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Part21

Diwan came back to the infirmary carrying a tray with a bowl of soup and fresh bread rolls on it. She looked at Oslo as she came through the door, he looked very lonely as no one else not even a doctor was in the infirmary. Diwan walked over to him and sat down on a chair next to his bed, Diwan then placed the tray on Oslo's lap after he had sat up straighter. Oslo picked up the spoon, filled it and was about to eat the soup that was in it but stopped sighing. "Diwan?"

"What is it sir? What's wrong, are you going to be sick again?" Diwan answers concern clearly showing on her face, Oslo put the spoon down in the bowl and took a deep breath before speaking again. "Diwan..." He trailed off again clearly uncomfortable with what he was about to say.

"Sir you can tell me anything, go on." Diwan says clearly interested with what Oslo wants to say, Oslo began again his cheeks turning slightly red.

"Diwan I... I enjoy being around you I always have, you're like... I mean... I, I feel as though your the only person that I know who understands me." Oslo finished turning his head the other way as his cheeks became redder. Diwan said nothing and just looked at him unsure of what she was supposed to do, eventually she stood up and Oslo hurriedly spoke thinking she was about to leave. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that... please don't leave yet." Diwan looked at him surprised by his reaction, she had never seen him like this. Oslo watched her intently waiting for her to either sit back down or to leave, she surprised him with her next action. Diwan moved closer to Oslo and put her arms around his shoulders in a hug the side of her head resting on the back of his, she then spoke in a voice that was almost a whisper. "I wasn't about to leave Oslo, I just though you needed a hug. That's why I stood up." Oslo closed his eyes and leaned into the hug, placing his right hand on Diwan's left arm as it went around his front to his right shoulder.

The hug continued for another five minutes and ended only when Oslo pulled away, he looked a little happier and began to eat. Diwan still had one hand on his shoulder, reassuring him that she wasn't about to leave. Forty five minutes passed and Oslo had eaten just about everything that was on the tray. He lay back closing his eyes and sighing in a satisfied way. "Sir, get some sleep. I'll come back in the morning." Diwan picked up the tray while standing and looked at Oslo, he was looking up at her in such a way that it reminded her of a young child. "Okay, goodnight Diwan." Oslo then buried himself under the blankets so only his head showed, Diwan looked at him once more before leaving him in the dark infirmary.

It was twenty minutes before Oslo managed to sleep, he also slept for only twenty minutes before waking up startled. He sat in bed remembering why he had woken, lying back down he hoped no nightmares would return to haunt and wake him. Oslo slept for another twenty minutes before the same thing happened, he discovered that the nightmare would occur every time he went to sleep. By 5:30am Oslo had given up on sleep and instead lay quietly looking up at the ceiling, by 6:00am the first doctors and other infirmary staff arrived going about their duties. The female doctor came over to him and spoke. "Sir, would you like your breakfast now or later?" Oslo did not speak but just nodded. "I'll go and get it then."

The female doctor came back with a tray of bacon and eggs plus two hash browns for Oslo, she had been about fifteen minutes. "Here you go sir." she said placing the tray on his lap. Oslo poked his food with the fork absentmindedly, the doctor decided that something wasn't right. "Sir? What's wrong are you nauseous or dizzy or anything?" The doctor asked while placing the back of her hand on his forehead to check his temperature, Oslo shifted his head away from her hand before looking at her and speaking. "Nothing's wrong, I just had a bad night that's all." He said with a very subdued attitude.

"Well if that's all it is, okay I'll leave you to eat in peace." The doctor took two steps from Oslo before she heard his voice from behind her, she turned back around to face him. "What sir? Did you just say something?" Oslo looked away before saying. "Nothing, it doesn't matter."

"Sir is something wrong? Sir if something's wrong you need to tell me or I can't help." Oslo looked at her before turning his head away again before he spoke.

"I... Is it possible to seal a seijin's powers away?" The doctor looked at him wondering why he had asked, then she decided that it would be best to just answer him instead of asking him why he wanted to know. "Well yes I believe it is possible, but why do yo..." Oslo cuts in stopping the doctor from completing her question. "When does Diwan get here?" The female doctor decides not to pursue the topic any further.

"She usually gets here around 7:30am, but you're usually still asleep so this will be a surprise for her." The doctor answers before walking away.

Around 7:30am Diwan arrived to find Oslo finishing his breakfast, she stopped as she noticed that he looked very tired she became worried thinking that his illness was worsening. Oslo looked up as Diwan stopped and sat down on a chair next to him, he saw that she looked worried. "Diwan what's wrong, what's happened?" he asks quickly. "Nothing sir, it's just that you look so tired and I thought your illness was getting worse." She answered soothingly.

"Well I am tired, but it's because I had a bad night last night."

"What do you mean? Are you okay?"

"I'm fine Diwan, I... A nightmare just kept waking me up that's all."

"Oh, are you okay? Do you want to talk about it?"

"No I'm fine, it's just that..."

"What is it sir?" Diwan asked concerned.

"It's just that it was always the same nightmare, and it was always exactly the same never any different."

"Sir are you sure you're okay?" Diwan asked while placing the back of her hand on his forehead checking his temperature.

"Yes Diwan I'm fine, but..."

"But what?" Diwan asked thinking something was wrong.

"Well I could use another hug." Oslo finished with a sly grin on his face.

"Sir" Diwan said in a mock tone of disapproval but still obliged, placing her arms around Oslo's shoulders like she had last night. Oslo leaned into the hug sighing in content placing his right hand once again on Diwan's left arm, though not saying so he enjoyed her hugging him and unknown by him Diwan enjoyed giving him hugs.