My Cutthroat Romance

Chapter 22

Gerard had stayed only for a few moments longer before slipping out from between his chest and his arm, giving him a small, fleeting smile and leaving without saying a word, leaving Sweeney Todd staring into nothing while he attempted to get his thoughts together. He did nothing for a while, missing Gerard's contact. He was warm, despite only being in his pajamas and his disappearance had left the barber cold and confused as to why. He refrained from pacing for about an hour and a half, sharpening each of his razors in turn, destroying most of the skin on the knuckles of his right hand in the process. It didn't hurt until he noticed it, hissing when he did. He needed to concentrate more. He touched his middle knuckle gingerly, inhaling sharply at the pain.

"Shit." He whispered, examining the damage.

He made a frustrated noise and dropped his razor on the dresser before going downstairs and into the pie shop as quietly as possible, rolling his sleeves up. Turning the tap on so that it just trickled, keeping things quiet as he washed the blood off his hand.

"What ya doing?" A thick voice asked from the corner.

He turned to see the captain laid out along a bench, his hat in his hand, rubbing his eyes.

"Hurt my hand." Sweeney muttered back as he turned the tap off.

He grabbed the nearest tea towel that looked clean in the dim light and patted his hand dry, wincing at the stinging it caused.

"Right." The half-conscious pirate muttered, putting his hat back over his face.

With that the barber returned to his shop, leaving his razor alone for once to stand by his window again, remaining there for hours, able to watch as the sun came up.

Gerard slept easily and dreamlessly without the sound of pacing disturbing him once he got back to his bed. He was awoken by someone prodding his shoulder.

"Hey you, breakfast."

Cari-Leigh's voice sounded far away and he rolled over, attempting to fall asleep again.

"No you don't!" She pulled him onto his back to stop him escaping waking up. "Don't make me get Mr. Todd to come and get you."

"Mr. Todd?" Gerard asked confusedly, yawning.

His mind started to collect itself.

"God…he's a good kisser…who'd have known…"

Cari-Leigh started laughing.

"What?" Gerard asked.

"I can't wait to tell Zacky! You shouldn't even know that." She giggled.

"Huh, oh God, I said that out loud didn't I?" Gerard groaned, covering his face.

"Yeah. That's a sign you need to be awake, so you know what you're saying." Cari concluded, pulling Gerard's cover away from him.

"Cari!" Gerard yelled, curling into a little ball and shielding his eyes from the light.

"Gerard stop being difficult." Cari sighed.

Gerard's response was a whine.

"Fine then. Reinforcements it is."

Gerard made a confused noise, rolling onto his back again, his leg falling off the side of his bed as his friend left the room. In the space of time that he was left alone for he tried to fall asleep again without his duvet, but he only succeeded in remaining in an extremely confused and tired state, though that wouldn't last.

"You have until I get to five to at least sit up."

Gerard ignored the low drawl of the barber's voice, wishing he had never been woken in the first place.

"One…two…three…four…five." The tone of the last count sounded oddly satisfied.

Gerard managed to pull his wrist away from the hand closing around it once, but he wasn't so lucky the second time. He gave up struggling when he realized that it wasn't going to do him any good and let Sweeney pick him up over one shoulder and drop him on his feet next to the bed, causing him to stumble back a little into the wall where he was pinned by a hand across his collar. He pushed the hand away, making the barber flinch away with a hiss.

"Good morning to you too." Gerard glared. "What happened to your hand, Mr. Todd?" He asked, pulling the hand that he'd just pushed away back towards him, his tone suddenly concerned and curious.

"I got careless with a razor. I wasn't paying attention." Their eyes met and he pulled his hand back. "I'd apologize for the awakening, but you were warned." He shrugged nonchalantly, making to leave.

"I didn't think she was serious." Gerard yawned as he followed.

"Always assume that a woman is serious Gerard. That way when they're not you can usually count yourself blessed. This is an excellent example." Was the muttered response.

"Gerard, you're up! Finally!" Cari beamed, hugging him.

"I want to kill you." Gerard glowered.

Cari simply laughed and continued to hug him as Sweeney left before making him sit down with her and her brother.

"The beans, Gerard, spill them." She demanded.

"What?"

"Last night, what happened?" Zacky pressed.

"Oh!" Gerard's cheeks turned pink. "It's a long story." He mumbled.

The twins looked at each other, and then back at Gerard.

"We've got all day." They grinned.

{A/N: I thought it a good time to mention, This is actually not MissSweeneyTodd doing this update, and all from now on. She has posted many chapters on Fanfiction, and for her, to make her life easier and share the beauty and wonder of this story with all of wattpad, I will be posting her updates to this story from now on. Hope this is okay! If youre wondering- I know you arent, my real account is JinxTheRipper. Enjoy Miss Sweeney's lovely story!}