PP12: Gah! I'm so freaking slow! I feel horrible for making you wait so long. Brain...get cracking will you?
Alois sat in the classroom tapping his fingers on the desk, observing the ticking clock that was just seconds away from the end of the day. He knew his ex-girlfriend was already at the hospital judging by the loud siren he heard not too long ago. He looked out the window where he could just see the hospital in the distance and grinned with pleasure at the fact that no-one else figured out it was him who broke her leg. Alois felt a slight pang of guilt when he remembered the look on her face, but immediately shook it off replacing it with the ecstatic joy she would show when he will soon see her. The bell suddenly rang and Alois jolted a little while everyone else arose from their seats and walked out the classroom. Following them, he smirked and pulled out his phone about to text his ex-girlfriend, but an idea came to him and he put it back.
"No. I'll surprise her."
Meanwhile in the hospital, the teenage girl grew rather bored gazing at the scenery outside the massive window. She often glanced at Ciel who fell asleep once again, his stubbornness vanished completely and replaced with a burden of cuteness. A smile appeared on her face as she observed him and when he flinched she returned her gaze at the window. She expected her parents to come at any minute but was not looking forward dealing with how her mother would react, especially seeing how she would embarrass her daughter in a panicky way in front of Ciel– or Sebastian. That was another thing that glued to her thoughts. A thousand times she told herself not to fall head-over-heels with him, her own doctor. She hoped it was only a silly crush that would go away after a few days. But on the other hand, he would make a much better boyfriend than Alois.
Alois….
She dreaded thinking about him, the jerk that broke not only her leg but her heart as well. Knowing Alois she did expect some form of revenge, but that time he crossed the line. She wondered if anyone at school found out what he did. Her thoughts were but cut short when she heard the door open and in came Sebastian with two adults following him.
The girl immediately recognised them when one of them gasped and rushed over to her bed, gawking at her leg.
"Hi Mum," she said with a small wave.
"Oh sweetie! Your leg! How on earth did this happen?" her mother exclaimed, her cries waking Ciel from his slumber. He groaned sleepily, noticed the girl's parents, and made a low grumble in his throat. He hated being interrupted from his blissful sleep.
"And who's this adorable boy?" the woman gushed when she looked at Ciel who gave her a scowl, his cheeks flushed with embarrassment.
"That's Ciel. And uh, Mum, don't call him that," her daughter warned with a giggle. Sebastian hid his smirk.
"How are you feeling sweetie?" her father asked with concern filled in his voice. The teenager glanced at him and smiled reassuringly.
"I'm okay Dad, I'm still breathing."
Her father laughed at her comment and squeezed her hand. "Then I have nothing to worry about, you're in good care after all," he said, glancing at Sebastian for a moment before widening his lips into a smile. "You'll be out of this hospital and back into school in no time."
"Oh lovely," she groaned but with a sarcastic smile. He chuckled and planted a kiss on her forehead.
"Get well my little survivor."
Ciel studied the scene before him out of everyone's notice. He watched as her parents surrounded her and whispered comforting nothings to their daughter, and later grabbing a pen and signing their names and messages on her plastered leg. He forgotten the feeling of the warm protection from his own family, and since they passed away, he was determined not to get lured into it. But watching them made his heart shatter. He forbade showing it though. He wanted to remain strong. He didn't need hugs or kisses. He could fend for himself all on his own, even if he was to die.
The teenage girl embraced her parents with a relaxed smile and felt her shoulder slightly getting soaked from her mother's tears. She hugged her tighter.
"Mum, it's no biggie," she said. Her mother sniffled, refusing to loosen her grip.
"You are so strong dear, the strongest, bravest person in the world," she whispered.
The teenager froze at her words. Looking over at where Ciel lay silently in his bed, her face fell recounting his story that he shared with her and she gazed back at her mother with a shrug.
"There are stronger people out there, Mum."
Her mother's eyes welled up before she squeezed her daughter even tighter.
"You are blessed with wonderful parents," Sebastian said with a smile, earning an agreed smile back at him.
"Yes, yes I am," she beamed.
The tightening pain in Ciel's chest struck again as he forced himself not to think of his own parents, which caused a tear fighting to escape his eye. Sebastian went to his side immediately.
"You look distraught Ciel, is something the matter?"
"Close the curtains."
Sebastian looked at him for a moment and Ciel sighed.
"I'm…I'm tired. It would easier to sleep if the curtains were closed, that's all," he finished trying to keep his voice firm and stable. Sebastian nodded and swung the curtains until they shielded his bed from anyone's view. Ciel closed his eye and suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Is there anything else?" Sebastian asked.
Ciel shook his head. "No, that'll do. Now let me sleep."
The doctor planted a small smile before leaving his bedside and reappearing with the others, unaware of the mourning pain Ciel held in his heart.
Back in the foyer, two men – an older one and a younger one – were carrying cardboard boxes slowly and carefully across the room. The younger male looked very anxious as he balanced the boxes piled up on top of another, his face fortified.
"Are you sure it's okay for me to do this?" he asked nervously. The older male laughed.
"Of course it is! Carrying boxes can't be that much of a hazard, Finnian."
"But….I broke a table," said male muttered sadly. "Remember? I was humiliated in front of everyone, even Mister Sebastian!"
The older male noticed him sob quietly and patted him on the back. "Cheer up chap," he encouraged, "It wasn't that bad-"
"They had to get a new one!" the other male cried, nearly tipping over the boxes as he desperately managed to stop them from wobbling. The two failed to notice Sebastian entering the foyer chance upon seeing what they were doing, and he eyed the tremendous height of the stack of boxes Finnian was holding. He approached them with an exasperated sigh.
"What on earth are you doing?" he asked firmly, startling them from the sudden appearance.
"What's it look like? We're carrying boxes like you asked," the older male answered.
Sebastian put his hand to his forehead. "Baldroy, it is highly careless of you to have someone carry a load of boxes when they block his entire vision. Think. What if he runs into someone?" Ever so swiftly he took two boxes from Finnian's pile and his face was clearly shown, before placing them on Baldroy's pile.
"You are much taller than him, and for the hundredth time we are within a hospital, so please rid of the cigarette."
"Yeah, yeah," Baldroy muttered as Sebastian gave him a warning glare before walking away. He turned to Finnian with an enthusiastic smile. "Right! Shall we deliver these boxes or what?"
A beam widened on the young man's face.
"Yup! Let's go!"
As they were leaving however, an all too familiar teenage boy with blonde hair entered the foyer, looking very confident as he approached the receptionist. Mey-Rin hung up the phone and adjusted her giant glasses.
"Ello sir, what can I do for you?" she asked.
"Hello ma'am. My name is Alois Trancy, I'm here to see Honey Fairfax, my girlfriend."
PP12: Aaaaaaand I shall leave it there!
OMG once again I am SO sorry for not updating earlier! Grrr! Me and my slowness! Don't worry, I promise I will get right on the next chapter. So you don't have to kill me now. Heheh...please? *cowers*