reassures | SIRENSPULL

No, it's good. That's less...stabby.

[It's definitely a bit better. Though that has the unwanted effect of making him feel drowsy. Damn it, what if he accidentally falls asleep and Nill leaves? Or worse, what if she stays and he wakes up screaming like he did earlier? No, he definitely needs to stay awake. He's not going to let her waste a trip out here just to pass out on her anyway.]

Shika said Souji's okay. And you're both okay. How's everyone else who got involved? I couldn't reach Gil-San. He's usually...there. You know?

[...so the nightmares had already started? Was that really how he woke up after days of being asleep? She should have visited sooner. Maybe she could have helped-- but, she's hear now, at least. Nill takes her seat again, and leans forward a little.]

I know. I think he's fine, though. There were a few healers there, and no one died.

[None of them did, anyway.]

...I can try to make sure you have good dreams, if you'd like me to.

Hey, that's cheating. You can't just get in a guy's brain when he's all-

[Except the word for Yosuke's current condition escapes him, at the moment. He blinks, then rolls his eyes self-deprecatingly. Ow. Since when does rolling his eyes hurt? It makes him lightheaded too, and he has to close his eyes altogether for a moment to get the swaying feeling to stop.]

[He knows the part that Nill is leaving out, since he's already spoken to Shika. But just for now, it's easier to leave it at that and pretend its true. Nobody died, everything's fine. He'll heal up quickly and life will be exactly the same as before.]

If it's okay, can you ring the nurse? There's some lozenges over there, but I can't...uh. They're out of my reach, you know? They check on me a lot anyway, but there's a button by my hip. See it?

Sorry. I know it's unfair.

[The offer still stands though. Nill frowns slightly, and looks down at the button. She remembers it from when she was here, but..]

If you just need a lozenge, can't I get it?

[The question is a surprise. Oddly enough, it makes his cheeks go a bit pink, even if there's too much of a bruise on one side to tell. He nods a little, it's slightly painful, but somehow easier than trying to come up with the words.]

[The morphine pump hisses quietly, and the sense of relief it brings is quick. It takes all the shap pains down to a dull ache, and makes the unbearable ones a bit softer. Blunt stabbing now, maybe. Only really bad if he tries to move. His eyes droop a little, his jaw goes kind of slack, and he'll kick his own ass if he starts drooling, damn it. But...that's a lot better. ]

Cherry? Saving the licorice for last resort.

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[Nill doesn't quite understand why that's embarrassing for him. It was just getting something, wasn't it? It wasn't that big a deal.]

Is licorice that bad?

[After a moment though Nill spots the bag of lozenges and picks it up, fishing around inside it to find a cherry one. While unwrapping it;] Are you sure you don't want to get some sleep instead?

Tastes like plants.

[No need to answer that last one, right? Don't make him sleep yet...]

Plants are supposed to be good for you.

[Right? ...honestly she doesn't know too much about nutrition. And she's less worried about him not resting enough, and more him falling asleep and choking on the lozenge. But she lifts it and gestures for him to open his mouth so she can drop it in.]

Eeeeugh, exactly.

[Its an odd shy moment for him, when he opens his mouth for Nill to put the lozenge in. If Gilbert were feeding him something, he'd just hope the guy's hands were clean. But from Nill, the gesture seems sweet and oddly intimate. He glances out the window.]

[She doesn't follow your logic Yosuke. You're supposed to be getting better!

kgjdhjh don't be shy about this, geeze. It doesn't occur to her that it should be strange to help with this until he makes it seem strange, and then her cheeks go red again. She pops the lozenge into his mouth, and immediately pulls her hand back, looking away and pretending to check the time.]

Thanks.

[If neither of them acknowledges the awkwardness it'll totally go away in a second, right?]

[In an ideal world that would be amazing. ....but this world is pretty far from ideal, and oh god, Nill doesn't know what to do with this, so she still doesn't look at Yosuke. She's so ill-prepared for something like this...]

[Dont worry, Yosuke's got this. He makes a strange, wheezy sound suddenly, and thrashes as best he can. Ow, shit, ow! His eyes go wide, and he tries to make another sound, but nothing happens. Crap...]

[--oh my god what YOSUKE NO ARE YOU ACTUALLY CHOKING ON IT

Nill jumps up, hovering over him for a second and looking extremely panicked before she grabs the nurse call button off the bed and frantically starts pressing the button. God, why doesn't she have a voice, if she could just scream for them to come it'd be okay--]

[Yosuke might annoy the nurses a bit, but they're well aware that he can't and wouldn't abuse the call button that severely. Not just one, but three of them come in. While one calls for an emergency responder, another moves to guide Nill out of the room. The third one asks Yosuke if he's choking, and gets into place behind him to administer abdominal thrusts. Already, someone else is coming down the corridor. Apparently if you're going to choke, the hospital is a good place to go about it.]

[Oh my god. Oh my god. Nill just looks horrified, and the only reason the nurse gets her out of the room is because she doesn't know what else to do. What could she do, really?]

[The nurse is used to dealing with panicked loved ones, and steers Nill into a chair down the corridor. Behind them somewhere, Yosuke makes a disgusting wet, gurgling noise and wheezes. But it's a sound, which is all the nurse needs to hear to know he'll be fine. He coughs and gags and gurgles frantically for a few seconds, but it dies down. He's fine. Unfortunately, she gets the wrong idea. Yosuke's complained about the food enough, after all. So Nill gets a stern, professional lecture.]

He's not allowed to have solid foods. His throat isn't well, he could tear something in it. Do you understand?

[Nill is obviously pretty shaken and nearly on the verge of tears when the nurse sits her down, especially when she can still hear Yosuke choking just down the hall.

Why on earth hadn't he told her? Why was he going to have the nurse come and help him if he couldn't even have them? Why did he let her think he could have them?

Nill balls her hands into fists in her skirt, and she nods, hunching her shoulders forward.

Yosuke, if you were okay right now, she would slap you for doing that to her.]

Alright. I'll get you some tea, wait here. The doctor will want to see him before they let you back in.

[The nurse goes off. Fetching tea isn't her job, but she's adaptable to the situation. About ten minutes later she comes back with the tea as promised. Lavender, since Nill seems shaken up. She's also got another cup, which she hands over, too. Spice tea.]

No sugar. If he's still got voice to complain about that, you tell him Nurse Sa'ida says so.

[Nill takes the cups gratefully when the nurse returns, though she doesn't smile. She nods, because of course, she understands, and she'd tell him that, but... god, Yosuke. How stupid could you be? And why on earth wouldn't he tell her?

But of course, Nill can't really explain herself. She can't mutter and make up excuses. There must have been signs that she should have seen, something. He may even have been thinking about it, and she just didn't understand, wasn't paying enough attention. So she bows her head slightly, and glances back towards Yosuke's room, before looking up at the nurse again. Could she go back in now?]

[The nurse raises an eyebrow at the silent inquiry, but she ducks in to check on the progress of things. She holds a finger up signalling Nill to wait for a moment while something or another is finished up in there, but as soon as she gets the okay from the doctor on her way out, Sa'ida waves Nill back into the room.]

[Yosuke is in a new set of scrubs, looking a little wan and sheepish, but not much worse for the wear. The big male nurse is just readjusting him on the bed to the position he was in before, which makes Yosuke grimace and cringe and curse in his head, but it only takes a few seconds and then he's settled, and he relaxes. He's even tired in his thoughts now, but not too tired to break the tension with a playful comment.]

Okay, that hurt.

[Nill waits as she's told, gingerly sipping at her tea just once to keep herself busy.

But she steps quietly back into the room when the nurse gestures for her. And she waits again until the large nurse leaves before she takes up her original seat, setting both of the tea cups in her hands aside.]

Good.

[On second thought, she picks up her own cup again, and sips at it. She is definitely not looking at Yosuke.]

You should have told me you aren't supposed to eat anything.

What's that got to do with anything?

[He yawns, clearly not suffering from any attack of conscious here, and then grimaces. Ow. Yawning hurts too. That's so lame.]

[At that, Nill lifts her head, and she outright glares at him, her wings flaring out and standing up against her back.]

You could have suffocated! All because of-- [Ugh. No, not that.] Because of a stupid lozenge! And because you didn't tell me!

Tell you what? I don't know I would breathe it in like that til it was already in there.

[He's not nearly as interested in the conversation at hand -you know, that thing about him nearly dying- as he is by what Nill's wings happen to be doing at the moment. すごい! ...Wait, she seems kinda pissed, though. What's that about?]

[But he forgets it right away again, back to being fascinated by her feathers. He misses being able to brush his fingers over them. They're so cute and soft and charming.]

Wanna watch てっrび、翼n？

[He chuckles at his own bad pun, unaware that Nill probably won't understand it. Jeez, ow. Laughing really is the worst, even if it's quietly.]

It's probably really bad in the daytime. We can make fun of it.

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