Once my panic has died down completely. Everyone seems to relax more. "I'm really happy to see you." I marvel at Max and Marie before looking down and picking at the covers before mumbling, "I thought maybe you'd leave. For work and stuff."
Max's strong fingers gently raise my chin to make me meet his eyes while Marie grasps my hand tightly. "Sang. You are more important than anything", he insists.
"You come first. Always." Marie's voice rings out clear. "I'm sorry that wasn't clear before."
I hug them both tightly although their side of the hug is a little weak. I hope they are only afraid to hurt me and not because it's not genuine.
As soon as I pull back from the hug my hand is once again firmly clasped in the Greek's. It pulls my attention to the others in the room. There are seven other guys in the room with us. The Greek beside me holding my hand. The dark Russian at the foot of my bed massaging my legs and feet. The massage feels so good on my aching legs that I want to moan aloud with the relief.
As if he senses it, he sends a wink my way making me blush which causes him to laugh deeply. I quickly move my gaze away from his captivating face to the two boys behind him. Both have slightly longer hair but their builds are completely different. The one with the long blonde hair is tall, slightly muscular but lithe. He's dressed in jeans and a light blue tee. The other boy is not as tall and has rich brown hair. He would look like a bad boy with his four piercings in one ear and one in the other but his face is soft and his style is very put together. He looks like he threw different items together, which if I tried would be disastrous, but on him it looks divine.
Scanning the room I see there are three men standing at the door of the room. The first one is tall and stern looking, with soft brown hair, hard steel eyes, wearing a business suit and it makes me slightly nervous to know the reason he's here. Have Marie and Max contacted someone from the state? Is he here to take me away or break the news that I'm not staying with them? Without realizing it tears have welled up in my eyes and fall slowly down my cheeks.
The man beside him wearing a white coat elbows him causing Mr. Suit to frown at the Doctor and rub his stomach. For some reason the startled frown makes me giggle. The Doctor immediately starts to move forward with a huge grin trying to sidestep the final man by the door.
This final man has long jet black hair almost touching his shoulders with a slight curl to it and stands as tall as Mr. Suit. He's dressed casually which is so strange in comparison to the two men beside him. He does not look as put together. For some reason that makes me smile. He looks normal. His dark almond eyes are warm and happy. I'm relieved when he returns my smile before the Doctor takes up my field of vision. His eyes are bright green and crinkled mischievously with his messy sandy hair gently curled on his forehead.
"Sang. I'm so happy you've woken up. Let's check your vitals, shall we?" He goes to remove his stethoscope from around his neck but he notices I've frozen in place.
I knew, as soon as he spoke, a really warm feeling engulfed my entire body. This is him. The warm voice. My eyes continuously scan his face, I want to study him closely, I want to memorize everything about him. I want to smile happily at recognizing him except my eyes can't stop making tears and I can't seem to do anything with my body but freeze unexpectedly. I'm afraid to move anything, even my mouth for fear my body will take over and I'll end up hugging him to death.
I don't know how to show my gratitude so I just try to smile and hope it doesn't look crazy. I haven't smiled this much in three years. I wasn't allowed to talk, hug or touch anyone other than Max or Marie. Is it normal to want to hug strangers? Honestly, I'm not even sure what my smile looks like right now my face is so sore it feels swollen.
"Sang, I'm Dr. Green, can I touch you? Only to check how you're doing? I need to check your vitals and healing progress?" He looks at me with concern written all over his face. I nod slightly but the concern doesn't leave. He continues to study me long before moving in slow motion. He starts by telling me everything he's going to do and why before he actually makes any move towards me or tries to touch me. He's half way through my check up before I actually realize that he thinks I'm scared of him. I laugh aloud at the absurdity of it. He quickly looks up from checking my blood pressure eyeing me carefully. When he removes the stethoscope from his ear and moves to remove the cuff from my arm I finally get the courage to acknowledge his strange behavior.
"I'm not scared of you!" I claim. He steps back in surprise making me laugh harder. "I just..." I try to continue but stammer instead, "I wanted to thank you..." he frowns slightly at me unpleased with my thanks so I rush to offer a better explanation, "for helping me. I wasn't sure what was happening until I heard your voice. So thank you."
He doesn't get a chance to respond because the Russian interrupts.
"Teper', ya khochu, chtoby moy byl pervym golosom, uslyshannym malen'koy ptitsey." Now, I wish mine was the first voice little bird heard. The Russian said quickly to Mr. Casual by the door.
I look at Max and Marie seeking permission to be mischievous. When Max meets my eyes and nods slightly looking smug, I look to the Russian getting his attention and smiling sweetly before responding to his comment in his own language. "Vy pervymi dali mne massazh nog. Bylo oshchushcheniye, chto u tebya yest' moya blagodarnost'."
You were the first to give me a foot massage. It felt like heaven, you have my thanks.
The shocked look on all of their faces makes me feel proud. Like I accomplished smashing their views of me being weak and helpless. For some reason I don't want them to see me that way. I want to show them that I am strong and capable. Now feeling a little confident I look towards the Greek and speak his language partly because I'm not sure if he knows English. I have not seen him speak anything other than greek since I've been awake and another reason is to throw in some extra strength points my way. "Sas efcharistó pou me voíthisa norítera. Lypámai pou mou étroga to poukámiso. Synchóresé me?"
Thank you for helping me earlier. I am sorry about soaking your shirt. Forgive me?
"There's nothing to forgive o ángelós mou." His English his heavily accented but flawlessly spoken. Now its mine turn to be a little shocked, it was him that spoke to me when I first woke up. I should've recognized the deep comforting voice but I didn't put it together. Was I really not paying any attention at all?
"It seems Little Bird is full of surprises!" The Russian smiles and folds his arms over his chest like he's just found the best surprise. I have a feeling he and I could have lots of fun.
I smile at everyone in the room. "It's weird for me that you all know my name and I don't yet know who you are." I remark to the Greek hoping to hear his deep comforting accented voice again but Mr. Suit is the one who steps up to answer.
"My apologies, Ms. Sang." His voice is amazing. His expression remains closed off and controlled but his voice reminds me of how I love to be wrapped in a warm blanket on a cold night. It's like the best protection against the cold weather outside. That's what he reminds me of. Protection. "I'm Mr. Blackbourne. The Greek by your side is Silas Korba. The Russian at your feet is Raven. The tall blonde standing behind him against the wall is Luke Taylor. Beside him with the piercings is Gabriel Coleman. This here is Axel Toma. And finally your doctor here Dr. Green." He steps up to the bed and looks at me. I can't look away from his steel gray eyes. I had thought they were cold and hard upon first looking at him but I couldn't have been more wrong. I only needed to get closer to actually see the depth of emotions he is trying to hide from the world. He holds my gaze firmly and gives me a millimeter smile when I don't flinch away. That tiny smile transforms his entire face before he continues softly, "We are all friends of your brother and sister... And now you."
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My Readers:
Again ALL Translations come from Google so I apologize if they are wrong. I am also very sorry for any spelling or grammatical errors. I will go back later on and fix those. However, I just wanted to check in again and make sure you all know how grateful I am that you are reading my story. I want to thank everyone for reading my story!!! I really love the votes but the comments are just awesome!!! Your support is amazing and I am so glad that you are enjoying reading this story.
I also want to say that the stress I need to escape from has more to do with my job than personal issues. I mean, we all experience self-doubt and fear of not being good enough but at the end of the day if we have given our best then we've accomplished what we could.
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