Author's Note: Disclaimer found below.
Warnings: rampant hurt/comfort. Mostly hurt.
Explanation: This short fic was written for the "bandages" prompt in the EvilFansUnite community on livejournal. We always hurt the ones we love... XD
Bandages
He hated the bandages.
Even more than the wounds, Loz hated the bandages. They shouldn't be there. They shouldn't have blood soaked through them. When the blood soaked through, it was like they became part of his brother, but then he still had to peel them away to change them, and... he hated it.
"You should've said," he murmured for what felt like the thousandth time.
"Hn."
"Why didn't you say?" He whined. "You should've said stop after the first hit."
"I wanted to know how far I could go." Yazoo's voice was so weak that it seemed to hurt Loz's ears.
"You could've died."
"We've got a Phoenix Down."
"But we don't have any potions or anything. And Kadaj has the Heal Materia, and he'll be gone for another day at least." Loz gritted his teeth, pulling away another bandage. If only the damn wounds would close...
"You'll just have to keep me alive until then," Yazoo said softly, almost smiling.
Loz looked down at the bandages so that he wouldn't have to look Yazoo in the face. He'd thought maybe he'd hit him, but he hadn't been sure. Yazoo hadn't even slowed down... not until he'd simply fallen and not gotten up again.
There were seven fucking holes in his brother and he'd put them there. He could remember each shot.
"You let me hurt you," he whispered, hanging his head.
"Hn." Yazoo's hand twitched, as though he wanted to reach out but couldn't quite work up the strength. "It's not so bad. You're here to take care of me." His tone was a little stronger, warmer. "We'll spar again soon."
"Don' wanna spar with the gunblades any more," Loz murmured, wrapping the last new, white bandage around Yazoo's arm. Two clear drops hit it before he moved away - he was crying again.
But his brother had lost consciousness, and couldn't tell him not to.
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