Kian dragged the chair closer to the bed and opened the kit.
"Hhh'tchhh!" He stifled a sneeze when the freshly opened antiseptic bottle's smell invaded his nose as he soaked a cotton pad, then dabbed it gently over the scrapes on his right arm. Xalvator twitched under his touch, and a faint sound escaped his lips.
"Oh… he will wake up soon." Kian anticipated wiping away dried specks of blood before applying ointment over the wounds and wrapping them with bandages. When he tightened the last strip, he stirred and grimaced.
Out of habit, Kian muttered a soft apology and eased his touch, tucking his arm back under the blanket once the dressing was done.
Then he waited, feeling giddy and excited, knowing Xalvatore would agree to his job proposition, regardless of the minor incident he caused.
He looked at the white thread around his wrist, the same connecting to the stranger he saw. The moment the man had cursed out, the thread appeared out of nowhere and connected to him. According to the books, threads indicate the strongest bond between two individuals.
White represented trust. Among all the other thread colors, white was the rarest. And in his line of work, he couldn't trust anyone so easily, without taking the risk of getting backstabbed or compromised.
So, yes. He knew this man would agree, and they could work together for the longest time.
As long as he didn't have any hard feelings about what happened earlier.
After eight minutes, Kian was bored out of his mind thinking random possibilities of the outcomes when Xalvatore woke up. He wondered what Tammy would do in a situation like this. An idea popped up, but Tammy is his best friend, and this man was a stranger. So he pushed that idea down and started scrolling through his non- existing social media before changing his mind to playing a game. Another long three minutes passed.
Unable to resist that mischievous idea, he finally opened the camera and started taking selfies with unconscious Xalvatore, posing with a peace sign and a grin. He could use them later to tease his future bodyguard. If he accepted it.
He made sure to add some puppy ear filters and took a few more photos of him.
Yup, definitely going to be useful as blackmail material in the future.