Zack stayed in his room the remainder of the week. Angeal rarely saw him and it started to worry him. It wasn't like Zack to shut himself in his room. Angeal only saw Zack twice this week so far. Angeal knocked on the door at least hoping to hear Zack say 'Leave me alone.' Or 'Go away!'
"Zack! You've been in your room for the whole week! If I have to go in there and drag you out I will do it! Zack?"
Angeal took out a silver key and unlocked Zack's room. The last time Angeal saw Zack was four days ago. He gave Zack a little shake then realized something. Zack was barely breathing. "Zack! Why did you…? Never mind! I have to get you help… but I…. I… no one cares for SOLDIER. What do I have to do? Come on, Zack! Give me a sign! Tell me your alive! Say something!"
Zack seemed to have a fever. Was it possible his fever came back? Perhaps it was caused by the coma? Or… did Zack do something regrettable? He prayed it wasn't that. Angeal looked all around the room to see if there was anything that could have harmed him in anyway. There didn't seem to be anything. "Zack… what did you do?"
"A-Angeal… I was s-so… mad. I couldn't b-believe… I failed the mission. How could I have? What did I do wrong? You said… you said I did okay. Well okay isn't good enough! I still failed! I…"
Angeal took Zack by the shoulders and shook him real hard. "Everyone here failed at least once! Who told you no one ever failed? Who?"
"My… my sword teacher."
Angeal pulled Zack into an embrace. "He told you…? Has he no idea? Look, Zack, I failed a mission three times. You still have honor. You never lost any. Besides it's just one mission and it doesn't count. You were sick and shouldn't have accepted the mission anyway."
"I wanted to make you proud. I wanted to show you… I'm not the little hopeless puppy I was when I first got you as a teacher. But then… I don't know. I'm just so confused."
Angeal pushed Zack into the bed. "Then sleep. It should do you good."
Zack nodded and when Angeal left he mumbled the words "I'm sorry"
Sorry this chapter is so short but I ran out of ideas. Next chapter will be a lot longer I promise.