Reboot (a soulmate au) [Moved]

9. Life Support

Gabriel sat huddled in a chair awkwardly looking around. The room was empty except for the circle of chairs. The room was full of strangers and he felt like he didn't belong. A woman walked into the room with a smile. Who knew someone could smile in this situation. "Good morning, everyone. Today we have a new member." She said happily. Her gaze turned towards Gabriel who was still curled up on the chair. "Now, on the paper it says that you have two names?" She asked. "Yes Ma'am." He mumbled. "Do you have one you prefer or does it not matter?"

"Um, I prefer Gabriel." He answered. She seemed to be confused by his answer momentarily but put her annoying smile back on. "Well, Gabriel, would you like to share why you signed up for our group?" Honestly. He didn't. He didn't want to talk. "My uncle signed me up." He mumbled curling up even more on himself. "Why did he sign you up?" She asked. He swallowed nervously, "because I was supposed to die two years ago." He whispered.

"Well, I feel honored to be able to speak to you today, than." It was clear that she was trying to lighten the mood. It was her fault for asking questions. "Well, does anyone have any good news?" She asked when the room was quiet for too long. "The doctor said that I might be cured within the next few visits." A girl said. "That's great, Lily!" The woman smiled. He never caught her name. "I'm proud of you, Lil, I knew we would get through this!" The girl next to her smiled. "Thanks, Ruby." Lily smiled and hugged her.

Gabriel felt out of place. These were people who were actually sick. These were people who could get better. He was just waiting for when death came. He spent the past three years waiting.

"We shall all pray that Lilith and Ruby are truly freed from cancer and will be able to live their lives to the fullest." Cancer? But they can't be any older than fifteen. Is this god that everyone looks up to really that cruel, putting two kids through so much pain. Gabriel sat there awkwardly while the group prayed. This will be a long few weeks.

After the praying, the group was led out of the room and into a garden with three tables. One of the tables was covered with containers of food. Everyone went to that table and grabbed paper plates. Some people were in wheelchairs and was being helped by others. They were probably too weak to walk.

Gabriel, instead of getting food, just sat at the edge of one of the tables. The group wasn't large and most of them were sitting at the other table. He sat with his knees to his chest and arms and head resting on the table. Hearing movement next to him; he slowly opened his eyes. "Are you tired?" Lilith asked sitting next to him. "Kinda" he mumbled back. "Well, how are you liking it here?" She asked. "Everything is kinda awkward."

"It's always like that at the beginning." She smiled looking up as Ruby joined them. "You said that you were supposed to die two years ago, right?" Lilith asked after a while. "Yeah."

"You must be really lucky than. That's what my doctor says. They said that I would never get better and here I am. I'm almost normal."

"Lucky really isn't the word I would use to describe my situation but a lot of people seem to."

"What else would it be other than luck?" Ruby asked. "Cruelty?" Gabriel suggested. Both of their expectations dropped and sadness shone is their eyes. "You're not getting better." Lilith mumbled more towards herself. "I'm not necessarily getting worse either." He said like it would lighten the mood. "I'm sorry. We didn't know." Ruby said. "It's fine. I don't want to be treated or seen differently because of it."

"Of course. We all know how that feels. Do you want something to eat?" Lilith said bringing things back. Gabriel was hungry. He hadn't eaten yesterday helping Micheal and Lucifer and he hadn't eaten that morning either. He also knew that he really wasn't supposed to eat more than a meal a day because that risks him gaining weight. "Maybe just a snack." He mumbled. "You must try Ms. Johnson's Banana bread! It's like her specialty! I'll go get you some." Ruby said excitedly and ran towards the table with the containers.

Gabriel looked over towards Lilith while she watched her leave. He slowly leaned over and whispered so only they could hear, "Are you gay?" She jumped and looked over at him shocked. "What?" He chuckled, "I know that look!"

"What look?"

"The I'm-totally-gay-for-my-best-friend look! Trust me I have to deal with it all the time." He said with a smile. "It just makes it easier to talk to you now." He said finally. "What do you mean easier to talk to?"

"I don't know. I just feel more comfortable around people in the LGBT community. I guess it's because there's less of a chance that they find me weird or not understand."

"I guess I understand. Just don't out me alright?"

"Of course! I wouldn't out someone when I'm not entirely out to everyone." Ruby came back with a paper towel wrapped around two slices of banana bread and a piece in her mouth. She sits across from Lilith and puts the paper towel between Gabriel and Lilith. Lily grabbed a slice and started to eat it laughing at the way Ruby was way too excited about bread. Gabriel way slowly picking his apart, eating little crumbs at a time.

They spent the rest of the time just talking about random stuff. When it was time to leave, Chuck came to pick him up.

The next chapter will be a continuation from this one. It was getting really long and off topic from the therapy.