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I collected the proposal and sat down for a while on the benches outside to take a look at it, leafing through her scribbles and comments.

I sighed and thought of the sleepless nights for the next 2 days as I rushed through this again and I still had my own lab work to complete. Just then I heard some footsteps and looked up to see Pha standing there. He had his hands tucked in his pockets and threw me a small smile.

He came and sat next to me, taking the proposal and looking through it. I braced myself, ready to hear his scathing comments of how badly it was done and the revisions were necessary.

"The proposal looks really good already. Why the revisions then?"

Pha looked at me and I just shrugged. He chuckled seeing my face. I narrowed my eyes at him, seeing how he took joy in my misery.

"You have to be smart when you are talking to the Dean. Be confident of your work. If you are, she wouldn't question you. To be honest, this is really good work. The revisions isn't necessary. Let me speak to the Dean for you tomorrow ok? As your mentor."

I nodded my head reluctantly. I was still in disbelief that Pha actually considered my work being good enough and was actually speaking up for me. I thanked him and we stood up.

I took the proposal from him and bade him goodbye, promising to meet him tomorrow at 9am to see the Dean. I was about to walk off when Pha grabbed my wrist. Confused, I turned to look at him and he said he would give me a ride home as it was already late. I wanted to reject but I could see that he wouldn't take no for an answer so I agreed and we walked towards his car.

Enroute, I had a snack in my picket. I took it out to munch on and offered Pha a piece too. He took one and ate it. About a few minutes later, suddenly Pha stopped the car! I gasped at the sudden brake and turned to look at him. He was gasping for breath.

"What the fuck!? Are you ok?"

"Nuts. Does..it..,nuts?"

I was stunned by the question but took a look at the packaging and nodded yes. Pha just gasped out one word and I knew how screwed we were.

"Allergic.."

I quickly got out of the car and carried Pha out to the passenger seat. I loosened his tie and unbuttoned the top 2 buttons. I quickly got into the car and sped to the nearest hospital, definitely breaking a million traffic rules along the way.

By the time we got him help, Pha had passed out and was swelling up. Shit. I called Forth and Yo who informed Beam and Kit for me whilst I paced up and down the ER. The boys joined me 15 minutes later and about 30 minutes later, the doctor came out, stating Pha was safe but it was a very very close call had we been about 10 minutes late.

I sat down in relief, almost on the verge of tears. Yo sat with me and tried to comfort me. The doctor mentioned we could go see him and the boys went in first. I went in last, and looked at him. He was propped on some pillows and turned to me. Pha smiled softly, thanking me for the immediate action.

"Is this why you didn't eat the food the other day?"

Pha looked at me for a while before nodding. I sighed softly. I apologised for being so dumb and just handing him food. He waved off my apology stating I never knew so it isn't entirely on me. He was also mad hungry and jsut took the snack, forgetting to check.

I sat down for a bit in silence, realizing this dude could have almost died. Pha didn't say a word and just laid back.

"What must be done when you have an allergy attack?"

"I need to take my epipen shot and I should be ok. I just couldn't spit it out earlier."

'Do you keep one?"

"I do, in my car and my bag."

"I see. Okays."

"I be fine. Why don't you go on home. I be discharged in the morning."

"It's ok, I stay a while more.."

"It's fine. I will probably sleep soon. Go on back. We need to meet the Dean later too."

I wanted to open my mouth to retort but Pha chased me away. I bade him goodbye and took my leave.

My heart had also almost dropped because of this. I couldn't believe it. I almost made it out of the hospital but then I changed my mind and swung by the pharmacy. I bought a pair of epi pens .

I just felt like I should keep one with me at all times.

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