A: welllll, here is the next chapter!!!!Oh I wanted to thank three people! Thanks Leykn, Rag Doll-Kun, and Wingfy for all your support!!!!! Ok this time I'll get Luke to say the disclaimer!!
Luke: xAschlukeluverx does not own tales of the abyss.
A: it's nice to have you who doesn't argue ^.^ well enjoy!!

It took them a little bit longer to get back to Grand Chokmah, because Luke had been carring Asch on his back. As soon as they had reached the hospital, Luke ran in and asked for a doctor immediately. One of the nurses tried to argue, but when she saw blood dripping on the floor she escorted them to an emergency room. Luke gently laid Asch down on the bed. Tear and Luke sat nervously for about five minutes before a doctor came into the room. The man examined Asch, then spoke.

"Hmmm…We need to clean his wounds and stitch them back, so we're going to need you to leave."

Tear nodded and made her way to the door, Luke on the other hand did not budge an inch. "I'm not leaving." He whispered.

"I'm sorry sir, but our rules clearly state that you cannot be in the room during the process. You might distract me, or another doctor." The doctor stated sternly.

"Let……….him….stay"

The three of them jumped and turned toward the man lying on the bed.

"Asch." Luke called to him, but he kept repeating what he had earlier.

"Let…..him……stay"

The doctor sighed and agreed to let Luke stay because the patient wished it, however Tear had to leave. The young woman left the room without a fuss. Luke stood there staring at Asch. Why had he wanted him to stay? Luke thought his original hated him. It didn't make any sense. Maybe it was because Asch was a little light headed from all the blood loss. Yeah that's it. While Luke was thinking, he hadn't noticed that the doctor was having trouble with Asch's armor.

"Maybe I really do need you here young man." The doctor motioned toward Luke. "Could you give me a hand?"

Luke nodded. As the young teen helped the doctor un-cloth his twin, he couldn't help but stare at Asch's muscular figure. Luke stood in a trance, Asch was quite tan despite all the clothing he wore, so he couldn't bare to see his perfect body covered in blood. Luke sure hoped Asch wasn't listening to his thoughts, because if he hears Luke drooling over him, not even a life bottle could bring him back. Really bad scene.

"Thank you." The doctor interrupted his thoughts. "By the way, I didn't get yours or his name."

Luke responded while the doctor looked for supplies to heal Asch. "My name is Luke and his is Asch."

The man got out padding, wrappings, and a bottle of disinfectant. As he cleaned the wounds, the doctor never looked up, paying full attention to what he was doing, or so Luke thought.

"So how come you look so alike?"

Luke turned toward the doctor in surprise, who was still paying attention to cleaning Asch.

"Ummm….coincidence?" Luke lied.

The doctor didn't look convinced, but dropped the subject. He continued cleaning the wounds careful not to further open them. It took him about two boxes of padding and a full bottle of disinfectant. Once he started wrapping the less fatal wounds, he asked a nurse to get him a needle and some thread for the major wounds. Luke shivered. He couldn't even think about a needle entering his skin. The nurse returned with what the doctor required, and took away the waste basket full of bloody gauzes, then closed the door so no one could interrupted the doctor's 'stitching'. The man tied a knot at the end of the string, and inserted it into the needle. Luke couldn't help but flinch as the doctor pierced Asch's skin with the needle. The doctor laughed.

"You have a weak stomach, don't you?"

Luke did not turn around the man for fear that he would lose his lunch. "Not really, just don't like needles."

"Yeah, most people don't"

It took the doctor over an hour to patch Asch up completely. Then he got an urgent call from another patient that he had to help.

"Ok Luke I need to go, if Asch wakes up make sure he takes these pain killers." The doctors said handing Luke a small bottle of pills.

"What if he won't take them?" Luke asked beforehand because he knew how Asch could be.

"Well I have pre-written notes for that." He handed Luke a small blue note stating that if he didn't he could die.

Luke sweatdroped. " Ummm…sure is straight forward, but thanks anyway." With that the doctor nodded and left.

The red head stared at his twin. It was nice to see Asch like this. Well not in pain, obviously, but just relaxed. The only time Luke had seen him when he's tense, there is always something bothering him. Most of the time it was Luke himself. Luke traced his hand on Asch's face, noticing how soft it is. Then he moves to Asch's bangs and loosened them so they fell in his face. Then all of the sudden a hand grabbed his wrist.

"What are you doing?" The injured one hissed.

Luke was now staring into a pair of really pissed green eyes. Crap, caught red handed, literally, Luke still had some blood on his hands. "Ummm……I was……it ………I mean…" Luke blushed, searching for an answer, then he remembered the pills. He pulled them out of his pocket. "You need to take these!" He said shoving them at Asch.

Asch let go of his hand and stared at the bottle. "Pain killers? I don't need these." Ha said, handing them back to Luke. This action made him flinch.

Luke smiled. "Don't think I didn't see that! You need them, and I have a doctor's note. So I'll go get you a cup of water."

Asch was about to argue, but his twin had already left. He blankly stared at the bottle of pills, he sighed. At least it made him happy.

"Here you go." Asch jumped, he hadn't seen Luke suddenly show up. Asch gritted his teeth his reaction had caused some pain in his side. Luke gasped, worried. "Oh! I'm so sorry, was just trying to help."

"I'm fine." Asch said regaining his composure. He tried to open the container, but the pain just increased.

"Here let me open it." Luke giggled and grabbed the bottle. He could've sworn that he saw Asch blush and murmur a thank you. The bottle popped open in his hands. Luke pulled out a pill and handed it and the glass of water to Asch. He gladly accepted it, and put the pill in his mouth then downed the whole cup of water.

"Thirsty aren't we?" Luke smiled.

Asch turned away to hide his blush. "Shut up."

"Ummmm….Asch?" Now Luke was blushing.

"What?" He responded.

"Why did you want me to stay?"

"What are you talking about?" Asch said, trying not to show any surprise. "I thought you were the only one here."

Luke covered his face with his bangs. "No Tear came with me, but when the doctor told us both to leave, you wanted me to stay."

"I don't remember ……..that…………..at………………all." Asch words broke up as he started drifting to sleep.

"Asch!" Luke called.

"zzzz." Luke felt relieved. Asch was just asleep. Must be the pain killers he assumed. The younger teen thought about what Asch said. Luke didn't usually didn't care what Asch said, but this time Luke felt on the verge of crying. He cared about Asch, just how his Gemini wanted him before made him happy, but when he was rejected, he felt like his heart was ripped out. Then Luke realized it, maybe he already knew, yes, he always knew.

He loved Asch

Luke grabbed Asch's hand and pulled it to his face. Then Luke pulled up a chair, sat down, and laid his head on the bed, still holding Asch's hand.

"Even though you don't love me, I will always love you, and always protect you." And with that Luke fell asleep.

A: well there you go!! Hope you enjoyed it. Oh btw the next chapter will be funny!! So stay tuned!!
Luke: somehow I think it involves me
A:yes it does Luke, yes it does.