PREVIOUSLY: Mia looked at the note and it said, "I'm O-negative." Tears poured down her cheeks. Her prayers were heard and there was a new hope for her daughter's survival. She wrapped her palms around Leo's hand. "Thank you, thank you, thank you".

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Leo went to the hospital with Mia. Upon his arrival, he saw Kira laying on a hospital bed, eyes closed in a coma and she seemed helpless in that condition. Mia approached Smith and hugged him.

He asked her while pointing at Leo. "Who's this?"

"He's Kira's classmate and he's O-negative."

Smith felt so much relief upon hearing those words and rushed right away to call the doctor. The doctor came as soon as possible and took Leonardo with him to run some blood tests to ensure his blood is suitable and clean.

"Great, now let's proceed with the blood transfusion." the doctor took Leo, headed to Kira's room.

They started the blood transfusion, every now and then the doctor asked Leo how he felt and if they should stop but, every time, Leo shook his head for him to proceed with the transfusion.

After the transfusion, Leo pushed himself up and felt dizzy. The doctor insisted that he didn't leave as his condition wasn't at its best due to the injuries he had on his right leg and his right arm.

Smith decided to pay for Leo's medical treatment, it was the least he could do to thank him.

Right then Kira opened her eyes, her vision was blurry, she saw someone grinning at her but her vision blacked out again.

The next day, Kira opened her eyes slowly. Her mum was there alongside her father but Leo wasn't there. He'd left while they were all asleep, unnoticed.

Mia and Smith spent the rest of the day with Kira as Mia explained to her what happened but she was disappointed that she didn't have the chance to thank Leo for everything he'd done for her.

Kira's friends came to the hospital to pay her a visit. Mira was so worried she hugged Kira tightly and had a conversation with her. Kira explained what happened to her. Mira smiled and nudged Kira.

"I can sense the love in your eyes, hehe!" Mira teased.

"Stop it!"

"Oh, come on, it's all visible in your eyes, you like him, don't you?"

"......." Kira blushed.

A month had passed, Kira finally got out of the hospital upon her recovery. She went to school as usual and this time Leo was sitting on his seat.

She approached him right away and greeted him. "Hey!"

Leo smiled and waved at her.

"I wanted to thank you for everything you've done for me, I'm in your debt."

Leo grinned and gave her a thumbs up. Kira smiled at him and went back to her seat.

Mira nudged Kira as the class started.

"Here!" Mira handed her a notebook. "This contains notes of last month's lessons so you could catch up."

Kira collected the book with glee. "Oh my God, you're a life savior!"

"Oh, don't thank me, it was Leo who wrote it for you. Looks like it's not a one-sided love after all hehe." Mira teased again.

Kira blushed and remained silent during the class period.

The school was over, Kira was so embarrassed to see Leo. Seeing him made her heart bump so fast like it's about to explode. She noticed her father waiting for her outside the school with an NYPD cruiser, so she got in and he took her back home.

Things remained that way for a week until Kira gathered enough courage to head to where Leo lived to confront him about her feelings.

She decided to head to the alley where he lived but then she heard a conversation. She decided to peek until they were done, to confess to Leo.

There were two biker males, one of them had a spiky haircut and the other one was bald.

"Yo, Leo. You got our money?" The bald one asked, his stance was so intimidating.

Leo nodded, withdrew a roll of cash, and handed it over to them.

"Good but, how much did you pickpocket today? You're not hiding a few bills in your pockets from me, are ya'?"

Leo shook his head.

"A'ight frisk him!" the bald one instructed his mate.

The spiky-haired one put his hands in Leo's pockets and after searching thoroughly, he withdrew a few bills.

The bald biker shook his head as he withdrew a knife from his pocket. He then grabbed Leo by his collar and pulled him closer. Kira gasped but kept her palms across her lips, muting herself.

"Every fucking time, Aguero! You know I hate liars!" He punched Leo in the face then pushed him to the wall.

Kira kept herself hidden behind a garbage box, terrified by the sight of the knife after her last experience with the drunk thug. She kept her mouth covered with both her hands, frozen in her spot.

Leo noticed Kira there but fortunately, the other two hadn't. As Leo took the second punch Kira's toe touched an empty can which resulted in a sound.

The bald one looked in her direction and instructed his mate, "Yo, check it out!"

Leo knew if these two found Kira, things wouldn't end well and Kira might get injured once again. He went for the bald biker's hand right away and bit it hard.

"Aaaaaaaaah!"

The spiky-haired one ran back to his boss and tried to pull Leo away, but Leo was persistent. They both started punching the shit out of Leo, on his stomach, his face, head, and even his permanently damaged right eye.

Kira was so terrified. Though she was unable to move from her spot, she texted her father with her current address and ended the text with "Help!"

Leo fell on his knees but didn't let go of the bald man's hand, his vision started to blur, his left eye was focused on Kira's direction for a second. He looked back at them and pressed his teeth on the bald man's hand more.

The bald man's hand started to bleed, he screamed even more and started kicking Leo in the guts. He got sick of it and raised the knife, stabbing Leo in the back while shouting "FUCKING ANIMAL!"

Kira screamed once she saw the sight of Leo getting stabbed, "No!" Leo's vision started to blur even more but he still didn't let go.

"Kira!" Her father's voice rang out from behind and he was running to her.

"Dad please hurry and help him!"

"Wha-?" Smith was so confused, he didn't waste any time and ran to the alley with his colleague. Leo finally lost his strength and let go of the bald one's hand, collapsing on the ground, he was relieved that Kira was safe now.

Smith's colleague chased after the two while Smith crouched down to check on Leo.

Leo was in a very bad shape, his right eye was bleeding under the eye patch, right arm completely bruised and his back was stabbed, he was bleeding so much and was barely aware of his surroundings until he passed out.

"I need an ambulance to my current 10-20, right NOW!" Smith shouted into his radio.

He put pressure on the wound on Leo's back until the ambulance came. When they got to the hospital, the staff took him straight away to the emergency room.

*End of Chapter 5*