Author's Note: So Happy New Year. 2015. Thought it'd be nice to post this on New Year's. Enjoy!


Glitch sighed as DG poured over him. He felt perfectly fine. He would even say well rested. Very well rested.

"DG can't you just tell me what happened?" he asked. She stopped fluffing his pillows for a moment and straightened. "I came to your room to bring you down for supper and you were...you weren't responding. It was almost as if you were almost dead." Glitch looked down at his hands, saying nothing. "Well?" DG urged. "Say something!"

He looked up at her. "Oh...I wasn't expecting that." He shrugged and smiled. "I feel perfectly fine Deege." he told her. She frowned and began fluffing his pillows once again and he sighed. "DG! I'm fine." he insisted. "As a matter of fact I think I'm well enough to get up." When he moved to rise from the bed, DG practically pounced on him, attempting to pin him down.

"No no no! I will not have you scaring me like that again. You will stay in bed until the doctor figures out what happened to you." she said sternly. Glitch groaned.

Just then Cain walked in, carrying a black bag on his shoulder. "Cain! Thank God you're here! Please save me!" the man in the bed cried. The tinman looked around the room, purposefully avoiding the scene where DG was on top of Glitch holding his arms over his head. The man obviously wasn't putting up a struggle, as DG wasn't using much force.

"Uh...hey." he said. DG smiled and rolled off of Glitch, getting to her feet. "Hey Cain. Listen I need you to stay here for a few minutes while I go look for the doctor. He's taking a long time for some reason. I need you to make sure he does not leave that bed." she ordered. He nodded. When she was gone he looked over at Glitch.

"Hi Cain! How are you?" Glitch asked. "You're awfully cheerful for someone who's been on forced bedrest for the past three days." Glitch's smile faltered.

"I just want to go outside. But, DG worries so much. And she's not telling me anything. She's worried that it might stress me out too much." he sighed. Cain grinned. "That's our DG. Always worrying about us." He began to picked at the cover on the bed. Glitch chewed his lip, watching him.

"Are you alright Cain?" he asked. The man looked up at him, startled. "Oh? Oh yeah. I was just thinking about something." Glitch nodded slowly. Cain smiled sheepishly at him. "You wanna go to the garden?"

Glitch's eyes widened. "You'll take me outside?" he asked. Cain nodded. "I brought you some clothes." He placed the black bag on the bed and opened it. It was filled with a few new clothes he'd gotten for Glitch. The man didn't have many, so Cain thought it would be nice to get him some. He didn't know why it bothered him so, but he pushed it to the back of his mind as trying to be a good friend.

"I'll just wait outside while you get dressed." he said. Glitch jumped out of bed before he had even reached the door, looking at the clothes and smiling.

Cain paced back and forth in front of the door, waiting for the occupant inside to come out. A maid passed by and he tipped his hat to her. She blushed and hurried down the corridor. He stuffed his hands in is pockets and whistled quietly.

The door opened behind him and he turned around. He stared at Glitch as he walked out of the room.

He had chosen to wear the fawn brown trousers and tan silk button down shirt he had bought for him. Cain stared at him, suddenly not knowing what to do. Again.

"What is it? Is something wrong?" Gltch asked, looking down at himself. Cain shook his head. "No you look fine." he said, continuing to study him. He grinned when he noticed a button was out of place. "Glitch, Glitch, Glitch." he tsked as he shook his head, laughing. One of the man's shirt buttons wasn't done correctly and he reached out to fix it.

Glitch looked down at his hands as he undid the crooked buttons and corrected them. "There, that's better." Cain told him, carefully looking him up and down. Glitch smiled. "Do I look ok?" he asked quietly. Cain nodded slowly. "You look...perfect." he said. He bit his tongue to keep from saying anything else. Something stupid probably. Glitch could be so amusing sometimes.

Usually he wasn't so complimentative, but he guessed today was a special day.


Cain supressed a laugh as Glitch jumped up, moving so he could watch a mother duck lead her children into the lake. He smiled at the scene.

"Did you know that ducks...they..." Glitch paused, trying to recall what he'd been about to say. "What was I saying?" he asked the other man. Cain patted his shoulder.

"Don't worry Glitch. You'll probably remember after a good night's rest." the tinman encouraged. Glitch continued to frown, but relaxed as he watched a brown squirrel climb down from a tree a distance a way and come across a worm wriggling its way into the wet earth near the lake. They both looked back at the castle when they heard a cry of rage.

Cain sighed. "Whoops. DG's back." he said. Glitch laughed. "I wonder if she knows where we are." the headcase mussed. Cain stood and grabbed the basket he'd brought. "You want an apple?" he asked. Glitch smiled. "I would love one."

Glitch sighed in visble pleasure as he bit into the fruit, wiping away the juice that dribbled down his chin. "I just love apples." he sighed. "I can tell." Cain said, shaking his head. Glitch grimaced as the sun broke through the trees, giving him a slight headache. "You ok Glitch?" Cain asked. He nodded. "The sun's a bit bright I guess."

"You think it's time to go back in?" the tinman asked. Glitch shook his head. "No. I'm sure it's nothing." the headcase said. Cain nodded and took a sandwich out of the basket at his side to eat.

"WYATT CAIN YOU BASTARD! WHERE HAVE YOU TAKEN MY PATIENT?!" DG's voice demanded through the trees. Cain glanced over his shoulder in the direction of the enraged woman that had come out of the caslte now. They could hear her searching frantically for them. Cain snickered, which drew a surprised glance from the man in front of him. He'd never actually heard Cain laugh before. He found it to be a rather pleasant sound.

"She sounds mad. Should we go back?" Glitch asked. Cain sighed. "If it worries you that much then perhaps we should."

When Glitch nodded, he gathered up their things and put them back in the basket. As he finished, DG came upon them and started yelling again. "How could you both do this? You know you need to stay in bed Glitch. And how dare you drag him all the way out here. Something could have happened. The doctor hasn't even checked on him yet. I can't believe you did this!" the princess sighed.

"DG I just thought he needed some fresh air. You've been keeping him locked up for weeks and he was feeling quite uncomfortable. I was just trying to help him feel better." the tinman said. DG dragged her fingers through her hair.

"DG don't be mad. I wanted to go with Cain. It's just quite frustrating staying inside when I feel perfectly fine." Glitch said. DG continued to glare at Cain. "You and I are going to have a nice long takl later." sh told him, wagging her finger at him. The man nodded and tried to lookas sad as possible. He thought maybe it would help his situation.

"Oh my god, Glitch! What's wrong?" sheexclaimed, racing over to the man currently slumped against a tree. litchmoaned, sliding down to the ground. "I just...have a really bad headache." he mumbled. He slumped over even more falling uncoucious. "Glitch! Oh no he has to get to the doctor immediately. Cain bring him inside." she comanded, momentarily forgeting her anger toward the tinman.


Author's Note: So I know the fic hasn't started off very well. But I promise later on it will be more interesting. Just got the idea and started writing. Not very good with writing good starts to fics. Will speed things up though.