Chapter 80 Problematic

After waiting in the hallway for twenty minutes, two nurses walked into the room which made Santichai, and Decha quickly followed the two nurses into Asnee's room.

The male nurse immediately smiled and said, "Good morning, khun Siriporn. We're ready to take you back." He turned to the Siriporns. "Don't worry, we'll take good care of khun Siriporn." He pulled a clear medicine syringe from his coat pocket. "I'll give you some medicine to help you relax." He connects the syringe to the IV port and slowly aspirates the medicine into the IV.

After a while, Asnee started to feel very sleepy, but he was fighting with the medicine and refused to give up. He stretched out his hand and said, "Chai..."

Santichai quickly grabbed Asnee's hand and said, "I'm here."

Asnee suddenly breaks into tears, "Chai...I'm scared..." His eyes were too heavy to open. He could still hear everyone around him, but it seemed far away. "Ma...ma...I'm scared."

Mrs. Siriporn took Asnee's hand. "Don't be afraid. I'll be waiting for you here."

The male nurse said, "Khun Siriporn krab, don't fight the medicine."

Santichai lowered his head and kissed Asnee on the forehead. He whispered, "Ni wen wo ai ni you duo shen, Wo ai ni you ji fen..." Asnee began to relax his body. Santichai kissed Asnee's cheek, then slowly took his hand away from Asnee's.

The male nurse said, "Don't worry, we will take very good care of him."

The two nurses slowly pulled Asnee out of the room, into the corridor, and down the corridor to the operating room.

Decha put his arm around Santichai's shoulder and said, "Let's wait for him."

Tears flowed down Santichai's cheeks slowly, sobbing in Decha's arms. He wanted to be brave and not cry on this big day, but he couldn't fulfill the promise in his heart.

Decha had to leave due to a meeting with a client. Sitting alone in the family waiting area away from the Siriporns, Santichai realizes that time passes very slowly, especially while staring at the clock on the wall. He felt he had breathed ten times before the clock's second hand moved once.

When Mr. Siriporn walked back to the family waiting room, he saw that Mrs. Siriporn had fallen asleep on the sofa. Mrs. Siriporn has not slept since last night. He looked around the room and found Santichai sitting alone in the corner. He went to Santichai.

Mr. Siriporn reached out to Santichai with a plastic bag. He said, "Here, have something to eat."

Santichai looked up and saw that Mr. Siriporn handed him a small clear plastic bag containing two sacks of buttered bread and a bottle of water.

Mr. Siriporn said: "You've been with us since this morning and haven't left this chair since. Take this and eat it. Eat something."

Santichai reached out slowly and took the plastic bag from Mr. Siriporn. He said, "Thank you."

Mr. Siriporn said, "Thank you for convincing Asnee to do the surgery. Let's talk when Asnee recovers."

Santichai was still in a daze at the sudden approach of Mr. Siriporn, he never expects that Mr. Siriporn will took the initial to approach him, let alone bring him a snack. He nodded, not looking at Mr. Siriporn.

After waiting in the family waiting room for nearly six hours, Santichai saw a nurse approach the Siriporns. He saw the big smile on Mrs. Siriporn's face, and he knew it must be good news. Santichai watched as the Siriporns followed the nurse back to the consultation room.

The nurse led the Siriporns into the small room and said, "Please take a seat first. Doctor Makok and Doctor Chen will come see you shortly."

Mr. Siriporn smiled and said, "Thank you."

The nurse smiled, "You are welcome."

Mr. Siriporn knew that no matter how much he disliked Santichai and Asnee's relationship, he also knew that the people who waited patiently outside the family waiting room cared and loved his son very much. Now, he knew that Santichai would want to know what happened to Asnee as much as he did. He said, "Can you bring khun Kittibun here?"

The nurse said, "Yes." She closed the door and went out.

Mrs. Siriporn asked madly, "What are you trying to do?"

"He's been waiting. He should know the outcome of the surgery," Mr. Siriporn said. "It's not right that we act like Chai doesn't exist."

Mrs. Siriporn said, "He doesn't deserve to know anything that relates to Asnee. It was because of him that Asnee ended up like this."

Mr. Siriporn said, "Khun, you don't realize that the more you try to separate them, the more hostile Asnee becomes towards you? Can't you see? Asnee doesn't even want to see us anymore. Look at us today, as parents, we were supposed to be in the room with him, but we had to wait for permission to enter our own son's room. You know Asnee well that he...he is...why are you so obsessed about changing him into something he is not?"

Mrs. Siriporn frantically said, "Obsessed? I'm doing this for the good of Asnee and our family. Then I ask you. Will you accept that Asnee is gay? Can you proudly say that my son is gay in front of your business partners? Um? So don't tell me how to raise our son because you didn't help me from the beginning."

Mr. Siriporn saw that Mrs. Siriporn became angry, so he said, "Khun this is the hospital and now I am doing what is best for Asnee. If you are so hostile to Chai, Asnee's recovery will not go well. You think I like him and Asnee together, but I have to let it slide because Asnee will be fine as long as he's here. That's my last word; I'll play alone with Chai until Asnee is fully recovered." He sighed. "If you want Asnee to get better, it's best for you to also play along too."

Mrs. Siriporn bit her lower lip. She sighed frantically, "I can't even look at his face, how can I pretend he does exist."

Mr. Siriporn said, "Let's talk over with Chai after we met Asnee's doctors."

Santichai slowly followed the nurse back to the consultation room, where he stood behind the Siriporns for a few minutes before Doctor Makok and Doctor Chen entered the room. The two doctors sit opposite the Siriporns and Santichai, and the male nurse stands next to Santichai.

Doctor Chen said sadly, "Mom and dad..."

Mrs. Siriporn asked worriedly, "What's wrong?"

Santichai's heartbeat was so loud that he felt like his heart was about to burst out of his chest. He looked at the faces of Doctor Chen and Doctor Makok, and he might have guessed that everything was not so smooth, otherwise the three-hour operation they predicted would not turn into a six-hour operation.

Doctor Chen said, "Everything is stable now, but we have to wait and see when khun Siriporn wakes up, to determine how much damage he has suffered."

Mr. Siriporn asked, "What happened to him?"

Doctor Makok took over because Doctor Chen's accent was difficult for the Siriporns to understand. "The operation took longer than expected because one blood vessel was bleeding badly, but that has now resolved. Also, during the removal of the tumor, khun Siriporn suffered a sudden stroke," he said.

Hearing what Doctor Makok said, Santichai's legs suddenly softened. He suddenly became weak and fell backward, but the male nurse standing beside him quickly grabbed him and prevented him from falling to the floor.

Male nurse said nervously, "Khun...khun..."

Santichai slowly gathered his strength and stood up again. He said, "Con... continue..."

Doctor Chen said, "The stroke is not big, and it is estimated that there will not be much damage, but we will have to wait for khun Siriporn to wake up to know for certain if those are temporary or permanent."

Mrs. Siriporn asked, "With that stroke, will he make a full recovery?"

Doctor Chen said, "As I mentioned to khun Siriporn before the surgery, there are risks and benefits. We don't know until he wakes up." He looked at the Siriporns who had started crying. "As a family, you have to be prepared..."

Mrs. Siriporn burst into tears and threw herself on Mr. Siriporn's shoulder, "Asnee...my darling..."

Doctor Chen said, "The stroke occurred on the left side of his brain, which will affect his right side. His function and thinking may be affected, but again, we will reassess when khun Siriporn is fully awake."

Doctor Makok said, "During this period of recovery and rehabilitation, it's best that the patient has both mental and emotional support from friends and families. The more support he has, the better the chance of a full recovery." He looked at the Siriporn. "Does anyone have any questions?"

The male nurse said, "Everyone should wait here. When the patient returns to the ward, we will pick you up to see him." The male nurse and two doctors left the consultation room.

After the two doctors and the male nurse left, Mr. Siriporn looked at Santichai and said, "Sit down, I want to discuss something with you."