A/N: This one is a bit of a filler chapter. The plot will be elaborated soon, I promise. O/C suggestions and comments highly appreciated.
Blu I
Blackness is all he could see. The blindness not helped by the pain he felt causing every nerve in his body to burn up. In his moment of desperation, he knew who he wanted beside him.
"JEWEL!" he called out, not daring to move.
"Blu, I'm here, breathe, what do you feel?" a concerned Jewel replied, soothing her husband and brushing her wing against his cheek and forehead.
"Jewel...It-It hurts everywhere."
"Nobody else is here, let it out" his concerned wife replied, expecting him to yell in agony. Instead, a single tear rolled down his cheek.
"The greatest pain...I have to en-endure is not being able to see your face" Blu said, causing Jewel to suddenly lie down next to him, crying madly.
"I thought I lost you" she said between heavy sobs, hugging him tightly.
"I did too" Blu replied, comforting his wife, wincing and grunting in pain slightly.
"I'm sorry, did I hurt you?" Jewel inquired, trying to restrain new tears.
"You di-didn't, that st-stupid frog had to shoot the...urg...poison dart" Blu struggled to say. Jewel recovered from her crying fit to care for her mate and began to massage him and whisper sweet nothings into his ear.
"J-Jewel, the k-kids?"
"Mimi is watching them, somebody had to take care of you darling." Jewel explained while massaging his shoulders.
"Was she... the one who treated me?" Blu asked.
"No, that would be Claudio, a doctor who just happened to be there."
"O-ok"
A short silence overtook the two of them as Blu fought the waves of agony that broke on him.
"J-Jewel… I just...want you to know that I-I love you" Blu said, pausing for air between words
"I love you too my lovehawk, so much" Jewel replied, kissing his forehead and crying happy tears.
"I'll f-fight the...argh… pain so that I can go b-back to being a dad and husband" Blu said, slowly lifting his upper body out of the bed.
"Blu, I'm not sure if that's a g-"
"My legs! I can't move my legs!" Blu cried out, cutting her off
"Claudio knew this would happen, like your blindness, It's temporary… I'm sorry darling." Jewel told him, her voice full of worry, compassion, and pity
"It's alright Jewel…"
"But, he did give me this wheely chair thing that he said could help you out, he left it in our new hollow."
"New hollow?" Blu questioned
"Yes, I sent Rafael back with some money and asked him to hire an architect and a mover back in Rio, so we have all of our stuff over here."
"A-Awesome… h-how much did you spend?"
"About eight thousand Reais"
"B-Bargain" Blu replied with a smile.
"D-Did you sell our old...place?"
"I tried Blu, but I didn't have the heart to do it" Jewel said while applying a wet cloth to his forehead.
"I-I knew you wouldn't… You love it l-like I do" Blu chided with a warm smile.
"Ok pet, you got me, I do, but don't expect me to appreciate the human-ness of it." Jewel replied with a grin
"J-Jewel, do you think humans h-have good...Ideas?" Blu asked her sincerely. Jewel pondered it for a while before replying; "Yes, I think they do".
"Then why not u-use good ideas?" Blu replied before falling asleep
Jewel III
What Blu said caught her off guard. He was right. Humans lived an advanced life. Maybe it wasn't wrong to have new and creative ideas. The words gave her a deep sense of guilt because she removed Blu from this. He was happy in Minnesota learning and being inventive. After meeting her, he threw that all away to start a family with her in an excotic place, thousands of miles away. Sure, things like money and jobs were still part of day to day life, but he was only allowed to keep a shred of what he used to have. And now, she took him to the Amazon, a place void of all his origins where he has done nothing but suffer.
Jewel sighed and let go of her soundly sleeping husband's wing. She looked down at the handsome male. His nerdy demeanor never actually took away from how good looking he was. Sure, he didn't have the most muscle on earth and didn't have the boyish features of Roberto, but he looked mature, and wise. The way his warm brown eyes glowed when he smiled and his kind nature made him unbelievably attractive to her. Even Mimi noted that many of the tribes divas liked him.
"Jewel, are you in here?" she heard her father call out.
"Yeah dad, I'm here" she replied softly.
Her father walked in, his usual proud and pompous expression softened.
"How is he?" Eduardo asked.
Jewel cried, bringing her father into a tight embrace
"Dad… He's in so much pain. He can't walk or see and it's all my fault."
"No Jewel, It's mostly my fault. I was too hard on him at the start. I couldn't see his bravery and love for you until it was almost too late." Eduardo admitted solomnly
"No dad, it's been going on for longer than that… I didn't approve of his parenting style. I dragged him around and… and I treated him horribly, and turned his kids against him at the pit of doom" she confided bawling her eyes out on her father's shoulder.
"I'm a horrible mate!" She concluded, falling to her knees in guilt.
Unbeknownst to them, Blu had heard everything and was crawling out of his hopital bed and onto the floor. He crawled by his crying mate and hugged her tightly.
"No m-matter how… many mistakes you make, I wi-will always… love you" Blu told her, struggling to muster the energy and fight the pain. Jewel said nothing, she simply bawled her eyes out into his plumage. Blu turned to Eduardo and asked
"Sir, can you forgive me for the pit of doom."
"There is nothing to forgive. The one who need forgiveness is me, from you."
"Consider yourse-yourself… f-forgiven" Blu replied with a kind smile.
"Thank you Blu, I will leave you two alone" Eduardo said before flying out of the hollow. He held his sleeping angel tighter against him and she said; "I will make things right Blu, I promise."