Double Trouble
Chapter 10~ Yusei's POV
"Who was that?" I asked when Kiryu returned to our room. "It was Jack," he told me, "He brought you cookies." He set a plate of cookies down on the bed. "What did you tell him when he was at the door?" I asked. "I told him you were sick and didn't want to see anyone," Kiryu said. I gave him a look. "Well, what was I supposed to say?! That you're recovering from a fight with a cheese grater?! Yusei, you look like a mummy!" "I just hope Jack didn't take your words too personally," I said, "He's very sensitive, you know…"
I bit my lip. Kiryu didn't know about Jack's confession a year ago. I knew that any little thing Kiryu said pertaining to me would cut into his heart. But Kiryu didn't know that, and if I told him, he'd be pissed that I never said anything before this, and he'd probably try to keep Jack as far away from me as possible. I didn't want that though, because I valued Jack as my friend.
"Whatever," he said, "Now, let me change your bandages. I can smell them from all the way down the hall." He wrinkled his nose. I knew he hated the smell of blood. He pretty much hated everything about blood after what happened last night…
I had passed out after telling Kiryu not to call for anyone. When I awoke, I was lying in bed, clean and bandaged, in warm, clean sheets. My whole body ached. Kiryu was sleeping next to me. I woke him up and made him tell me what happened after I passed out. Apparently, Kiryu had had wet towels (which have been trashed now) and cleaned me up as best as he could. Then he ransacked the first aid kit and found bandages, to which he wrapped me up like a mummy. Then he took his medications after deciding that he was safe from being sick again. After that, he cleaned up the bathroom. Then he put new, clean sheets on the bed, and then pretty much passed out from exhaustion.
We both decided that it would make life easier to pretend that this never happened, which meant that I couldn't see anyone else for a while. I'd have to wait until I healed enough to not need bandages anymore. So, for the time being, I was isolated from the world, pretending to be extremely ill.
After that, Kiryu went out and bought several different kinds of alarm clocks to set around the house so he would never forget to take his medications on time ever again. And hopefully, this incident would never happen again. And the voice in Kiryu's head who called himself Ccapac Apu would never come back.
Who were we kidding? Did we really believe that?!
How stupid we were!