~Under the Sky so Blue: Aftermath~
Part Six
Milly sat still in the chair with her hands clasped tightly on her lap wearing what appeared to be an empty smile upon her face. Her light blue-green eyes gazed straight, focused on Knives' still form as he slept on his bed. Correction- as he tried to sleep on his bed. While all else was silent, Milly somehow started humming something tuneless, very softly, but nevertheless it could be heard.
The injured man squeezed his eyes tightly shut as the big girl's incessant humming began to just more than annoy him. How could anyone put up with her drivel? How could anyone put up with her? He knew of Nicholas Wolfwood's connection to this human and wondered what in the world the man saw in her. Clumsy oaf of a human, Knives thought before he sat up sharply, pain throbbing in his head from the sudden movement.
"Would you stop that?! Stop that bothersome noise before I silence you permanently!"
The humming ceased immediately as Milly blinked, turning her head to look at Knives.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't even notice I was making any noise Mr. Knives. Well, since you're up, do you want anything to eat? Meryl has some soup left I think and maybe some coffee too."
It was all he could do to keep from discarding of the garbage before him but he clenched his teeth and shook his head.
"I just ate an hour ago I don't need anything."
Before Milly could respond, Knives pushed himself from bed, grunting softly with his effort and began walking toward the door. Within a few seconds the big girl had blocked his path, pulling from seemingly nowhere a huge stun gun, pointed in Knives' face.
"And where do you think you're going, Mr. Knives?"
Taken aback, Knives' light blue eyes widened and he took a few steps back from the weapon aimed at him. Then, narrowing his eyebrows, the man crossed his arms and chuckled lightly.
"Outside, human, stop pointing that at me."
"I don't think so!" Milly furrowed her brows and shook her head, "Mr. Vash said you need your rest and I'm supposed to keep guard here until he comes back, so I'm not leaving and neither are you."
Misjudging her seriousness, Knives still attempted to go around the girl's form, and the result was a huge metal 'x' hitting him squarely in the chest, sending him flying back to the bed. It hurt horribly and Knives expressed it by letting out an awful shout.
"You miserable creature! I'm injured, what do you think my dear brother is going to think of you now that you've made it worse?! Look, I'm bleeding again!"
The pale blond man touched his abdomen cautiously as crimson blood seeped through the bandages beneath the white shirt and began soaking the material through. He grimaced and leaned back, tossing the stun gun's 'bullet' to the side, hearing it clank to the floor loudly as Milly rushed to the side of the bed, abandoning her weapon near the door.
"Oh no, Mr. Vash is never going to forgive me, I'm going to ruin all his plans, oh please I'm so sorry Mr. Knives!"
Knives arched an eyebrow as he saw her eyes turn starry and bright with welling tears. His theory on humans was right- the moment they feel threatened they would either turn tail and run or attack with viciousness. Pain was not something Knives was used to feeling- it didn't happen upon him often but it seemed every time it did it was caused by some foolish mortal. Forgiveness was never in his heart for the things that were done to him, he didn't know how Vash could possibly find compassion for such cruel beings. Spiders for the butterflies, Knives thought and glared at the hysterical girl beside his bed.
"Silence yourself. The least you could do is help me instead of blubbering about it."
At once Milly stopped sobbing and wailing to herself and nodded. "You'll need more bandages Mr. Knives, but I'll have to go get them from Meryl's and my room. Um, you will stay here right?"
Giving her an expression of obviousness, Knives winced, wrapping an arm around his own torso. He didn't want this…thing touching him, but the reopened wounds hurt like fire and the blood was getting quite messy.
"Do I look like I'm in any condition to go anywhere?! Hurry up!"
"You don't have to get all excited, Mr. Knives, I'm going okay?" Milly frowned, looking once more on the verge of tears as she lumbered out of the room to fetch clean bandages for him. He was awfully mean, not at all like Mr. Vash like she'd hoped he would be. It appeared Meryl was right after all, but still, she hoped that Knives could be changed for the better. Goodness lay in everyone, even though for some people it really had to be sought out to find it.
~End Part Six~