Chapter 95. Worry
Rifiuto: Non Miniera
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Fiyero kept an eye on Elphaba for the next few days.
It was one early morning, around four, when Fiyero was jolted awake. He reached out for Elphaba, and only grasped air. Eyes still blurry from sleep, he looked around, finding his wife missing. Panic set in, and he sprang out of bed, grabbed his robe, and threw it on, before rushing to the door and throwing it open. He raced down the hallway, and reached for the doorknob, when he heard a voice break through his panic.
"You don't have to worry, Yero. I didn't go anywhere. Just the kitchen."
The former Crown Prince turned, to see his wife sitting on the sofa, a single light on the end table on. She held a cup of raspberry tea in her hands, her robe wrapped tightly around her, her long raven hair tumbling down her back and shoulders in sleep-wrought tangles. Her eyes were red, and her voice tired and thick with tears. She rested an elbow on the arm of the sofa, and pressed her lips against her knuckles, thinking.
Fiyero relaxed, and went to her. He stopped in front of her, and sighed.
"What are you doing up?" He whispered.
"Could ask you the same question." Elphaba replied, the words muffled against her fingers. He sat next to her, and watched her quietly for a few minutes.
"Is it Fae?" He asked softly.
Elphaba sighed, and leaned forward, setting her cup on the coffee table before turning to him.
"What if she never comes home?"
He sighed, and opened his arms to her; Elphaba gratefully snuggled into his embrace. Gently, he kissed her hair.
"She'll come home, love. She has to. You did. Or have you forgotten?" He asked, chuckling softly at the end.
"I know. But I was.....screwed up. I thought I'd lost my mind for good." She sat up, and reached out, cupping his face gently. "And then you saved me."
He smiled softly, before gently kissing her palm.
"And we'll be here to save Fae, if she needs saving." Elphaba nodded against his chest.
"I hope so." He kissed her hair, and gently began singing to her softly, a tune she'd sung to Fae as she rocked her to sleep.
"Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up high.
There's a land that I heard of Once in a lullaby.
Somewhere, over the rainbow, skies are blue.
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true."
He sang until her breathing became even, then he got up and carried her back to bed.