Mark Of The Destiny

After a few hours

"Whiz, it's been entire night, and the case is unsolved. I'm tired," Wang Shi heard Zz's exhausted voice, a little deep but with a touch of softness and calm. Though he was not there, he could feel Zz had started to doze off. "I've an urgent work to do today, won't be able to talk until lunch. If there's any finding, drop a message at portal."

"En… I'll keep Gu Feng stable, and will inform you as soon as the reports come out. Let's-"

"Susu…. Help…. My body hurts," A man's voice echoed from Zz's side. With the low gruttal of his voice he seemed to be in pain, but what triggered Wang Shi was the familiarity of his voice and the name 'Susu'.

Wang Shi's brows knitted together, trying to recall where he had heard it before. Maybe it could help him reach this mysterious man Zz.

"Evan is a beast….. Check me, give me medicine…..I'm going to die…." Wang Shi heard the same voice again; the more he heard the more it seemed familiar. Some people have a distinguished voice and James's adenoidal voice belongs to that category.

"Wait for me in your room, I'll be there in a minute HEYYYY…." He heard a muffled voice of Zz, probably he covered the mic but soon a shrill came that almost convinced Wang Shi to take off the Bluetooth device. If it was not for him looking for Zz's identity he wouldn't be so shameless to eves-drop on their conversation.

"No… You come with me right now…. After sending me to a beast's den you trying to run away from responsibility. No! Never!" The voices become clear again, ; Zz must have dropped the mic. He heard some shuffling sounds, foot-steps and Zz's protesting, "No…. wait… let me turn off the system…. I wa-" Everything cut off.

Wang Shi checked his phone, which displayed 'connection interrupted'

"Sir," Daiyu pushed opened the door in panic, "Connection interrupted but everything's working fine at our end. Do you want me to re-establish?"

"No… Zz ended it; he seems to be busy," Wang Shi takes off the Bluetooth device, "Any progress?"

Daiyu, "Not much. But surprisingly, Zz is not in Country T anymore, this time he connected through Imperial city."

Wang Shi's eyes narrowed as he rested his elbow at the table, supporting his face at clasped hands. "Hm….Keep looking."

*****

At James's apartment

"Ahh… Jammie…. My devices…." Suyin looked at the equipment hanging in the air, still attached to her laptop by the cord as James pressed the shutdown button before dragging her to his room.

"Treat me first… everything hurts…. My t.h.i.g.hs, calf, waist, back, bum and my d-"

"SHUT UP! TOO MUCH INFO!" Suyin covered James's mouth before he could utter another word. This version of James's was like a baby looking for a mother's love and comfort, acting all pity and complaining. "Get into the blanket, I'll get the medicines."

"What about these red spots on my body? It's everywhere, even on my-"

"YOU BAKA! One more word and I'll call Evan." Her threat worked like magic and James dived under the blanket, "IDIOT, I was on chat with Dr. Whiz and you not only disrupted me but took my name. WHERE THE HELL IS THE FIRST-AID KIT? You never keep things organised!" She shouted upon not finding the first-aid kit in the side drawer.

*BANG*

James flinch hearing the noise of drawer shut. "I-it's in the other drawer, you're looking at the wrong place. And how would I know you were on a chat with Whiz…. Oww.w... my body…. you sent me to that beastly Evan? Bad friend, bad…"

"Hmpf…Don't argue,"

*BANG*

*BASH*

*THUMP*

*CRASH*

He heard few more noises….

"…"

"Spare my house,"

"Jammie… Dr. Whiz is Wang Shi, you know that right?" While looking at the medicines kept in the first-aid she walked and sat down on the bed beside him. Though the doctors working with her assumed a nick name to protect their identity, she knows the details of everyone, unknown to them.

"I said, I'm sorry…He didn't recognize you. Did he?"

"THANKGOD, you took my name as Susu… He doesn't know Susu is Suyin's nick name. Otherwise I would've castrated you right there."

"…." 'Was it a bad decision to come here?'

Jamie, who was dived under the blanket, gulped hard. He was sure Wang Shi knows about it, just doubtful if the later still remember it and would join the dots!? Hope he does!

Should he tell her about his short interaction with Wang Shi when she was drunk?

Without doing anything, he felt a pain travel in his little member….

NO! Little Jamie down there warned him of the consequences!

'Yup… you're right. For your sake, I'd not going to reveal anything,'

"Take these medicines and sleep. No need to follow me to tomorrow's press conference."

"En…."

He peeked out of the blanket to take the medicine. Her beautiful face came in his view, bringing an inadvertent smile at the corner of his lips. When they met each other five years back, it was never this perfect.

Their meeting was just a coincidence....

She had been seated at a bench at a crowded amus.e.m.e.nt park, her grey eyes hazy and lost as she watched the kids come with their parents.

For all the presence she brought she might as well had been a store mannequin if it was not a small smile that'd come whenever kids giggle as the ride goes up.

He used to come there looking for something to divert his mind from the shock he had received from the society and family for being different. His different s.e.x.u.a.l orientation had labeled him as a freak, which he was not.... that's what he was trying to convince..... to himself and to everyone.

Don't know why, but he'd been drawn to her and went out all the way to sit next to her. When he offered her a share of his sandwich, she looked at him once but turned away without a reply.

Weird! Right?

But her one gaze was worth thousand words. It was mesmerizing, deep, yet painful.

It attracted him....

He was hell-bent to get a response from her, and for that he tried different recipes to make her talk to him. It became the best part of his routine.... to cook something for her though he knew what the end-result was.

But it was thrilling.... maybe she'd response one day.

*to be continued*