He put his hands up to his mouth in shock, tears already leaching through his half closed eyelids as he stares, just stares at what he's done. Edelwoods. Edelwoods. He's just like the Beast, he's a monster, he… Jonathan's voice breaks through his thoughts. (And it's full of fear, they are scared of him and that's something he never wants to hear again) "uh Wirt? Was this your doing?" He whimpers a soft yes and concentrates intently on staring at the floor in shame.
"Wirt…" His mother says surprisingly gently "can you free us?" "yeah I can" he murmurs, it would only take a thought, it would be so easy to move those roots up instead of down, and then they would be trees, perfect edelwoods, servants… he stopped that thought right in its tracks and moved the roots downward until they slunk back to the exterior wall they came from and retreated outside and into the ground. "Mom… I… sorry… I just…" he stammered "sorry" he muttered lamely, looking at the floor. "Wirt, honey" his mom says, kneeling on the floor next to his hospital bed. (he belatedly notices how Greg is very still in his lap and he panics thinking that maybe Greg is panicking, but he glances down to see the expression of pure wonder and joy across his face and he immediately knows that Greg has no fear of the roots, only excitement that his brother can do something so cool) his mom starts to say something else but Greg cuts in. "Wirt! You can grow trees!? Then standing up in Wirt's lap in a move that was more painful than it sounded to his fragile body, he shook Wirts shoulders, somewhat lightly but still enough to make him wince and give a small cry of pain that Greg doesnt notice. "DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW COOL THAT IS!" He shouts "You can grow plants! I bet you could do all sorts of cool stuff!" That makes Wirt wince but say softly "your not… you're not scared of me?" Greg makes a phhstt sound of 'yeah right' and says "well your my brother, why would you hurt me?" and that very nearly makes him cry but his mom and stepdad are even more anxious for answers and his mom seems to realize something with a start and grabs Greg right off his lap, scooping him up and holding him away from Wirt like he was some kind of monster. She puts him on the ground where Johnathon scoops him right back up, much to his chagrin. His mom turns to face him, a cautious expression on her face. He can tell she wants answers and he's willing to provide them but… "Wirt?" She asks. All at once he talks, he tells her what he is, and it feels so good to get the weight that was already crushing him off his shoulders, but when he's done he curls up tight on himself, knees to his chest. Of course then because the Universe evidently hates him, a doctor walks in right then and tells them all they need to leave for a few minutes so they can give him some drugs or something to help lessen the chance of hypothermia wreaking more havoc on his body. He also faintly hears that he can leave in the morning (Friday) and attend school on Monday after the weekend. He is told, as if from a distance that he has been slipping in and out of a coma for a week, but it all feels distant. Maybe it's the drugs that have already been shot into his bloodstream but he feels distant. A small voice at the back of mind, a whispers says he will have to fix the damage they are inadvertently doing to his body later, but for right now he just want to sleep.
A/N: I toyed with the idea of Wirt not telling anyone, but I feel like his bad anxiety's would make that very short lived. Plus I would have to rewrite a bunch of chapters I have in reserve. Till next time fam! Thanks for reading my first ever-fic! I apologize for the crappy quality of my writing but hopefully I have a new TAU Fic on the way. An update on my schedule for summer is next chapter!