Chapter 12
The drive to the hospital was excruciating, Nyx's couldn't breath well, it hurt to breath and his chest started to swell on his left side. He tried to not show how much pain he was in but tiny bits came out when they hit potholes or any form of bump, tiny cries of pain. He tried to relax and sleep on the way to the hospital but it was hard to relax with the pain. Luna would ask him if he was ok from time to time and ask if he wanted water. She was so sweet and he hated to lie and tell her he wasn't in any pain but he didn't want her to worry.
"Looks like some bad news guys." Libertus said from the drivers seat.
Luna leaned forward, "What is wrong? Did something happen?" she asked, the road looked clear to her and they just stopped for gas, she wasn't entirely sure what the problem was.
"Storms coming and considering the next town is still about two hours out, I mean…we might make it. What do you think Nyx? How you feeling?" He asked as he looked over at Nyx, he was sweating and breathing hard, Libertus knew his friend was in a lot of pain but trying to hid it from Luna.
"We can keep going, if the weather holds up but don't push yourself." Nyx said, he felt his eyelids slowly slide shut. The world was blanketed in darkness as he fell asleep.
Libertus and Luna drove in silence to the hospital; it started to rain, a little which helped with the complete silence. Once they pulled into the parking lot and parked it was someone's job to wake Nyx up.
"How about you wake him up while I go and get a nurse and wheelchair? Deal?" Libertus asked Luna.
She looked at Nyx, who was sleeping peacefully in his seat, "Sure, I'll have him up when you get back." She smiled at him.
Libertus got out and ran into the building. Luna looked at Nyx, he looked so peaceful but she could see the beads of sweat that were lining his forehead. She leaned down and kisses his forehead. He stirred a little, she kissed his cheek and he smiled, she went in to kiss him when he surprised her.
"Your gonna get me in trouble." He smirked, he missed her kisses and he was rather eager to get more but the pain in his chest had a mind of its own.
She giggled, "How are you really feeling Nyx? You don't look well…don't lie to me." She leans back on her elbow, which was being supported on the middle armrest in the car. She saw him grin and then look away.
"I'll tell you but on one condition-"
Before he could finish she locked her lips with his, his whole body swelled, the pain in his chest lessened and heat flared through his veins. He kissed her back as she racked her finger through his hair, his hands her holding her sides to help support her. She separated to catch her breath but Nyx kissed down her jawline and to her neck, making Luna moan softly, he hands bracing against his shoulders.
Her whole body was on fire, his kisses were lining her skin like sparks, each one more electrifying than the next but the kisses stopped when she heard someone coming by the car. She slid back into her seat right as Libertus opened the door.
"Do I want to even know how she woke you up?" he asked as he leaned against the doorframe, Nyx had the biggest grin on his face.
"If I told you, you would be jealous and probably never leave us in the car again. I behaved but could you get me in to see this doctor, please, the pain is getting worse." Nyx asked, his little make-out session with Luna numbed the pain slightly but it came back with a fiercer bite.
Luna was outside of the car when a pretty nurse came by with a wheelchair. She had medium length hair, it curled at the bottom and it was half up. She had a slender build but she was pretty. Luna all of a sudden felt very not pretty, she looked at her reflection in the mirror, parts of her braid were undone and smaller amounts were falling down. Her face was red and puffy, she looked at her build, and she was smaller than normal because of the situation they were in.
The nurse helped Nyx into the wheelchair and started to lead him away. Luna and Libertus followed. Once they admitted him into the room, the doctor wanted X-rays right away on Nyx's chest. The same nurse came in and had a gown for him to wear, something that would make it easy for them to work with if he needed serious help. She handed him the gown and said she would be back later to check on him and get him into the X-ray room.
Luna stepped outside while Libertus helped Nyx, she found herself walking down the hallway and looking out the large window that stretched a good portion of the wall, it over looked the parking lot below. She pressed her face against the cool glass and sat on the window still. She became lost in her thoughts.
"So how upset is she? Scale 1-10?" Nyx asked Libertus as he helped him throw on this ridiculous robe. He hated hospitals more than anything but when he took his shirt off he saw the deep purple and blue mark on his chest. It made his heart stop, whatever damage was done it was bad.
Libertus looked around the room as if she was going to pop in from some hidden doorway, "With you or the nurse?" he asked back. He wasn't always the smartest person but it didn't take a genius to figure out Luna was feeling pretty down about the hot nurse.
"The nurse? What nurse?" Nyx clenched his teeth and hissed in pain when Libertus laid him on the bed. Which Libertus flinched and felt sorry.
"You know, the one that is taking care of you right now, blonde, small and cute. That one." He smiled; his best friend was oblivious sometimes to things like pretty girls.
"Yeah, what about her? Why would Luna be upset about her? What did she say to you?" He was genuinely concerned about why Libertus would bring in the nurse.
Libertus scratched the back of his head, "Well…lets see, you have a pretty nurse with a good sized rack and she is taking care of the guy you like-a lot- and you have to sit by and watch. I don't know man seems pretty clear to me." He said as he stood next to Nyx's bed.
"What! Your saying Luna is jealous? Of the nurse? Oh c'mon really…Luna is way prettier. Astronomically prettier! And good rack, really? Did you lower your standards?" Nyx teased, he chuckled which cause some pain.
Libertus laughed, "No, I didn't lower my standards, she is really pretty but you somehow have to get Luna to believe you don't like the nurse." He said
"How is that? I don't even remotely like-"
"Mister Ulric are you ready? I have come to take you to the x-ray station." The nurses voice came from behind the door, it was light, soft and not too threating. She appeared in front of them and smiled.
"Yeah, um…yeah I guess I'm ready to go. Better to get it over with right?" he smiled and looked at Libertus. "Talk to her for me please." He held out his hand as the nurse got him ready to leave.
Libertus grabbed his hand, "I will, Ill make sure to talk to her. You just behave in there and get better." He squeezed his hand.
Nyx nodded as he was carted away. Libertus walked down the hall to find Luna, he saw she was leaning against the window and looking out in the horizon. He leaned against the wall in front of her, he waited for her to look up at him but she never did, she just sat there staring at the glass.
"Um…earth to Luna…You ok? Nyx just went back to the x-ray room, do you want to go back to his room and wait for him?" he looked down at her, he reached down and touched her shoulder.
She jumped and looked at him with a shocked expression, "Oh Libertus, when did you get here? How is Nyx?" she asked getting up from her seat.
He laughed to himself, "Wow, you really weren't listening to me at all, well Nyx just went back to the x-ray room and I offered to go back to the room with you." he was stilling leaning on the wall.
Luna flushed, "Oh I am so sorry, I was lost in thought. We can go back to the room and wait for him." she started to walk back towards Nyx's room.
They made it back to Nyx's room and they sat on the couch waiting for him to come back. They remained silent, Libertus would cast glances towards her and would see her phase in and out. About a half hour had past and Libertus had it with the slience.
"Look I am going insane here, please say something. What is on your mind that you are constantly coming in and out of reality?" he leaned on hand on his knee and looked at her.
She looked at him and then looked away at the floor, "Do you think Nyx likes that type of girl? Or what type of girl does he like?" she fidgeted with her fingers that sat in her lap.
Libertus laughed, he shook his head, "Really? You think Nyx likes that nurse? No, he likes you a lot and I have known him a lot longer than you and I can say without a doubt he likes you. Everything about you he likes, the independence, steady fast, knows what she wants and of course you make him smile." he smiled, "he is worried about you, all he talked about after you left or all he wanted to know was where you were at."
Libertus got up from the couch and walked around the room, Luna stared at her hands right before she could say something the door opened and the nurse came in with Nyx. She spun him around and he had his eyes closed like he was sleeping.
She locked him into place and hooked up the machines again, "There you go, back safe and sound. Just press this button if you need anything ok." she was holding a button in her hand then laid it on the bed. She left the room and shut the door behind her.
Nyx moaned and rolled around a bit then opened his eyes, "So Libertus what did she say? Is she ok?" he looked over at Libertus.
Libertus coughed and nodded his head towards where Luna was sitting on the couch. Nyx followed where he was leading him and he almost jumped off his bed and ran to her but the ice pack on his chest was the only thing keeping him on the bed.
"Luna, you ok? You seemed sad and whats wrong?" He asked, propping himself up on his elbow and looking at her, "I probably look pretty pathetic huh?" he shyly smiled and looked at her.
"I think you look pathetic, if its any consolation." Libertus laughed
Luna got up and walked over to Nyx, grabbing his hand, "Yeah I am, I am sorry I should have been worrying about you and thought of how you felt, you shouldn't have been worrying about me." She squeezed his hand, tears started to form in her eyes.
"Luna…Ill always worry about you but I know your a strong girl and if you were worried about that nurse, please she doesn't have anything on you. For starters, you have way better eyes, way better hair, better body in my opinion and your amazingly sweet and kind." he said with a smile only meant for her.
Luna blushed a deep red, she knew Libertus was in the room but for Nyx to make such a declaration like that, "T-thank you…I think your an amazing man Nyx Ulric, your so strong and sweet but you should be resting right now. Oh! By the way what did the doctor say about your chest?" she leaned in to take a look the blue bag that laid across his chest.
"Well they took some x-rays and are waiting for them to develop then check them for anything. He said we should have something within an hour, so yeah now we wait." he threw up his hands, he hated being here and whats worse he hated being trapped here. Luna was in big danger if anyone decided to show up.
Libertus walked over to the bed, "Well I was thinking of getting some food, the cafeteria looked promising, did you want something Nyx? Did they say you could eat normal food?" he asked, leaning down to look at his best friend.
"Food actually sounds amazing! Yes please, just get me whatever. But I have to have water though, doctors orders." Nyx said, he looked over at Libertus then Luna, he was still holding her hand.
She looked at Libertus, "I would like some too but let me go with you so you can carry it all, that way Nyx can get some rest before the doctors comes in. Is that ok with you?" she directed her question more towards Nyx.
"Yeah thats fine with me, just be careful ok, stay close to Libertus. I am just worried about what could be out there ok." he sat up a little and looked sternly at her.
Libertus started to walk out the door, saying hi to the nurse that passed by, Luna kissed Nyx, "I will be fine and I will stay close to Libertus. You rest now ok." she kissed his forehead and forced him to lay down.
She left his side and joined Libertus outside. Once they were gone and the room was quiet, Nyx sat there thinking about what the doctor could have seen, if it was bad or at least something decently good. He rolled his head back against the pillow and closed his eyes, the warmth of his bed enveloped him as he sank into the darkness of sleep.
He awoke with the noise of chatter and laughter, on top of clanking glasses and occasional shouts from Libertus. He opened his eyes and blinked hard a couple of times to adjust to his surroundings. Before him stood Luna and Libertus, they had food of every kind and were trying to divide it up, Luna was acting more like a ruler now.
"Look I'm hungry and I would like not to starve. So just one bit-ouch!" Libertus held his hand that got slapped by Luna.
"NO! We have to wait for Nyx to wake up thats rude!" she put her hands on her hips and was pouting at him.
Both of their heads turned when they heard laughter from where Nyx was laying. He was laughing at them so hard he was crying. His sides were still tender to whatever he did but laughing felt so good he didn't care.
"Oh your awake, I am sorry Nyx did we wake you up?" Luna asked as she walked over to the bed.
Nyx stopped laughing and looked up at her, "Nah, besides my stomach is killing me anyway so toss that food over here Libertus!" he said
Luna giggled as the two guys exchanged food and argued over who had more. She never realized it before but they were acting like siblings, true brothers. If she didn't know they separately she would have thought they were. Her thoughts went to her brother, Ravus, how they use to act like that. Joking and playing, pretending like they were king and queen. Fighting over who got the last cookie, then it all changed when Niflheim came, killed their mother and stole everything they ever loved. Luna felt a cold wave run over her, her brother was mad and this whole war was insane. She knew the prophecy and how it would end but she had to make sure she tried to stop it or stall it or even change it. Her burden weighted on her again, the dark matter of her fate rested on her shoulders like a boulder.
Nyx and Libertus had stopped fighting, they were watching Luna, she had a dark cloud over her head all of a sudden. A cold wave around her like ice was filling the room. A sudden knock on the door sent all of them into a pile of nerves. Luna nearly fell backwards on the couch and started to pant from being dragged out of her numb state. Libertus was practically in the bed with Nyx and Nyx was trying to calm his already racing heart.
The doctor entered the room and nodded at Nyx, "Hello again mr. Ulric, I have your results. Are you ready to hear them?" he stood there, tall and lanky, his icy demeanor matched his icy blue eyes that seemed to cut you to the core.
Nyx sat up in the bed and laid the food down, Libertus had gotten up and Luna straightened her pose, "Yea, what did you find? Is it good?" he was hoping for the best but prepared for the worse.
The doctor flipped open his file, he walked to a light box and laid the black film on top of it then flicked the light on. Once illuminated you could see Nyx's chest, "So these are the x-rays we took, as you can see there is some damage, not anything extremely critical from what I can see but that doesn't mean there isn't anything critical. You see," he pointed to one of the x-rays that was taken from above Nyx's chest, looking straight down, "here you cracked the sternum slightly which could have lead to your lack of breathing, simply you got the wind knocked out of you but the real concern is here," pointing to a specific point on the film, "you broke the base of three ribs, now they were clean breaks so you got extremely lucky but those fragments could have gotten to your lung, the swelling is a perfect example of the broken bones, there is also a change you could have a punctured lung but given that your still breathing pretty normal I would say that didn't happen. So all in all you did pretty good but that leads into my question for you, would you like to have surgery? I can fix the bones and clear out any fragments that might have been left behind and check on your lung. You will not be able to do many things for a while, while the bones are healing, but it is up to you. You can just leave the bones be but you will have a deformed chest and possible damage to the lung." he finished
Nyx looked down at his chest, the swelling had gone down a bit and the pain wasn't nearly as much when the ice was on it. "Can I have a minute to think about it?" he asked
The doctor nodded his head, "Oh of course, please take your time, I will be back in a little while." he left the room.
The room was silent, no one said anything to Nyx, he sat on his bed deep in thought, "What do you guys think? You can just leave me here and whenever I recover I can meet up with you guys." he said breaking the silence in the room.
Both Libertus and Luna looked up at him, they were in shock but Libertus knew what he was getting at, Nyx didn't want to slow them down and wanted to complete the mission. Luna on the other hand was furious, her blood was boiling and everything she felt before, the cold wave of regret, the fear of the future, the prophecy all of it gone like it never existed. The only thing on her mind was to kick Nyx in the butt for saying that.
"How could you say that! I will not leave you here unattended! Out of the question, you will get your surgery and you are coming with us. I have no desire to go to Altissa right this minute so how every long it takes us to get there thats fine with me but I will not leave you here." she was standing up now and had her arms crossed over her chest.
"As much as I hate to agree with her, she is right, it would be dangerous to leave you here alone. I know what your trying to do hero but lets be honest, your the only thing we got left against those Nifs, I cant do it on my own and I think she would prefer to have you as a travel companion, apparently I control the situation too much. So do me a favor, come with us after the surgery, we can take it slow pal. As she said, no rush."
Nyx looked at both of his friends and thought they were nuts but the looks he was getting from them were proof enough, they made up there mind. "Well ok then, I guess I will get this surgery and once I am cleared from the hospital we can set out on our way. That sound good?" he smirked at both of them, they both lit up with a smile.
"Thats perfect for me!" Luna chimed in, her voice was light and sounding like her old self again.
"Well I guess I should find out where me and Luna are gonna stay for the night, depending on when they can do your surgery we have to bunk somewhere, Luna wait here while I go ask someone about rooms for us ok? Also behave." he pointed his finger at both of them before walking out the door.
Nyx sank back into the bed, his whole body felt tired and sore. His muscles ached and he was ready for this pain to be over with. "You sure do know how to drive a hard bargain-Luna…"
Before he could finish Luna was kissing him, her soft lips grazed his, she braced herself on either side of him, Nyx's body didn't listen to him anymore, hands roamed in places they shouldn't have, making Luna moan in pleasure. Before she knew it she was on the bed with him and straddling him, his hands slid down to her hips and he continued to kiss her.
Luna broke the kiss and was panting, her heart was racing faster than a hundred chocobos, "We can stop…if its…to much for you…I mean…this is wildly inappropriate since your injured and in a hospital but…"
"No, if Im going into surgery and cant do this for a while, Id rather do it now. But I'm not going to force you Luna, this is your choice and I want you to be happy with it ok. We can stop anytime if you don't want to ok." he brushed his thumb over her cheek.
Luna felt like crying, he was so gentle and kind, she didn't deserve this wonderful man but all at the same time she wanted him. Not because he was good looking-that would be the biggest understatement of the year-but because of his kindness and gentleness. She leaned in and kissed him, he kissed back but her mind grew curious.
Her hand drifted up his-surprisingly build-thigh, which cause Nyx to buckle and moan. Her hand ran across his lower abdomen when she reached his manhood. She had never felt or seen one before so she wasn't totally sure what to do with it. Though in the back of Nyx's mind he was losing it completely, his body was burning and he no longer felt that pain in his chest, the only thing he could feel was Luna's small hand wrapped around his manhood and it felt amazing.
She hadn't meant to do this but she moved her hand upward and while she did that it gazed his shaft causing him to moan loudly, "Mmmm, Luna, heh you don't know what your doing do you?" he pulled her in and kissed her forehead, "its ok, here," he grabbed her hand and placed just above his shaft, "the whole area is sensitive so no matter what you do, it will feel good, so you cant mess up." he kissed her again.
She decided to do that thing he did to her in the bedroom that night, she placed her fingers just below his shaft and started to massage the area like he did. That sent Nyx over the moon and back and their little dance continued like that for a few minutes. Nyx and Luna playing with each other until Nyx finally came.
"Whats this stuff?" she asked as she poked it with her finger, she eyed it very carefully.
Nyx laughed so hard it hurt his side like never before, "HAH! I love you," he pulled her close to him, his arm wrapped protectively around her waist, "That stuff is what gets girls pregnant, its called well…you know…cum…" why he hesitated he didn't know but Luna's face was priceless.
She looked at the new found thing that was on her finger, she wiped it on the blanket and looked up at him, "So I am going to be pregnant now?" she seemed slightly worried, which worried Nyx a lot.
"No, I would have to be in you in order to you know…get you pregnant. Just touching the stuff wont get you pregnant. I promise." he kissed the top of her head and relaxed on the bed, he fixed his blanket in case Libertus came plowing in, the last thing he needed was his friend to give him a lecture.
Luna snuggled into his side and laid her head on his good shoulder, her arm was draped over his stomach and the other arm curled into her chest. "Thank you…I know its probably awkward to tell me all this stuff that I should probably know, I appreciate you taking the time to explain it to me." she felt her eyes starting to shut when the door opened.
Luna froze in place, Nyx relaxed his body, after what just happened to him he couldn't tense up anymore but to their luck it was the doctor.
"So have you come to a decision yet?" he asked, he was holding some new folders in his hand.
"Yeah, I am going to do the surgery, when can I get in?" Nyx asked, he rolled his head toward the doctor to see his face.
The doctor looked at his phone, "Well your in luck, I can get you in right now if you like?"