What's Your power?

Douglas

Thomas' POV:

He's warm. I let him sleep over since by the time he packed some stuff for me it was extremely late. Instead of just staying he ran to his apartment and grabbed himself some clothes. I sat up in bed lightly. Ty didn't stir when I did this. Both our bags are sitting across the room. His arm has moved from being across my chest to sitting limply on my lap. Grabbing a change of clothes I go and take a shower. The hospital doesn't have a shower in the rooms instead I have to go to the nurses changing station. It's not bad I mean that shower was pretty nice a little bloody for my taste, but otherwise perfectly clean. I was walking back to my room when I noticed a ficus and remembered what the doctor told me to do. "Um Hi, this feels really weird but the weird doctor here told me to try and be friends with you"

No response... I'm not sure what I was expecting, but I'm kind of offended. I sit down next to it. Maybe its plastic. Grabbing one of it's leaves I hear a faint whisper "Hi I'm Douglas"

Leaf to Thomas contact and suddenly I hear a plant. This is totally normal, totally normal ... right? "I couldn't do this yesterday. I don't know what to tell you Douglas I've never met a plant before, what kind of stuff do you like?"

He ... wait do plants have gender I think they ... Don't they ... I honestly have no clue. "You are confused about something is it my name? I feel like it's my name, sorry, um us plants don't have anything to really identify our genders so we just kinda pick and choose and we want to change nobody cares. Tons of us don't do that but I like the idea of being a male also Douglas is an adorable name."

Well I can't disagree with that Douglas is kind of a cute name. Is that really what I got from that entire speech? Man, I'm weird. "Hey Thomas who are you talking to?"I turn around to see Ty shirtless and still groggy. I definitely missed this sight. Only mildly distracted by his muscular torso I pointed at Douglas. "you are talking to plants now that is the like 12th weirdest thing I've heard this week"

I'm not even in the top ten there for weird crap I'm actually talking to a flipping ficus. He comes and sits down next to me. "Hey Thomas I was wondering if you maybe wanted to go catch a movie once you get out of here. I miss hanging out with you we used to be so close"

I smile at him lightly. I can hear Douglas whispering "do it. He's hot, just do it"

I laugh at the plants statement. "That sounds like a lot of fun Ty we can catch a movie together ... a-as friends, I mean. Since I am still with Steven." He rolls his eyes laughing at me. "What? Seriously, what is so funny?"

For a brief moment we locked eyes before I turned and looked intensely at Douglas, he is a small ficus. "Why are you with Steven? From what Mandy has told me you don't find his practical jokes funny, he doesn't listen to you, and frankly the two of you are just making each other miserable."

That sounds right. We haven't exactly been getting along lately. It used to be fun and his stupid jokes were more ... I guess they were more charming. Lately though they've become more irritating and more cruel. I look back at him trying to avoid eye contact but his soft blue eyes drag me in. "I don't know I just keep hoping he'll change and stop being annoying, but he never does. It's always the same he does something stupid, I get mad, he apologizes, and I accept telling him not to do it again but he never changes." I can feel the tears rolling down my face. "I guess I'm just an idiot for believing that this time will be different and we can be happy. Even when he pushes me to my limit I can't bring myself to break up with him. We have a decent relationship now and if we break up ... I can't lose him as a friend he's been with me for years even since before I met you"

Ty pulls me into a tight hug. He just held me there. I felt safe. Steven would never listen to me like this. I would've been able to get out maybe five words before he zoned out and started thinking about food. There's a reason he works in the cafe. He isn't the chef no, no, no he's the oven. "I think that you shouldn't be together if you feel that way, Thomas. Although now I'm hungry"

I pushed myself away and looked in his eyes. "I didn't say anything. Seriously, nothing about Steven or food since you started cradling me"

The doctor came around the corner. "Your soul is an audio-book, remember, once you have created a deep connection with someone they can hear your thoughts and vice-versa but only when you make contact that is when your soul can best bridge the gap between you two"

Hm, you learn something new everyday, even about yourself. WAIT, "were you eavesdropping?"

He smiled at me. Lightly tapping his temple he said "Boy, I do not need to eavesdrop on you I can hear everything you do while you're in my hospital. It is my favorite radio station in my head. Also the cute boy is right, Steven is no good for you" I cross my arms. How would you know? "I hear you when your thinking about him there are so many people you think about I start a tally with categories for different emotions. Mandy leads with happy, Ty leads with regrets, and Steven is leader in anger and sadness."

And the doctor leads in creepy. Honestly, I feel unsafe suddenly. I mean I shouldn't but he's kinda creeping me out right now. The doctor looks at me for a moment apologizes and rushes off. Then he runs back in. "I just remembered tomorrow I'm going to train your soul so you can actually enter the soul of others to purify them. Luckily, you brought someone you trust already. Cute boy, are you okay with Thomas entering your soul, your most sacred place, and possibly forever changing how you see each other?"

Ty shrugged lightly "yeah"