WOW I'M TERRIBLE! guuh it took me so long to update D: well now that I finally have I promise I'll update again really soon D: Don't hate me! I'm sorry!
School just sucks the life right outta you. Oie.
ANYWAY, here is chapter 20! Wooot. I Hope you enjoy, i will be posting chap 21 VERY soon :D SO look forward to it ;D
I banged on the door again, this time with more intensity,
"You're being dramatic," Gill mumbled from beside me, "I'll just get it looked at tomorrow, all this fuss..." He trailed off when I banged on the door once more, ignoring his four thousandth complaint about not waking up Jin. I glared at him and he glared right back, I'm sure his was scarier; he had more practice. This thought made me bark an awkward laugh and Gill's expression changed from angry to confused, "Sometimes I wonder what goes on underneath that brown hair," He mumbled, leaning against the house,
"It's probably better that you don't know," I laughed again, "Who sleeps this freaking heavily, by the way?" I kicked the door in frustration, now shouting, "WAKE UP DAMMIT!"
"Again with the drama," Gill sighed before rolling his eyes, "You're going to wake up the whole island," He shook his head, letting his white blond hair hang around his eyes. My eyes trailed down to his arm, hanging limp beside him. The make shift bandages I had tied around the wound were now covered in blood. I didn't understand how Gill was so calm about the whole thing... and about how much blood he had lost.
"How are you feeling?" I said quietly, looking down at my now shifting feet,
"Tired," He yawned slightly, closing his eyes. I felt that familiar guilt in my stomach once more,
"I'm sorry this happened," I breathed, not able to look up at him, "I shouldn't have-"
"No, you shouldn't have," Gill interrupted me, sounding angry. I cringed slightly, knowing he was right. We were silent for a moment before Gill sighed, "But you didn't leave after all," He said quietly. I let my eyes wander to his face. His gaze was fixed on the sky, looking at the stars I assumed, "Just don't do anything like that ever again, Okay?" He turned to look at me; there was a softness in his eyes that I hadn't expected. My breath got caught in the back of my throat but I managed to nod stupidly. He just chuckled before leaning in and placing a chaste kiss on my forehead. I blushed and he smirked at my expression, "Let's just go home," He sighed slightly.
"N-no," I finally managed to find my voice, "You're just going to bleed to death or get Tetanus or something," He laughed, rather loudly,
"I don't think so," He chuckled at my deepening frown. I huffed and turned to the door once more, my knuckles had just touched the wood when it finally opened. Jin stood in the doorway, looking wide awake, maybe a little startled but not drowsy in the least, his glasses where a bit befuddled and he wasn't wearing his normal white lab coat, but his clothing was the same as normal, not sleepwear or anything,
"Hikari?" he asked adjusting his glasses,
"Finally!" I sighed, "What took so long?" I crossed my arms up at him. He fiddled for a moment before looking over at Gill, clearly glad to find an escape from question I just asked, which only made me more suspicious.
"Gill? Why are you—" His eyes darted down to Gill's crudely bandaged arm, "Oh my," He stepped into the night air and took hold of Gill's wrist lightly, lifting it to inspect the damage on his forearm. He mumbled something to himself before sighing, dropping Gills arm lightly and bringing his fingers up to massage his temples, leaning against the doorframe,
"Is everything Okay?" Gill finally asked the distressed doctor,
"Yeah, you're acting like you're going to have to remove is arm or something… Wait… Are you?" My eyes widened at the notion,
"What? Oh good heavens no," Jin shook his head and sighed heavily, "What happened exactly?" he asked, gazing up at me,
"Oh… Well… I—uh, that is to say—I—"
"I was being capricious, the metal on the ship's railing got me," Gill rolled his eyes at me and I felt a wave of relief come over me. Jin's eyes went slowly from me to him and then back to me. He finally sighed,
"Then it's unavoidable," He grimaced, "Come in." he walked slowly into his home, beckoning us to follow.
"What's unavoidable?" I whispered to Gill. He raised a brow but simply shook his head, unknowing.
We walked until to the dimly lit living room, my eyes scanned the room and landed on Jin who was standing over a dark figure who was sitting on the couch. Hushed whispers between the two of them. I glanced over at Gill who was smirking. His eyes met mine and I could hear him supress a chuckle,
"Anissa, what a pleasant surprise," Gill said, looking over at the figure on the couch. She stood quickly and stepped sheepishly into the light,
"H-hello Gill, Hikari…" She scuffed the ground with her foot and I felt my jaw drop.
"What are you… doing here?" I asked, my face flushing when I realized how embarrassed she must be.
"Oh! It's not like that!" She said, taking note of my blush, "You see… well… Jin had told me he was running out of Herbs, and I had been growing some on my farm and today was just such a busy day at the shop that I didn't get a chance to bring them to him… and when I did we just got talking and time slipped away and—" She was interrupted by my giggle, "What's so funny?" She asked, more indignant then I thought Anissa could be,
"Nothing!" I defended, putting my hands up in front of me, "It's just cute…" I mumbled before grinning encouragingly at her. She looked shocked for a moment and Jin's expression matched hers perfectly, before it turned into a deep blush,
"You don't… think it's… scandalous?" She asked slowly,
"Scandalous?" Gill asked, "Well you weren't doing anything scandalous were you?" He teased lightly,
"Of course not!" It was Jin who answered this time, although Anissa's mouth was open, ready to defend as well.
"Then no," Gill shrugged, but winced soon after. I brought my hands to his good arm tentatively; he looked over at me and faked a smile. My eyebrows furrowed deeper.
"Jin," I said, my gaze not living Gill's ice-blue eyes.
"Yes, of course. Gill, come here please." Jin shook his head lightly, removing distractions as he showed Gill to a wooden chair at his table, "Anissa, could you fetch my medical bag?" She nodded before hurrying out of the room. Gill sat down, placing his arm on the table just as she returned, placing the black bag on the table. Jin sat at a chair right beside Gill's and began removing the make-shift bandages that I had put in place,
"I will not lie to you Gill: This will probably hurt," He said as he inspected the wound. It took everything in me to hold back the tears I felt rising in my eyes. The guilt that gripped me was unbearable and I turned away from the two quickly.
"Hikari," I heard Gill mumble quietly. I turned slowly, supressing a sob as he held out his good arm for me. I took a steady step towards him and slipped my hand softly into his. He gave it a squeeze before smiling softly at me and pulling me towards him. Jin had started cleaning the wound when I felt a tear slip over my eyelid. Gill smiled up at me through his pain and pulled me closer, his good arm snaking around my waist. I dropped my head a little, so I was only inches away from him,
"I'm sorry," I breathed, trying not to let anymore tears spill over. Gill smiled at me slightly, holding me closer to him,
"Don't be," He mumbled, "Just don't… scare me like that again," I smiled at him before kissing his forehead, letting my lips linger for a little while before Jin cleared his throat. I pulled back and grinned at him sheepishly,
"Okay, you're going to need some stitches," Jin pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose as Anissa handed him a cup of liquid, steam danced around the rim as he handed to it Gill, "Drink this." He instructed. I stepped away as Gill's hand dropped from my lower back to the mug. He drank it quickly and made a face. I could help but smile at his expression,
"Let's get this over with," Gill sighed, bracing himself for the needle and thread Jin had retrieved from his black bag. I sat down beside the chair on the floor and laced my fingers between his tactfully. Resting my head against his leg I gave his hand an encouraging squeeze. He smiled down at me,
"Love you," I whispered up at him. He grinned slightly,
"You better," He winked at me before wincing. The stitching had begun.
After Jin had finally finished fixing up Gill's arm, we went back to my Ranch to unpack my things. Gill insisted on staying despite my protests but after a little persuasion he had ended up on my couch. Once I knew he was asleep, I slipped out again, this time back to town, to the Bar to be exact. Thankfully, the note I had left was still on the front step, undiscovered by the patrons. Since it was nearly dawn, I snatched it away and returned home post-haste: they didn't need to know about me almost leaving forever. It seemed hard to believe that I had almost run away from this life so easily…
I returned home, creaking the door open as silently as I could and padded my way across the floor.
"I thought you'd run off again," Gill said flatly from his place on the couch. He was sitting now, elbows resting on his thighs tiredly,
"No, I just had to take care of something," I said, holding the note delicately behind my back,
"Well, it's getting to be exhausting making sure you don't run off." His icy blue eyes stared at me from under his platinum blonde bangs.
"Sorry," I said, stuffing the note into my back pocket as stealthily as I could manage, "But I already told you, I'm not going anywhere," I smiled at him as he exhaled, leaning back on the couch. I yawned involuntary, my eyes feeling heavy. It suddenly hit me that I hadn't really slept at all that night. I shook my head slowly; my gaze meeting Gill's once more as he studied me. He sighed again, holding his arms out. One was wrapped tightly in white linen bandage, and his white t-shirt given to him by Jin (why he owned such a thing and never wore it was beyond me, but that's beside the point) clung nicely to his torso.
"Come here," he said soothingly. I complied easily, hurrying over to him and cuddling up beside him on the couch. He chuckled at my eagerness as I let me head rest against his chest softly, "you should rest," he said, his fingers playing with the roots of my hair.
"Mm" I grunted, cuddling up to him a little closer, listening to his steady heartbeat, "You too," I yawned sleepily again, "Good night,"
He laughed quietly, it shaking his chest lightly, "Night Hikari," then I shut my eyes.
The next few days seemed to pass in a blur. I was working extra hard on my ranch, harvesting and feeding my animals. After convincing myself of leaving them; staying had been such a nice treat of sorts. I found new appreciation for almost everything on Castanet. Maybe it was because Yuuki had been changing things, but everything seemed brighter, more delicious, and more beautiful in general.
Gill stopped by daily, and we ate dinner together every night for the whole week. He'd complain about not being able to get work done and I'd tell him he was going to get grey hair early for worrying too much. I had time to ride horses with Kathy and Renee, and even go out to the bar a few nights to see drunk Owen sing drunken songs and eat some of Chase's delicious food. I couldn't believe I had tried to leave, and over some stupid paranoia. I knew Kurt was never going to find me here, I knew that he could never track me down, that Theodore wouldn't even tell him now that he had known. I knew that even if he found out, even if he knew exactly where I was and why: he wouldn't come. I would never see Kurt again.
But I was wrong.
DUN DUN DUUUNNNNN. oh noes! Cliffhanger? ish? Kinda? Meh.
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