Doms POV
It's been days since Arthur and Eames thing for Ariadne. It's not that I'm annoyed. It's because Arthur and Eames are competing for her. We are a team. The Dream Team, as Eames said. And we do not fight.
But that rule is pretty much always broken. It normal routine. Eames jokes, Arthur get irritated, Eames makes fun of Arthur, and Arthur blows up. Then, I end up being a parent over two idiots that can't get along. I ended up being a parent and doctor at the same time today.
I was walking towards the warehouse, hoping for a good day. I went inside and instantly felt the tension between Arthur and Eames. Eames was smirking while Arthur was glaring at him. I rolled my eyes and looked at Ariadne but her back was on them. Then, Yusuf called me, Arthur and Eames for a sedative test. Ariadne didn't mind because she didn't like gulping down liquids that sometimes make your stomach somersault.
"What is it?", Arthur grumbled. As point man, he had the hardest part of the job.
"I made three sedatives, each with it's own special component" , Yusuf said, "And I want to test them each on you".
"And will this, so called 'special component', be safe?", Arthur said, ever the pessimist.
Yusuf shrugged. You never know until you try to gulp it down. Eames however was fine with it.
"I will drink this if it enlarges my muscles", Eames said. I saw Arthur roll his eyes.
"Why don't you just drink so I can have the pleasure to see you with maybe something wrong with your pathetic body?!" Arthur said.
Eames was about to retort, when I stopped him. "Don't say anything, Eames, if you don't want your nose broken.", I warned.
"Just drink it and I'll look at the effects after", Yusuf said as he left.
Arthur, Eames and I looked at each other waiting for one of us to gulp the sedative. Arthur rolled his eyes and sighed.
"I'll drink first", Arthur said.
He gulped the whole thing down. He grimaced for a second and looked okay. He looked at us. He didn't change. No side effects.
"That went well.," Arthur said after a moment. However, he furrowed his brows and clutched his stomach and ran to the restroom.
"I think he's gonna be sick!," Eames said. Eames and I went after Arthur. As leader of the team, it is my duty to make sure everyone is okay.
Arthur emerged from the bathroom. He was fine. Except the feeling I had that something was wrong with him. I couldn't point it out. But Eames saw it.
"Oh my God, Arthur! Your nose is blue!," he said. Arthur quickly grabbed a mirror.
" Oh my God, Cobb! My nose is blue!", Arthur shouted.
Eames just chuckled and said," It's alright, Arthur. If you go out with a blue nose, it will increase my chance with Ariadne".
That triggered Arthur to punch Eames. See? Ariadne's a touchy subject for both of them! Eames stood frozen for a moment and punched Arthur back. Arthur staggered back, now with a swollen, cut lip. He was about to punched back when I stopped him.
"Stop it! Both of you!", I shouted
"Guys? I heard shouting. What going on?", Ariadne said outside the door. She opened the door and gasped. I know we looked like we fought an army in the men's restroom.
"Oh my God! What happened? Why is your nose bleeding, Eames?! And why does Arthur have a bleeding lip!?", Ariadne said.
"Ariadne, I need you to get the first aid kit." I calmly instructed her. She nodded, unable to string a complete sentence.
Half an hour later, Arthur and Eames are seated in the opposite side of our vacant room after I treated their wounds. Ariadne was going back and forth between them while they continuously glare at each other.
"Ariadne, it hurts", Eames complained.
Ariadne went to him. Always caring.
"What hurts?", she said with worry.
Eames smiled at her. "My heart hurts that you don't love me", he said.
Ariadne laughed. I don't think she knows that Eames meant what he said. She's not blind. She's just caring to the point that she thinks that people joke around to relieve the pain they are feeling.
"Oh Eames. Even if you're in pain, you still manage to joke", she said. She looked at Arthur and walked over him.
"How about you, Point Man! You okay?" Ariadne asked. Arthur assured her that he was. Ariadne kissed them both in their forehead and left for her blueprints. That was a friendly kiss. But they didn't get that. Arthur and Eames both look at her until she went out the door. After that they started cursing each other.
That's when I knew. This competition will be a matter of life or death.