A Reunion Between A Lost Pair

Chapter 5- Recovery

Chapter 5

Michael's POV

Some people began to do a short recap on what had happened but they were interrupted before they properly got started. Ritchie screamed and immediately ran across the distance between us. He reached me and began to pull up the sleeve of my jumper, revealing the gash from before. He didn't even give me a chance to explain before he hauled me to the infirmary, dragging me by my other arm. Once inside, he pushed me towards a bed before beginning to plough through drawers, searching for bandages and disinfectant I assume.

Once he turned around to make his way over to me, I caught his eye and said, "its not that bad. I'm not about to go dying on you now I've just got back"

"sorry" he said speaking the unspoken words for over-reacting

"no, you're all good" I smiled. He smiled back, as he continued to sit down on the bed beside me and open up the disinfectant bottle.

"ready?" he asked to which I hummed, holding in a scream as he poured it onto the wound. I did however grunt as he pulled the bandages tight around it. Ritchie winced, "sorry" as he tied it off. Then he looked up to meet my eye, "anywhere else?"

I looked down, "may or may not have caught my leg as well"

Ritchie groaned playfully as he got up to get another bandage, "course you did"

"I could do it myself, you know?" I laughed

"no, I'll do it" he said returning with a new bandage. I pulled up my jeans and winced as I looked at the gash.

"I did not think it was that bad... yikes"

Ritchie immediately got to cleaning it, refusing to comment on the state of it considering it looked infected, which is not a surprise in hindsight considering I was sliding on it. At one point I yelped, instinctively grabbing onto him. He looked up at me, "sorry, I'm nearly done"

"no, you're okay. I guess I just need to get used to this again"

Ritchie simply sighed before wrapping it up. Once finished, he put everything away then came to sit next to me again, pulling me into a sideways hug, "how did you even manage this? You were on a field"

I laughed at the statement, "it's not like I just got teleported there"

Ritchie froze then turned me towards him, "you went through the horde?"

"yeah?"

"no wonder its bad then" he sighed hugging me.

I hugged back, resting my head on his shoulder, "I missed you"

"me too" he replied before adjusting his statement, "I missed you too, not me" I laughed.