Chapter Nineteen: Patient He

After the two kissed, they looked at each other's eyes with pure love. It felt so good to let it out all those confusing feelings by confessed their love and James spoke out the truth. James was so glad that he didn't lose Thomas both physically and emotionally. James knew that his mother was right as when you found someone you love, it's like your soulmates had been made by destiny itself.

All James wanted to do was to thank Lady a thousand times as he felt like for once, Lady had listened to his prayers and woke his precious Thomas up. James then had tears of happiness in his eyes and whispered to himself, "Thank you, Lady."

Thomas then noticed James's tears and kissed his tears gently. James chuckled as he smiled softly at him. James then kissed Thomas back on his cheek and Thomas blushed. James then realised that he missed the kiss already and he wanted to kiss his lover's lips again. Before he could lean for another kiss, Thomas's eyes went wide as realised something.

"Wait. Where am I James?", asked Thomas as he knew that he was not in the forest nor he was in his bedroom.

"Your safe with me and your dear old friend Nia.", replied James with a gentle smile.

Wait, Nia. Did James say the name, Nia? Thomas remembered Nia well as they were very close. They met each other when Nia was learning some new tricks from her apprentice name BoCo and whenever she had free time, they would always collect insects as a hobby.

But before Thomas could ask any more questions, he saw Nia entered inside her hut. Nia sighed relief for her old friend had woken up from his unconscious state, "Oh thank goodness you're okay. I honestly thought you wouldn't see the light for another day."

Thomas smiled, "Nia."

Nia smiled back but then she remembered she had has to tell the boys something very important, "Thomas and James my friends. I usually go to the patient, but he wants to come here at the end. I should note that this patient has his brain blocked by walls. So be patient with his thoughts that are big or small."

James didn't get those big words and riddles yet. Despite he's used to that but what she said was so confusing, "What do you mean?"

"In other words James, he has amnesia.", replied Thomas as he knew Nia's riddle language.

Nia nodded, "Now let me fetch him right away. So, you two stay.", and she went off to get her patient.

James was aware of her patient in some way, but he never met nor knew who this man was. Thomas was getting curious about this patient as he never heard of him as he was knocked out at the time.

All of a sudden, a slightly muscular build man came in. The two gasped in shock. The man had black hair, pale skin, and what shocked them the most was that the man had three wicked scars on his right eye, resulted in his right eye to be pure white of blindness. That scared them and both wondered if he was dangerous or harmless.

"Thomas and James. This is He and that's his name.", exclaimed Nia.

He calmly walked inside and sat on a chair. He noticed the two younger boys and smiled, "Harbari."

James gave a confused look on his face. Does he spoke gibberish or what? James looked at Thomas and to his surprise, Thomas smiled back at the man, "Habari kwako pia."

James then realised that this patient must have spoken in a different language. James found that language to be fascinating. "Umm… harbari… kutisha kuku bila kichwa na mabawa ya kijani.", he smiled weakly.

Just then, Thomas and He glanced at each other laughed, "James, do you realise what you had said?", laughed Thomas.

James blushed in scarlet red and sheepishly replied, "N-no. I was making up that language."

He chuckled, "That language is Swahili, which is Nia's other language that she learned when she was young. I'm surprised you said those "gibberish words" in Swahili."

"Then what did I say?", asked James.

"Hello scary chicken with no head and green wings.", grinned Thomas as he laughed so hard that nearly couldn't breathe.

The two laughed their hearts out and Nia heard everything. Nia thought this was entertaining and she giggled. Then she cleared her throat, "That was funny, but He needs some help from me. Could you two please let us be?"

Thomas and James understood and they both left them alone. They both went outside to get some fresh air. Once the two princes left, Nia discussed with He, "So tell me He while I'll get my special jar. How are you doing with the Skarloey dwarfs so far?"

Nia went off to get a jar and He replied, "Not good. They still refuse to tell me how I was found and it's like they are trying to hide something from me."

"Ah, I see. It's not easy to get their story for you and me.", sighed Nia, "So you do have any old memories popped up yesterday. If so, what happened on that day?"

"Well…", sighed He, "I didn't have a new memory, but I had a dream about a giant shadowy figure with huge claws and the monster swiped at me. The claw struck my right eye and it went all blurry. I woke up and I thought that was a scary dream."

"Hmm that's not a dream He.", said Nia shook her head as she walked back with a jar that contained a special cream, "That dream was a flashback that was meant to be."

He looked at her with confusion, "Then why do I have a flashback of that when I could have a flashback of my family or my origin?"

"That's because your memory is still hidden in a trap. After all, the brain is more complex than a map.", replied Nia with a caring yet firm tone, "It takes brick by brick to find out your past. Having all the bricks down would be a blast."

"I've been visiting you for two years and there's still no such luck.", sighed He as Nia opened the jar and placed the cream on his scars, "Plus my scars won't heal nor my eye."

"Scars will always remain. However, don't lose hope as you might find it somewhere deep in your brain.", assured Nia.

"I sometimes wondered if I was abandoned or I got lost somehow.", sighed He.

"Well, He. Even though you want to change, this event was meant to be.", replied Nia.

"I know it's an off-topic question but who is Thomas and James?", asked He with curiosity.

"Well, they are two princes from two different lives. Even though they're love is forbidden, they love has always thrived from truths and lies.", answered Nia.

"Can you tell me more about them?", asked He.

Now Nia wasn't bias on stories, so she kept the story unbiased, "Once there were two kingdoms called the Skyla kingdom and the Fyre kingdom. Their rulers were both selfless and they would often share their wisdom. However, it didn't last forever because one day, the future king of the Fyre kingdom had disappeared for an unknown reason. And to this day they have no reason on how the prince disappeared from seasons after seasons."

He was intrigued by that story but then he heard about the future king's disappearance got him more and more fixated on the story, "The Fyre king accused the Skyla king of his son's disappearance but the Skyla kingdom denied any involvement with the future king. Then one day, the Skyla queen died from a cold-blooded murder before spring. The Skyla king swore on revenge to the Fyre king for his wife's death. Then years after years, they hated each other and always make threats that were an extreme length."

"Woah.", gasped He, "T-then how did James and Thomas know each other?"

"I haven't asked them yet. However, their love was born since the day they met.", replied Nia.

He began to get very curious about Thomas, James, and their home kingdom. He wanted to hear more about it. Somewhere in his mind tried to tell him that the story might be the key but of course, his mind is still blocked, and he needed to figure it out on his own.

"I must go ask them some questions Nia.", said He, "I feel like they might be a clue to my origin. I don't know how I got that feeling but I just felt it inside of me."

"Do listen to your intuition. They are always in the right position.", smiled Nia as she knew that maybe, just maybe. He might find his memory from the two princes.

"I'm going to talk to them right away.", cried He as he ran outside of the hut.

"Good luck my friend. You will get your memory at the end.", whispered Nia to herself as she watched him going towards Thomas and James.

Meanwhile, under the healthy tree, the two princes lied on the ground. They both looked at the tree that was full of flowers and animals. They were both lost in space, yet James kept thinking about He. James didn't understand why he's thinking of him. It seems like James was curious about that man.

"Thomas? Does He seemed to… caught your attention?", asked James.

"Well, not really minus his right eye.", replied Thomas honestly, "Why's that?"

"I don't know.", answered James, "It's just for some reason he looked a bit familiar in some way but I guess anyone would have that same feeling and it turns out it wasn't the actual case."

"I understand.", said Thomas.

"Guys, Can we talk?", asked a man.

The two got up and saw He, "Yes what is it?", asked Thomas.