Chapter 4: The Confession
"Well, I have to head over to England, in the meantime, help him change his bandages. And keep him inside, there may be Borns men looking for a man who has been shot. I'll be back soon, just lay low, okay?", these were Waverly's orders before he left.
A shirtless Illya is sitting up on his bed looking at a chess board when Solo walks in. "Morning Peril," he sat on a nearby chair and pulled out hit medical kit. "How are you feeling today?" He helped him take off the sling. "It's fine," Illya says as Solo unravels the wound. "It's still bleeding a little, but it looks like it'll heal fine." He put new bandaging and wrapped up his arm and returned the sling. "Okay, well that's it, did you need anything from the outside world?" "How is Gaby? I haven't seen her in a while." "She hasn't been feeling too well these past few days, she's just been resting. She's fine though, you should rest up too. Now I have a date." Solo closed his kit and walked out.
Illya sat there, thinking to himself if he should go and check up on her. He put on a shirt, which hurt like hell to put on, and walked over to Gaby's room. He knocked on the door, he could hear the little footsteps come toward the door, "who is it?" He heard her say through the door. "It's Illya," he heard her footsteps stop. "Can I come inside?" He waited there a while but soon he heard the door unlock and she opened the door. She stepped to the side, allowing him to come inside. "Hey" he said as he walked by. She didn't say anything and closed the door. He turned around to look at her, she was wearing her pjs and her hair was tied in a messy bun. "I heard you were sick, are you feeling better?" He was going to touch her arm but she moved away, she walked past him to make it seem like she didn't just dodge his move. She was fixing the bed. "Oh yeah, I'm fine. I think it was just exhaustion. How's your arm?" "The cowboy is a very bad nurse," he laughed hoping she would laugh too, she just gave him a smile. He cleared his throat. "Well I'm glad you are feeling better." "Thanks, did you need anything else?" She was keeping her distance from him, standing in the bedroom. "No, no, that was it?" "Well, thanks for checking up." She walks over to the door and opened it. He was about to walk out, but then he closed the door. "Illya!" She was surprised. "What's going on? Why are you avoiding me?" He looked at her with his piercing blue eyes. "I'm not," she wasn't expecting this. "Don't lie Gaby. What's wrong? I thought we were okay." "We are. I just," she got lost for words. "I just don't think it's a good idea for you to be here," "why?" He walked closer to her but she took a step back. "Please don't," she was about to cry. It felt like someone had kicked him in the stomach. He opened the door and left.
He's seen her cry but it was different because he made her cry. He sat in his room, and soon it was nighttime. Solo returned from his date and came to do a last check up. "What are you stewing about?" Solo said as if he could see the frustration coming out of him. "Gaby is afraid of me. I never saw her look at me like that before. I've seen so many people look at me like that, but I never expected it from Gaby." Solo poured himself and Illya a drink and sat next to him. Illya gulped it down.
"She's scared alright, but its not of you," Solo said with a sigh. "You didn't see her," "I talked to her, Illya. I told her that she needed to stay away," Solo confessed. "What the hell are you talking about?" "It's not good for the team. You both can't keep control of your feelings. After she saw you bleeding, she was a mess. We can't have that on this team, and I don't want her to get hurt anymore." Solo sat back, and took another sip. "This back and forth needed to stop. Unsure feelings and emotions could bring this whole team down." Illya thought about it. "I will take care of her Solo." Illya looked Solo in the eyes. "I'll make her happy, and I'll make this right." Solo saw the sincerity in his eyes. "I'm trusting you with her, don't screw this up." "I won't," Illya got back up and left, Solo finished his drink. "Finally," Solo said.
Illya kept knocking on the door, "Gaby, open up" she did, "Ill..," before she could finish he came inside closing the door behind him and then wrapped his one arm around her and hugged her.