Sky what food he wanted to eat.

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"Sky, what do you want to eat?"

Sky stared at him, blink twice, and pointed at the air-tight box, "I have bread."

"Oh! aside from the bread, is there anything you want to eat?" Kole repeats his question.

"Nothing," he answered lazily.

"Are you only eating bread?" Kole was astonished. How could he survive with just bread?

Was this why he was this thin? How he remains alive by just bread alone was already a miracle.

"That won't do. I'll bring proper food next time. Okay?"

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"Yara, I won't be eating with the rest I have an urgent thing to do."

Taking off his coat, he glanced at the picture frame and said, "I'll do better." Then he stormed outside.

On the other side, Sky was all alone and lost in his own world again. "How did the doctor's visit go, baby?" Kai asks lying down on the bed.

Sky was beside him, facing the ceiling. After Kole left he went to lie in the bed and he's been lying for six hours straight now. Kai only appeared at this time.

"He asks for water and buries the rat," Sky replied.

He turned to face Kai and embraced him, placing his head near Kai's chest.

"The doctor did that?" Kai laugh so loud, he could not believe that Sky made the doctor bury the rat and drink the water, he drinks the water? Kai pondered on this.

"He saw the dead rat, I felt awkward and ashamed that the house is..."

"Baby, we can clean the house if you want."

Sky felt awkward and ashamed, that was the first time he said that after ten years. Before it was always about Kai, Kai, and Kai but Sky felt awkward because of another person. Awkward in a positive way. 

"Really? Shall we clean now?" Sky smiles at him.

"Wow! the enthusiasm. Sure. Let's go."

What happened during the doctor's visit? Why did Sky... Kai could only wonder, besides he was only living in Sky's illusion, his thoughts, his words, and his action all belongs to Sky's illusion of him. Wasn't it good? The minute changes were refreshing to see but he's afraid that these changes will soon be the reason for his total farewell.

They were preparing to clean, however, what Sky can see now was a neat and clean house. So different from the gloomy and soiled condition that the doctor saw.

"How can I clean if this is what I see, baby?" Sky murmured.

Suddenly, the house changed back to its original state, and Kai disappeared.

"Sky!" a deep voice screamed from the outside.

Who will look for him at this hour of the night? But the voice was familiar to him, only one person comes to mind. He opened the door and sees the all-grinning man in red holding a lot of plastics with food.

"Do- Doctor?"

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Mini theater:

Valentine's is coming, what will you give to your lover?

Kai: two big bouquets!

Sky: I'm not a goat...

Kai: *pouts his lips

Dr. Kole: Perfume... three perfumes.

Sky: Does that mean I stink?

Dr. Kole: .......

Sky, answer the question, please.

Sky: My love for them is enough.

Kai & Dr. Kole: *blushed