"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 way?"
"Ha.....Just hit the accelerator and turn left"
..........Got it
"Just kidding, Please turn right into that ally at the grocery store ahead"
Boom point to the grocery store up ahead, That's the same route that he's 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 proceed 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 coincident, She thought.
When they enter the housing, Lifa continue 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 speak.
"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 he's symptom will only get worse.
"Wait...." Lifa mumble
"What now?"
"That's literally right next to my house"
".......Wha-?"
*bam* and Boom has passed out.
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He wake up and found a familiar ceiling, a familiar bed, a familiar room, a familiar PC and TV. Everything look really familiar at this point.
That because this is his own room.
When he try touching his forehead, he found that there's a cooling pad on it, When he look at the clock it say it's around 9 in the evening.
While calculating using his malfunction brain about how many hour he has slept, A door suddenly open.
A women around late 40s with glasses comes in, Her face look pretty young compare to her age, That's his mother, Name's Tak. (It's pronounce like Truck but without the 'R')
"How 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 still concern about how his mom call him "Dear" even though he's 16 now, But as long as she didn't use it in front of other people, He don't have anything to complain.
"By the way, Dear, When you arrived a cute girl help carried you to the house. What a lucky boy~"
".......Say what?"
Boom thought back to when he passed out in Lifa's car and try to figured out what had happened next but failed.
All he can remember is when he told her a home address but didn't told her what ally, Did Tar told her? that's possible, but Boom remembered Tar has leaving the school long before Lifa, So he wouldn't know what's Lifa car looked like.
He confused for a second before suddenly remembered 1 particular sentence Lifa did said before he passed out.
'That's literally right next to my house'
"*Sigh~*"
Boom let out a long sigh before lay down on bed.
"Going to sleep now?"
"Yeah yeah, I'll wipe myself later...How's Beam?"
"She alright, Dear Beam recovered really fast. Oh, and Tar's already brought the bike here"
Finished talking, Tak then leave the room. Boom go wipe him self to reduce the fever then proceed to throw the water bottle across to turn to 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, wipe him self and check his body temperature to found out that is almost back to normal.
He turn his PC on to check some message in discord foreign server he's in, Nothing special beside an argument about what is the best way to eat cereal.
He go down stair to the living room, The first thing he see is Tak's making herself some coffee and Beam is currently watching TV.
"How 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 receive it then he go sit and eat it quietly at the table.
"Hey, bro"
"What?"
"Who was the girl that bring you here yesterday?"
Boom took his time to think before answer.
"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 held a blue medicine box on the table, When he read the detail, He found that it's a cold medicine that had to be taken after a meal.
"Oh, That's the medicine Lifa gave it to me, She saw the condition was serious so she gave me a really strong medicine. She took such a great care of you~"
he ignore his mom word and swallow the medicine then drink a water after it.
Because of how potent the medicine is, Boom feel some dizziness but he manage to endure it.
"By the way, Dear, Did you know that Lifa live next to us?"
"Yeah, I know"
'She told me yesterday' Finished speaking, Boom then go to his room to take some rest.
Although he said he'll rest, but in reality, He just went to play games with his foreign friend in discord.
To be honest, Boom thought that he might have more oversea friend then in his own country. The main reason might be because most of a guy he found in this server grew up in a good environment with almost zero bullying. It made him temporarily forgot his cruel memories in the past, And people in this server is very kind and supportive.
This is the type of place where Boom is most comfortable with.(Excluding his family and friend)
After a hour of gaming, Boom feel saturated, So he decide to go down stair to look for something to eat.
"Howdy, 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 neighbor now, remember?"
"Oh yeah....No no, I mean why the hell did you came here?"
"To check if you're now better or not"
"Hey Boom, You should talk nicely to a girl."
Tak warns him but Boom ignore that and continue to talk with Lifa.
"He like this when he was in school?"
"Yes, He can be a bit vulgar but I don't care that 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 feel a little strange.
He got no feeling to join the girls conversation, So he just go heat some milk and walk back to his room.
"Hey Boom, wait a minute"
Lifa suddenly speak up before Boom got a chance to touch the first step on the stair.
"What?"
"Here"
What she handed over to him is a plastic bag that contain a bunch of medicine and mineral drinks that needed if he ever get sick again.
"For when you get sick, Please don't eat it for fun"
"Who the heck drink a fricking medicine for fun?"
"Oh, and this"
Lifa pull something out of her pocket and hand it to Boom.
"!?"
It's a limited Tyrannosaurus-Rex keychain that he want for a long time when he was a kid.
From what he remember, On that day he was going to buy this keychain at the mall, But got sabotaged by a bully by puncture 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're still people selling it?"
Even though he secretly suspicious about it. But still, this is the thing he want for a long time, Rejecting other people 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 decide spoke up. But the thing is, his mother and sister have to teach you manners when you're grown ass man? this is a bit embarrassing for Boom. So, Boom just said 'Thanks' then tap her shoulder 2 times before going back to his room.
"Well then, I shall leave"
"Hey Lifa, wait a minute"
"Yes?"
"Why you help him so much? Did you take a pity on him or something?"
Lifa took some time to think before answering
"Boom helped my cat, So I just return a favor"
"Wow, what a good personality. Unlike some guy on a second floor!"
Beam purposely speak 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, Brother isn't that skeptical he just want to be with a person he can be comfortable with"
"So, Just let him do whatever he want?"
"Maybe"
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"Yawn~"
Boom is laying down on his bed in his room while observing a keychain he just got.
It so shimmer and so charming, Boom decide to attach it to his bike key.
"So...fucking cool"
Really fucking cool, Nothing is cooler than this. Boom smile with full of joy and begin to rolling around on his bed without slightest concern about his sickness at all.
He never thought in his life that he'll finally got this keychain since that day.
"That damn Lifa...Not half bad at all"
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