Are We Too Young For This?

12.

Bane standing beside Sage's hospital bed, holding Sage's cut up hand, staring at him fucked up lip, and bruised face. All from his father finding him in his bed, seeing his face without all the blood covering it was horrid.  Mrs. Verlice sitting in a chair on the other side of Sage, just staring at him, Praying to God he'd wake up. Soon a Doctor comes in, he looks real young, probably new in the field. "Hello,I'm Dr. Adler, So we tried to contact his father, nothing, and his mother is deceased so may we ask you guys a few questions about him, maybe you know?" The two of them nodding. "So, were the marks on his back from the confrontation ooorrrr? We saw the marks on hi-" "IT WASN'T FROM THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE DON'T WORRY!" Bane quickly turns red as his mother stares at him. The Doctor just nods and writes something down,"Okay. Does he use any kind of  substances? It can be anything,  alcohol, nicotine, cocaine, heroin?" Bane rubs the back of his neck with his free hand, should he really say this in front of his mother? What should he do? What should he say? He shouldn't lie..if he does that could really hurt Sage if anything... "Y-Yeah....He smokes cigarettes daily." Hearing this Mrs. Verlice shoots a look at Sage's body while Dr. Adler writes on his clip board. "Well that's all of the questions I think you guys could possibly answer for him.. If he gains consciousness, please page a Doctor immediately." Turning to walk away Mrs. Verlice quickly rises to her feet "T-The hospital bill! Can you put it under my name...we can pay it off." "That's very nice of with you, come with me so we can get your information in our system so we can send the bill to you once we find out the expenses." Mrs. Verlice follows the Doctor out of the room, Bane being left alone with Sage, leaning down and kissing his head he whispers in his ear. "Baby I'm sorry...I'm so..so sorry....your just not good for my family I guess....my father is very...religious...I'm sorry that's what caused you to be here. You didn't even defend yourself, you just let the man beat you to a pulp..why..just why, that isn't like you.." Bane leans down to kiss Sage's cold skin. "Seeing you here, in just a horrible state truly pains me my love, I have wished to never see you like this yet here we are. All at the hands of the bastard I have for a father.  I hope for this to never happen again, but if it does, you beat his ass you hear me? You kick his fucking ass and I'll defend you!" Bane grips the boys freezing hands, really never thought his hands could get any colder then they already seemed to be all the time. Is that like something he has trouble with? Did he just grow up like that? How does he survive winter? Bane just pulls a seat next to him, letting out a heavy sigh. Has meeting him make his life worse or better? Bane's father doesn't like Sage or him, Sage got into a fight with his father for him...but is Bane's life any better since he met him, or worse? His mother found out his secret, his father now doesn't like him, he fucked up a lifetime's worth of effort to not miss a single day of school for this boy. What is he turning into..going stupid for some stupid fucking delinquent he met the other day, yet spent his whole days with him. How can those two boys just connect so fast.. so much yet in so little time. Days go by and nothing with Sage, Bane went to school like he normally would, did his work from the day he missed and continues to excel in his academics as usual, though he started swearing a lot more...wonder from who.  Bane and his mother would go see him everyday, Bane would do his homework with him, his laptop and notebook he had on his desk, he would just do his work on his lap. This day was different, walking into Sages room with his back pack on, to be met with Sage sitting up in bed with Dr. Adler. "Oh there they are, your visitors, I'll leave you guys be." Sage turns his head to face them as the Doctor leaves the room, Bane dropping his bag the moment their dark eyes meet, running to his side and throwing himself on to him, his voice shaking and tears go down his face. "O-OH MY GOD SAGE! I MISSED YOU! SEEING YOU LIKE THIS HURT SO MUCH! OH MY GOD YOUR OKAY!" Sage just stares down at him, not knowing what to do at first, he relaxes and just lets himself hug Bane, looking over at Mrs. Verlice "I'm so glad your doing well chico" Sage just smiles and nods at her. "Muchas gracias por cuidarme." (Thank you so much for taking care of me.) Mrs.Verlice stands there in shock, not knowing that Sage is Puerto Rican himself. She smiles and nods, walking over to the other side of him and hugging him too. Sage sits there, frozen. Having people care about him, having someone cry over him being hurt, someone actually took care of him and got help....no one has ever done that for him. Normal people would have got him out of there and leave him for dead out in the street. It wouldn't be the first time....With his little criminal record and hanging around the wrong people, far to old then him. He was always out in the streets because his father never cared about him enough to wonder what he's doing or where he is during the day, he's almost died a good amount of times, which explains the scars he has on his face and body. The Verlice family isn't like that...well Bane and Mrs. Verlice at least...They came for him...They looked for him...They are  people who actually care about his well-being and his physical state.. Hes beginning to really, really like them...Beginning to like Bane..