Fae's Painted Secrets

Chapter 14

A dull throbbing was slowly pulling you out of the blissful darkness. Groaning you snuggled further into the fluffy blankets on your bed and then frowned. Reaching your hand out you patted around yourself and lifted your head while cracking your eyes open to take in your surroundings. You frowned further trying to piece together how you were in your bed. Shifting your legs, you quickly realized you were without pants and lifted the blanket to see the line of pain patches running down your leg. Frowning deeply at them you thought back to your morning and sighed deeply as everything replayed in your head.

"Fuck my life" you uttered as you rubbed your hands over your face and let out a deep breath. You knew the boys were going to have questions and you weren't sure how you were going to get through it. But you had grown so close with them in the time you'd known them and felt safe with them. If you could open up to anyone it would be them. You gave yourself a few minutes to assess how your body was feeling. Everything felt achy but that was manageable compared to the sharp stabbing pain you had felt earlier. Grumbling more you made a mental note to set up an appointment with your doctor to make sure everything was okay physically and that you hadn't damaged anything.

Finally, after a little more time you decided to slowly crawl out of bed when you were hit the craving for a comforting cup of tea. Slowly you limped your way over to your closet and pulled out some loose yoga pants and looking in the corner of the closet you felt your eyes well up when they fell on the walking cane your Nonno had hand carved for you. Reaching out for it you sniffled a little remembering the hours he'd spent carving intricate fairies and flowers into it for you while you had to use it to assist you in walking. Sighing deeply, you used it to make your way out of your room and down to the hall. Only pausing when you noticed quiet chatter coming from your living room come to a halt.

"Hello?" you called out trying to figure out who was in your place. The sound of rapid footsteps was your answer and you saw Jungkook enter the hallway. "What are you doing up already? Shouldn't you be resting?" he questioned while quickly reaching your side and trying to assist you. "Wanted some tea, and it's not as bad now" you uttered out while slowly working your way to the living room where you saw Hobi, Tae and Yoongi ready to jump up to help you. You tried to head for the kitchen, but Kook not so subtly guided you to the couch where he made you sit.

"Don't you worry about that, one of us can make you some tea." Kook said while fluffing pillows behind you, prompting Yoongi to jump up and quickly head for the kitchen. "You guys really didn't have to stay, and you definitely don't have to do this. I can take care of myself" you whined to them causing Kook to wrinkle his nose at you while taking a seat gently next to you. "We don't, but we want to so hush and don't fight us on it" Tae said while running his fingers gently through your hair.

You tilted your head into the touch and did your best to refrain from purring. Your hair being petted was a major weakness for you. Hobi sat on the other side of the couch watching the interactions while silently cataloging your movements. A few moments later Yoongi came in and set a large mug of hot tea in front of you and took a seat next to Hobi. "That's a beautiful cane you have there, although I don't recall ever seeing you using one before." Yoongi said quietly making you look down to it with a slight frown.

Nodding your head slightly you sighed. "It was a gift from my Nonno, he used to do a lot of hand carving and made it for me. Said if I had to use one then he'd make sure it was something pretty to lessen the sting of having to use it. I normally don't have to use it, but after earlier it makes walking easier" you answered quietly. He nodded his head and looked to Hobi.

"Why did you do it? You told me you couldn't anymore. And considering what happened afterwards, why risk further hurting yourself?" Hobi finally asked while studying your face. Sighing you reached out for the tea and sipped it slowly while gathering your thoughts. Finally, you held your cup between both hands and studied the hot liquid inside.