Healing Hearts (Gus x Matt)

~Chapter 8~

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Matt's POV:

We all decided to head to bed after the movie was done. Willow had made sure Gus was comfortable, so he slept on my bed. Willow and I slept on separate inflatable air mattresses on the floor.

I fell asleep relatively easily, but I only stayed asleep for about 4 hours. I woke up around 2 am, I looked around and thankfully both Gus and Willow were still sleeping. I sat up and leaned against the wall. I turned on my scroll and started scrolling through penstagram, but nothing was really interesting so I turned it off and just sat there and thought about what was going on with me.

Why is everything so confusing? I don't know why I feel the way I do around Gus. I mean- is it just me being awkward? Or is it something else? I just feel- weird being around Gus, I feel- different. It's so confusing! Why am I like this?!

I smacked myself on the head to snap myself out of it. Just then I heard Gus stir awake, I looked over and saw him sit up. "Can't sleep?" I asked. He looked over at me and said, "oh- I- I'm sorry if I woke you up- I didn't mean to-" I cut him off, "Hey, it's fine, I just couldn't sleep.". He just looked me and half-smiled.

I felt my face heat up. "Oh- um, does your leg hurt at all? I don't know when the potion is supposed to wear off" I asked. "Not really, it hurts just a bit but I'm good for now" he replied.

Silence washed over the room, we just sat there, staring at eachothers silhouettes.

Gus's POV:

There was a really awkward silence in the room. I could feel the pain in my leg slowly growing. After a few minutes it started getting a bit more painful. I tried to keep myself collected but I couldn't bear it anymore. I felt tears come to my eyes. I didn't want to feel weak, so I didn't tell Matt right away. But eventually I said, "Hey Matt? Umm, do you maybe know where any of the pain-killing potions are? Its..... It's starting to hurt a bit more.".

He perked up and turned to look at me. "Um, im not entirely sure where they are. I know Cora made a few but they must be downstairs, I can go look" he said. He stood up and left the room.

I scooted back so that I was leaning against the wall. I closed my eyes, I was so tired.... but there's no way I'd be able to fall asleep with how much pain my leg was in. I heard Matt coming up the stairs and quickly opened my eyes. He came in with a glowing yellow potion in his hand.

The potion illuminated his face. He had dark circles under his eyes, I hadn't noticed them before. And his face had a concerned expression laid on it. He walked over to the bed, trying to be as quiet as possible to not wake up Willow.

He handed me the bottle and stood by the side of the bed. I drank it and set the bottle down on the floor by the bed. I patted the side of the bed and said, "You can sit down if you want. I don't think either of us are going to fall asleep any time soon, so why not pass the time by talking?". He awkwardly sat on the other end of the bed.

Matt's POV:

There was another awkward silence. I felt my face get really red. I hope Gus can't see my face right now, he'd probably think I was weird or something. "Hey- um, you ok Matt? You seem on-edge" Gus said. "Oh- um yeah, don't worry about me." I replied. "Oh, ok- sorry" he said.

Back to another awkward silence. It felt as if it would never end. But then Gus yawned, I giggled a little bit, it sounded like a kitten. He looked over at me and jokingly said, "Wow, how dare you laugh, my feelings shall be forever hurt." and playfully crossed his arms. We both smiled at eachother and busted out laughing. But we quickly remembered that Willow was asleep so we did our best to keep our voices quiet.

We ended up talking about just random stuff for quite a bit. But I found that we ended up scooting closer to eachother. Talking with Gus made me feel..... safe, secure. I really enjoyed having a conversation with him. After about 30 minutes of taking, he laid back down, he looked really tired.

"Hey, im not going to fall asleep yet, so we can take for a bit more" he said. And without another seconds notice he pulled me down with his arm so that we were laying next to eachother. I felt my face heat up.

We talked again until Gus fell asleep, which was only about 10 minutes. I tried to get out of bed without waking him up or disturbing him. When I got back to my air mattress I could feel my face go fully red. What is happening to me? When I'm around Gus I feel- scared, and anxious, but at the same time I feel safe, and protected. What is this? Whats happening to me? I covered my face with my hands.

~Time skip to morning~

Before I knew it, sunlight was starting to peak through the window. I heard both Willow and Gus start to wake up. I pretended that I just woke up so neither of them would ask any questions.

~Time skip to breakfast~

Gus POV:

I woke up and felt kinda groggy, at least my leg didn't hurt all that much. After a bit Matt took us downstairs to eat breakfast. I'll admit, I was pretty hungry myself. He asked us if there was anything we wanted to eat, but he'd already done lots for us- so I told him cereal is perfectly fine.

After we finished eating, we all went upstairs so Willow and I could get our stuff together- and by that I mean we heped clean up the air mattresses and made sure we had everything in our school bags.

"Oh- what time do you think you guys will have to be home by?" Matt asked. "Well, I didn't really think about that", I admitted. "I'll text one of my dads", Willow said. She got out her scroll and started texting them. I did the same.

After a few minutes we both got a response. Willow went first, she said, "My dad's said I have to be home before noon.". "My dad wants me home before 10:30." I added.

"Oh, I guess he's a bit more strict, well- it's about 9 right now so, is there anything you guys would like to do?" Matt asked. We both thought for a second, then Willow said, "Hey, we could hang out at the park for a bit". "Ooh, yeah." I said. "Ok then, let's go to the park then" Matt said.

(End scene)

Hey guys! I hope you liked this chapter, it was definitely a bit longer than I expected, (I feel like I say this a lot lol) but nevertheless I had lots of fun making it! I hope you guys enjoy this chapter. Feel free to comment, I'll try my best to reply or read it! Make sure to get good sleep and drink lots of water!

Here ya go;

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