Dark.

Blink.

Still dark.

Blink. Blink.

Blurry.

Blink.

Blu-Oh, it's Spanner.

"You're up," the blonde said softly, a relieved smile on his face.

Fran nodded, finding that his throat was too dry to speak.

Spanner sighed and grabbed the glass of water next to the table. He held it up to the boy's mouth and tilted it back when Fran opened his mouth. When the glass had been drained, Spanner put it back on the table and stared at his charge.

Fran's hazy, green eyes looked around the room. He took in the white walls, the night sky that could be seen through the large window to his right. He looked down to his side to see what was making his bed unbalanced and saw a messy, blonde head.

"…Why?" Fran croaked out, a hand reaching out to touch the blonde head and stopping when he noticed the IV.

Spanner winced when Fran looked up at him with panicked, green eyes. He stepped forward and placed a hand on the boy's shoulder.

"You're in the hospital," Spanner began, "you had an accident on the tracks and you were seriously injured. Bel hasn't left your side since he pulled you out of your car and the others aren't here 'cause visiting hours are over."

Fran bit his lips as he took all this in. He had been in an accident. What happened? Bel hadn't left his side. Why?

"He was worried about you this time," Spanner said, a smile on his face.

Fran blinked, not able to comprehend just what Spanner was trying to say. The blonde's eyes looked to the bag that was slowly emptying itself into Fran and sighed.

"You're probably sleepy, huh?" Spanner said as he lightly pushed Fran back to lie down. "We'll talk when you're not completely drugged."

Fran didn't say anything. He simply gave into his heavy eyes and let them fall.

~0~0~0~0~

"He woke up while you were asleep," was the first thing Bel heard as he rubbed sleep out of his eyes.

"He…woke up?" Bel said slowly, looking up at Spanner.

The elder blonde nodded as he looked down at Fran with affectionate eyes. Bel felt a bit uncomfortable with the look Spanner was giving Fran but ignored it as he stood to stretch his muscles. His back felt sore from spending three nights sleeping on a chair.

"Do you think he'll be up later on?" Bel asked, his eyes trained on the pale boy on the bed.

"Most likely, the doctor said he'd start waking up some time today," Spanner said as he moved towards the door, "I'm going to the cafeteria, you want anything?"

"Anything," Bel replied distractedly.

Spanner nodded and left the room.

Bel nibbled on his bottom lip as he stared at the boy on the bed.

He woke up.

The blonde slowly reached out and took the green haired teen's hand in his. He rubbed the back of the bandaged hand with his thumb as he continued to process the fact that Fran had woken up.

"Should I let you know that I've woken up? You seem deep in thought."

Bel's eyes snapped up to see Fran rubbing sleep out of his eyes, an uncomfortable look on his face as the bandages rubbed against his skin. Bel moved Fran's hand out of the way and swiped his thumb over the green haired teen's eyes before sitting back in his chair.

"Spanner told me you've been with me since I got here," Fran said, his voice groggy.

Bel nodded. He felt like he couldn't form any words. So many thoughts were going through him at too fast a pace. It was making him dizzy.

"Say something…" Fran almost sounded like he was pleading.

The teen was surprised when he suddenly felt Bel's head buried in his lap, arms wrapped around his waist.

"I'm sorry. I'm really, so, so sorry."

Well, Fran didn't expect that. He lifted his hand and placed it on Bel's blonde head.

"I should have known Siel would do something. I should have watched out for you, I should have-"

"You didn't do anything wrong," Fran said gently, his bandaged fingers running through the blonde hair. "You pulled me out of the car and stayed with me, right? That's more than enough. I'm thankful."

"There was so much blood," Bel muttered, "I had to stop it. I was terrified, Fran."

There was a pause and Fran felt something flip in his stomach at the silence.

"I was worried about you."

Fran suddenly understood the meaning of those words.

"You were worried about me?" Fran questioned his fingers lacing with the blonde strands.

"I was worried about you, yes," Bel grumbled, burying his face further into Fran's thigh.

"You were worried about me and not about Mammon being worried about me?" Fran pressed further as he bit back a smile.

"Yes, you brat, I was worried about you," Bel growled half-heartedly.

Fran leaned down so that his torso was covering Bel's head, his arms wrapping around the blonde head on his thigh, "Thank you."

"I'll take better care of you from now on," Bel said as he moved so his head was pressed into Fran's stomach, making it more comfortable for the two of them.

"So we're friends now, huh?" Fran allowed a smile to slip on his face seeing as how Bel probably couldn't see it anyway.

"Yeah, whatever you want to call this fucked up relationship," Bel said, tightening his arms around Fran's waist.

Fran's smile grew and he fought back a grin as his stomach began to flip and he pressed his face in to Bel's hair.

~0~0~0~0~

Spanner stood outside the door to Fran's room, his green eyes looking through the slim window on the door. He saw the two younger people and their position and decided that it was best not to interfere.

He backed up until he was pressed up against a wall, his head tilted upwards to look at the ceiling.

Spanner raised an arm and covered his eyes as tears began to slip down his cheeks and a bitter smile slid onto his face.

"A miracle, huh?"