-Takumi-
"Ha...I thought I told you...I'm a fallen angel." I laughed weakly.
"So why fallen, and not straight from the heavens?" She asked me. Everything was still fuzzy and I did want to sleep.
"Because...it's more interesting to be fallen...haven't you read Hush, Hush?"
“No, tell me about it.” I felt her take my wrist and press down a little then she brushed her hand against my cheek.
"It's....about this fallen angel...and in the end he becomes a gardian angel for the one he loves." I answered. Even though most of the people who read the book were girls I actually thought it was an interesting book.
“So who’s the one who gets you as a guardian angel?”
"I don't know...maybe you.........." I replied closing my eyes again
"Maybe me, why me? Answer me." Mai asked and then put something in my mouth.
"Chew and swallow." She ordered.
I chewed them and swallowed. "Because...you're kind...and sweet...and you always look...out for me..."
"Thats nice, but I wouldn't deserve someone like you protecting me all the time." Mai said.
"No...I want to...protect you." I smiled a little.
“Just because you want something, doesn’t mean you’re guaranteed to get it. Most wants stay as wants instead of realities.”
"But...I really..." I closed my eyes.
“No! Keep going, what were you going to say?” She asked panicked.
"...want to..." I didn’t open my eyes
“DON’T YOU DARE LEAVE ME HERE ALONE! IF YOU WANT TO PROTECT ME THEN STAY AWAKE SO YOU CAN!” She screamed.
"ooooww...Don't yell in my ear it hurt."
"Then don't scare me like that you jerk..." She sighed in relief. "As you were saying?"
"I want to protect you. You and Aki and Haru."
“You always have, ever since we all met anyway.”
"Also it's just fun goofing around with you."
“I love it too.” She smiled.
I'm feeling a bit better now."
"A bit isn't good enough. Another dose." She gave me more of whatever she was giving me.
"Hey, hey wait another 10 minuets I don't need to OD." I commented.
She tucked some of my hair behind my ear. “ok.”
"Thank you."
“You feel warmer, and your heart is beating normally again.” She said putting on hand on my cheek then the other on my chest. I wasn’t as dizzy any more and I didn’t feel as tired.
"Well yea but everything hurts...I don't think I'm going to be flying for a while." I stated.
“I didn’t expect you to. You need to let yourself heal.”
"Right. We should probably tell Aki and Haru about this when they get here."
“We’ll do that. Now that I think we have the poison under control now, let me clean those cuts.” She opened up the Peroxide and it had a really strong smell to me.
We got me out to the kitchen and got me on a chair. She lifted up my pant leg and then got a towel and put it under my leg so we wouldn’t make a mess on the floor then unwrapped my leg and poured the peroxide on it. I flinched from the pain that it was sending through my body.
“I’m sorry Takumi, I know it hurts.” She apologized then waited a few more seconds and pour more on it.
"It's alright." I said clenching my teeth together.
She took my hand. “Almost done with this one.”
"Okay." I muttered.
“I’m done. Now, I need to see your wing. This’ll probably be even worse than the one on your leg.”
I nodded and then turned so my back was to her and let my wings show.
“Oh, Takumi… you really aren’t flying for a while. Ready?”
"Yea." I replied then I felt the peroxide hit my wing I took a sharp breath and my wing twitched stretching out completely and sending pain down my spin.
“I’m so sorry, but it needs to get cleaned, bear with me…” She said then poured more on it.
"It hurts." I muttered trying to hold back tears of pain.
“I-I know, you can let yourself cry, it’s ok.”
"Damn it...It hurts worse then the leg."
“I’m sure. You’re wings are more sensitive.” She said and kept pouring it on my wing.
"It hurts." I couldn’t help it any more I started crying it hurt so much. "Damn it."
"You're not going to get it cleaned out."
“It’s slowing down, just once more…” She poured what was probably the last of it on my wing then turned me around and hugged me. “I’m so sorry sweetheart…You got hurt because of me, you shouldn’t have gotten hurt…”
"It was my fault. I should have been more careful when I was getting us out." I muttered
"The wound is not completely cleaned out you know." We looked towards the door and the lady was standing in the door of the kitchen.
"Don't you touch her." I stated trying to move my wing to protect us from her.
“Takumi, don’t open your wounds, please…”
"What do you want with us? Why us?" I questioned.
“Well Sweet cheeks, you kids are pretty unique. Now don’t you want me to help clean that? And while I’m at it, I’ll get rid of the poison that is still pumping through your veins. By the way, quick thinking Mai for giving him those tablets, you just saved my experiments life.”
"We're not experiments, we're human beings." I retorted.
"Maybe Aki, Haru, and Mai look like they are human's but Takumi you don't." She stated.
