Chapter 15: X-Men Report In

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A steady knocking drew Jean's attention away from her homework. Getting up, she made her way over to the door. "H-Hawks?" she blinked and rubbed her eyes as she opens the door.
"Yeah it's me, why is everyone so shocked?" he asked rubbing back of his neck.

She reached out and pulled him into gentle hug, "because it's so good to see you back to normal." Hawks quickly returned the hug hoping to hide the tears in his eyes and smile on his face.

"Wait, you're hurt," she said breaking the embrace and stepping back. Her eyes glanced over to the sling he wore, then briefly up at him. "I'm sorry, I didn't hurt just now?"

"Huh, what no, no, you didn't I'm alright-" He tried to waved it off but stopped as placed his hand on his neck, "-though could you explain what happened?"

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Hawks was leaning forwards into his free hand as he listened to Jean recounting the events that lead up to what happened. His eyebrows raised as he sheepishly smiled back.

"I guess I should have thought things though more," he chuckled with sly smile.
"I'll say, you are lucky you only dislocated and sprained your shoulder and arm, not have broken either of them."

Hawks tried to nod his head in agreement with her but ended up wincing in pain.

"You okay?" Jean asked in concern seeing the pained expression crossing Hawks' face.
"My head-" he groaned as he gripped it, "-it hurts."

Jean carefully leaned forward, touching her hand to his temple to help him message them. "How long has your head been bothering you?" she asked, keeping a calm and gentle tone as she tried to get him to look up at her.

"All night, ever since I woke up," he glanced up at her, "it feels like it's getting worst." His eyes were glazed with pain and brows knitted together.

"We should go see your father to ask him for help."

Hawks managed to relax just seconds ago from the soothing message to his temples. He was jerked out of the trance he was under and stared in shock looking over at Jean.

"I'm fine, we don't have to go my dad. It surely will pass on its own. It's late, we shouldn't disturb him over something like this." He said trying to minimize the throbbing pain building back up in his head like a heavy blanket of fog.

'That's not an issue, Jean, Hawks come to study please.' Professor said as he interprets them with telepathy.

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"Jean, Hawks, come in and take a seat." Professor X said as the two walked into the study. Hawks walked over to where he sat last time. "Good to see you're back to normal, son." Professor said as he approached them.

"It's good to be back. Could someone please explain what the hell is going on with me?" he asked as he scratched the side of his face.

"Since I woke up my head has being aching and talking with Logan and Jean hasn't help lot," he looked down. "Sorry, I know you tried to help Jean."

Jean rested her hand on his shoulder, causing him to look up at her.

"Are you sure you want to know? Sometimes knowledge can become more of a burden than we first realize." Professor said as Hawks looked back with a confident smirk.

"You're talking to the number 2 hero in Japan, I think I know what I'm doing." He said grinning back.

"Keigo, what we think and what we know are two different things."

"I've made it this far on my own, I don't need a father stepping in, you think you know me? Well you don-"

"-Keigo that's enough!" Jean cut in, meeting Hawks' gaze with an icy green stare.

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