Chapter Two: Confessions of a Frightened Heart
Tecna woke up the next morning to a seriously sharp pain in her stomach, as she slowly came into consciousness, she let out an ear piercing cry of agony. This could be heard throughout the whole entire dorm and brought attention to the other Winx girls. They immediately ran into the bedroom that she and Musa shared.
"Tecna, what's the matter, what's going on?" Flora asked comfortingly, all her friends surrounding the bed.
"Are you having cramps?" Stella inquired, obviously she didn't think twice about last night's concerns about the recalled brownies.
"No!" The technology fairy screamed, "It feels like something's tearing my magic from me!"
"We should call Nurse Ophelia, this could be because of those recalled brownies." Bloom suggested.
"I wonder if any of the other Alfea students had this happen?" Layla questioned while Tecna continued to scream in agony. Not a moment later did Musa and Layla run to the school's infirmary to get the nurse. The rest of the girls tried desperately to keep Tecna calm until the nurse came, though all she could think of was the pain.
Half an hour later, Timmy was about to knock on the door to the Winx' dorm room, and Flora answered, her face filled with great concern knowing that when he found out just how much pain his beloved Cupcake was in, he would be heartbroken.
"Hi Flora, is Tecna ready.., I wanted to see how she was doing today." He asked, just then, another ear piercing cry rang out from Tecna's bedroom. Flora turned to face where the scream came, and Timmy was off like a shot towards the sound.
"I don't think it's such a good idea to go in there right now, Nurse Ophelia's trying to figure out what's wrong." The nature loving fairy cautioned the ginger haired Specialist, but he gave them a look that dared them not to keep him away from the one that meant the world to him, especially in the condition she was in. He opened the door to Tecna's bedroom to find Nurse Ophelia with the scanner in her hand, and Tecna nearly in a curled up position on her bed, holding her stomach and groaning loudly. They both turned to look at who was there. Seeing Tecna looking so helpless, in so much discomfort, shattered Timmy's heart.
"Ssh, Tecna, you're going to be okay, I'm here now." He whispered soothingly, but she couldn't hold in her scream. He sat on the bed and wrapping his arms around her. She looked up into his loving eyes behind his red rimmed eye glasses, tears of agony spilling from her own delicate teal ones.
"Timmy." She breathed as he wiped away the tears gently with his thumb.
"I knew I should've been worried about you, my gut feeling was right, and I know to trust it when it comes to your safety and wellness." He admitted.
"Well, it looks like the magic virus that was in those brownies is slowly sucking your powers dry." Nurse Ophelia interrupted, as they both had her attention, "Strangely enough, you are the only one who this has affected so far. We should have gotten a lot more notifications of students with severe magic weakening pain."
"This doesn't sit right with me," Timmy hissed, gritting his teeth, "not at all, I have a suspicion that someone is directly attacking Tecna and I don't like it."
"Why me of all people!" Tecna asked between another cry of pain.
"Please tell me there's a way to take away her pain, I'll do anything, please." Timmy begged, he couldn't take it anymore, hearing Tecna screaming in tremendous pain, and that it came in sharp, sudden stabs, Timmy just didn't know what to do.
"I don't know what I can do for her now, I have to go back to the infirmary and do a little bit of research on this. For now the best course of action is perhaps some food and trying to get a bit of rest." Ophelia suggested as she packed up her equipment. As she left, and the other Winx girls entered the room, Timmy updated them on what Ophelia had found out, and what she was planning to do. Flora offered to get Tecna some breakfast from the cafeteria, since because of all the commotion and the pain she was in, the technology fairy did not get a chance to eat. Timmy and the others, meanwhile, tried their best to distract Tecna from her suffering.
The Winx went to their classes, as Tecna was officially excused from attending. Timmy and the other Specialists had no classes that day because the Red Fountain faculty were off at a teacher's conference. That being said, Timmy refused to leave Tecna's side, not even for a moment. He was once again sliding his fingers tenderly through strands of her hair while she would constantly move in his arms, screaming every time the sharp pains returned. Having something to eat didn't help take the pain away, all it did was make it worse. Now it was impossible to just relax, nothing in the whole Magical Dimension seemed to distract her from the agony, and try as he might, Timmy could only do so much. He had her gathered in his arms, rocking her back and forth trying desperately to soothe her as he continued to caress her hair.
"I promise, until this is all over, I'll never leave you." He whispered softly.
"No, you have to go to.., your classes!" Tecna insisted before another scream from sharp pain came out.
"Like Oblivion I am!" Timmy's voice raised just slightly before he bit his tongue, just the sudden change of tone could easily cause more discomfort to Tecna then she was already in, "Tecna I'm not going to leave you." If she was going to be thrown into a situation where she had to sacrifice her life again, was she just going to face it as her fate, or was she going to fight it? His hands began to tremble, he always knew Tecna to be a fighter, strong, brave and she knew what to do in any situation, but his biggest concern was that she didn't have to be that strong and to constantly fight to survive the evil forces of the Magical Dimension. Would there ever be a time when she would just have enough and give up, he sure hoped not. Though he wanted to be there for his beloved Cupcake when that day came, when all her logic would be thrown to the wind, the one thing she depended on the most.
"You're so good to me." She managed to say without crying out. Timmy closed his eyes and tightened the embrace.
"Someone has to be, because you know what, your sacrifice wasn't even the scariest part for me, I knew you could be strong enough to survive that. The scariest part was that every second I devoted my time to finding you.., I was scared out of my mind to find out what condition you'd be in when I did. I kept on imagining you covered in a layer of frost after suffering from hypothermia.., or with every inch of your body bruised and beaten by those ruthless convicts. And then when I saw you in your.., exquisite Enchantix form.., without a single scratch, I considered it a miracle. But then when that convict attacked you and was almost about to.., and there was nothing I could do. To this day I'm eternally grateful to still have you in my life, and I will never.., ever take you for granted. You are such a stunning miracle, growing stronger and stronger with every blow.., but you shouldn't have to take that blow in the first place. That's why I'm so scared now, I'm scared to let anything take you away from me. I love you so much." There it was, all his feelings summarized in one long rambling spree. All his words sank deep into her mind, distracting her for that one moment from her excruciating pain.
"I love you too Timmy." she sighed, everything in her felt weak after enduring the agony of the magic virus, physically, magically and now emotionally. Timmy didn't want to just sit there and let this happen, he didn't want to lose Tecna, but protesting was also fruitless, so he responded by kissing her lips passionately.
"Tecna, you're my everything, and I realized that the hard way." The couple stayed silent, Timmy playing gently with her hair and pecking her on the forehead every now and then. He had no idea that this was just the beginning.
More TxT fluff from yours truly. ;) I wrote this a while ago but didn't have time to post it.