"What happened?"
"Can I sleep in your room tonight?" Summer asked.
Denise looked stunned, "Since you were five, you said you were a big boy and you would sleep alone. What happened today?"
"Nothing. I just want to sleep with Mom for one night. Once I am back to college, I will miss you." Summer said sweetly.
Denise smiled, "Okay. Let's go." Why would she reject her son's wish? She couldn't be happier.
"Mom."
"What?"
"Do you miss Dad and sister?"
Denise was stunned at the sudden question.
"Of course I miss them. How could I not? Why did you ask that suddenly?"
"Nothing. Since it was my birthday last week, I couldn't help but remember my sister. Mom, where are they?" Summer asked.
"What do you mean, where are they?"
Summer observed the changes in her mother's expressions. "I mean where are their graves? Why haven't I seen them before?"
"That…" Denise did not know what to say. "Don't think too much and go to sleep now. You still have to go back to college early in the morning." She simply changed the subject.
Summer did not insist. She knew when to stop.
"Okay. I will be back every weekend from now on." Unlike her brother, she wanted to find every chance to spend her time with her mommy.
***
"Are you sure you can come back to college?" Rodger asked as he helped 'Winter' with 'his' luggage.
He noticed there was no reply from his roommate. He stopped to look back at Winter, only to find him staring at him with a gaze that felt too creepy for him.
Summer did not know that her infatuated look felt creepy to her crush. The moment her eyes fell on Rodger's handsome face, she couldn't help but swoon and drool.
"Winter, I think you should go back to the hospital," Rodger said.
"Huh? Why do you say that?" Summer asked in confusion.
"You are still acting weird. Are you fine here?" He pointed his finger at his head as he asked.
"..." 'Do I look crazy?' Summer was dumbfounded. "Hehe. I am fine. Let's go to our room."
'Yes!! We are roommates! I am going to share a room with Brother Rodger~' She sang in her heart as she walked forward. If not for fear that Rodger would continue thinking that she is crazy, she would have skipped as she walked.
But Rodger could see the sprint in 'his' step from her back. He did not understand what was going on with his friend. But he calmly took the suitcase and followed.
"Is this your bed? It is so neat." Summer gushed, looking at Rodger's bed, which was facing her own bed.
The other dorms have four roommates in a single room.
But Rodger and Winter used their influence and shared a room with just the two, and no one else. So, compared to other rooms, their room is quite spacious.
"What did you say?" Rodger did not hear her words and asked.
"Nothing."
"Take your bag. I will go to shower now," Rodger said.
When Winter arrived at the dorm, Rodger was still sleeping. So he went downstairs to help his friend without freshening up.
"Okay." Summer took her bag and casually nodded.
But what happened next was something she did not expect at all.
Rodger removed his shirt.
Summer's eyes fell on his defined muscles, and she swallowed her saliva.
She was already ecstatic at the thought of sharing a room with her crush. Now she actually got the front seat ticket to look at his naked body? That was an unexpected surprise.
Without blinking, she looked as Rodger opened his wardrobe to find a shirt. He casually walked around the room with no shirt on his body while Summer enjoyed each second of it.
When Rodger looked at her, his eyes widened, "Dude. Your nose!!"
"Huh?" Summer was still in a daze. She raised her hand to touch her nose subconsciously, following his words, but she felt something wet.
She looked at her hand and found it red.
"..."
Nosebleed?
She actually had a nosebleed in front of her crush?
But that wasn't important.
The actual problem is that Summer has always been scared of blood. If she sees blood, she would feel dizzy.
Even in Winter's body, when her eyes fell on blood at her fingertips, she felt dizzy and fell backwards. Luckily, she fell on her bed.
"..." Rodger did not understand what had happened at all.
***
"Doctor, what happened to him?" Rodger asked.
"I think he is scared of blood. Do you have his history?" The doctor asked.
Rodger shook his head, "No, but as far as I knew him, he was never scared of blood."
He had seen Winter fight so many times. If he fainted at the sight of blood every time, Winter should have stayed in the hospital all his life.
"Except for hemophobia, I don't see anything wrong with his body."
"I saw his nose bleed before he fainted. Why do you think that happened?"
"There is nothing serious about his nosebleed either. From what I see, he suddenly felt warm for some reason. Except for himself, no one would know what had happened. Otherwise, think of what had happened before his nose bled. You might find some clues there." The doctor smiled and said.
Rodger blinked his eyes. He seemed to recall what had happened before.
Winter was looking at him with eyes that looked like a hungry wolf's.
Rodger looked down at himself. He recalled that he was shirtless at that time.
"..." He seemed to understand the reason, but he couldn't fathom it.
As a pair of best friends from childhood, they had been naked before each other numerous times. Butt naked nonetheless.
Today, he was just shirtless. How could it bring such a reaction from Winter all of a sudden?
Looking at his face, the doctor seemed to understand that he had realized the reason. He patted his shoulder and walked to the door to leave. "Take care."