Astaria (COD FanFic)

16: Recovery

When I pull away, Konig and the medics are gone. I look around frantically for them. "Hey," Ghost says and puts a finger under my chin, turning my head so I look up at him. "He's going to be okay. Just let the medics do their jobs first, okay?" I nod, wanting to cry. "Let me take you home and then we'll come back in a few hours." He leads me away from the airstrip with Keegan and Soap following behind us. 

Ghost drives me home while Keegan and Soap meet us there. Soap stopped to grab food so I assume no one told him we ate already. He got Chick-Fil-A nuggets so despite eating like a bottomless pit earlier, I eat some of the nuggets. Chick-Fil-A nuggets have no reason being this good. They are literal heaven. I need to petition for them to give me the recipe. "Are they good?" Soap asks with a laugh. I smile at him and look down at the tray that was once piling with the nuggets and is now almost gone.

"Don't judge." I say and pop another nugget in my mouth. I close my eyes and moan. Fuck these are amazing. Soap and Keegan chuckle. Ghost watches me closely. I can feel his eyes on me. I open my eyes and look at him, smiling. "What?"

"Nothing." He says and smiles. I take his drink from him and take a sip. Yummy. He chuckles. Keegan and Soap start talking about Konig. I listen while Soap describes how and where they found him. "Come on." Ghost gently grabs me by the arm and takes me upstairs and into my room. I look at him.

"Why can't I listen?" I ask him as he closes the door. He sighs and turns to me.

"Because it's brutal." He says. "And you are already worrying about Konig. We all are. We want you to see him before you know what he went through." 

"So you think I'm not strong enough?" I ask and cross my arms over my chest. He sighs and walks over to me.

"No." He says and puts his hands on my cheeks. "I do think you are strong enough but it's not our choice." I frown. "Don't frown. Your gonna get wrinkles." I smack him on the arm and he laughs.

"Ass hole!" I say and laugh. I won't lie, that was kind of funny. I shake my head. He smiles and and puts his hands on my cheeks again. "I have a question."

"Anything beautiful." He says. I give him a small smile.

"I can't choose between you, Konig and Keegan." I say quickly and look away. "And I don't know if I even want to choose and I talked to Kee-"

"He told me." He says. I look at him. 

"He did?" I ask. He nods and pulls down his mask, smiling.

"He did." He says. I raise an eyebrow. No he didn't. "He told me that he wants to give sharing a try because you can't pick." Oh my god. He did. "So, when Konig wakes up, after he recovers of course, we'll talk to him about it and see what he thinks. Keegan and I already like the idea." I nod and swallow hard. Before he can say anything else, his phone rings. He answers it and talks to the other person on the call. "Ghost." Pause. "Yeah she's here with me." Pause. "Right now?" Pause. "Alright, we're on our way." He hangs up the phone and pulls his mask back up. "Come on. Konig's awake."

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The ride to the hospital where Konig is feels like it's hours long. I know it was only about twenty minutes but still. A girl's nervous. Don't judge me. I get out of the truck even before Ghost parks fully. He yells and curses at me as I practically run inside, leaving him in the truck. "Where is he?" I ask the nurse up front. She looks at me.

"Who are you here to see hun?" She says.

"Konig." I say. She raises her eyebrow. 

"First name?" She asks. Are you a fucking idiot?

"Just Konig." I say. 

"We need his first name hun." She says and looks at me. I really want to curse her out right now. 

"It's just fucking Konig!" I say, now angry. Her eyes go wide. "He came in unconscious and badly injured from the airstrip. Where the fuck is he?"

"Are you family?" She asks. 

"Fuck you." I say and walk past the doors. She yells after me saying I can't go back there. I open every door and look inside for him. Eventually, Price catches up to me and stops me. Was he already here?

"Star." He says and puts his hands on my shoulders.

"Where is he?" I ask, on the verge of tears.

"Follow me." He says. I nod and follow him. He leads me to room 21F and opens the door. I walk inside and see Konig laying in the hospital bed looking out the window. He has one of the hospital robes on but it barely fits him because of his size. It looks tiny on him. 

"Hey." I say quietly. He looks at me. His mask is still on. I assume he's refused to take it off. I look towards the door. "I want to be alone with him. No nurses or doctors either please." Price nods and leaves, closing the door behind him. I walk over to the window and shut the curtain so no one can look into the room. I walk over to Konig who still hasn't said anything. "You can take your mask off now." 

He nods softly and pulls the mask off. My heart sink as I look at his face. His face is covered in blood and cuts. His left eyes is bruised and swollen shut and his right eye has a cut along it going from his forehead, across his nose, and to his left cheek. "Oh my god..." I say quietly.

"I'm okay mein liebling." He says. I shake my head.

"Who...." I say, trying not to cry. "Who did this to you?" He shakes his head.

"I don't know." He says. "Someone addressed him as Blackhawk." I step back. It's not possible. Blackhawk? He must be mistaken. 

"You must of heard them wrong." I say and shake my head. "He wouldn't..... he..... fuck." I drop to my knees and start to sob.

"Mein shatz." Konig says and gets out of the bed, grunting in pain. I scramble to my feet. 

"Don't." I sob. "Lay down." He shakes his head and wraps his arm around my waist. 

"Hey." He says softly. "Look at me liebling." I look at him. "I'll be okay."

"B-but your face." I say and reach up to touch his face but pull away before I do. He gently grabs my hand and places it on his cheek, wincing a bit.

"Es ist in Ordnung, Schatz." He murmurs and closes his eyes. I feel blood and dirt on my hand. "Ich liebe dich." I smile slightly. (Translation: I'm okay darling. | I love you.)

"Ich liebe dich auch." I say and gently pull my hand away. "Let me clean you up." He nods. I walk over to the cabinets in the room and grab some supplies before walking back over to him. "This might hurt." (Translation: I love you too.)

I clean up his face quickly and frown. He needs stitches. "Konig." I say. He looks at me. "You need stitches. I'm not very experienced with stitches."

"Do it please." He says. 

"Do you understand what happens if I fuck up?" I ask. He nods.

"We'll figure it out then." He says. "For now, stitch me up." I sigh and nod, grabbing the needle.

"Alright." I say. "Hold still. This is going to hurt." He doesn't say anything so I start to stitch up the wound on his face. He winces a few times but stays still for me. I quickly stitch him up and then bandage him. 

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