RWRB AU

Part 8 - Recovery

Henry sat up on his chair after the therapist helped him off the bed for the first time in a week. He could feel his whole body tense upon every single movement. How Henry craved for a bath right now to ease the tension in his muscles. They had removed the tubes attached to Henry's body leaving him only with his oxygen tubing curling under his nose. Luckily the tube is long enough for him to sat on the recliner he had in his room. He exhaled a long breath as he leaning his back against the chair.

The therapist had pushed his rolling table right in front of him and placed his phone nearby so it's beyond his reach. They left him to sit for a while and Henry is now sitting in the room alone. Alex went back home yesterday after spending days in hospital with Henry since he wake up. So yesterday Henry had to send him home cause it's been torture seeing him lying on the couch every night. Even though Henry made him slept with him on the bed together he knew Alex got up middle of night and slept on the couch instead cause he scared he might accidentally pulled out the tube and made him bleed in his sleep.

Henry was thinking about calling Alex but also he didn't want to bother him at work so he gave up and placed back the phone on the table in front of him. The television is on but nothing on it making Henry even remotely interested. He sighed staring into the blank space in front of him  before his phone rang. Speaking of the devil.

He smiled seeing whose face appeared on the screen and immediately answered the video call. "Good afternoon sunshine." Alex voice heard from the speaker, Henry got to admit sometimes, the Texan in him came out and he's loving it. "Hai baby." Henry smiled sheepishly. "What are you doing? Have you eaten yet?" Alex asked concerned about him not eating much since he was allowed too. "Uhh- a bit yeah." Henry lied and Alex knew that he did so it explained the reason why he stared into the phone screen with his one eyebrow raised.

"Watch this." Henry showed Alex where he is and he could hear him gasped with his mouth gaped apart. "Baby! You're up already! Okay I'm coming there!" He cheered and Henry could hear him doing something rustling behind the screen as it shook the video footage and lastly ended up Henry watching nothing but his office ceiling.

"Alex, what are you up to?" He called wondering what could possibly Alex is doing not until he came back to the screen. "I'm leaving work for now, I will be there as soon as I can." Henry sighed cause he knew there is nothing he can say to stop him. It's only one in the afternoon and Alex has already ditching work for Henry. "I'm picking up lunch. Anything you had in mind? Something you've been craving maybe?" He asked and he could see Henry's tired face leaning against the chair. "Uhm, nothing. I'm not hungry." His voice croaked as he smiled through the camera.

"Yeah I'll pick up something for you, I love you, be there soon." Alex said and Henry replied him the same word and to be careful before he pressed the end button. He exhaled another breath feeling the tightness in his chest as he did. The doctor mentioned that he need to focus on his breathing and his movement exercise so if he managed to complete that, he might be discharged sooner than he thinks. So he took a deep breath again but soon regrets after feeling the sharp pain in the middle of his chest. He rubbed his chest inhaling and exhaling to ease the pain like the nurses teaches him. He didn't feel the need to ask anyone for help cause he knows the answer would be medication which he refused for now cause it makes him sleepy all the time and he hated that feeling.

He didn't realized he fell asleep on the chair when he felt a hand brushing his cheek with a soft kiss planted on his forehead. He looked up and saw Alex stood next to him. "Hey babe." He sighed but smiled either way before Alex leaned for another kiss on his lips. "Miss me?" He asked with a wide grin on his face.

He took another chair in the room and sat by Henry's legs and placed the brown bag on the table. "I brought lunch." Alex said with a wide smile on his face. "I told you I'm not hungry." Henry replied weakly and Alex saw the look on Henry's face. He palmed Henry's thigh and Henry placed his palm over Alex's hand.