Scarlet Love

Chapter 5~ Playing Doctor

-------Normal POV--------

I woke up to a peacefully sleeping Noiz. His arms were wrapped around my waist and his face nuzzled into the crook of my neck. Since I really enjoyed snuggling, I just decided to stay like this while nuzzling into him more. After a while, I finally got hungry and got up, waking him in the process. "Good morning Scarlet" he paused "are you okay?" He asked me softly, his voice husky because we just woke up. "I'll be fine" I replied while burying my face into his chest, not wanting to look at him because I was blushing from his voice. "You don't have to reply if you don't want to but, how long have you been out?" He asked gently, trying not to upset me.

Without another word, I got up and stood in front of my vanity mirror, leaving him on the bed. "Two months" I said quietly. I looked at myself in the mirror. All I saw was a monster. I tried to smile and push the thoughts away but all I saw were my wolf like canines. I looked down at my hands that were resting on the edge of the table. I glared at my naturally black nails that made me different. I looked back into the mirror and saw the scars that my pathetic brother gave me.

I lost it. I pulled my fist back and punched the mirror, breaking it in the process with a loud crack. I looked at my reflection once again and saw my true self. A broken girl barely holding on to what was left of her. My anger boiled over and I repeatedly kept hitting the mirror until a big hand grabbed my wrist. It was rough but at the same time, gentle. I snapped my head at the owner and glared. My face immediately softened when I looked into Noiz's eyes. His face was straight but his eyes held worry and concern for me.

He spun me around so I faced him and gave me hug, trying to calm me. I hugged him back, my blood dripping onto the floor. "You really shouldn't be living alone" he said softly into my ear. I pulled away and looked at him. "I know and I'm sorry for making you deal with my issues" I said apologetically. He gently grabbed my injured hand and wrapped a white handkerchief around it.

"Shit, I don't know how to fix this. But I know someone who can, go get dressed and we'll get you cleaned up" he said while tying the cloth around my hand. I simply nodded as a response.  After throwing on a tank top, shorts, and low cut vans, we finally head out.  Once the door was locked, he grabbed my good hand. "I'll lead you there" he said as he laced our fingers together. I blushed and nodded. After waking through the busy streets for awhile, we ended up in front of Aoba's house. He lead me right up to the door and knocked. I quickly let go of his hand.

"COMING!" I heard a familiar voice yell. I smiled instantly. Aoba opened the door and looked at me. "Hi Scarlet!" He greeted me with a smile. "Noiz" was all that was said to the boy standing next to me. He stepped aside and let us in. While we were taking off our shoes, I saw a bunny cube sitting in the corner. I picked it up with my non injured hand and stood up straight, glaring at Noiz.

I felt very protective of Aoba for some odd reason but I rolled with it. "Why are you spying on Aoba?" I said angrily with venom dripping from every word, getting close to his face. "Cause I wanted to" he said smugly, not backing away. I crushed it in my hand and heard the dying high pitched screams of the cube while still glaring at him, the close proximity not bothering me at the moment. "Scarlet, it's okay! I find them here all the time" Aoba said in an attempt to calm me down. I sharply exhaled and turned toward Aoba.

"Darling, could you help me with my hand? I had an accident and got some glass in it. The handkerchief was white before, it's bleeding pretty badly". I said sweetly, holding up my injured hand with a now red cloth tied around it. "Oh of course! Have a seat at the kitchen table while I go get the supplies." He said as he walked us to the kitchen, then left to go get the supplies. I sat down in a chair while Noiz leaned against the opposite wall, facing me.

I heard small footsteps coming from the doorway, like the ones of a small dog. I looked over to the door way and saw a small blue dog there. "Aoba?" It asked as it looked around the room.  He's got a really deep voice. Damn. Then as soon as it was in the room, it turned around and left. I looked over at Noiz, feeling confused. "That's his allmate" was all Noiz said. Just then, Aoba came back in the room with the same small blue dog in one arm and a first aid kit in the other.

He carefully set down the dog and moved a chair so it was facing mine, his equipment all spread out on the table to the right of us. The small blue dog jumped into my lap and got comfortable. Aoba chuckled and looked at my lap "Thats my allmate, Ren. He seems to have taken a liking to you already." I gently started petting Ren with my uninjured hand. "He's so cute" I said as Aoba gently took my hand and unwrapped it.

He held my hand like I was made of glass, he sprayed hydrogen peroxide on the wounds and cleaned his tools.  The peroxide did its thing where it made bubbles. Then he gently wiped it off and started taking the glass out, putting the shards in a small bowl of rubbing alcohol. I looked at his handsome face and saw he was so concentrated that he looked like a little kid, trying his hardest to color inside the lines. I smiled at the thought of Aoba as a little kid. "What happened that made you get all this glass in your hand?" He asked, looking at the almost full bowl of bloody glass. I looked at Noiz nervously. "She lost her temper" was all that Noiz said.

Aoba didn't say anything as he stitched the wounds and wrapped them. We sat in silence for a few minutes. I was about to say something to him but was cut off by Aoba hugging me. I hugged him back whispering a soft thank you in his ear. I broke the hug and looked over at Noiz, who looked a little jealous. "We should get going now. Darling, thank you for playing doctor and fixing me." I said giving Aoba a big smile. He instantly blushed bright pink. "No problem! Here let me walk you to the door" he replied smiling.

He held out his hand infront of me, which I gladly took. He held my good hand as he lead me to the front door and I blushed softly at the contact. Noiz followed behind us, a dark aura surrounding him. Noiz and I finally left after I gave Aoba another thank you hug. We are now walking to Noiz's house, his fingers interlaced with the ones on my good hand and the soft blush never leaving my face.

He stopped infront of his house and turned to face me, holding my injured hand gently while still holding onto my other hand. He looked at me with his bright green eyes and spoke gently "Are you gonna be okay? You shouldn't live alone, you know. I'm worried about you and care about you. Monsters together, remember?." he squeezed my good hand and gave me a smile.

My eyes watered at his loving words. I gave a gentle squeeze back and a small smile at him. "I don't want to bother you anymore than I already have with my issues. I'm not ready for a housemate yet, but you can visit whenever you want. And when we're together, we can be monsters together" I replied just as gentle. He nodded and put his number into my coil. I gave him a hug whispering a soft thank you in his ear and placing a small kiss on his cheek. He hugged back and when I broke it, He looked at me with a bright red blush and held  his hand over place I kissed. I gave him a smile and started walking toward home.