Author's Notes: well you guys seem to be interested in a longer story which means this story won't be ending as soon as originally planned… not that I mind

Now let's see, this chapter takes place in the hospital completely and who knows maybe some motions might leak out

~Aster~

"he's lost a lot of blood we need to get this bullet out, stitch up the wound, and get him a blood transfusion" voices flowed through Aster as he stared down at his partner's still body his eyes wide with panic, sometime during the ride in the ambulance the whole situation finally caught up with him "Get Dr. Thyme down to emergency immediately" screeching of metal wheels as they rolled across the floor, and the yelling of nurses causes Frost to cringe. Aster feels his eyes widen more to the sizes of disks

"Frost! You going to be okay," his voice was urgent as he tried to make sure Frost could hear him he needed to make sure Frost stayed calm

"Bunny?" Frost's whisper barely even reached Aster's ears at least he still has enough energy to call me that stupid nickname. Just as they reached the emergency room, Aster felt a firm hand press against his chest his eye flittered down to meet the honey brown eyes of one of the nurses whose cheeks had turned a light shade of pink after meeting Asters own emerald green eyes

"I-I'm sorry sir, but you can't go any further you'll have to wait with everyone else in the waiting room" she pointed towards a dull sitting area grey worn walls and even more worn grey chairs, Aster nodded his head as he ran a shaky hand through his hair

"He has to be okay…" Aster whispered under his breath as he slowly made his way over to the waiting room currently filled with cops and the family members of the injured.

"Aster!" Aster staggered backwards as a colourful blur jumped (more like rammed) into his body "How are you doing? How is Jack?" frantic violet eyes met Aster's as Tooth fired of question after question. Aster's eyes focused on her as he tried to pull himself together

"Hold on there, if you keep adding questions I'll never be able to answer any of them." He tried to make his voice sound light hearted to erase the worry in the obviously distressed women in front of him, it seemed to work as she let out a small giggle

"Sorry, didn't mean to overbear you with a never ending barrage of questions, it's just when I'm nervous, I find asking questions the best way to stave it off from getting worse you know, and…"

"Tooth." Aster placed his hands on both of Tooth's shoulders, snapping her out of her rant, her eyes slowly focusing back on him,

"Sorry… sorry" Tooth slowly closed her mouth as a single tear fell down her cheek I pulled her into my chest instinctively feeling her tense slightly before relaxing every so often a sob would reach his ears muffled slightly from his shirt.

"It'll be okay Tooth I hardly even know him but I have a feeling he's too hard headed to let something like this take him down." Aster's own laughter was echoed by Tooth's own wind chime laughter she slowly pulled out of his embrace and looked him in the eyes.

"Thank you Aster, I believe your right… you know you'd be quite the catch if you were straight" Tooth let out a sigh wiping away what remained of her tears before twirling around, rejoining the rest of their co-workers, and leaving a very stunned Aster behind, with his mouth wide open. How does she know? Was the only thought that came to mind before he quickly recollected himself, and followed Tooth to join the others. He quietly sat in one of the chairs on the edge of the group resting his head in his hands his mind raced through everything that happened today over and over, his hands balling into fists as he remembered Frost's face as the bullet tore through his shoulder too close to his heart to feel calm, he was so engrossed he didn't notice one of the nurses come out causing him to jump when she started to speak

"Jack Frost is now out of surgery, and can have visitors, but not to many he still needs his rest" Aster jumped out of his chair the same time Tooth and Captain North stepped forward, they slowly followed the nurse to one of the several identical rooms.

~Jack~

Jack let out a soft groan as he opened his eyes only to be blinded by the unnecessarily bright light above, as he stretched he recoiled at the drilling pain in his shoulder, then he noticed the scratchy sheets these aren't mine Jack's eyes shot open again expecting the harsh light again only to meet violet eyes Jack's eyebrows drew together in confusion "Tooth where am I, and why are you so close to my face?"

Tooth let out a huff throwing her arms into the air as she stepped away "I don't know Jack maybe because somebody has been out like a light leaving all of us to worry none stop," she said in a whisper that's when everything came back to Jack, he must be in the hospital, though that didn't explain the whisper. "Not to mention Aster hasn't left that chair" she said while pointing to a chair behind her which was currently carrying a sleeping Bunny, "once since they brought you out of surgery, and refuses to leave until you woke up" Jack continued to stare at Bunny completely ignoring Tooth as she quietly ranted on for Bunny's sake after a few minutes she once again threw her hands up this time in defeat as she left the room. Why did Bunny Stay?

Jack looked at Bunny the man was laying in what looked like an uncomfortable pose with his neck resting on one of the arms and his legs over the other Jack could only smile "Bunny?" Jack's voice rose above the horse whisper he had woken up with, jarring Bunny out of his sleep knocking the newspaper that was leaning against his stomach off, he looked disoriented until his eyes landed on the now conscious Jack,

"Frost, you're awake!" Bunny exclaimed as he jumped off the chair slipping slightly on the newspaper that had fallen before sitting on the edge of the bed, Bunny's scent of earth filled Jacks nose he took a deep breath enjoying the scent "How are you feeling?" Bunny's eyes were filled with concern as he looked down at Jack who simply scoffed

"Like a simple bullet could keep me down." Bunny laughed at Jack's response, "by the way cottontail why were you reading the newspaper?" Bunny blushed as he looked at the item on the ground

"I was actually looking for an apartment or something, after all I had been staying at a hotel but they recently tried to sell me without my consent so I am currently homeless," Bunny let out a self-deprecating laugh and scratched the back of his head, Jack's mind wandered to the second room in his apartment, but before he could even process the thought

"Why don't you stay with Jack he has an extra room," Both Jack and Bunny's heads turn as Tooth saunters in with three coffees "they said Jack could go home if someone was there with him, because he got a concussion from falling so he has to be woken up every so often so you moving in would be perfect. There it's decided" Jack just stares at Tooth as she made the decision for them too scared to interject.

"Um alright if it's okay with Bunny," Jack looked over at Bunny who was equally as shocked as him by Tooth

"I-I don't see a problem"

"Perfect," Tooth threw a pair of jeans, a t-shirt, and boxer-briefs at Jack before turning around "okay, get dressed I'll drive you guys back to Jack's" Jack slowly got up with some of Bunny's help before entering the Bathroom to change I am not going to survive with Bunny only one room away Jack's body heated up as he thought of living so close to Bunny No, nothing is going to happen he doesn't see me that way Jack finished getting dressed, and opened the door only to see a blushing Bunny

"Bunny, you okay?" Bunny Jumped his face turning a darker shade as he nodded, "okay… lets go then" Jack walked towards the door towards Tooth I wonder what he was thinking

Author's notes: Taadaa, haha I really need to start writing these ahead of time so I don't have such tough time crunches each time oh well they are moving in together finally which means something else is coming soon *wink*, *wink*, *nudge*, *nudge*, or is that the chapter after next… well we'll see when I get there see you next Sunday