Chapter 39

Ryan's POV
Before Mark finally changed his mind. Then he will remember my question to him about Alina. So I immediately responded to ask him to immediately wake Jake up right now.
"Yeah okay Mark, let's do it!"
Luckily Mark was distracted by this. If it's not possible until morning, until he finds an answer from me, he will continue to press me to reveal what I mean in my thoughts about Alina.
We immediately approached Jake and tried to wake him up. At first Jake was very difficult to wake up. But after a while he finally woke up.
"Jake, wake up, you have to take medicine first!"
"Yeah Jake just wake up for a moment, come on!"
"Ryan, Jake seems very difficult to wake up. Shall we just let him sleep and not have to take this medicine? Poor guy, he's sleeping soundly and resting." Mark said.
"No Mark, he has to take this medicine. Do you remember what the nurse said earlier?"
"Yeah sure, but..."
"Jake's condition will get worse if he misses taking this medicine. Moreover, some of these medicines contain antibiotics. Although I don't know and none of us know which one of us the antibiotics are. Because the nurse was too hasty and told me "Now we better keep trying to wake Jake up."
"Um, okay then."
"Yeah I don't want to risk too much of missing this."
"Yes, you're right."
It didn't take long for Jake to wake up. We didn't even have to wake him up, he woke up by himself. Maybe because he had been asleep for a long time. So it's time for him to wake up and maybe his stamina is a little better now, he doesn't look as sluggish and weak as he seems.
"That's what I said."
"Yes, you're right Ryan."
We immediately enthusiastically welcomed Jake who was starting to wake up.
Meanwhile, Jake was still feeling it and was still furrowing his eyebrows. Either he still feels dizzy or has a headache or he is remembering something and wondering where he is now. Because he was brought here in an unconscious state. So it seems he is confused about his current whereabouts as to why he is here. He looked at every corner of the ceiling in this room. Then he saw the two of us, meaning me and Mark and our friends who were sleeping lying underneath him on the floor.
"Ryan... Mark..." Jake called me and Mark's names.
"Thank goodness you remember our names."
"Why me? So why am I here?"
"It's a long story, you'll remember it yourself later."
"Yes, the story is too long to tell. Now it's better for you to eat and drink first and then take medicine. You have to take medicine so that your condition improves."
"Um, okay." while holding his temples like someone who has a headache.
"Let me feed you, or can you do it yourself?"
"Just you Ryan, poor Jake still looks weak." Mark said
"Okay."
I immediately fed Jake so that he immediately took his medicine as soon as he ate. The time was three minutes to one in the morning. There is still time to eat before you finally have to take medicine.
Mouthful after mouthful went into Jake's mouth. Even though Jake felt nauseous when he took the umpteenth bite.
"Ouuuu."
"Jake, what's wrong with you? Nauseous?"
While holding his stomach with his own hands he was still able to nod.
"That's it, Ryan! Don't continue, poor thing. Looks like his stomach is feeling shocked."
"Yes, you're right Mark."
I ended the activity of feeding Mark and immediately handed the medicine to him after seeing that Jake was a little better than before.
"Here, take the medicine first, so you'll feel better!"
"Yes, thank you Ryan."
Jake also drank the medicine that I gave him. After a few minutes, perhaps the effect of taking the medicine, he immediately looked sleepy and was actually very sleepy. Finally he went back to sleep and only Mark and I were awake. Waking up in the night that was progressing towards morning.
"Finally Jake is sleeping again."
"Yeah, let him rest."
I started to remember the incident earlier about Mark and I talking about Alina when Jake hadn't woken up. So I immediately said goodbye to sleep even though I wasn't sleepy yet. Because I was afraid that Mark would ask again about Alina, which we had discussed together earlier. Worried about going further and continuing what I had just said, I immediately rushed to tell Mark that I was starting to feel sleepy. Moreover, Mark looked like he didn't feel sleepy and was very fit, very fresh, it seemed that both his body and his eyes had no dullness at all on his eyelids or any signs that he was sleepy and tired.
"Mark, I'm going to sleep first, I'm very sleepy. Is that okay?"
"Yes, it's okay, if it's true that you're sleepy, I can't forbid you from sleeping right now."
I actually felt bad when Mark talked like that. He seemed to know my train of thought by talking like that as if he didn't believe that I was starting to feel sleepy. But even so, I still pretended I was going to sleep because I didn't want to continue discussing Alina. Worried that Mark would be more suspicious about something big about me and Alina. I'm also afraid of myself. I'm afraid I'll let it slip and tell the truth. An incident that happened to me when I was with Alina at the bar. I'd better look for safety so that Alina and I's secret remains safe. In fact, I could have told this to anyone, including Mark. Moreover, Mark is someone who can keep secrets unlike my other friends. But this is another story, this is about Alina's self-esteem as a woman.
I have to be able to protect it after I took away her chastity. I have to keep my mouth shut regarding this. Don't let me spill it with my own mouth. I don't want anyone to know about this. Only Alina and I know about the incident we experienced together recently. For that reason, it's better for me to avoid and immediately stay away from Mark tonight and for the next few days. Because Mark would definitely ask this question all the time if he remembered it and on several occasions in our free time we could chat together. So I'm starting to have to strategize so I don't have too much time with Mark lately. I have to manage it so that I don't get pushed into a situation that will further corner my position. I know how detailed and analytical Mark is.