A Wave Of Desire

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Makai

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I was still sitting in Ocean's room when his parents came in with smiles on their faces.

"How did it go?" I asked them, hopping to my feet and rushing over to them. The weakness from having given blood had already faded. Rest, along with eating some lunch, helped my body to recover.

"He's fine. The doctor said he should wake up before much longer." Mrs. Shores was smiling so broadly with her relief that I knew right then and there that my Ocean would be OK.

"Oh, thank God." I sighed in relief and could have collapsed back into the chair if it had been close enough.

"The doctor said they were going to bring him back to his room soon. We can wait with him here." Mr. Shores added with almost as wide of a smile as his wife's.

"Good, because I didn't plan on going anywhere. I had told Ben and Ryan as much before they left to go back to my place.

"We will wait here with you, Kai. I want to be here when my baby wakes up."

The three of us started to figure out where we were going to sit when Ocean came back into the room. For some reason, his parents vetoed my suggestion of me sitting in the bed with my boyfriend. Did they have no sense of love and mate bonds inside of them? Yeah, I know that they didn't get it. Still, it was a bit annoying.

We hadn't gotten it all settled yet when Ocean was wheeled into the room by a nurse. She looked up at the three of us, all suddenly quiet, and entered nervously. I could tell that she was a little put off by the fact that we were all in here waiting for the patient and that we all stopped talking the moment we saw him.

She didn't end up saying a single word while she was in the room. She just pushed the bed into position, put the monitors in the right places, hung Ocean's IV bag, then scampered out as fast as she could.

"What? Are we that intimidating?" Ocean's dad joked when the nurse was gone. I wanted to laugh, to joke back and agree with him, but I didn't. I was too caught up in the fact that Ocean was back in the room. I had my Ocean back here with me and just looking at him broke my heart into a million pieces.

I was stuck somewhere in between relief and heartache when I saw him. I was happy he was in here with me, I was happy to see him, to smell him, and to sense his presence. However, I could barely stand to look at the bandages that were wrapped around Ocean's head. There was a tube in his throat to help him breath since he had been under general anesthesia. And I could see a cast on his right arm where he had been hit earlier.

"A..a..are you sure he's going to be OK?" I asked Mr. and Mrs. Shores as I slowly approached the bed that Ocean was laying on. "H..he looks so..so..so..-" I couldn't finish the sentence, I didn't even know how to. What was it that I was actually trying to say right now?

"I assure you, he should be just fine." The voice that spoke startled me just a little bit. It was Dr. Malachi and he had just walked into the room. "The procedure went just fine so Ocean should wake up soon, and there should be no adverse effects."

"You keep saying 'should'. He 'should' wake up soon. There 'should' be no adverse effects. Can't you answer anything with a definite?" I didn't want to be arguing with the doctor right now, but I couldn't stop myself. I was just too worried by his choice of words. What was going to happen to my Ocean? How could I help him?

"I am afraid that I can't, Makai. You should know enough by now that medicine is not a game of definite answers. There are so many times that we think things will go one way and they end up going the other. That doesn't mean that we should lose hope and abandon all chances. We just need to stay strong and be there for the people that need us. And right now, Ocean is the one that needs you."

I felt the fear settle in to stay but it was also joined by determination. Dr. Malachi was right. Ocean needed me and I wasn't going to let him down at all. I was going to stay right here, by his side, until he woke up and could go home. I would do whatever it took to be there for my mate. And I was going to make sure that he was pampered and loved when we finally got him home.

Hell, Ocean is going to be so spoiled that he won't know what to think or do. That didn't matter, though. I wanted to take care of him, now and forever.

While removing Ocean's breathing tube, the doctor explained to us everything that had happened during the surgery. He explained how there was blood and other fluids that had built up around Ocean's brain and it needed to be removed so that the pressure in his skull wasn't too much and ended up causing him more trouble. He said that they had acted quickly enough that he didn't think that there would be any permanent damage.

I truly didn't want to even think about the fact that there was a chance that there could be any permanent damage to my Ocean. What if my mate woke up without his memories? What if something was permanently wrong and I would never have the same man back with me? I would still love him no matter what, but I feel like I would die a little inside when that part of him died and disappeared as well.

"Please, Ocean, wake up. Wake up and be the same sweet, loving, annoying little smartass that I have always known. Don't forget me. Please, don't forget me." I said the words softly some time after the doctor had left the room. I felt the eyes of Ocean's parents on me as I spoke, but I couldn't stop myself from saying them. I knew that I was probably breaking their heart, and I didn't mean to, but I just couldn't help it.

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Ocean

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I didn't really know what was going on. I could tell that I had been asleep, but I didn't know for how long. I could hear beeps around me and I swear I could smell the sterile environment of a hospital.

OK, but why was I in the hospital? What had happened to me?

I remembered being at school. Justin got kicked off of the team and got really pissed off. He was pissed off enough to destroy my locker in the locker room. He was so pissed off that he.. that he.. that he attacked me.

SHIT!

I remember what happened now. I remember that Justin had tackled me and made me hit my head. AGAIN! He punched me several times. IN MY HEAD! And he threw desks at me. What the hell was the matter with him?

Seriously. He had basically tried to kill me, and for what? Being gay? And can someone explain to me why it seemed like he was trying to kiss me? Did he actually kiss me? Because I distinctly remember his lips pressed against my face.

BLECH!

I heard something then. The room had basically been quiet but I heard someone talking now.

"Please, Ocean, wake up. Please, wake up and be the same sweet, loving, annoying little smartass that I have always known. Don't forget me. Please, don't forget me." That was Makai's voice. He sounded like he was on the verge of tears and it was making my heart hurt just listening to him. But there was something in his words that caught my attention.

Did he tell me to wake up and not forget him? Did they really think that I was that bad off? Was I that hurt that they thought my memories could be affected? I mean, it's true that I didn't know what all had happened while I was out, but I didn't think that it was that bad.

Well, hearing what Makai had to say, I just knew that I had to mess with him. Just a little bit. I mean, I couldn't help myself. This had to be done.

I tried to open my eyes. They almost felt like they were glued shut, they were actually quite hard to open. I heard Makai and some other people start to stir around me.

"He's moving." Makai's voice was the first to respond.

"Is he waking up?" Figures that my mom would be here too.

"I think he is." Dad as well, just what I thought.

"Come on Ocean, wake up." Makai's voice again.

Just as Makai said my name, I finally managed to get my eyes open. Finally, I was fully awake and not just mentally coherent.

"Ocean!" Makai moved in close to me, his face filled with joy. "Thank God, you're awake."

"W..who's Ocean?" I acted bewildered for a moment. "Who are you?" I watched as Makai's face dropped and pain filled his eyes.

"Ocean? You don't-."

"I'm sorry, bad joke. I shouldn't have done that." I felt horrible the moment that I saw his face. "I'm so sorry, Makai. I didn't mean that. It's just, I heard you ask me not to forget you, so, I stupidly played this prank."

"Dammit, Ocean." He snapped at me. "You just about gave me a heart attack. AGAIN!" He threw his arms around me and held me close.. "Thank you! Thank you for waking up."