Puron Psych

12

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"Ow!" Harper flinched, pulling her hurt arm out of Hyde's grasp. He narrowed his eyes at her and gripped her forearm again, tightening his hold on it.

"Stop moving."

"Easier said than done! You're not the one with a sore arm that feels like it's going to fall off!" Harper seethed. "If you had just let me stay behind like I asked, I wouldn't have ended up like this."

Hyde stopped wrapping her arm with the spare he found in the trunk to glare at her. His stiff demeanor made Harper shrink back in fear.

"It slipped. Sorry."

"Such a simple apology won't do." Hyde continued, but he began wrapping the bandage around her arm tighter than before.

Harper pressed her lips together and made all kinds of faces to display the pain she felt while he was attending to her wound. "Better be glad you're not a Doctor. The occupation isn't for you."

"You're stating the obvious." Hyde finished. "This is the best treatment you'll get from me."

"Huh?"

"I'm only doing this because I owe you." Hyde acknowledged that the only reason she was wounded was because he was too slow. Half of the bullet still hit her, even if it was just a graze. "Consider us even."

Harper blinked at him a few times, wondering if he was serious. She felt that he owed her a lot more than just wrapping her arm in cloth.

"Harper!" The sound of Yanpu's voice filled the air and made her smile. He ran out of the hotel excitedly and straight to Harper. She extended her arms, and he ran into them.

"Yani!" Harper pulled away briefly to check him. "They didn't touch you, did they? You're okay, right?" She grabbed his face and tilted it around to make sure there were no scratches. The only difference in his appearance was how wild his hair was compared to before.

It had been a while since he washed his hair. It was starting to frizz, maybe because they were farther south, and it was humid. "Thank the overseers you're okay."

"I'm okay." Yanpu smiled.

"Listen to me, don't ever steal anything again, okay? If you see something that doesn't belong to you, don't touch it. Look away."

Hyde scoffed at her comment. "Your advice won't help him."

"And how do you know?"

Hyde huffed and placed his hands on his hips. "Alright. You had your reunion. Times up. Get in the car."

"Gladly."

"I won't hesitate to slit your throat, vixen," Hyde warned her and opened the back door before gesturing for them to get inside.

Arnest strolled out of the hotel with a jewelry box in both hands. Behind him, Enzo walked over. He smiled smugly and stopped in front of Hyde.

"Heard you were gonna leave without sparing us a Farewell." Enzo crossed his arms.

"I didn't see the need for formalities."

"Ah. I suppose I was expecting a little more from you."

"That's foolish of you." Hyde rolled his eyes and took the jewelry box from Arnest. He popped up the clasp keeping the box shut, and a red glow shone.

Hyde's lips twisted in disappointment. "Only two crystals...?"

"It's all I had left..." Enzo shrugged.