KamaHeart: Healing From Past Pains (OLD VERSION)

3:Problems Arise

Gonard slowly felt himself wake up, his head aching greatly. At first he was confused with his surroundings and then remembered all that had happened. He sat up with some struggle, his head turning towards the sound of laughter and seeing the two Enirispas that had freed him.

They were playing with his snoofle, Orelia. Last time he saw her she was all dirty from the time they spent in that cave. Now, her fur was back to its faint white to brown shade and trimmed nicely. She was even given a new burnt orange bow with a cute bell on it along with polished rings on her tail. The sight made Gonard smile.

It wasn't long before Orelia quickly noticed that he was awake and sprinted towards him, also feeling happy to see him again. Gonard laughed and hugged her.

"Orelia! Those sweet girls helped you get all cleaned up huh?" He asked before turning back to the Enirispas "Thank you so much you two!"

"You're welcome Sir, also Orelia is such a lovely name-!" Milani commented as she walked over to him messing with one of her long pigtails, Ann nodded in agreement and followed.  Gonard looked up at them while petting Orelia despite exhaustion still lingering.

"A lovely name indeed, I'm not sure what I'd do without her." He laughed once again, but then let out a cough. A nasty one at that. Then a small phase of coughs started to happen.

"You good Sir...?" Ann asked feeling a bit worried. It wasn't long before Gonard stopped coughing and spoke "Don't worry Madam, I'm all good. I just needed to clear my throat more."

Ann and Milani just looked wide eye at him, the tone of his voice became much deeper. Gonard took notice of their reaction and laughed once more. "Really took you two back I see, I'm surprised. It's like you two haven't seen how I looked when I was trapped..."

"Uh speaking of which," Ann replied "how long have you been in that bottle?"

Gonard stopped for a second and though for a moment, he never kept track of the days that have passed. He wasn't able to. Maybe it was for a couple of months at most? All he remembered was the year.

"I don't remember all the details, only the fact that I got trapped sometime in 981, I assume it's been a couple of months at most right?" He asked sheepishly, the look on the two Eni's told him he was wrong. Very wrong. Before Ann could say anything Milani immediately jumped in.

"COUPLE OF MONTHS? YOU'VE BEEN TRAPPED FOR ABOUT A YEAR!"

Milani screamed making Ann and Orelia jump back in fear. Milani then realized how loud she was when seeing the two move "Oh sorry!" she frowned as she tried composing herself. She looked back to face Gonard, who just looked back at her in disbelief on what she said.

"A year..."

He said to himself quietly. While he could say to himself 'at least it wasn't any longer' it wouldn't make him feel better. Not in the slightest bit.

Ann and Milani stayed silent for a moment and quickly took notice that Gonard's face grew a bit pale. Ann tried to think of something fast to distract him.

"Um excuse me Gonard, how about we get you off the floor?" She lended a hand to him. "Let me help you up please."

Gonard hesitantly accepted it and tried to stand up but he quickly realized something, he was struggling to move his legs. Ann realized his expression was looking worse and felt concerned.

"I might need more assistance..." Gonard laughed sheepishly to himself but deep down he felt worried. It's been a year since he last used his human form, which would explain why he doesn't feel use to move in it.

Ann quickly gestured to Milani, who rushed over and the two helped him up. Gonard couldn't help but feel a bit embarrassed, which was not common for him.