Into deception

Rats and whatnot

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I stir a couple of times, feeling the warm blanket wrap itself even closer to my body. My skin is completely buzzing with how alive it feels, then it dawns on me, I fell asleep.

The second my brain understands that I shoot up looking around me.

"It's okay"

I follow the gentle voice meeting Nicholas's gaze that calms my racing heart with speed I can't fathom. The cover under me has been pulled up way higher than I remember falling asleep too, and the lights- the lights are all turned off. He's closed every blind in the room, it's pitch black.

"What time is it?"

He doesn't answer making me sit up.

"You've been sleeping for at least 3 days straight"

I choke.

"What?" I blink blankly at him and although he looks tired out of his mind he smiles, barely but I still feel it's warmth.

"You haven't been sleeping, have you?"

I ignore that accusation that he has softly covered as a question "Why didn't you wake me?"

He chuckles but doesn't answer. I watch in the dark as he stands up walking over to a table.

"I made sure Max put an IV drip in but you need to eat if you want to walk anytime soon"
A silver tray is placed on my laps, he lifts the cover letting me see what's on there. Pasta. His pasta. Pasta he cooked and I know this because it smells godly.

I look up meeting his burning gaze all over again and it doesn't take a scientist to tell he looks exhausted.

"I'll be back, Max will be up in a bit" he begins to walk but stops mid way turning back to me "and Mia? Please eat"

I watch as he leaves the room making it feel so much more empty, lonely. The door opens again and Max comes in all grinning and light.

"Well look who decided to bless us with her presence"

"Don't even start" i groan.

"What? I'm just saying princess that the next time you wanna fall into a coma maybe don't do it laying next to your ex"

"It wasn't a coma was it?" I begin to eat as he sits down sighing.

"No but we might as well call it that. 3 days you were dead and 3 days I had to deal with his death stares as you slept"

I pause even though I already knew this, but for some reason I still ask the stupid questions.

"He- he didn't sleep?"

He laughs making the bed shake with him "he locked the doors and windows making sure no one could interrupt you, the whole floor below and the one above are completely empty. He made sure to pay everyone to get the fuck out, practically packed their bags himself"

"So for 3 whole nights and days he just- what?"

Max points to the other side of the bed where a Nicholas was just sat on "made sure no one woke you"

He promised he'd be here to make sure I slept but I didn't take it literally. When he said it I just thought he'd tell everyone not to come into the room or something, but he just sat her day and night-

"Where's satan spawn?"I change the subject because one more second in my brain and I'll scream.

"Well when Bane brought you up I went to find her and let's just say that little bitch didn't go willingly. I had to shoot her in order for her not to jump of the roof I mean what the actual fuck is wrong with her?"