As promised, chapter 5.
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Note: If Gil seemed terribly out of character in the last chapter, that had a purpose...
This chapter took a long time to write since I was sick... but I did make a promise!
Pandora Hearts is not mine By the way...
Chapter 5
Oz was bored. That was the simplest way he could put it. After the early breakfast, Gil had told Oz to get back in his bed, since Sharon wouldn't like him being up with his healing wounds. Oz protested.
"But I feel fine!" he lied. He still had a rage of an ache in his side.
"Don't lie." Gilbert counted, as if reading the boy's mind. Reluctantly, he went back to his room...
And there he stayed.
For five hours...
Five freaking hours...
No one was up yet, and Gil was probably asleep. Idly playing with the tassels on one of his pillows, he constantly looked up to watch the time pass slowly. It was half past nine , far past daybreak, and no one was up yet. He swore if something didn't happen, he was going out of these four walls.
Oz ripped at the pillow.
The wall clock read 10o'clock. He lost the will to care if Sharon wouldn't like it or not. If he didn't walk about, he would die of boredom.
Just as Oz's hand reached out to the knob, it turned by another force. Never had Oz run so fast as he did back to bed. Pretending he was sleeping, the Party of the buildings other main inhabitants entered the room.
"I see he's still asleep then." a sounding concerned Sharon stated. She glided across the room to the chair by his head, followed by the others. Oz could hear Sharon pick up the medical case, missing the bandages he used just now to recover his wounds. As not to be found out, Oz pretended to stir.
Sharon noted the movement and announced. "I think he's waking up." Everyone turned to face Oz as he staged his waking.
"Sh-Sharon?" he faked a studder. Gilbert found it hard not to smile at the kid's great acting skills. He pretended to struggle to get up, but Sharon pushed him down.
"Now, now, You just got up. Rest." When Oz tried to sit up again, she pushed harder. Oz really did struggle to get up that time. The girl was stronger than her frail appearance suggested. She pinned Oz down. Break smiled at Sharon's persistence.
"No, that wont do. Your wounds still haven't healed." Sharon stated, pushing down harder on Oz shoulders with the patient tone gone from her voice. Oz gave up. Sharon took her hands off his shoulders
"Good, now, I need to change your bandages..." Alice left the room on that note. But Oz didn't notice it. He was more worried about being found out...
Alice stood in the hallway. Waiting for them all to be finished in Oz room.
The blood. She thought silently to herself.
I don't want to remember...
Gilbert sensed Oz state of emergency about the medical box. Sharon would definitely be upset about Oz being up. (No one liked the 'upset' version of Sharon... except maybe Break...) so he acted.
"I already replaced his bandages." Gilbert said hurriedly. Sharon looked down Oz' s shirt (without his consent) and checked his bandages, which were fresh.
"Oh, then. There's nothing for me to do. Thank you Gil." Looking a little disappointed she couldn't force her care upon Oz. She and Break left.
"Saved me again." Oz thanked Gil.
"Don't mention it." Gil replied. "I've been having to do it a lot lately."
Oz didn't let it show. But those words shook him. Gil has been saving him more times than he could count, and he's been out of the abyss for less than a month. He had definitely had noticed, but he didn't think Gil did. The fact that Gil noticed his being an inconvenience saddened him greatly.
He smiled anyways. So his friend wouldn't have to worry about him now.
"Haha, it's not like it's my fault." It was his fault. "I'm just unlucky."
Gilbert smiled. "You must be the unluckiest person I know."
In truth though, they both knew Oz had been through many hardships, and they couldn't blame all of them on lack of luck.
Oz stomach growled to break the silence.
"Didn't you just eat?" Gilbert asked jokingly.
"But that was hours ago. I want to eat now." Oz said childishly.
Gilbert smiled.
"There you go again." Oz mumbled, Gilbert heard.
"There I go again with what?" He asked.
"When everyone else is around, you don't smile. When no one is around, you do. I don't get it." Gilbert did have a nice smile... Oz shook his head to get the thought out.
"Why don't you smile around everyone else and only around me?" Oz asked. Gil only stood up and walked away. "I'll bring you breakfast." Was Gilbert's only audible response.
Because you make me smile. Was his mental one.
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At least its not a cliffhanger
Hmmm. Short chapter...
Whats up with Alice?
Well, I had to finish it today! I thought it would be more of a while for me to get 8 views. Since I didn't expect them so soon, I didn't prepare too well for this chapter.
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