87. Welcome Back
The world was a blinding white when Meliodas came to be. Blinking away the blindness, emerald was met with the beautiful blue sky and he took a short breath. That was right, he was at the kingdom. Gilthunder.
...
"Gil?!" Sitting up abruptly made his entire head spin. Trying to shake the dizziness away, Meliodas quickly scanned his surroundings, albeit a bit too panicked. Cold sweat was rolling down as he noticed how his left side seemed so cold-
He looked to his left.
Oh, that was right. His entire left arm was blown off.
... Ouch.
Now that he sat down and clearly thought about it, losing an arm... Wow.
He was kind of panicking, now. Just listen to his heartbeat! It was beating way too quickly- and it was getting harder to breathe!
He clutched the cloth at the front of his heart.
Count, just count. He tried counting. It didn't really work.
Meliodas slowly recollected his memories. Retracing haziness was difficult- especially since... Well, everything. His eyes stung. He tried holding his breath (which was a stupid move of his).
"... Gil...?" He said, nervously and eyes closed. His breathing was incredibly unsteady- it was so cold and scary. "Gil, are you there?"
It took a few seconds before he heard his brother's meek reply, and only then Meliodas finally took the time to calm down.
Right. Dreyfus. The thought still hurt. He probably got away- that sucked. Or should he be glad? But it also meant that the damned man was still out there- causing harm and whatever.
"You got a concussion," came Gilthunder's calm but warm voice. Something cool was at his temple, Meliodas let his eyes open.
Pink entered his vision, and he saw how Gilthunder was kneeling in front of him. He had an armored hand resting by the younger's head, and emerald stared into the other's blue.
Right. He liked the color blue because of his eyes, too. Zaratas and Gilthunder's eyes. Lady Elizabeth's just happened to be similar to theirs- though, they were still a bit different. Lady Elizabeth's was in a serene shade of... Like the ocean. Or the heavens above. They were really beautiful.
Lady Elizabeth.
"Hey," Meliodas started, a cheeky grin stuck on his face. Gilthunder blinked slowly.
After a small pause (hesitation, Meliodas could tell), his older brother returned the smile. It was a small one. Tired, even, but it was present and so real.
Gilthunder replied.
"... Hey."
Meliodas smiled brighter- sure, he lost an arm, but hey! He got back a brother.
(He hits his brother hard at his shoulder. "Geez! Don't scare me like that, Gil! But still, if you ever decide to have a career change, you could totally be an actor- like at those theaters back then. What the heck, man. Why are you so talented?")
("... Let's not talk about that.")
And soon, he'd be back with the Seven Deadly Sins. With Lady Elizabeth.
