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Five days is an Eternity

It had been five days since Alex had heard from Eddy, to say the least he was worried. Probably more so than Eddy himself. Eddy knew that Alex had a knack for getting out of tight situations, and he supposed that Victor was also good at his job. But mostly Alex. For Alex though, all he knew was that Eddy had been tortured and was back with the guy that captured Eddy in the beginning. To be fair Brett proved to be pretty nice for a captor and was taking care of Eddy. Well besides Brett having sex with Eddy and confessing his feelings or something like that. Alex knew, or thought he knew, it was all part of Eddy's job. So he didn't really worry about Brett, he simply worried about Eddy's mental state. He didn't imagine it was doing well. How could it be? It's not that Alex would describe Eddy as frail but he also wasn't exactly stable either...Neither of them were. To do what they did and to go through what they went through meant that they lost a lot of humanity or pieces of themselves. Alex lost most of his humanity he felt as he was made to stand by as Eddy crumbled piece by piece. Alex knew deep down that he had no one else to blame for it but himself, he was the one that got involved with Eddy selfishly and he was the one that dragged him into the mess whether it was accidental or not. Maybe it was for the best that they were separating by the end. Although he had no clue how either of them would survive.

Alex shook that thought off, as he anxiously waited by Victor's phone. The bigger man surprisingly left to give him privacy. Alex appreciated that since lord knew he wasn't the most trustworthy person. This was nice though. Once the phone started ringing he immediately picked up. Sure maybe it seemed clingy but could they blame him? He went through an emotional rollercoaster of Eddy getting caught, not being able to help, thinking he was dead, finding out he was alive to only push him away, to kinda get back together and break up at the same time for Eddy to get captured AGAIN by the organization! There were multiple complex emotions going through him, it was all too hard to express.

"Eddy?" Alex didn't really check the caller ID he just answered in hopes it was the one he was constantly worrying about.

"Yeah, it's Eddy," His voice sounded strained, "Can we facetime?"

How could Alex say no to the hoarse sounding voice belonging to Eddy, "Of course, we can."

He wanted to see Eddy's face anyways, wanted to see how bad or good he looked. It was best to see the damage than to be surprised by it when reunited. Carefully he turned on the camera and speaker phone as Eddy did. He propped the phone up like he usually would when they had to talk long distance.

Alex could see that Eddy was laying on his side in bed, Brett vaguely could be seen in the background putting a glass of water with some aspirin on the nightstand. The man seemed worried but also like he was about to leave to give the same privacy Victor had given Alex.

Although it was a bit worrying to see Brett leave something akin to aspirin and leave, since Eddy was probably in a lot of pain to take any medication. Alex knew that Eddy had a strong aversion to any medication, prescription drugs and anything pill shaped. It was pain or he really trusted Brett. Alex kinda hoped it was just a sign of trust more so than pain.

Maybe it would have been better if Eddy hadn't come back to try to free him from his fate; to live as a puppet to a master and to die as one. Eddy wouldn't have had to suffer any more if he had just left him be. If Alex had just left him be in the first place when they met at that bar, Eddy would have never had to suffer as he had, "Hey, ダーリン. How are you feeling?"

Eddy smiled tiredly at that, "Not that great, honestly. I'm fighting off an infection so I've had a fever for a few days. I'm sure it will be fine."
He rubbed his face a bit, it was flushed a bit red and he was sweating, "Being stuck in bed sucks."
Especially when he was left to his thoughts since Ray and Brett still had work to do. Even if Brett really cut down on his work, which made him feel a bit bad since he was just burdening him with his issues, "How about you though? Are you being nice to Victor?"

He may not necessarily like Victor as much but he realized he was just doing his job. That's all anyone could ask for.

"I've been nice, I'm always nice," Alex snorted then smiled softly, he was trying to lighten the mood. He loved the way he heard Eddy laugh, loved seeing how Eddy's chest rose and fell with the sound of it. Absolutely gorgeous.

"Of course you are," Eddy couldn't help but smile, his eyes forming little crescents as the corner of his lips curled upwards.

"But seriously we've been getting along, it's an interesting feeling really," Alex wasn't the most sociable person or even a nice person for that matter and only liked a select few. It was a shocking development that he actually kinda liked Victor and was getting along, "It probably has helped that he hasn't said anything about you."

Eddy chuckled a bit, before it broke off into a cough then he cleared his throat, "It's okay if people don't like me. As long as you still like me. That's all I need."

"I'll always like you Eddy, you know you were my first real friend and someone I've genuinely loved. You're my first and will always be someone dear to me. As a friend or as a love," Alex spoke softly. He watched as Eddy gently smiled. The younger man was so precious to him, "I know you won't be mine for long or forever Eddy, but be mine for now. Please?"

Alex if anything was selfish, he knew he wasn't the best thing that had ever happened to Eddy but he wanted him nonetheless."I'll be whatever you need me to, I'll be yours until I can't any more," Eddy smiled ever so softly, he wouldn't think about the end until it was near. For now he would enjoy it without thought as if nothing was going to happen.