The Dark Hour

--------Ty--------

"Easy Seto," I said quickly helping him sit up. He sighed and let me help him. He winced a little and I sighed.

"Do you need any pain medicine?" He shook his head.

"No, I'm sick of medicine. I don't want any."

"Well do you need any?" I asked softly. He sighed and shook his head.

"No, I'll be fine."

"Ok." The doctor came in and I got out of her way.

"How are you feeling?"

"I'm fine, when can I get out of here?" Seto asked softly.

"Um well all the tests came back negative. I'll talk to Gabriel, I'll be back." She said walking away. I looked at Seto and he had his eyes closed and was focused on his breathing.

"Seto?"

"Hmm," He hummed.

"Are you sure you're ok?" I asked a bit worried.

"Yeah, I just feel like there's something wrapped around my chest and it's a little hard to breathe."

"Maybe we should tell the doctor." He shrugged.

"It's not that bad, I'm sure it'll pass."

"Seto-"

"Okay so I talked to him, and he wants to come back and check on you himself so just hang in there. Uh are you feeling any pain in your chest? Or having trouble breathing?"

"Um a little," He said softly. She nodded.

"He's probably going to put you on an inhaler and you might have to come in for a few breathing treatments to get your lungs back to normal." He nodded.

"Ok." Gabriel came in and smiled.

"Hey kiddo, how are you feeling?"

"Um I'm ok, it feels like there's a small pressure on my chest though."

"Ok, hold on." He grabbed a stethoscope and placed it on Seto's back. "Breathe in." Seto breathed in. "Breathe out." Seto exhaled then winced.

"That doesn't sound good. I'm going to give you an inhaler and see if that helps but I also want you to come to my office at least once a week for a breathing treatment. They'll just take a couple minutes. Oh and I don't want you training or doing any extreme physical activity. Don't push yourself, you could end up hurting yourself more if you do." Seto nodded and looked down.

"Ok."

"I'll go get you an inhaler, and I'm telling Michael you're not allowed to train." He left and Seto sighed.

"Are you ok?" I asked softly. He nodded.

"Yeah, but I want to be able to train. It's the one thing I can do to help out around here."

"No Seto, you don't have to prove yourself to anyone. We can find something else to do but you don't have to do anything to prove yourself." He nodded then Gabriel came back.

"Ok here you go, please take it easy. Too many kids get reckless and rip stitches then they have to have surgery done all over again and it sucks." Seto nodded.

"I'll be careful." I helped Seto up on his feet and he wobbled but he could stand. We started to walk and Seto held onto my arm. He was a bit shaky walking but I think he was just trying to get used it to after not walking for over a month. We were heading for my room when we heard a horribly familiar voice.

"Hey pipsqueak!"

"Oh great," I muttered. Seto grip on my arm tightened as Jace and his friends walked over to us. Jace's arm was in a bright blue cast and he looked mad.