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Chapter 129 - Belmeruttons (Buttons x Elmer) - Part 2

- Chapter 129 - Hospitals and Stuff Pt. 2 -
Warnings: crying, injuries, mentions of abuse, social workers, sadness, hospitals, needles
Modern AU (minus Covid)
Third Person POV

"This is weird." Elmer laughed.

Buttons laughed with him, getting another spoonful of the Ginger Ale slushy thing they gave them. "Open wide!" He tried to fly the spoonful into Elmer's mouth.

"Buttons!" Elmer giggled and turned away.

Jedrzej and Jack exchanged a look, chuckling at the two boys.

"Come on!" Buttons laughed, trying to push the spoon towards him. "This will help your dry throat."

Elmer stopped abruptly, his body tensing for a moment.

Jack noticed this. "El," he started, his eyebrows furrowed in concern.

The boy looked up at him.

"If it's hurting or you can feel it bleeding, you have to tell us," Jack reminded him, his arms crossed. "Just because it stopped bleeding doesn't mean that it can't start again, that's what the doctor said," he told him.

Elmer paused, pursing his lips.

Jedrzej sighed deeply. "That's the face he makes when he's debating telling us something," he stated. "Come 'ere." He walked over to Elmer and sat down on the chair next to his bed.

Elmer frowned. "Okay," he mumbled, turning around so Jedrzej could see the back of his head.

The door opened.

Jack looked at the door and found Avery standing in the doorway.

Avery had been making sure everyone waiting outside of the room was okay and getting them food and stuff.

The three older boys were debating if more people should come visit Elmer yet, so Avery had decided to check on everyone.

"Is it hurting?" Jedrzej asked as he gently felt the back of the bandage. He frowned when he realized it was a lot wetter than it had been.

Elmer's eyes flicked over to Buttons, who sat crisscross on the other side of the bed. "Yeah," he mumbled.

Jedrzej's frown deepened. "Okay, here's what I'm going to do," he started, making sure Elmer was looking at him. "I'm going to have Nurse Talia come in and carefully take the bandages off to see if it was bleeding or not, okay?"

Elmer frowned. "Okay..."

Jedrzej noticed the clear fear in his little brother's eyes. "You can cuddle with Buttons while she does that, okay?" he offered, gesturing to Buttons.

Buttons nodded vigorously to confirm that Elmer could lay with him.

Jedrzej smiled a bit. "It'll be over quickly, obiecuję," he told Elmer.

Elmer nodded. He slowly moved over to Buttons and laid against him.

Jedrzej pressed the button that Talia told him to press to call her.