Chapter 56 - 56

Brandon sat with the doctor in his office to talk about Reiner's condition. He had been shaken up by what happened, it happened out of nowhere.

"What is wrong with him?" he asked the doctor.

"I'm afraid he suffered a mental breakdown. It happens when a person is overwhelmed," the doctor said.

"So there is no reason to worry," Brandon said relieved.

"There is a reason to worry. He is too stressed and that isn't good for him," the doctor said. Brandon felt his heart tightened with fear.

"Tell me, doctor, just how serious is the situation?" he asked in a soft almost none existing voice.

"Let me explain in a way that it will be easy for you to understand," the doctor began."His mind is like a computer, it can process many things and do other cool stuff too but when a virus infects the computer then it starts to malfunction and if the problem is not taken care of then everything inside the computer would be lost. You will have to start afresh after flashing the computer," the doctor said.

Brandon listened to his words. He tried to follow along but he was confused and lost. "I don't understand," he said.

"Your friend Reiner is the computer and all the sad things that happened in his life are the viruses. If he keeps dwelling on them then it will affect his mental and physical health, if he doesn't cheer up and become happy then his mind will become defensive," the doctor explained.

"What do you mean his mind will become defensive?" he asked the doctor scared out of his wits. The thought of anything bad happening to Reiner left his heart torn to pieces.

"To protect Reiner, his mind might help him forget the memories that taunt him and the person in the memories like they never existed in his life. Or his mind might change the actuality of the memory to something less toxic to him to avoid his malfunctioning," the doctor clarified to him slowly for him to get him to understand every word he spoke.

"And if pushed to the limits, he might die."

The minute the word die left the doctor's lips Brandon shivered. His heart broke into a million pieces.

Just when things were starting to work out this had to happen. But the explanation from the doctor might explain the weird situation he was in back then with Reiner when they met after so many years.

The possibility of him being the reason, the one who pushed him past his limits in the past made his heartache. He was the last straw that pushed Reiners's mind to forget the past that the two of them shared and all of that due to a misunderstanding and past painful events that Reiner went through.

"What can be done doctor?" he asked curiously. He needed to fix his mistakes and make it up to Reiner, the boy deserved something good happening in his life after so long.

"I can recommend some medicines to keep him calm but I would advise making sure he tries to stay happy," the doctor said. He prescribed a piece of paper and handed it over to Brandon.

"I will make sure that he is the happiest boy in the world," he vowed and dashed off the room. The doctor had informed him that it was okay to see Reiner now as he was stable.

He raced into the room. His hurried footsteps waking Reiner from his sleep. "Hey good looking," he greeted him.

"You are growing naughty," Reiner said struggling to sit up. Brandon took to the bed and helped him sit up and kept a pillow on his back to use.

"I learned from you everything I know."

Brandon hugged Reiner tightly in his arms. He was scared of letting go, afraid that he might leave him forever like the doctor had warned was a possibility.

'I won't let any harm come to you. If happy is what you need to be then happy, you will be,' he thought with tears flowing from his eyes.

"Did the doctor say something?" Reiner asked feeling uneasy. He was sure that Brandon was tense and keeping something from him. He needed to know if he was okay or not.

"The doctor just said that your mind malfunctioned or something like that," he said trying to make it sound less serious. Reiner needed not to worry.

"How far?" Reiner asked making him raise his head It confused him what he meant by that.

"What?"

"It's happening again. I need to know how far it is, has my condition gotten to the red flags yet?" Landon asked. The monitor he was on started beating faster, he was getting worried. It terrified Brandon to see worries in his eyes.

"Kidding," Brandon said cheerfully. "It wasn't what the doctor said. I was simply pulling your leg. The doctor said that you were just overwhelmed that's all," he added.

Reiner relaxed, he couldn't handle what had happened before. Being in out of the hospital for so many years and then losing his memory of Brandon was something he didn't want to experience again.

"You think that is funny?" Reiner asked pulling Brandon by the hand and pinning him underneath him on the hospital bed. "Should I punish you?"

"Yes please," Bradon said. Reiner's lips landed on his. Reinet kissed him intensely, he moved with such precision that Brandon couldn't help but give up dominance to him. He had always enjoyed the latter's talent in kissing.

The kiss was hot and demanding. It expressed Reiner's desire to have him. The desire was so intense Brandon's eyes were clouded with lust from the kiss.

They had waited too long to be in each other's arms and both found that they were ready to cross the line and become one.

Reiner broke the kiss and gazed at the male underneath him, the look in Brandon's face told him all that he needed to know about what Brandon wanted. It was alluring to see the desire in Brandon's eyes for him.

"I love you," he whispered to Brandon. Brandon smiled and replied, "I love you too."