The next time Ruko opened her eyes, sunlight had ceased pouring into the room through the window in favor of the glimmering streetlights and the pale white moon. She briefly wondered how long she had slept before pulling herself out from under the blankets and taking a look around. No one else seemed to be here now, which gave her a sense of ease. She didn't want to face the others for as long as possible.

Sitting herself upright, Ruko swung her long legs over the side of the bed and stayed in her spot, eyes trained to the darkened window. Something that felt like regret flooded her when she thought back to that afternoon. She hadn't meant to hurt Rook, she'd just wanted him to go away, to not be so...close.

"How long will it be before I can trust anyone to be close...?"

A sad sound left her lips before she realized that now was the time for her to act. If she was careful and quiet enough, she was certain that she could sneak into the room right next to her own. Even if she did get caught, Ruko didn't rightly care. She wanted to see him...

She stood herself up suddenly, wobbling before finding her balance and taking a step forward. No alarms went off, no doctors came rushing inside...

Was it safe to assume that she was in the clear?

As she stepped closer and closer to the door, the disoriented girl reached behind herself and pulled her hospital gown tightly closed around her, retying the string on the back to ensure it didn't come off. Wearing this thing had become a nuisance as well as fueled good reason behind her dislike of having people around her, but she'd rather wear this then what she'd come into the building with.

With the delicate touch of a spy, Ruko slipped her hand around the doorknob and turned it as slowly as she could. The door made an obnoxiously loud click when it finally opened entirely, much to her dismay. But a minute or two passed and no one came to see what the noise was about, so she fled from the room and shut the door behind her again, somewhat more forcefully.

Hurrying along, her bare feet padded against the cold tile of the hallway for what seemed like ages before she found the door she'd been wanting to walk through for the past three days. Whether her distance was off because of disorientation, sleepiness or just plain forgetfulness, she shrugged it off and entered this new hospital room.

Inside, it looked nearly identical to her own hospital room. The floor was the same plain tile, the walls the same bland white. But she could hear something significantly different, something that hummed and pumped every few seconds. Tiptoeing into the darkness, her eyes vaguely adjusted themselves until she could make out the bed of the room, with it's patient laying within. A silent gasp escaped her lips, the temperature around her dropping like a weight.

"Taya..."

Nestled beneath the blankets was the pale face of a rather feminine looking male. His long hair splayed itself across the pillow, a silky mixture of purple and blue. The blankets around him were pulled all around him, his face being the only noticeable thing in fact that Ruko could find of him buried within the mass of hospital equipment.

Stepping blindly towards the bed, she could see now the clear breathing mask muzzled over his face. She wouldn't say she was surprised to see it, more so that she was surprised he had kept it on.

"Did they drug him or something...?"

He looked so peaceful. Too peaceful for someone who had just gone through what he had. They must have done something, she thought to herself. Taya hated anything that had to do with taking drugs, even medicine. She thought of how it might anger him later on to know he was pumped with tranquilizers, but that seemed so far away from now. Then was too far off to think about, she had to think of now.

Kneeling down beside the bed, Ruko managed to scoot her way through the medical supplies around the cot before finally looming over Taya's sleeping figure. She wanted him to know she was there, but was waking him the best choice? Well, if she even could wake him, that was.

"At least you're not a monster when you wake up..." She thought to herself, comparing her own sleeping habits to his, "It's another reason I love you so much..."

Her fingers just barely grazed a few locks of hair on the top of his head, playing with the thin strands of ocean-like color before following her hand downward and stroking the top of his head gently. Her hand glided easily through Taya's hair, long and slick and beautiful. She had always admired the mysterious coloring to it and often compared her somewhat ivory based hair color to his own. It brought out a certain allure to him, that rich color.

Maybe that was one of the reasons they had got along so well when they first met. Well, among other things, but she was too engrossed with this moment to think past everything else in mind.

Movement beneath the sheets gained Ruko's attention as she watched Taya's body seemingly twitch, a small noise coming from his throat before his eyes snapped open, startling her badly enough that she let go of him and nearly fell backwards. He seemed just as afraid as Ruko, if not more so. One of the nearby machines began to beep at an increasing speed.

"Heart rate?"

Pulling herself up off of the floor, Ruko was again on her knees and tried to calm the frightened boy. He lashed his hand out and tried to shove her away, his eyes wide and full of fear with his mouth open to scream beneath the breathing mask. The darkness of the room made it hard to distinguish who it was at his bedside but it didn't seem to matter to him who it was, he simply flailed and pushed and tried to make a sound, any sound, yet his throat felt dry and locked up tight.

"It's me!" Ruko whispered harshly, "It's Ruko! Stop moving around so much...! Taya, calm down, it's me!"

At the sound of her voice, he grew frozen and unable to move. His arms went stiff in the air and he didn't stir for a moment. Blinking wearily, his blurred vision could just make out the silhouette of short pigtails against the vague light from the windows.

"You just nearly knocked me out..." She attempted to joke before wrapping her hand around one of his wrists and pushing it gently back down onto the mattress while his other arm merely fell limply and dipped over the other side of the bed.

The constant beeping of the machine decreased steadily after that, but Ruko swore she could hear the breathing machine working overtime now. She didn't blame Taya for being high strung though after a moment like that.

"...Ruko..." The young man mouthed beneath the suddenly restricting mask. He was incredibly surprised to see her here, standing beside him with a small smile playing on her lips. He didn't think he would see her for...Well, certainly a much longer time than this.

Chuckling quietly, she reached over and again tangled her fingers in his hair, leaning down closer so that he could see her better. His sight was simply nothing without his monocle it seemed, something that had routinely been mocked at home before. "I'm sorry I didn't come sooner...I wasn't able to leave the room...But y'know, if they don't find me, then they don't find me."

Ruko closed her eyes and pressed her forehead against Taya's, scaling her hand up the side of the bed and catching his hand with her tight grip. He didn't protest her doing so, and she took this as a good sign. He still said nothing beneath his mask, but his eyes said all that she needed to know. They grew glassy and a tear slipped down his cheek that she was quick to wipe away.

"Don't cry, I came to make you feel..." She paused, unsure of how to word her intentions. "...Better. I came to make you feel better."

"But I know you won't be better for a long time..."

Clutching his hand as tightly as she could without hurting him severely, Ruko gathered herself up and leaned against the side of the bed, resting her head beside Taya's as best she could and whispering sweet words to regain the calm that had been in the room when she'd first entered.

Drowsiness was overtaking her and eventually, with drooping eyes and the soft hum of the breathing machine in the background, Ruko dropped off into slumber with her lover laying at her side.

He refused to let her release his hand, even as she slept on, and made sure accordingly that they stayed connected until he too succumbed to resuming sleep.