The next day Spirit and Stein sat in the lab's living room while Marie busied herself grading papers in her room down the hall. Spirit had come over to see how Gwen was doing. After what he had learned the previous day he wasn't really sure what to expect.
Will she be the same Gwen with the corrosive attitude that he had come to like or will she have fallen as close to madness as Stein? Could she be worse off than Stein? These are the questions that ran through Spirit's head as he sat fidgeting on the couch next to Stein.
Stein was actually doing slightly better today. The madness was an ever constant nagging pressure in the back of his mind, but he was successfully containing his urge to dissect something and there had been no bouts of disturbing laughter today. Given the nature of his most recent episode, Stein thought of this as an improvement though a minor one. Spirit's visit was even helpful because it called for Stein to focus on his sister's current mental state rather than his own.
"So how is Gwen doing today?" Spirit asked as he wrung his hands together.
Stein leaned back in his seat and didn't look at the Death-Scythe. "I'm not sure. She is still in bed though given the amount of sedative I gave her she should have been up by now. I suspect she just doesn't want to get up which isn't completely unlike her. She's not really a morning person."
"Well didn't you think to go talk to her?" Spirit was starting to get concerned.
Shrugging, Stein replied, "She's not going to listen to anything I could say."
"Well I'm going to go check on her." Getting up off the couch Spirit walked down the hall to the large storage closet that Marie had converted into a guest room. When he reached the door he found it to be closed but not locked so he let himself in. The room was fairly empty with just the necessities. A bed sat against the wall in the center of the room and a basic dresser was off to the side with a chair sitting beside it. A suitcase full of clothes that the DWMA must have sent someone to Gwen's home in Atlanta to retrieve sat at the end of the bed. On the bed laid Gwen completely covered in blankets. Moving over to the bed Spirit gently shook the form under the covers. "Gwen are you awake?"
A muffled and unconvincing "No" answered him from the blanket cocoon.
"Gwen, if you weren't awake than you wouldn't have answered me. Now come out from under there."
Another "No" sounded from the recesses of the blankets.
"Gwen, if you don't come out than I'm coming in!" When no answer came Spirit was really starting to get concerned. If Gwen didn't respond to that with a witty remark or a sarcastic comment than Spirit knew something must be wrong. So, staying true to his word, Spirit crawled his way into Gwen's cocoon. Once under the covers Spirit was met with a miserable and ticked off looking Gwen. The two were pressed up against each other and so close their noses brushed up against each other. Needless to say it was a couple of seconds before Spirit was able to regain his focus and remember why he was there in the first place.
"What do you want Spirit?" Gwen wasn't as happy with their close proximity as Spirit was a moment ago.
"I want you to get out of bed and stop moping."
Gwen glared at Spirit her eyes appearing to glow under the dark covers. "I'm not moping. I'm secluding myself so as to not come in contact with any triggers that may further my development into a monster."
Spirit reached up and cupped Gwen's face in his hand. "You're not a monster, Gwen."
"Yes I am. I've done horrible things. Spirit, I've killed people." Her voice was noticeably softer now.
"If you were a monster would I do this?" Spirit reached up and wove his fingers into Gwen's thick strands of silver hair. A few days ago this hair had been stained with the blood of innocents, but he didn't care. He knew that the woman that lay in front of him was not the same woman who roamed the city streets hunting for blood. Pulling her closer he placed a tender kiss on her lips much to Gwen's surprise. Gwen was even more surprised when she deepened the kiss with passion she didn't know she possessed.
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