Trustworthy help

53. Dance.

Exhausted, I lay on his chest. I watch the fire burn in the fireplace. 'It's because when you were to help me, I would let you get closer. And the closer I let you get, the harder it would be when you'd leave me.' He explains. I hug his waist. 'I won't leave.' I say. 'How would I know for sure?' He asks. 'Take my word for it. I can't give you more. Trust me, like I trust you.' I say. 'After everything, it's not that simple.' He says. 'How can I stay when you push me away the second it gets hard?' I ask him. 'I....' he takes a deep breath 'will you try?' He asks me. 'Try what?' I ask as I shift my head a little. 'Try to stick with me, even when I'm a terrible boyfriend.' He says. I chuckle 'you've had your moments before. I'm still here, am I not?' I say. He wraps his arm around my shoulders. 'Yeah, you are.' He answers.

I reach for his burned hand. He wouldn't let me do anything about it till we talked. It has blisters and the skin is deep red. It must be hurting. 'Let me patch you up.' I say as I sit up. 'Are we done talking?' He asks. 'I'm here. You're here. We're still together, and I'm not planning to ever leave you. I think we are done talking.' I say. He sits up as well, giving my cheek a kiss. 'Alright then.' He says.
We get up and get to the kitchen. I gently touch the skin around the burn, even there it's really hot. 'Keep it under lukewarm water, I'll get something.' I say. I hear the tap turn on as I make my way to my bag. I took a small med kit. I'm a nurse, I couldn't leave without being prepared. Though I didn't bring anything specifically for burns. I look in the bathroom of the cabin and find another small box.

I take both of them to the kitchen.

'How is it feeling?' I ask as I walk in. 'Beter under the water.' He says. I open the medical box from the cabin and look through it. Well enough, there's a cooling cream for after burns. I smile and take it out, happy to find something that may help. 'Give me your hand.' I say as I hold mine out. He lays his in mine and I dry it, being careful around the burn. After that I put on some of the cream 'how's that?' I ask. 'Good.' He says. 'Alright. I'll bandage it when we go to sleep so I can apply it again. Have a seat, I'll have dinner ready in a bit.' I say.
I move the boxes away and get back to what I was doing. I pick up the knife to cut the vegetables, but corpse takes the knife. 'Let me help.' He says. I smile and step aside. I start on something else, dancing along to the songs I put on. I hum to the song. 'You can sing?' He asks. 'Huh?' I ask as I look up. 'That sounded really good.' He says. I smile at him 'thanks, but I don't think I can sing.' I say. 'No, no. You sound beautiful.' He says. I scoff as I feel my face heat up. He adds the vegetables to the pan I'm steering in before putting everything down and pulling me to the middle of the kitchen. He takes my hand a twirls me around before pulling me close. 'Dancing?' I ask as he places his other hand on my waist while holding mine with the other. 'Mhm.'

We slow dance to the calm song.

I got him back.
He finally doesn't feel miles away anymore.