The Hidden

24

You have me
            Until every single star
              in the galaxy dies
                                      You have me.

After years of looking, the fugitive Aurelian Ricotta, uncle and brother to the Bianchi-Ricotta family was found dead under the center of the city. Aurelian was part-taker to the death of many, amongst those were the royal families. Including the Queen and King, may the all--
Sorry to interrupt but-- uh- we've just recieved word that Ángel Verbeck and his mysterious damsel has finally come to after two months of non-responsive behavior. It was said that she's officially broke her coma and has been recovering very fast. Now this woman has been through so much, I mean we don't have much on her seeing as she's from the human side of Earth. However, to come here just to be terrorized and kidnapped-- absolutely traumatic. My prayers are out there for her and her speedy recovery.

Now reporters and photographers are gonna be crowding the building for days. Trying to sneak in for an interview, a photo.

"We're never gonna be able to get out of here" I said to myself as I shut the tv off and exhaled heavily. Akira stirred against my chest. For the past few days she's had the same repetitive schedule. She woke up, she ate a little, talked barely, watched tv only if I was, and did it all over again. When she woke up the nurse suggested she get some rest. I questioned her qualifications and expertise, rest-- after nearly two months of being in a coma Akira should be well rested.

"Hey you" she said looking at me with a bright smile and twinkling eyes.
I don't know how your were tired, do you know how long you were asleep?" Akira laughed, her eyes squinting as she shook her head no. Her laugh emerged from the back of her throat, the bottom of her stomach, reaching her eyes. She gave a quick guess, two weeks. So confident in her answer that it almost hurt to tell her the truth as I laughed.

"Tw--two months! Are you kidding! Ugh!" She yelled, punching me in the arm playfully.

I love how her right eyebrow twitches when she's really mad and her cheeks puff up. Then when she chews on her bottom lip when she gets even the slightest bit anxious or nervous about something, even things she can't control such as the clouds unexpected becoming dark enough for rai after she'd already checked the weather. The creases that appears on her forehead when she puckers her eyebrows, I know she's thinking really hard. At times when it's cold inside she'd curl her toes, sock covered or not, other times she does it out of habit and I say to her "one day they're gonna get stuck like that." There's a possibility I'll be the only one with a cain when we're older. Unless I keep letting her tuck her feet under me when she's cold.

I was stuck on her, a look of adoration painted my face as I couldn't take my eyes off her. It didn't matter if she was not paying attention to me or if she was set on watching the tv thinking I was watching it too. Every once in a while her eyes would shrink and her eyebrows would rise as she laughed. Her shoulders would also shake and that eventually would cause her pain because she'd result to clutching her stomach.