Amon stayed by her side, watching her chest move up and down every second. In that moment, that he looked away from her.. It had happened. Why couldn't he protect her? He mentally cursed at himself, tightening his grip on her pale hand. He looked up from Robin and to Sakaki, who was on the other side of the bed.
His dark hair covered his face and he, too, was looking at Robin with great concern. Dojima was in the chair across from the bed, playing with her hair. Amon sighed and looked back to Robin.
Her grip tightened before she let go. She moaned slightly, tossing her head to the side. She opened her eyes slowly, the light piercing her vision. "A-Amon?" She whispered, seeing a figure in front of her.
Amon gave a small smile and put his hand on her cheek. "Robin."
She smiled weakly as he brushed the strands of chestnut hair from her face. Her cheeks were so cold and pale. He was glad she was awake, but he was still concerned. He was pushed out of the way by Dojima.
"Robin? Robin?" She asked, looking into her eyes. "Are you awake, now?"
Robin chuckled, slowly pushing herself up to sit up in the bed. "..Yes, I am fine. Thank you.." She smiled as Dojima hugged her tightly.
Amon sunk back and stood in the doorway, looking upon all of them. Karasuma came up behind him. "..Is she awake?" She asked, looking to his back.
"Yes." Was all he answered.
Sakaki smiled to her and handed her a bouquet of flowers. Robin placed them on her lap and smiled. "Thank you."
"Their from the Chief." He said, patting her head. "I'm glad you woke up! You had us all worried there for a moment." He chuckled.
"Oh, I am quite sorry about that." Her cheeks flustered with embarrassment. She closed her eyes for a moment. Last nights events were blurry in her mind. She could barely remember any of it.
Sakaki smiled. "Oh, it's alright. We're just glad you're okay."
Robin smiled and looked over to Amon and Karasuma. They both smiled back. "When is she coming back?" Miho asked.
"I don't know. It may be tonight." He shrugged and turned around to face her, his head drooping from his shoulders.
Miho looked to him. "..Amon." She said, seeing his sorrows. "It was not your fault." She stepped towards him, hesitant to wrap her arms around him. "..It's not-."
She was cut off by his eyes. "..Don't say that." He said. "If I would have kept an eye on her, this wouldn't of happened." He growled.
Miho sighed. "You can't keep an eye on her all the time.. Now, can you?"
Amon kept his head down. He knew she was right. But, he also felt like he could of done something more to prevent it.
"I'm happy that you got there when you did.. Or she would of-." She cut herself off then. She didn't even want to think of such a thing. She stepped into the hospital room with another bouquet of flowers. "Here you go, Robin." She smiled, handing it to her.
"Thank you, Miho." Robin smiled back, and put her nose to the flowers. They smelled so beautiful. She was happy that they were all here, but something seemed… Different. And right now, she couldn't quite pin-point it.
Karasuma was in the corridor of the hospital. "Robin!" She knocked on the door. "Come on! What's taking you so long!" She asked, looking at her watch which blinked 8:26. They were late for the briefing. "Come on, Robin."
"I'll be right out." Robin yelled back, pulling her hair up. She was a bit lethargic today.. Sluggish movements and weak. She could barely stand straight. But, she was determined to help out tonight. She didn't want to stay in bed and do nothing. She hated that. She finally pulled her hair up and went over to the door.
She gasped, seeing an image fly over her eyes. She backed away from the door and closed her eyes. It's not real.. She said to herself. It's not real. She reopened her eyes and took a breath. It was gone, now. She gathered herself and reached for the door knob again, turning it and smiling to a more than impatient Karasuma.
"Finally!" She laughed and pushed herself from the wall.
"I'm sorry, Miho. I'm just being a little slow right now." Robin said.
"It's okay, it's okay. Let's just hurry, now. Shall we?" Karasuma laughed and pulled the keys from her jacket pocket. "Come on, now." She said, laying a hand on Robin's shoulder.
She could tell there was something wrong, but.. She really didn't know how bad things were. None of them did. She figured that it was just the after effect from last nights events: feeling worthless for not being able to take care of one witch. She's felt the same before, she had felt it way too many times to count.
Robin looked down to the floor beneath her feet and sighed. "It's okay, Robin. I know the feeling." Karasuma said, running her hand up and down Robin's back for comfort.
Robin looked up and forced a smile. She didn't want to tell them, she didn't know how.. Or, if they would believe her. They would think that if the witch was at the Factory, that they wouldn't be able to hurt anyone.. But, they were terribly wrong.