Golden wings

Chapter 57 - Unison

The warm fire was comforting.

He would be somewhat calm, were not for the fact that the small bar of fur kept nudging his leg... He gave the persistent rodent a nudge with the tip of his tail, to try to make him stop munching his clothes.

Alexis and Ayako paid little mind to Uriel's panic when the rabbit decided to bite and hold on to his tail, causing him to react anxiously. The angel frowned; his eyes were fixed with pure focus, while he brushed a wet cloth over the human's neck. She had wounds and cuts, not nice to look at, which still bled a little. His frown only grew when she tried to laugh and joke.

"Hey... Now we both will have scars! We will be able to brag around, don't you think?"

She pouted when he only gave her a stern glare, disapproving of her dismissal.

"Just hold still already, dammit. At this rate, you are going to make the cuts open again, if you keep on wiggling."

Ayako crossed her arms and stopped swaying with boredom; she let herself lean onto Lykaios' fur. The wolf was sleeping at her side soundly; his own bleeding had stopped on its own, because a demon was always stronger. That did not mean that they would not check him, as soon as she was.

Alexis picked up the bandages at his side, which he had taken out from Ayako's bag, always there for her travels. Uriel had insisted on taking measures; he had pointed at her neck and affirmed that they had to make sure they did not get infected. Alexis would have laughed at his unending overprotection, if he had not been as worried as him.

While Alexis bandaged her neck, Ayako glanced sideways at the horned demon. She watched how Uriel raised his tail, with a rabbit still holding stubbornly onto it, even if hanging now in the air. She did not need to worry, because Uriel did not whip his tail to throw the rodent away. Instead of getting rid of the animal, he raised his claws slowly and held Abiel carefully; he began to give small nudges to his snout, for him to let go of the tip of his pointy tail. Abiel let out a grumpy huff... but he let go and let himself plop into Uriel's hands. The demon smiled shyly and hugged Abiel close to his chest; his nails did not leave a single scratch while he petted him. The bunny just curled and stopped growling, clearly enjoying the attention.

Alexis did not seem to mind that Uriel held his pet. He did not seem to care either that Lykaios was near. The strangest fact was that he did not show fear while he sat near her, an angel hunter. There were predators all around him, yet he was unfazed.

Said angel smiled a little and moved his hands away, because he was done tying and securing the bandages around her neck.

"There we go." He raised a finger, because he caught her raising a hand, with obvious intentions of nudging the cloths. "Don't pull or scratch at them, Aya... Please. I know it itches, but you know damn well how this goes."

That she took care of the sick perfectly did not mean that she looked out for herself as much. She stuck out her tongue, with a small playful smile; while he just shook his head knowingly and stood up. He took the remaining bandages in her bag, and then went to sit at Uriel's side this time.

Alexis was the only one who was not wounded seriously. The other three had soon cringed with every move they made, after the adrenaline had faded. As soon as he had rescued Abiel, he had made a fire, intending to bandage those cuts right away. He had not liked that Uriel had tried to leave at first, as soon as he had suggested that they rested. He found Uriel's idea insane; he had a few broken ribs, his torso had multiple stabs, and there were a lot of bruises all over his body. His demon was good at hiding his pain, but not enough to hide it from him. Not even if the bleeding had stopped on its own, it still hurt.