⚠️TW: GORE⚠️
He remains silent, his chest heaving up and down rapidly.
"Ezra?" I insist, walking in and shutting the door behind me. There are stains on the cloth where the crimson is a deeper shade, meaning that's where the wounds are.
"Talk to me," I say softly. He looks up into the mirror and the colors drains from my face, seeing him.
"Sit down and take your shirt off." I demand. He sits down on the closed toilet, wincing, as I rummage through the cabinets looking for a cloth. He slowly starts unbuttoning his shirt and shrugs it off, throwing it to the side. I avoid looking at him, clenching my stomach hard and breathing from my nose in order to not smell the rusty scent of blood.
"If you wanted to see me naked, all you had to do was ask." He teases.
"Very funny, Ez." I grumble. I find a washcloth and run it under warm water. I bite down on my lip as I wipe the blood away from his chest, showing multiple bloody wounds running down his front. My stomach flips around at the sight but I'm doing this for him.
"Just the front?" I ask, he nods, keeping his eyes closed.
"Do you need medication?" I ask, rinsing the blood out of the cloth.
"I'm fine." He grunts. I put my finger under his chin and tilt his head upwards in order to get a good view of his face. I gently wipe the cloth under his eyes and everywhere the blood is, making sure not to hurt him. The hardest part was staying focused while he stared into my eyes. I get an overwhelming desire to kiss him but push it deep down back inside me.
"You have to stop looking at me like that." I say, running the cloth down his biceps.
"Or what?" He asks, following my movements with his eyes.
"Or I'll chop your toes off."
"I'm blind, then." He looks in the opposite direction, revealing a cut on his neck as well. I feel at the brim of tears seeing him like this. Whoever did this to him would've killed him if they'd gotten the knife a bit deeper into his neck. I've only known him for a few days but I don't want to go back to living without him. He makes everything more fun.
I rinse the cloth back out again and run it over the cut on his neck, which is still oozing crimson liquid.
"Keep pressure on this." I take his hand and press it on the cloth on his neck.
As he holds it in place, I go through the cabinets and cupboards to find a medical kit. Once I find one, I struggle to open it with my shaking hands. I pull it open and grab the medical tape. First, I patch it on the wounds on his chest. Then I remove the cloth from his neck and put it there too, once I make sure the bleeding has stopped.
I sigh, leaning my forehead on my hands with my elbows on the bathroom counter.
"Are you okay?" I ask.
"Yes." He responds. I hum.
"Lilah?" He asks. I look up at him.
"Thank you."
"Uh-huh." I say. "What happened?" I ask.
"I fell." He says.
"Liar. How many times are you going to lie in one day?" I huff.
"Technically it was yesterday last time," he murmurs.
"Ezra. What happened, I'm serious. I'll skin you alive if you don't tell me." I warn him.
"I...had a chat with the guy that shot at you yesterday." He sighs.
"Why?" I whine. "That was stupid. So stupid."
"I'm stupid." He grumbles.
"You are. For doing that. He could've killed you!"
"I am aware."
"He won, didn't he?" I ask.
"I did." He responds. Of course he did, have you seen him?
"If you got out with all of this, how is he? Is he in a hospital or something?" I ask.
"Something like that." He shrugs. I put everything away and leave his stained shirt soaking in warm water. I go to help him up and sling his arm over my shoulder.
"Come on." I groan, pulling him up to his feet.
"I can walk." He says, although he is leaning on me and walking better than before.
"Shut up," I mumble, opening the door with my feet.
"I'm a skilled acrobat, you know." I say, leading him to the kitchen.
"Really?"
"No."
"Okay then."
We make it to the kitchen and I help him sit down, while pouring him a glass of water. I hand it to him.
"So how'd it happen?" I ask, jumping up on the counter in front of him.
"Uhh...found him, punched him, he had a knife, I didn't have a knife..." he trails off, looking up at me.
"I understand. Before or after work?"
"Du- after." He says, chugging the water.
"Hm...okay. There's a library I wanted to go to tomorrow, if you wanna come." I offer.
"I will. I'll pick you up from work and we'll go." He says.
"Can you drive?" I ask.
"Yeah. Sono 'na roccia." He smirks, flexing his biceps. [I'm rock hard].
"I'll- yeah.." I jump down from the counter.
"Where are you going?" He asks.
"Bed?"
"Wait for me..." he grumbles. He stands up and slowly walks over to me.
"Lesgo." He says, before going into the bedroom. He's still bare chested and I'm guessing he's cold by now.
"Are you cold?" I ask him, shutting the hallway light off.
"Nope." He says, walking into his closet. I hear him rummaging around before he walks out with a pair of gray sweatpants. He runs a hand through his hair and slowly gets into bed.
Since he's home now, I'll go sleep on the couch.
I shut the light off and walk out.
"Lilah!" He calls.
"What?"
"Comere!"
I walk back into his room, expecting something to be wrong, like the medical tape came off or something.
"What?" I ask, softly.
"You're not gonna sleep in here?" He whispers loudly.
"I was gonna sleep on the couch." I whisper back, just as loud.
"No, come here. I'll sleep on the couch." He starts getting out of bed but I rush over to him and push him back down. He lands with a thud and a groan, I whisper a Sorry.
"I will sleep on the couch, it's your house." I insist.
"No, you won't. The bed is more comfortable."
"I don't really care, you're staying here."
"I guess we're both sleeping here, then. Come on," he whispers.
I sigh and climb into bed, pulling the sheets over me.
"G'night." He whispers.
"Night." I respond.
I didn't realize how tired I was until my head hit the pillow, and that's exactly when I fell asleep.
Maybe this wasn't so bad...
Word count: 1155
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Hola babes , hope u enjoyed this chapter! Also yk whats rly difficult? Keeping track of time in books. I have to read all the chapters again and mark how many days have passed. I might have to alter a few things and I'm not looking forward to that...
Stay safe<3
-S