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21. Eigengrau

Your breathing was very shallow, feeling your heart beat a bit faster as you opened your eyes some, trying to sit up and wincing from a stinging pain located on your torso, gritting you're teeth, feeling tears prick your eyes. Feeling a hand softly rub your cheek to grab your attention, the dim light of the lamp next to you on the end table illuminating the figure that was crouched next to the bed. Dualscar watched you, a bittersweet smile crossing his lips, noticing that he was still in his sweatpants from sleeping made a small smile cross your face, realizing that it hadn't been that long since the incident. "Hey lass." He spoke softly, his voice wavering only slightly before he cleared his throat afterwards. You looked around you, being in the same bedroom, feeling the satin sheets under you. "What happened?" You asked softly, your voice weakened. He went silent for a moment, taking in a deep breath before replying. "I didn't do my job.." he muttered, looking down at his feet in shame, his hands falling weak at the side of the bed. You grabbed and held his hand, reassuring him silently before speaking weakly. "Dual...it's okay, neither of us knew it was going to happen." You tried to help his feelings get a boost up, his tearful eyes looking up at you, weakness caressing his pupils as he stared at you helplessly. "But I vwasn't prepared...I didn't do anything until the last fucking minute-" he gritted his teeth and gripped at his hair in frustration, getting up and pacing at the end of the bed. You were worried, obviously, and you didn't want to ask and push his feelings downhill more then they already were. Looking down at your hands and fiddling with them, you sighed and yawned, stretching your arms a little before looking back up at the highblood. His eyes were locked onto your figure, seeming like he was in deep thought. Waving your hand at him, you got his attention, making him shake his head and sit on his side of the bed. Turning to him, you rubbed his back. "It's okay Dual, I promise, I'm okay." You said sweetly. Feeling him relax a little bit more then before, good, it atleast seems to be working. The room went quiet before you both heard a knock at the door, making him get up and open it. A female voice caught your attention and you saw him nod and speak quietly to her, retrieving something from her hand before shutting the door behind him. He walked over to the side of your bed, sitting down next to your legs and pushing the blanket down to your hips, this made you blush as you realized that you still weren't wearing anything underneath the blanket. Giving him an embarrassed look, he chuckled. "It's just for taking care of the vwounds lass, you don't need all of that getting infected." He motioned towards your wounds. You looked down and let out a silent gasp, your stomach was nearly torn open, in some spots you could almost see the muscle underneath. His face faltered as he saw your reaction, but you looked up at him and gave him the same embarrassed smile from before. He put some hydrogen peroxide onto a cotton pad, making sure it was well covered. You felt the cool sensation on your skin, before feeling the stinging pain and feeling it almost sizzling I'm your wounds, gritting you're teeth you grabbed his free hand next to you, holding back tears as the wounds were thoroughly cleaned, afterwards, your torso almost felt numb. He got the ointment and gently applied it, the coolness soothing the irritated wounds, making you sigh in extreme comfort. Feeling his hands at your side, he carefully pulled you up into a sitting up position, making you yelp and cry some, feeling the pain again from the shifting wounds, he rubbed your sides softly and kisses your forehead. The soft they sturdy bandages were wrapped around you, applying pressure, but still making sure you were able to comfortably breath in them. Dualscar went to the bathroom to wash his hands, returning to find you laying down and half asleep, he smiled to himself, getting in bed next to you. His hand lightly grasped yours, his soft purring made you smile, fully closing your eyes and sighing quietly. Feeling his fingers intertwine with yours, gently caressing your palm as you felt yourself fall asleep.