Bleed, Patch, And Keep Moving - An Apex Legends Story

Chapter 17 - The Party Before The Party

Elliot set Ajay down after entering his apartment. He turned around and looked into her eyes. The fun and games were over as concerned crept into his eyes, "Ajay, what's wrong?" He wanted to put his hands on her waist but he didn't. Instead he helped her out of her backpack and set it down. "Talk to me. Please?" He didn't like how quiet she was being. He wondered if he had done something wrong.

Ajay looked at the ground the whole time that he spoke to her. She really didn't know what to say or what she wanted to say. He knelt down in front of her so that she could see him, "Ajay. Please?" He took her limp hands into his. Her hands were cold and almost lifeless as he held them. He had only been with her twice but it seemed unusual for her to act this way. "Did I do something wrong?" Hewas really starting to think that he had done something terribly wrong.

"I. I. I." She paused as she was having trouble finding the words. She dropped down to her knees to sit in front of him. She gripped his hands and looked into his eyes. He looked as though he was going to cry because he still thought he had done something wrong. "Elliot. I am not use ta people coming back inta mi life." She released his left hand from her right and raised her hand to his face.

She gently removed his goggles from his head and set them down on the floor next to her. Her fingers found his hair and brushed it to the side so that she could run her fingers over his cheek. He immediately felt relief when her fingers touched his skin. He rubbed his cheek against her soft hand. She cupped his cheek in her hand, rubbing his skin with her thumb. "I just don know how I'm supposed ta act."

Elliot leaned into her hand and then turned his face to kiss the palm of her hand. He understood her completely. He pulled away from her and stood up. Elliot offer her his hands to help her to stand and then to guide her to the other room. Ajay stood up but it felt like a chore because of her wound. She winced from the pain and grabbed her left side as they walked to the other room. Elliot gave her a strange look and stopped walking. He didn't even bother to ask her what was going on as he stood in front of her.

He removed her hand from her side and loosen her shirt from the bottom. With Ajay's help, Elliot removed her shirt completely. His eyes couldn't help but wonder to her breasts that were held together by her black bra. He wanted to run his fingers along the valley that her breasts created but he held himself back. His eyes wandered lower until he saw the bandage on her ribs. The bandage was saturated in blood. He knew, from his experience, that wound was new.

Elliot's eyes trailed back up to hers as he looked at her and then back to her bandage and then at her again. He was in a little bit of shock. He had seen her scars but he didn't bother to ask because it wasn't really any of his business. He gently picked her up into his arms and grabbed her backpack along the way. He carried her as carefully as he could through his bedroom and to his bathroom. Seeing her in pain made him uneasy. He carried her like she was glass and if he dropped her that she would surely break.

He eased her down to sit onto the counter once they got into the bathroom. She watched as he opened her backpack and pulled out her pill bottle. She didn't argue with what he was doing, the pain was getting worse with each passing minute. He opened the bottle and pulled out a pill to give her. Ajay shook her head and held up four fingers. Without question he withdrew three more pills and closed the bottle.

Elliot didn't question her request but he did have some concerns about how much pain medication she would be ingesting. He pushed the thought to the side because he knew that she was the expert on that kind of stuff. Ajay took two pills of the four pills from his hand and offered him the other two. The concern left his face as he smirked and then popped the pills into his mouth.

He swallowed the pills and put the bottle back into her backpack. Elliot kneeled down and dug underneath the sink until he found his first aid kit. He set the box on the counter and opened it. "Ajay, do you want a drink before we start?" She nodded at him; when didn't she want a drink, "Rum." He quickly left the bathroom to retrieve the requested drink, "Bring da bottle!" She yelled after him, hoping that he heard her.