An Excuse Maybe

Chapter 40

This is it. The final chapter. I just want to say thank you so much for everyone who has read, reviewed, favorited, and followed this story till now. After this I won't be updating anything because I will be focusing on updating my next fic. But Heavy Rotation is in the works as we speak so hopefully it won't take too long. Please enjoy. "An Excuse Maybe" song belongs to AKB48

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Three hours later, Tilamat and Lazuli were asleep. Tilamat snored in the chair as Lazuli lifted her head. She looked around before sniffing the air. She hasn't seen her mother all morning and she was getting antsy. As nice as Tilamat was, she knew that wasn't her mommy. Lazuli turned to him and squeaked loudly at him, but the doctor didn't budge, causing her to frown. She squeaked again, louder, but no results. She huffed before looking down at the floor, there was no way she was waiting until he woke up. However, the question then lied as to how she was going to get down.

She could jump down, but that probably wouldn't be safe. She then noticed a shelf next to the incubator and frowned. She looked back at Tilamat before getting up on all fours. This was the first time she felt fear as she looked at the shelf.

Lazuli looked at the distance between the incubator and the shelf and leapt. She landed on the top of it and wheezed. That was too close! She then strolled over to the edge and looked down, a basket of blankets conveniently next to it. This was the second time she felt fear as she looked down. She whined a bit but remembered that she had to find her mom. Lazuli then jumped down and landed safely into the basket. She looked around the fabrics and wanted to play in it, but maybe later. She peered her head out of the basket and hopped out. She quietly made her way past Tilamat as she scratched the bottom of the door. They didn't close the door all the way much to her surprise. It opened and she looked out into the hallway. It was very quiet and the halls were empty. She looked around before sniffing the air.

He was near! Lazuli could barely hold back her energy as she scampered out of the room and down the hall. The silence was eerie, not something she preferred. However, she was too hopped up on adrenaline and anticipation to care. When she saw the skirt of a nurse she hid behind one of the folds of the tent.

"And then I said that he was lying through his teeth, but that cheating jerk denied everything!" The nurse huffed as she walked past her and out of the halls.

Lazuli blinked before sniffing the air again, he was so close! She chirped as she darted down the hall, up to one of the tents. She scratched on the door and waited for a nurse to open the door. No response. She pushed the door open and entered the recovery room. It was a bit dark as she saw a large bed and many other things. She sniffed the air again, his scent was prominent in this room. She saw a large figure turning over in a bed. Lazuli squeaked loudly, it was him, mommy!

Lazuli went up to the bed and tried to jump, but she couldn't. She huffed and began to try several ways to get up. She tried running from a distance and jumping but that didn't work. She tried to claw her way up, but she only fell on her butt. She growled a bit, frustrated. How was she gonna get up there? Her mommy seemed to be asleep and no matter how many times she squeaked, he didn't wake up. Lazuli then noticed the rails that were connected to the bed and a lightbulb went off in her head. She went over to them and looked up. They seemed to reach the top of the bed, and had several ledges for her to climb on. Putting one foot and on hand on the rails, she climbed up and landed on the bed, face first. When she lifted her head, her mother's face was the first thing she saw. Lazuli's eyes softened as she went up to him. She sniffed him, making sure it was him before nuzzling him. Her lungs filled with unconditional love as she nuzzled his face. She sat next to him, looking around the room, occasionally looking back at Mandarin. Lazuli yawned, suddenly tired again. She looked up towards the pillows and hopped onto them. She circled around one area before plopping down and fell asleep, happy she found her mommy.