Kay came back inot the bedroom to find Elle fast asleep again. He moved over to the bed, slipping his jacket and shirt off before easing under the covers and gathering her into his arms. Elle snuggled close to him with a happy sigh and slowly opened her eyes.
"Did you stop Jay before he could give Zed a heart attack?" she asked with a smile.
"Luckily, yes. Here. You need to eat," he said as he raised Elle up a bit and picked up the dishes so that he could feed her. "The doctors said that we had to take good care of you."
"I know what you could do to take care of me," Elle whispered.
"Not a good idea right now, even if we were prepared for it," Kay said as he gently kissed her before continuing to feed her. "The doctor said you're still missing a lot of blood, around a fourth. I'm not going to take a chance on hurting you, not after the scare you gave us."
A little bit later, Elle was fed and lying down again, securely snuggled up to Kay. She wiggled in his arms and looked up at him. "I don't suppose there would be anything that I could change into around here, would there?" she asked him. "This gown is a bit drafty if you know what I mean."
"I actually think Slick might have picked up a few things," Kay said as he got out of bed and hurried over to the bag that Jay had left in the room the night before.
"Do we really want to trust Jay's taste in nightclothes?" Elle asked with a chuckle. "They'll really think we were up to something if I have to go back home in something that he picked out."
"Looks like he showed a bit of restraint this time," Kay said as pulled out a light blue nightshirt with flowers on it. They matched Elle's eyes, he noticed with a smile. He handed the nightshirt to her and turned his back so that she could have a bit of privacy to change.
A moment later, he spun around when he heard her let out a soft cry of pain. "What's wrong?" he asked as he hurried to her side. She had slipped the hospital gown loose and the only thing that was keeping it up was the hand she was pressing to the top of the gown to hold it in place.
"The burn's hurting again. The one on my right. I accidentally brushed my hand against it and it feels like it's on fire," Elle said as she winced from the pain.
"Here. Let me take a look," Kay said with concern as he sat down beside her and removed the bandage after she had laid back down. The skin above her right breast did seem to be more red and inflamed. He carefully cleaned it again and put more ontiment on to ease the pain and hopefully prevent an infection. Without thinking, he slipped the material of the gown around to expose the other burn. At least it seemed to be alright, although he went ahead and cleaned it, putting more medicine on it to be on the safe side.
Just then the door came open and Jay came in. "Kay, I'm going to...." Jay stopped when he saw Elle's state of undress and the location of his partner's hands. He quickly backed out of the room calling, "I'm going to take a walk! A nice long walk!"