My Most Precious Treasure (MMPT) MAVI

Chapter 16: Change

Avi walked into the room slowly with shattered hopes and an overflowing amount of sadness.

Avi saw mitch sitting there in the bed, legs outstretched under the hospital blankets staring out the window into the cold black night.

Mitch heard the door slowly open from the new presence and shifted his head in the direction of company.

He smiled a crooked and broken smile at the bearded man and whispered, "Hi".

Avi examined mitch's body slowly and looked away and closed his eyes for a moment holding back the oncoming tears that were swelling up in his eyes.

He spoke back in a shaking broken voice, "hi". As he tried to smile back at mitch but, could only show the poorly structured chance of a smile.

"So....here we are again huh?" Mitch said flashing back to the times in the hospital. He turned his head back towards the window in regret.

"We can never catch a break can we?"

Somewhere in the back of mitch's mind he couldn't help but feel like this was his fault...

Silence entered the room, and was not leaving until one of them spoke up and broke it.

Avi looked at mitch with sorrow and then down at the bed.

"It seems that way doesnt it?..."

Mitch smiled again with weary eyes and looked back at avi. He patted the space next him on the bed gesturing avi to come sit with him.

Avi smiled a broken smile back and walked his way over to mitch's bed side. He turned his back and sat down next to mitch. His head turned towards mitch, stil giving off the expression of agony.

"Hey big guy..." Mitch said reaching his hand towards the bearded face.

His hand cupped avi's soft beard and carresed it slowly. Avi took in the feeling of comfort and raised his hand and took mitch's within his own. He began to kiss it gently iver and over giving it soft melted kisses.

"Im scared mitchie..." Avi said still directing his attention towards his mitch's hand. He was to scared to see mitch's face because he couldn't bare the thought of seeing mitch in such a sad state.

Mitch's eyes shifted upwards towards the ceiling to distract his imagination. His mind like a motor speedway, cars acting like thoughts running hundreds of miles per second, never ceasing never slowing. Each one colliding with one another crashing and burning.

"Why's that handsome man?" Mitch smiled trying suck back the oncoming tears that would soon flow like a river.

"I....i dont know how long you're going to be like this....," Avi cut his sentence off and you could hear the trembling in his tone. Mitch looked down from the ceiling and back at avi with eyes that could mesmorize anyone but, they felt heartfelt and full of care.

",....and that terrifies me." Mitch could feel avi's hand clutch the bed sheets harder and harder as he tried so deperetly to hold back the tears that would soon flow out like his emotions.

Avis tears ran one by one as he looked at mitch. The stare becane intense and so full of love it filled the room with an aura that if there were other people in the room, they could feel it.

Mitch smiled slightly and placed his hand on avi's. Avi looked at his hand  and watched as mitch carressed it.

"Avi...."

He looked back up at mitch with eyes of wonder and hope.

".....i will be just fine. I just got to adjust to this new lifestyle sweetheart, and im happy i have you here with me to help me adjust." Mitch's tone was gentle like a bird chirping on a sunlit filled morning. Avi crept a smile on his face at the words mitch spoke. His beautiful angel being stronger than he could afford to be.

"...besides avi, isn't that what *lifts up air quote signs* "friends" do right?" Mitch said smiling a cute smile at avi.

Avi couldn't help but smile back and chuckle at his "friend".