"Please tell me your way home"
"Uh...Go straight for a bit and turn left on the road ahead"
Boom symptoms started to get worse. Lifa then told her driver to turn the AC off and open the window instead.
"Are there any faster ways?"
"Ha.....Just hit the accelerator and turn left"
..........Got it
"Just kidding, Please turn right into that ally at the grocery store ahead"
Boom points to the grocery store up ahead, That's the same route that he found Nelly yesterday.
After leaving the forest, They're arrived on the main road where Boom and Lifa first met.
"What's next?"
"Uh...Drive straight for an additional 5 kilometer, And there will be a housing development, Please, turn there"
'Yes, sir' The driver responded, then he proceeded to drive along the way Boom had told him.
Lifa started to feel somehow familiar with the way to his home. Both the route and the landmark, Such a familiar place.
Perhaps a coincidence, She thought.
When they enter the housing, Lifa continues to ask which one is his house, exactly.
"N- Not necessary, I'Tar must've wait at the front ally-"
*bam* A sudden dizziness hits Boom while he speaks.
"Boom!?"
"Argh..."
"Say the one who about to pass out, Just tell me your home address"
"......991/307"
He may hesitate to tell her at first, but he ain't got much time left or else his sickness will only get worse.
"Wait...." Lifa mumble
"What now?"
"That's literally right next to my house"
".......Wha-?"
*bam* and Boom has passed out.
He woke up and found a familiar ceiling, a familiar bed, a familiar room, a familiar PC and TV. Everything looks really familiar at this point.
That is because this is his own room.
When he tried touching his forehead, he found that there's a cooling pad on it. When he looks at the clock it says it's around 9 in the evening.
While calculating using his malfunctioning brain about how many hours he has slept, A door suddenly opens.
A woman around late 40s with glasses comes in, Her face looks pretty young compared to her age, That's his mother, Name's Tak. (It's pronounce like Truck but without the 'R')
"How do you feel now?" Tak asked
"Pretty good, mom. My temperature is lowering"
"Dear, The first time I checked, Your temperature is about 39.5°C"
Tak speak while showing a thermometer. The last time he measured it was around 37.4°C, Which is considered lower than before.
Although Boom is still concerned about how his mom calls him "Dear" even though he's 16 now, But as long as she doesn't use it in front of other people, He doesn't have anything to complain about.
"By the way, Dear, When you arrived a cute girl helped carry you to the house. What a lucky boy~"
".......Say what?"
Boom thought back to when he passed out in Lifa's car and tried to figure out what had happened next but failed.
All he can remember is when he told her a home address but didn't tell her what ally. Did Tar tell her? That's plausible, but Boom remembered Tar had left the school long before Lifa, So he wouldn't know what Lifa's car looked like.
He was confused for a second before suddenly remembered 1 particular sentence Lifa did say before he passed out.
'That's literally right next to my house'
"*Sigh~*"
Boom let out a long sigh before laying down on bed.
"Going to sleep now?"
"Yeah yeah, I'll take a sponge bath later...How's Beam?"
"She alright, Dear Beam recovered really fast. Oh, and Tar is already brought the bike here"
After talking, Tak then left the room. Boom go take a sponge bath to reduce the fever then proceed to throw the water bottle across to turn the light off before going to sleep.
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The next day at 9 am. Boom, wake up and go remove some ear picking, wash his face, brush his teeth, take a sponge bath and check his body temperature to find out that is almost back to normal.
He turns his PC on to check some message in a discord foreign server he's in, nothing special beside an argument about what is the best way to eat cereal.
He goes downstairs to the living room, The first thing he sees is Tak's making herself some coffee and Beam is currently watching TV.
"How do you feel now, Dear?"
"Better than yesterday. Anything for breakfast?"
"A patient better eat only porridge, ya'know?"
"Shut up, You're the one who spread the virus to me"
But before those 2 about to start a trash-talk war, Tak hand Boom a bowl full of porridge.
Boom gladly receives it then he goes to sit and eat it quietly at the table.
"Hey, bro"
"What?"
"Who was the girl that brought you here yesterday?"
Boom took his time to think before answering.
"An acquaintance, maybe?"
"Maybe? it seem like you 2 knew each other before"
"I just helped her cat, Nothing much"
"Can I at least have her name?"
".......Lifa"
After eating, Boom went to put the bowl in the sink and look for some medicine.
"Mom, What's this medicine?"
Boom was unfamiliar with a plastic ziplock bag holding a blue medicine box on the table. When he read the details, He found that it's a medicine that had to be taken after a meal.
"Oh, That's the medicine Lifa gave to me. She saw the sickness was really bad so she gave me a really strong medicine. She took such a great care of you~"
He ignores his mom's word and swallows the medicine then drinks water after it.
Because of how potent the medicine is, Boom feels some dizziness but he manages to endure it.
"By the way, Dear, Did you know that Lifa lives next to us?"
"Yeah, I know"
'She told me yesterday' Finished speaking, Boom then went to his room to take some rest.
Although he said he'll rest, in reality, He just went to play games with his foreign friend in discord.
To be honest, Boom thought that he might have more overseas friends than in his own country. The main reason might be because most of the guys he found on this server grew up in a good environment with almost zero bullying. It made him temporarily forget his cruel memories in the past, And people on this server are very kind and supportive.
This is the type of place where Boom is most comfortable with. (Excluding his family and friend)
After an hour of gaming, Boom felt saturated, So he decided to go downstairs to look for something to eat.
"Hello, Boom"
A familiar voice speaking. A blond-haired girl with unique pink eyes is now chatting with Tak and Beam
".....How did you come here?"
"I walked here, We're neighbors now, remember?"
"Oh yeah....No no, I mean why the hell did you come here?"
"To check if you're now better or not"
"Hey Boom, You should talk nicely to a girl."
Tak warns him but Boom ignores that and continues to talk with Lifa.
"He was like this when he was in school?"
"Yes, He can be a bit vulgar but I don't mind much"
Even though they only know each other for a short time, but Lifa talks like she knew Boom for years.
Boom himself didn't care much, Just felt a little strange.
He got no feeling to join the girls conversation, So he just went to heat some milk and walk back to his room.
"Hey Boom, before you go"
Lifa suddenly spoke up before Boom got a chance to touch the first step on the stairs.
"What?"
"Here"
What she handed over to him is a plastic bag that contains a bunch of medicine and mineral drinks that are needed if he ever gets sick again.
"For when you get sick, Please don't eat it for fun"
"Who the heck drinks freaking medicine for fun?"
"Oh, and this"
Lifa pulls something out of her pocket and hands it to Boom.
"!?"
It's a limited Tyrannosaurus-Rex keychain that he wanted for a long time when he was a kid.
From what he remembers, On that day he was going to buy this keychain at the mall, But got sabotaged by a bully by puncturing both his bicycle tire, Causing him to use another way of transportation but it was too late.
By looking at the body and plastic seal, It's definitely 1 hand goods.
"....How did you get this?"
"I got it from Ebay a month ago"
"There’s still people selling it?"
Even though he was secretly suspicious about it. But still, this is the thing he has wanted for a long time, rejecting other people's kindness is not his style at all.
"C'mon bro, Can you have a little bit of reaction? I mean you got something you really want for a long time"
"Yeah yeah, Just say thank you to her"
Tak and Beam, who had been silent all this time, decided to speak up. But the thing is, his mother and sister have to teach you manners when you're a grown ass man? This is a bit embarrassing for Boom. So, Boom just said 'Thanks' then tapped her shoulder 2 times before going back to his room.
"Well then, I shall leave"
"Hey Lifa, wait a minute"
"Yes?"
"Why do you help him so much? Did you take pity on him or something?"
Lifa took some time to think before answering
"He saved my cat, So I just return a favor"
"Wow, what a good manner and personality. Unlike some guy on the second floor!"
Beam purposely speaks out loud to mock Boom. Making Tak and Lifa laugh a little.
After Lifa left. Beam and Tak then continue to talk about her.
"If I remember correctly, Lifa is a daughter of Mr.Dome, right mom?"
"Yeah, Looks like Boom is really lucky this time"
"He just make friend with a famous girl"
"You think they'll get along?"
"If you asked me, then Yes, he isn't that skeptical he just want to be with a person he can be comfortable with"
"So, Just let him do whatever he wants?"
"Maybe"
"Yawn~"
Boom is laying down on his bed in his room while observing a keychain he just got.
It was so shimmer and so charming, Boom decided to attach it to his bike key.
"So...fucking cool"
Really fucking cool, Nothing is cooler than this. Boom smiles full of joy and begins to roll around on his bed without slightest concern about his sickness at all.
He never thought in his life that he'd finally got this keychain since that day.
"That damn Lifa...Not bad at all"
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