Healing His Heart

Chapter 13

For the next four days Helena would get out of bed, eat a quick breakfast and then go to Severus' private brewing lab or to the Potions classroom and she would clean.

Her hands were always red and her nail polish chipped, but she didn't care because she was doing this for Severus.

Speaking of Severus, Helena felt bad because she had only checked in on him briefly two days prior and the poor man probably thought she was avoiding him.

Heaving a sigh, Helena took a seat on top of one of the desks which had been moved to the side. With her keen nurse's eye, Helena inspected the finally clean Potions classroom.

It had taken a lot of effort, but it was finally ready for when students returned in September.

"Helena, did you do all of this?" A familiar velvety voice asked, snapping Helena from her inspecting.

The young witch turned to face the older wizard as he came to sit beside her on the next desk.

"Yes I did, I hope you don't mind," Helena said nervously, for she had not asked if she could move things around.

Severus shook his head, "Of course I don't mind my dear, except I hope you know that you didn't need to do all this."

Helena shrugged, "If I'm going to teach in here, it needs to be clean."

Severus smiled and cupped her sweaty face, "I would have helped you once I'm better."

"You're sweet, but I sort of enjoy cleaning," Helena said as she adjusted her sweaty ponytail.

"And here I was thinking you were avoiding me," Severus said awkwardly, running his thin fingers through his hair that was starting to get greasy.

Helena sighed, "I'm so sorry that you thought that Severus, I just wanted to get this done before the next stage of your potion needs to be done."

Severus stood up and pulled his petite girlfriend against his chest, she protested that she was sweaty and gross but he did not care.

The kiss he gave her was soft and the witch found herself wrapping her arms tightly around the waist of the older wizard.

When they pulled apart, Helena toyed with a strand of Severus' hair, "You need to wash your hair," she said as she tucked the strand behind his ear.

"Is that so?" He asked her.

She nodded and so he sighed, "I didn't want to worry you Lena, but the reason I haven't washed it is because I struggle to stand up even for short periods of time."

Helena gasped, "We're going back to your chambers now and I'm giving you a check up and I don't want any fuss from you."

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Severus was laying shirtless in his bed while Helena ran a diagnostic spell.

"The poison is spreading faster than I'd anticipated," Helena murmured defeatedly.

The wizard remained calm, being a Potions Master he had expected the possibility of this. He watched the witch who was nervously running a hand through her hair, "How long Lena?"

The young witch ended the spell and sighed, "Maybe two months." She suddenly was overcome with sadness and started to cry, "I'm so sorry Severus," she sobbed.

Severus inched over and pulled the little witch towards him, she fell into his chest and buried her head against it.

"Hush my love, it was always a possibility," Severus murmured as he tried to calm the distraught witch that clung to him desperately.

"I know but I still feel like I've failed you!" Helena sobbed loudly.

"You haven't failed my dear witch, how many times must I remind you that you are the reason I want to live? You're too pure for this world Helena, you think you have to save everyone, and then you forget to look after yourself," Severus murmured in her ear, his hand rubbing circles on her back.

"I promise you darling, you have not failed me and you never could," he finished and planted a kiss on the top of her head.

Helena nodded and calmed her breathing, "Can I bathe you? I promise I will be professional."

Severus chuckled, "You're my girlfriend, you don't have to be professional."

Helena chuckled softly and sat up, her eyes were red and her cheeks wet. Severus sat up and kissed her softly, "You're perfect."

Helena smiled and went to run the bath, she added different oils and salts before returning to help Severus to the bathroom.

Severus unbuckled his pants and shrugged them and his boxers off, Helena turned away as he did this and waited for him to get in the bath before turning around.

"Will you join me?" He asked her nervously.

Helena froze, she and Severus had never seen each other naked before. On the other hand however, there were a lot of bubbles so they would both be covered.

"Yeah okay," she replied and Severus faced away as she striped her clothes off and slid into the bath behind him.

She began to lather his hair in shampoo and she gently massage him scalp and he let out a soft moan.

Helena rinsed the shampoo from the wizard's hair and then massaged in some conditioner before rinsing that too.

She reached for a cloth and began to gently wash Severus' body, "I'm not hurting you am I?" She asked thoughtfully as she wiped his back.

Severus shook his head, "Not at all."

Once Severus was clean, Helena quickly washed herself and her hair then stepped out of the bath and quickly wrapped a towel around her before helping Severus from the bath.

Severus managed to dry himself and slip into a pair of boxers, then, still clad in only a towel, Helena led him back to his bed.

"Rest now love, I'll wake you for dinner," she said as she bent down to kiss his forehead.

Severus fell asleep quickly, leaving Helena to bite her lip nervously before going to get changed.

She had a potion to work on.

A/N: Just a cute and sappy chapter, I'm looking at summing it up soon.