Cut You A Piece

5

As the doctor stood in the bathroom, he felt a stinging sensation erupt from him. He felt liquid falling from his cheeks. The doctor touched the liquid and looked at it for a moment to understand what was happening.

He was crying.

An emotion, something the doctor scorned for having, was affecting him. He gave a scoff as he looked in the mirror to observe himself.

Tears were flowing from his eyes and this upset the doctor. He wasn't suppose to be like this..but he was. It was simply how he was born. He hated these emotions. All because they made him weak and vulnerable. Just like now. That's when the doctor begin to think.

Why do he feel weak right now?

Although he asked the question, he knew the exact answer. It was because of Stone. It was because of what he was about to do before he got there. It was seeing the pain in the smaller man when he was asked about the pills. It was because of him and his disappearance.

The doctor composed himself the best he could, washing his face and drying it. He went out to the living room, seeing how messy the place was. He began to clean the place up. Picking up one piece of clothing after another, cleaning up the bottles of alcohol and tossing them away.

This wasn't something the doctor would do normally. He would've had his robots do all this or Agent Stone, but neither were available at the moment so he had to do with what he had.

After what felt like hours, he had cleaned the full living room and kitchen up. When he observed his achievement he began to think to why he was doing all this. The answer seemed simple enough to him.

Because he could.

Although, that was only half the truth. Another reason was to occupy his mind from other thoughts. He didn't want to think about how everything Stone went through was his fault. He didn't want to think that his most loyal and favorite agent would've ended his life because of him. He shook those thoughts out of his head and went into the agent's room.

He observed the mess inside surrounding the sleeping agent. He quickly went and began to clean up the mess within, making sure not to disturb the agent. He went in and out in order to dispose of everything quickly. He went and grabbed a bottle of whiskey from the nightstand and looked at it. He then turned and looked at the sleeping agent who was a mess.

He gave a small sighed and whispered to himself," What happened to you..."

He then left closing the door quietly behind him to leave the agent peacefully. He then went to the kitchen to fix himself something edible. As he rummaged through the cabinets, he saw something hiding in the very back. It was espresso mix. The one thing that gave their relationship a kick to say. He saw how it had not been used for months on end and not even opened.

The doctor gripped it tight before quickly placing it back on the shelf. At first, the doctor thought that once he got back, everything was going to go back to the way it use to be. But it was painfully clear now that that wasn't going to be the case. It was going to be hard for both of them to transition after the long 3 month separation. The doctor took a deep breath, forcing his feelings down as he continued to make something edible for himself.

The agent felt himself slowly awaken and sat up. There were no nightmares this time. No waking up screaming. No self-loathing... It felt so foreign to him. That's when he remembered what what he dreamed of earlier. The doctor had come back right when he was about to end everything. The doctor had returned.

That was a dream....right?

Stone looked around, not seeing the man anywhere and began to question his memory. He quickly got himself out of bed and ran out into the living room to see the doctor watching tv looking bored by what was showing.

It wasn't a dream.

He felt joy overcome him knowing that he was back. That he was here and that he was with him. That's when he realized something very important. He could lose him again. That fear consumed the agent as he stared at the doctor. He wouldn't let that happen. Not after this event.

He then noticed how clean the whole place was. Did the doctor clean it all up? Why would the doctor do that? Usually he would've had him do it, wouldn't he?

That's when he heard the doctor speak," Good you're awake!"

He got up out off the couch and walked over to the agent who was feeling very hesitant when the doctor approached him.

" Oh, I cleaned your dump of a home for you, your welcome by the way."

Stone nodded and said," Thank you, sir but you know I could-"

The agent began only to be interrupted by the doctor saying," you were sleeping and besides I could use the small workout after all."

The doctor then had a stern look much different from his usual cocky, laid back one.

" We have something we need to discuss."

Stone felt afraid. Something he never usually felt when it came to the doctor before. It was foreign and Stone didn't like it at all.

" Pin yourself to the wall Stone." The doctor said bluntly, the agent doing as told.

The doctor got up close to the agents face and said," I don't ever want you to try and pull of whatever stunt you were going to do right before I came knocking to your door, is that understood?"

Stone looked a bit confused until he remembered what happened before he was asleep.

The pills.

Stone simply nodded and said," Yes, sir but when did yo-"

Stone was going to ask why the doctor cared and the doctor interrupted saying," Because you're more useful to me alive and I'm going to need a lot of your lattes soon."

The doctor stepped back and turned around saying," And besides, if I wanted you dead I want to do it myself."

All these were fake insults from the doctor. The doctor couldn't bear giving the true reason out to the agent. He couldn't break his walls and simply say it was because he loved the man. No, it was better if they were distant. It was better to be separated than to be together. Strategically people would be able to take advantage of both of them due to this relationship.

But it hurt.

The logic was there...but the feelings were revolting the idea. Stone watched the doctor stand there still. Stone knew something was going through the doctors mind, but he could never know what it was.

" Doctor? Is anything wrong?" Stone asked hesitantly worried to lose the doctor once more.

The doctor shook himself as if to shake dust of himself before turning and saying," Yes, stone, everything is fine."

The doctor then began to pace the floor of the home.

" For now I have several blueprints I would like to work on for some new inventions as well as getting my lab back!" That's when the doctor realized that his lab was not in the Agents possession.

" Agent, where is my lab?" The doctor asked recieving and answer from the agent.

" It's in storage. The government saw no use for it when you disappeared considering it only answered to you."

The doctor had an upset look before calming down and holding his temper.

He then looked to the agent and said," go put some proper clothes on."

Stone looked at the doctor confused, but before he could ask the doctor said," We're going to go and get my lab back."

Stone nodded and went to get on his usual suit to prepare leaving the home, something he hadn't done in forever.