He keeps finding me

1.25

Noah slept for two days straight, and Maison was by his side every second. He practically lived in Noah's ward, he showered there, he slept there and he kept watch over Noah. Maison watched as the person in front of him slowly opened his eyes, confusion flashed through them as they looked at Maison.
"Couldn't really leave you, I was worried sick," he explained as he untied his left wrist too so that Noah could sit. Slowly getting into a sitting position, he was given a cup of water. Noah downed that immediately he was so thirsty and so hungry.
Maison took the empty cup and filled it up again, giving it back to Noah, "You can't eat heavy food you have been sleeping for two days straight. Whatever was going on in your head must've exhausted you pretty hard." He drank the second cup of water and nodded absent-mindedly. Then he remembered Mr. Murray and Maison's conversation about sending him out to fight.
Panic rushed through his eyes as he looked at Maison, "I don't have to go outside to fight right? I can still do research. I know my mental health must have been bonkers, but I am perfectly fine to conduct it again. I was just distraught about the death of... Zenix."

His head sunk, he bit his lip and then looked up again, "How is Ben? Do you know anything?"
Maison shook his head, as he got the cup out of Noah's hands, "I was with you these two days, I am the wrong person to ask. Though the way he was behaving when bringing Zenix to the incineration, he won't be in this base long. Except maybe Jay nothing is holding him here, and the frustration of not being able to save someone is probably killing him right now. Smashing some zombie heads in might be a good idea..." Noah nodded when he thought of a Ben without a Zenix by his side, it was impossible, they were like two peas in a pot.
Like platonic soulmates, Noah looked to Maison, "Actually, Zenix told me they knew that you were the one saving them not Jay. He told me so many things, he trusted me and I betrayed that trust and let him die. YOu and your grandfather are right why should I continue research, I will just get everyone killed." He then looked at his hands, like on-and-off visions his hands appeared bloody before being normal again. Maison shook his head and took both of Noah's hands in his, "No, it wasn't your fault there was nothing you could have done to prevent that."

Noah shook Maison's hands off and turned his face away from him, "No, you don't understand. If I could have moved my body, if I didn't freeze I could have saved him. I should have saved him."
Maison bit his lip and walked to the other side so Noah could look him in the eyes, "Noah, look at me. There is nothing you could've done, it is normal for your body to freeze in overstimulating situations. Since only then can your body process what is happening, since your body can be slower than your mind. There is nothing wrong with that, you are not Atlas. You don't have to balance the world on your shoulders, you are a human just like me and Ben are. Just like Zenix was, he was a human and humans will die and even You and I will someday die. There is nothing either of us can do to stop it." Noah cried, tears rolled down his face and Maison took this opportunity to hug him. Noah hugged him back, he felt so light he finally had someone to rely on, someone he could share his feelings with. Though Noah knew Zenix, he would have told Zenix a lot about himself too. If he was given the chance, when they were at the plantation he almost wanted to tell him about similar experiences he went through, but that talk was about Zenix and Ben so it felt inappropriate.

This hug with Maison was nice, it felt so warm and comfortable like he wouldn't have to be worried anymore. He put his head in the crevice of the other's neck and shoulder and breathed in deeply. He really liked the scent of Maison, a bit like pine and freshly mowed grass. Noah felt so safe in the arms of Maison that his eyelid slowly fell and he slept, which was weird since he slept for two days just now. Maison hugged him as long as Noah needed, he himself didn't want to pull out of the hug. He liked the feeling of Noah in his arms, only when he heard a light snoring sound did he let go of the hug and slowly put him onto the bed again. Then he covered Noah up with a blanket and made sure that he wouldn't wake up in the next couple of hours. Maison after two days of staying by Noah's side finally left the room to get some clothes and talk to his grandfather. Closing the door, he leaned his forehead onto the door, closed his eyes, and breathed in deeply. Then he left to go to the elevator and get a serious talk with his grandpa going.