Chapter 1: Back together

Jewel lay down in the corner of a hollow in a fake tree, that was in the "cage" where she had first met Blu. She was pretty bored, having nobody to talk to and not being able to fly. Blu had gone to spend some time with Linda after dropping her off at the aviary for Tulio to tend to her wing, leaving her on her own.

She was deep in thought. She wondered how life was like for Blu before he came to Rio. Was it nice living with a human? She had seen how Linda treated Blu, and was surprised. She had never seen a human treat a bird, let alone an animal, with such care and love like how Linda treated Blu. She had always thought of humans to be vicious, cruel beings that would do anything to obtain the item they called "money". For some reason Linda did not seem that way, and neither did Tulio. She looked at her injured wing and sighed. Ugh, I'm gonna go crazy if I don't get to fly again soon. She thought to herself. Jewel was a very spirited bird who did not take her freedom for granted. Being confined to a cage like that with nobody to talk to and nothing to do was like prison for her.

Seeing that she had nothing better to do, she made up her mind and went to sleep. She needed the rest anyway, she had not gotten any sleep in 2 nights. Hopefully Blu will be here by the time I wake up. She thought as she dozed off.

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A few hours later, Jewel was woken up by the sound of the metal door that was the entrance to the chamber opening. She knew who it was, and decided to mess with Blu a bit and closed her eyes, pretending to be asleep.

"Jewel? Jewel, it's me, Blu!" Blu wandered around the artificial environment of the chamber, in search of Jewel. Eventually, Blu found Jewel sleeping in the hollow. "Oh, you're sleeping, huh." Being his caring self, Blu thought of something that he could do for Jewel. He flew down to one of the plants, plucked a leaf off, went back to the hollow where Jewel was sleeping and draped the leaf over her like a blanket. "You must have been cold," he said. The chamber they were in was not exactly as hot as a real jungle, and was actually kind of chilly at times due to the air-conditioning. Jewel, who was secretly awake, tried to hold in her smile as Blu put the leaf over her to keep her warm.

Blu wasn't sure what else he could do at the aviary besides to keep Jewel company, so he sat down on a branch of a nearby tree and waited for Jewel to wake up. Jewel slowly and carefully opened her eyes to take a glimpse at what Blu was doing, and when she saw Blu sitting at a branch, twiddling his feathers, she figured that he must have nothing to do and decided to get up.

"Blu-" "Ah!" Blu was was startled by Jewel's voice and almost fell of the branch he was sitting on. Jewel found this cute and giggled. "Calm down, it's just me." "Yeah. Sorry about that," Blu chuckled nervously. Although Blu loved Jewel, he harbored a fear of her deep inside his heart. He had seen and felt what she was capable of doing when she was angry, and he certainly didn't want to be tortured again. He wanted to avoid annoying her as much as possible.

"Did you give me this leaf?" Jewel questioned him while holding up the leaf, pretending to not know that he had draped the leaf over her while she was "asleep". "Uh... um... Leaf? What leaf? I uh... don't know what you're talking about," Blu stammered. He did not know whether to be honest with her or not. For some reason he was afraid that she would be mad at him if he owned up.

"Sure..." She said, giving him a suspicious look. "The leaf must have grown legs and walked over to me." she said sarcastically. "I... Uh... Yeah... I gave you the leaf..." He forced himself to speak the truth. "Um... Sorry I lied..." He hung his head low. "Blu, that was nice of you to do, why do you make it feel as if you've done something wrong?" Upon hearing that, Blu immediately perked his head up and blushed. "I uh... don't know what you're talking about." "Sure you do, and that's ok." Jewel threw herself into Blu's wings and gave him a hug. This surprised Blu, but he saw no other option besides to hug her back.

"So um... Tulio told me your wing would take about two weeks to heal... Is that... right?" Blu asked after Jewel let him go. "Yeah, and I'm probably gonna go crazy but, oh well." There was a pinch of annoyance in Jewel's tone when she said that. Blu laughed nervously.

Before any of them got the chance to say anything more, their stomachs started to grumble. "I... think we should go get something to eat," Blu said, trying to change the subject. "Sounds good," Jewel replied. Blu figured that his only option for food at the moment was Tulio, so he carried Jewel and flew the metal door which was the entrance and exit to the chamber. "By the way, why didn't you try escaping from here?" Blu asked curiously as he pulled the door up. "Heck if I knew how to open that thing," Jewel muttered. "Oh, sorry." Blu forgot that Jewel had no experience with human contraptions at all. And even if she did try escaping from here, someone would probably have tried to stop her. He thought to himself as he stepped out of the chamber with Jewel.

When they found Tulio, he was tending to another bird. Blu tugged at his white coat with his beak to get his attention. "Wha- Blu? How did you and Jewel get out here? Never mind, what do you need?" Blu used his talon to gesture at his open beak. "Oh, you must be hungry. Come with me, I'll give you some food."

After saying that, he walked towards a fridge and opened it, inside it was a big variety of fruits. Both of the blue macaws immediately went for the one mango inside the fridge.

"Oh... um, sorry, I didn't realize you wanted the mango. Here, you can have it." Blu backed away quickly and went and got some grapes for himself. "Well, we could share it if you want," Jewel looked at him and smiled. "That won't be necessary," He replied, smiling back at her kindly. "What is it with birds and mangos?" Tulio chuckled as he closed the fridge door. "Alright, now you two stay put in the chamber, and try not to... escape..." Blu gave him a nod. Before he could take off, Tulio stopped him. "Oh, Blu! Linda told me to give you these vitamins."

Blu gulped. He dreaded the taste of the vitamins. At the same time he didn't want to embarrass himself in front of Jewel, so he tried his best to swallow the liquid without making much of a fuss, but he couldn't stand the taste and scrunched up his face as he forced the liquid down his throat. "What was that?" Jewel asked. "Uh... it's a bit like medicine," Blu replied as he tried to get rid of the bitter taste that remained on his tongue. "You're sick?" She said, sounding shocked. "No, no, no, it's uh... to keep me healthy. I'm not actually sick." Blu tried to explain. "Ok..." And with that, the two macaws headed back to the chamber.

A.N: Let me know what you think! I think I might have made Blu a tad bit too awkward and nervous, but tell me how I can improve in the reviews!