---
POV: Gadget
Hmm...
Zero is taking longer than the usual mobian in the bathroom...
I'll just double check he's okay.
I stood up from the couch and wandered to the bathroom, the door was locked so I knocked on it, "Zero? Are you okay?"
I heard cursing from inside, "Y-yeah! I'm good!" he replied.
Humming, I raised a brow, "Are you sure? I won't have to break this door down will I?"
"No, no! I'm coming out now!" Zero responded, almost frantically. He seemed out of breath, like he was running a marathon.
I backed away from the door and stood facing it with my arms crossed.
I swear to chaos if he cut, I'm going to trim those godforsaken claws of his myself.
Zero came out of the bathroom looking relatively normal, like nothing happened. Although I did see a spec of blood under the bandages on his left arm.
I narrowed my eyes at the jackal before grabbing his left arm and unwrapping the bandages.
Zero grunted and glanced away from me as I looked at his arm.
My thoughts were correct, he was cutting.
"Zero." I sighed disappointingly. "Why?.."
He tugged his arm away, "Because I can"
I growled, "It's not the way, if you don't stop cutting I'll trim those claws myself."
"I'd like to see you try, wolf." Zero spat and growled back.
"Alright then, let's go." I challenged him and dragged him into my room by his hand, I grabbed my nail trimmers from my bedside drawer and sat him down.
"Wait-wait! Okay!" Zero stammered and tried tugging his hand away from the trimmers. I raised a brow and looked at him, the trimmers inches away from his claws.
"I-I'll...I'll try to stop, just don't trim my claws." He sighed in defeat.
Good. It worked.
"Don't underestimate me." I let his hand go and put the trimmers back. "I'm doing this to keep you safe" I added.
Zero stood up from my bed and looked at his claws, he then looked at me. "Never knew you could be so forceful" he mumbled.
"I'm not being forceful, I'm just doing what I think is right to keep you from dying" I frowned. "Even if I have to use drastic actions like that"
Zero grunted and walked out of the room to the living room. I followed with him and sat beside him, "How's your chest and head?" I asked, changing the topic.
"Fine" Zero responded shortly.
It fell silent afterwards, I felt a bit awkward and left to the kitchen to make some food. I made two bowls of soup for me and Zero, I gave a bowl to him and sat down again. Zero ate the soup thankfully, and when I also finished mines I went to wash the bowls.
POV: Zero
I don't know why he is doing this.
Feeding me, taking care of me, making sure I'm alright all the time.
It's pathetic.
But, there's a small part inside me that is thankful...
Even though I try to not show it.
I looked at the TV, it was boring but I managed to keep my eyes on it. Gadget didn't spark any more conversations so it fell into silence with only the sound of the TV drowning it out.
"Hey, Gadget?" I turned to him.
"Mhm?" Gadget turned to me, his ears perked.
"Since you plan to keep me here for a while, where might I sleep each night?" I asked.
Gadget pondered for a few seconds, "I don't know if I can trust you to sleep here by yourself"
I raised a brow, "Geez, thanks for trusting me..." I scoffed and rolled my eyes.
"N-not like that! I just want to be there to protect you" Gadget stammered. "If I'm not there and you do something terrible, how can I protect you from doing the same thing again?" he frowned.
He has a point.
It's only a matter of time before my cravings kick in again...
"I also don't have a spare room, the only option aside from sleeping on the couch is with me" Gadget mumbled embarrassingly, though if it had to be done it had to be done to keep me from doing anything irrational.
I sighed heavily, "Fine. Just don't do anything weird in the middle of the night" I narrowed my eyes.
Gadget crossed his heart, "I promise" he chuckled and stood up, "It's getting late anyways"
I nodded and followed him to his room - this time voluntarily, as last time was a different scenario. I sat on the right side of the bed and took off the hoodie that he gave me, I kicked off my shoes and took my gloves off along with my scarf before laying down on the bed and facing away from the wolf.
"G'night" Gadget beamed.
I yawned, "...goodnight..."
I then closed my eyes and was enveloped in darkness.
YOU ARE READING
My Only Weakness [INFIDGET]
RomanceIt has been four months since the war against Eggman and his army ended. The Resistance was successful in winning the long battle. The world recovered from such a drastic change, eventually. However, not everyone felt overjoyed about the end of th...