Under The Lights

Thirty-nine- Record Lee

I was wheeled out of the hospital wearing my old clothes, my pant leg ripped to the knee showing my bulky ass cast. I already fucking hate this thing.

We pull up to my house and i ask Titan to get my crutches out of the back seat but he insists on carrying me to the front door. Id be lying if i said i didn't enjoy it. He easily unlocks the door with the arm thats supporting my legs and Kora greets us loudly barking.

I had Junie come over to feed and walk Kora after i woke up from surgery and everyday i was stuck there. She visited me twice in the hospital but i banned her from coming back when she started spoiling the walking dead. I should've never told her i started watching it.

He walks towards the couch but my voice stops him. "Take me upstairs. I need to get this hospital smell off of me."

He registers what i say before nodding and taking me to my room. I have him take me to the bathroom and set me down on the toilet before he leans against the doorframe.

He scratches the back of his head, his cheeks a little pink and i tilt my head at him, feeling the heavy weight of my braids tilting to the side as i watch him curiously.

"Do you," he clears his throat. "uh need help?"

I feel my mouth twitch as i think about it. Im really tempted to say yes, I haven't seen him in three days and I don't know why but jail time, mixed with the violent outburst i saw the other day made him look, i don't know, finer i guess. Rougher. He was interesting before but seeing this new side is exciting. Now i know what he's capable of, or at least a fraction of it.

I can't wait to see what other sides he has. We're slowly getting to know each other more and more, but somehow, unfortunately, I'm always injured around him. But at least he's sporting some broken fingers himself this time.

I look at his hand, all wrapped up in bandages with a a splint on his middle and ring finger as i think about it, Titan punching someone so hard that he manages to break two of his fingers and he still kept going.

I sigh deciding on an answer. I don't want his hand to hand to get wet, and i don't want our first time showering together to be with him helping me. "I appreciate your offer but I'm pretty hungry, hospital food is shit compared to your delicious cooking. Do you think you could make me something to eat?"

He breathes out and i can see the hint of disappointment in his eyes before he nods. "Yea, do you have anything in mind?"

I shake my head close to changing my mind because I have missed him. "Anything you make is good. And can you get the crutches from the car?"

He nods and heads for my door.

I sigh remembering his little sad face as I struggle more than I would've liked trying to strip. I realize how much of a struggle it will be to shower and not get this cast wet so it leaves me with taking a bath as my best option.

I stay in the tub for a while, relaxing my stiff muscles as i sink further into the hot water, careful to keep my left leg out of the tub. Can't say the same for my wet bandages though, it was too hard to resist dunking my arms in the warm water.

I get out once the water turns lukewarm, draining the tub. I manage to wrap a towel around myself before busting my ass on the tile. "Fucking shit!" I curse laying flat on the floor. I sigh heavily as i stare up at the ceiling, laughing bitterly because my towel managed to stay on while i crashed on the floor. My hair is undone and splayed across the floor and i thank my past self for cleaning it a day before the fire at the cafe.

I hear heavy footsteps coming up the stairs before Titan barges into my room. "Oh shit." He rushes to me and i look up at his troubled face as he lifts me up by the armpits. "Are you alright? Are you hurt?" I can see the panic in his face as he looks over my shoulder for any obvious injuries. I pout, I feel like a broken doll right now. I fucking hate this. Having burns was more fun than this, now i have to have both at the same time