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Nothing by Lewis Watson

"Fuck." I cursed as I slowly pushed myself off the hard, cement ground. My body ached with a burning sensation I have never experienced before. I glanced at my surroundings, becoming confused to see im back inside the university showcase, except this time im alone.

"What's going on?" I barely managed to get the words out, my throat feeling scratchy and dry. My words were soon followed by harsh coughs that burned my throat. After my coughing subsided, I finally noticed the strange texture up the left side of my body. Looking down, I gasped at the strange discolouration and dried blood covering my left arm. The rest of my body was covered in clothes, but I expected it looked similar. My left arm was barely recognizable.

I wanted to scream, but nothing would come out. The showcase was soon replaced with the familiar orange flame and smoke, blinding and suffocating me. The only noise was the crackling of the flame and the sound of my name.

I could feel the sunlight attempting to break through my closed eyelids. I must have overslept. The bed feels like a cocoon, wrapping its warm sheets around me, burying me in warm, fuzzy darkness. I'll get up. Just one more minute.

Strange.

With every passing moment, my sleepy mind reluctantly notices something strange. How the sheets feel thin and stiff, not like my sheets at all. How my body aches when I move. How my throat burns, dry as a desert. And that noise. A steady, pulsing beat, refusing to be ignored.

I open my eyes grudgingly and the bright room blinds me. I shield my eyes and try to retreat back to my cocoon of sleep, but it's too late. I'm already awake and there is no turning back now, so I open my eyes again. The room looks cold, impersonal, with it's dull cream walls and white, clean furniture. Everything is clean. Too clean. And too cold. Everything looks like it has been abandoned, like nobody has been here for ages.

There are machines all around me. They are just as clean and impersonal as the rest of the room, but at least they show signs of life. Numbers running across a screen, a line jolting up and down and that beeping, that beeping that just wont stop.

I try to get up, but my limbs just wont obey, so I just sag back into bed. Why am I here? My brain is sluggish and slow, but I can see that this is a hospital. I'm not hurt, just tired, so why am I here? I just need sleep. My throat ached like it had in that dream- scratchy and dry.

That dream-

So it was all a dream. I'm okay.

I examined the room once more and felt a sense of anxiety before a rush of nausea. What about my arm?

Shaking violently, I look down and take in a harsh breath of air. My entire left arm- gone. With shaking fingers, I peel back the arm of my hospital gown to see the gauze wrapped around the stump that used to be where my arm was. It felt numb where my arm used to be. This can't be real- I can still feel my arm, my fingers, moving.

"N...Nurse?" I struggled to call out, my throat being far too dry to even be considered a whisper.

In that moment, I never felt more alone.

"You're very lucky." The doctor told me, standing next to my bed. "If you were just a few steps closer, the damage could of been much worse. As you can probably already tell, we couldn't save your arm. The damage was too severe. The arm took most of the impact from the flame and the ground. You lost a lot of blood, so you will feel dizzy and out of it for a couple of days." I nodded along, struggling to keep my emotions at bay. The doctor took a mirror and held it up to my face as she began to explain the rest of the damage. There was a bandage covering my left eye. Blind.

"The bandages will have to stay on for a couple of days, but we'll be changing them for you so no need to worry." The doctor explained before going on to the burns across my body. "As you can see, the burns stop at your jaw line, and crawl down the left side of your body. The burns aren't severe but there is treatment you will have to endure." I took the mirror from the doctor and began to examine my face, my hair, everything. My long, brown hair was singed into a choppy mess. I looked horrible.

"How long have I been out?" I ask, interrupting the doctor from her ramble about treatment and how everything would be 'okay.'

"About 34 hours." The doctor answered, making my eyes widen from horror. "The surgery was hard on your body, we're surprised you woke this early." I nodded along, biting my scabbed lip in worry. "Your friends have been downstairs waiting for hours. Two boys, brothers I presume, haven't left the hospital since."

Hiro and Tadashi- It had to be. "What about my dad?" I ask, with too much hope in my voice.

"You just missed him, im afraid." The doctor answered, apologetically. "He headed back home for some rest but we left him a voice mail. He should be here early tomorrow."

"And my friends? Can I see them?" I ignored the soreness in my core and how light headed I felt as I sat up, urgently. I had to see them.

"Miss Miki, I am not sure that is the best idea, with the state you're currently in."

"Please! I feel fine." I begged, brushing her off quickly.

"Okay... I must warn you, this is going to be a lot harder then you may think."

I anxiously watched the rain fall from behind the window as I wiggled in bed, a nervous habit, and listened to the rain fall which helped calm my nerves slightly.

I was interrupted from my thoughts by the heavy door closing shut. Startled, I jumped slightly as my eyes fell to the crew. I looked at Gogo, Honey, Wasabi and finally Fred. They all looked well rested and clean; well, as clean as Fred could be. When my eyes finally fell on Hiro and Tadashi, I couldn't help the gasp escaping my lips. They wore the same clothes from the night of the showcase and had dark purple bags under their eyes. Hiro's hair was a moppy mess while Tadashi's was hid under his signature hat. They looked like complete wrecks.

"Well, what are you doing standing all the way over there?" I asked in an attempt to ease the tension.

Everyone seemed to let out a relieved sigh before crowding around me, taking their turn to hug me tightly. "That was fricken awesome! You saved Tadashi!" Hiro beamed, hardly containing his excitement from next to me.

Honey placed a comforting hand on my right shoulder, rubbing it slightly in a motherly way. "We were all so worried! We're so glad you're okay." Honey cooed, a smile soon pulled at her lips.

"Have to admit," Gogo began, standing at the foot of the bed with her arms crossed over her chest. "That was pretty bad ass."

Wasabi was quick to break in, sounding like a parent ruining the fun. "You literally gave me a heart attack, don't ever do that again."

Fred raised a fist in the air in excitement. "You look fucking awesome!" Fred exclaimed, clearly impressed.

The group burst into laughter, giggling at each others one liners. Eventually, the group was interrupted. "How are you all so okay with this?" Tadashi burst, the group growing silent as their attention turned to him. I kept a tense smile, attempting to appear calm and unaffected. "You lost your arm, your eye, burns everywhere! You're scarred- saved my life- but yet you're having fun and laughing like nothing ha-"

Before Tadashi could continue, I interrupted with clenched teeth and a balled up fist, so tight the dead skin on my knuckles began to peel. "You guys must be starved. You should head on out to the cafeteria." I spoke tensely, not breaking eye contact with Tadashi. Before anyone could protest, Wasabi helped push everyone outside of the room. Tadashi attempted to follow. "Tadashi, can I have a word?"

The door shut behind the group as Tadashi slowly turned to face me. I winced after crossing my arm across my chest, soon realising my other one wasn't there to help. So much for intimidation. I watched as Tadashi awkwardly shuffled his feet, growing uncomfortable in the tense silence. I was the first to speak.

I let out a large huff of air as I hugged my knees to my chest. "I was trying to pretend like everything was okay..." I murmured, just above a whisper. "You're right. I'm covered in scars. I'm broken."

Tadashi tensed at my words, clearly feeling guilty as his face turned into a frown. "No, I was wrong. I was just... Overwhelmed I guess." Tadashi sighed as he awkwardly rubbed at his neck. "I... We thought you died back there."

I shrugged, nonchalantly, a small smile appearing on my lips after I spoke. "Well, I couldn't let you just run head first on in there without me, now could I? You know I don't like it when the attention isn't on me." I joked, earning a short laugh from Tadashi.

"Now, come over here and give me a hug."

I sat on the end of the hospital bed with my bag full of clothes from the last couple of days next to me. "This shouldn't hurt a bit." The doctor assured me as she untied the bandage wrapped around the back of my head. It was finally time to take off the bandage. "Wow, this healed great." The doctor commented, moving the gauze to the garbage as my Dad looked at me with shock.

I looked into a mirror and bit my lip, an attempt to hide any reaction. My eye was opaque- nothing but a slightly blue ball. I swallowed thickly. "So when can I get this bandage off?" I ask the doctor, referring to my bandage on the stump.

"Well, we'll need you to come back in about two weeks time." The doctor told me, mostly speaking to my dad however.

"Well..." My dad started, standing from his seat. "Ready to head home, kiddo?"

I wasn't home long before I was asking my dad to drive me to the Lucky Cat Café. He was pretty hesitant, afraid to leave me alone again, but I guess he knew it was probably best for me.

I tucked a stray strand of hair from my bun behind my ear as I entered the busy café. The bun hid my choppy hair well, at least it will be what ill be wearing for the time being, until I can get a hair appointment. "Abby!" Aunt Cass squealed, rushing from behind the counter to give me a tight hug. "How are you feeling?" She asked, doing a bad job of concealing her surprise at my appearance.

I shrugged and gave her a small smile. "I've been better. I just can't wait to get back into the swing of things, like working here." I admitted, before realisation dawned on me. "That is if you'll have me- I know I can't do everything I used to, but im still a hard worker and I can mana-"

Aunt Cass was quick to cut me off with another hug. "Of course you are, you're family here." At her words, I wrapped my arm tighter around her.

"Don't suffocate her, Aunt Cass." Tadashi joked, coming from the kitchen to greet me with a hug.

Tadashi was about to head back to make some drinks, but Aunt Cass quickly took over. "Go on, you're friends here to see you. I got this covered." Before we could protest, she was off.

"So, Hiro and I have something awesome to show you." Tadashi admitted as I followed him into the back towards the garage. "We've been working on it together at SFIT over the last week or so, and I think we finally have it." He beamed as he spoke about it, causing me to grow a little suspicious.

"Oh? Is it going to blow one of us up?" I joke, the air becoming tense slightly. Oops. That was accidentally incredibly inappropriate.

Tadashi awkwardly brushed the joke off with a sarcastic laugh. "Come on, you'll love it."

I froze after we entered the garage, my mouth agape in shock. "Is that... What I think it is?" I ask, staring at the robotic eye and arm, along with many other cybernetics, sitting on the table.

Hiro, standing next to the table, shifted uncomfortably. "Surprise?" Hiro waved his arms to the machines, awkwardly. "Do you like it?"

There was a beat of silence before I was pulling the two boys into a tight, suffocating hug. "I don't know what to say." I mumbled, releasing my grip slightly after hearing Hiro's protests. Eventually, I pulled away from the pair so I could bounce up and down with excitement. "How soon can we do this?" I ask.

The pair looked to each other, hesitantly. "Well, we still have to find a doctor willing to plant these cybernetics in you." Tadashi admitted, rubbing the back of his neck in a nervous habit. At that, my excitement slightly deflated.

"Honestly," I started, trying to keep my hope up. "I can wait." The nervous looks on their faces turned into relieved smiles, which made everything worth it. "Now, whose up for movie night?"

Hiro lay fast asleep between us, mouth wide open as he snored, head resting against Tadashi's shoulder. He left barely enough room for Tadashi and I. I shook my head with a small laugh, looking down at him. This is how most of our movie nights went.

"It's getting pretty late; are you spending the night or do you need a ride home?" Tadashi asked, looking over the top of Hiro's head.

I hummed slightly as I thought about it. "I'll probably head home. Haven't slept in my own bed for a while. Plus, Honey probably misses me." I decide, stretching as I stand up. "I can just get my dad to pick me up, or walk."

Tadashi, after gently moving Hiro's head, stood up after me. "Ha ha, yeah right. Come on." Tadashi was grabbing a cardigan and his keys before I could say anything more. I rolled my eyes as I followed him out to his moped.

"So, guess this means I have no choice." I add as we made our way outside.

"It's cute that you thought you did." Tadashi countered, glancing back at me with a grin. I bit my lip as my face heated up. After making it to the moped, Tadashi handed me a helmet before getting on the moped as he pulled on his. I paused, looking down at the moped with the helmet in my hand. "You okay?" Tadashi asked, watching my eyes fall to my stump arm. "I won't let you fall." Tadashi promised, holding out a hand to help me on. I looked to his hand then his face, watching a friendly smile appear on his face.

With a sigh, I pulled on my helmet then took his offered hand, jumping on. Still holding onto my hand, Tadashi wrapped it tight around his waist. I buried my face into his back in an attempt to hide the blush in my cheeks as Tadashi looked at me to ask if I was ready. "Mmh." I hummed against his back. I fisted my hand into his cardigan, eyes clenched shut as we drove. It was embarrassing at how nervous I was to drive on the moped. Without a extra arm to hold on it was a lot more nerve racking.

After picking up speed, I hesitantly opened my eyes and pulled my head from Tadashi's back. "Wow." I gasped as I looked up at the stars and the full moon. "Gets me every time." I added, a wide grin stretching across my face.

Eventually we made it to my house, much to my displeasure. "That was surprisingly still fun and not a terrifying death trap like I expected." I told Tadashi as I got off the moped.

"Really? Because I think you ripped my favourite cardigan." Tadashi joked, pulling at it slightly.

I rolled my eyes as I took off my helmet. "Ha ha. Quite the comedian." I deadpanned, handing the helmet back to Tadashi. After a few beats of silence, I continued. "Thanks... For everything tonight. The robot arm slash eye, getting my mind off of things, and even dealing with my razor sharp claws." Tadashi's grin grew as he chuckled.

"Well, thank you for not dying last week." Tadashi added, standing from his moped to give me a hug.

"My pleasure, i'll try not to die more often." I giggled, wrapping my arms tighter around him. "I'll see you at school tomorrow." I end, finally pulling away from him and heading inside.

After entering my room, I fell onto my bed face first with Honey laying next to me. I let out a loud sigh, annoyed with how much my feelings for Tadashi have grown. He's my best friend, I can't keep thinking like this. I rolled onto my side and looked at my wall of pictures. Tadashi was in almost every single one of them. My feelings for him were so obvious, everyone but Tadashi himself seemed to know about them.

I'm half blind, missing an arm, and have burns up half of my body and I am thinking about a boy? Turning back into my pillow, I let out a muffled scream. It's official. I have the love bug and I have it bad.

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