Love My Friends with Benefits

"What, do you want to see what your vomit looks like?"

Leonard's mocking voice rang in my ears.

He'd caught me. I averted my gaze awkwardly. "No, your cuff links just looked familiar."

Leonard's cuff links were as stuffy as he was. They were made of mother-of-pearl and had some insignia carved on them. I was no expert when it came to accessories like this, but I could tell that they were expensive.

Leonard let out a snort, then poured me a glass of water. "Rinse your mouth."

There was an indescribable odour in my mouth, so I took the water from him.

Who would've known that I'd vomit again the moment the water hit my mouth.

...

Leonard happened to be standing right by my bed. This time, I vomited all over his trousers.

"Queena Jones!"

He growled my name through gritted teeth.

I didn't have the time to fuss over him. My stomach only stopped roiling after I'd emptied its contents, and I panted heavily while leaning against the bed.

Leonard got up and went to the bathroom. The sound of running water made me feel nauseous again.

After a while, he came out, his trousers dripping. He helped me up.

Oh, so he'd gone to wash his trousers.

I asked dazedly, "What are you doing?"

"Taking you to the hospital!" he replied coldly before picking me up.

...

I could still vaguely smell my vomit on him.

Oh God, it was disgusting.

The only thing I could do was put on a mask.

I wanted to tell him to put me down so that I could walk on my own, but I felt absolutely terrible. I could barely even bring myself to speak with that horrible odour wafting towards me.

It wasn't wise for me to offend Leonard at this juncture. I was better off letting him have his way.

consoled myself and remained

to the hospital that Grandma

the emergency room.

nurse at the emergency room's reception let out

to say, I knew that she was awed

this way if she were to find out just how bad-tempered Leonard

filled with the smell of disinfectant. It covered the horrible

me feel much

me into the clinic and put me down

fell off the chair. Leonard caught me and

allowed Phoebe to beat me up like this,

her fifties. She had a round face

glasses and asked, "Is there

"I... "

word out when Leonard cut me off. "She has a high fever and she's been vomiting like

"I see."

lines on the medical chit, then continued,

"The..."

Leonard beat me

...

laughed and asked kindly, "Are you a couple?

...

I was speechless.

not saying

smile. I didn't know whether it was because I was sick or whether I was disgusted by

to breathe, so I took my mask off. The doctor gaped

Leonard pursed his lips.

and pointed at Leonard.

a little cold, but he didn't deny it. I figured that this was a

him oddly, then handed me a form. "You need to get a CT scan done. I suspect that you have

me up before leaving

of us spoke on

hospital at night. I paid for the CT scan,

"Queena Jones!"

in charge of doing

removed my keys and accessories, wanting to pass

out a hand for them and just looked at

The doctor scratched his head, then called again, "Queena

h*ll's wrong with you?" I hissed. "You're the one who wanted me to come to the hospital, right? If you don't want

asked coldly, "Are you that desperate to cut

took me a while to realise that he was referring to how I'd reacted