“Do I… have some kind of disease?”

The voice on the other end was cold and emotionless. “Your antibody screening came back positive. Preliminary results suggest HIV.”

Upon hearing those words, it felt as though I had plunged into an icy abyss. A loud buzzing filled my ears, my whole body went cold, and my mind was spinning out of control.

For the past few months, I hadn’t done anything.

Except for that one time with ...