Thank you guys so much you have no idea how happy it is to see that you got 118 views in 1 day. I legitimately cried. My parents are proud of me even! Ok that sounds a little weird…Here's the next chapter! This will be one of the longer ones. It'll also be a little mushy since my ship is OC/Ciel…so whatever. Enjoy!
Willow's POV:
My eyelids twitched as I felt the sunlight streaming in. my hand automatically went up to my left shoulder as pain became apparent. My fingers probed the area and I winced a certain places. I blinked my eyes open, fighting against the urge to sleep. I was greeted by a worried-looking purplish-red haired maid with huge glasses. I jumped back slightly because she was mere inches away from my face. She instantly backed away and hung her head.
"S-sorry miss." She said apologetically. I smiled.
"Please, don't worry about it. I know the reason that you were so close is because you're concerned…so thank you." I said sitting up. Ok that was not a good idea.
"Oh ow." I said holding my ribs. Her face immediately perked up and she rushed to my side, pushing me back to a laying position.
"No no miss, you need to rest, yes!" she said quickly.
"I'm not really a resting type."
"I insist, yes!"
"Fine." I relented. I shifted under her slight touches and laid back down.
"What happened?" I asked rubbing my head.
"You and young master were in town and you were caught in the middle of a police chase. You got ruffed up good! Even got shot, yes!" she said. Well I wasn't a fool. I know that was just our cover story, though I didn't say anything. There was a reason he didn't tell his servants about what happened.
"Oh, lucky me." I replied sarcastically. I laughed slightly.
"Um, excuse me- wait I don't know your name…" I said.
"O-oh! My name's Mey-rin!" she said enthusiastically.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Willow Langely." I replied softly. I saw here face tense in realization but she said nothing.
"Anyway, would you mind getting me a cup of water?" I asked politely.
"O-of course miss!" she said. And with that, she was gone. I leaned back in the bed. My, the things I've been through. I sat there for what felt like hours. I was wondering where that bloody maid had vanished. I heard a knock at the door.
"Come in." I said sitting up and wincing. I expected Mey-rin to walk through the door, but in came a stoic-looking Ciel.
"Hi." He said awkwardly.
"Hi." He stared at me for a moment, and I stared back.
"How are you feeling?" he asked quiety.
"Just fantastic." I said giving him a fake smile. He cocked his head to the side, obviously confused.
"Sarcasm." I said wincing. He smirked.
"Hey have you seen Mey-rin in the past hour? I asked for water but she never came back." I asked hesitantly.
"Unfortunately no, I haven't." he said sighing. I huffed.
"Why are you always sighing? We should change your name to Sigh! My god." I said looking at him incredulously. He glared at me slightly.
"Relax. It's called a joke." I said laughing. He looked at me condescendingly and I put my hands up in surrender, wincing as I did.
"Damn I would've liked to give that Italian bastard a taste of his medicine." I said probing the bullet hole.
"It'll heal, soon enough." He said, reaching over and probing it as well. I felt little jolts of electricity flow through me at his touch. He pulled his hand away and leaned on his cane.
"Why did you really come here?" I said crossing my arms. He looked up, clearly surprised at what I'd said. He stayed as stiff as a statue. I groaned.
"Oh come on! I'm only a girl I don't bite! You can tell me." I said smiling at him. He sighed again, I looked at him again in disbelief, but one look from him made me stop.
"The reason I came here was…to thank you. No other person I've met would've done that for me. I feel responsible for you now. I want you to stay safe, I don't need any martyrs." He said. That last part was a little cold, but the rest of it sounded sincere.
"Thanks, no one's ever cared that much about me before. Not even my family." I said avoiding his eyes. I let a few tears escape.
"Are you crying?" he said staring down at me. I looked away and wiped my eyes.
"I'm only human." I said shrugging. He stiffened up and handed me a handkerchief.
"Thanks." I said as I wiped my eyes.
"It's fine. So, you say your family didn't care about you?" he pondered.
"How did I know you'd ask that? Well as you've seen I have, 'abilities' and as soon as they found out, I was treated like scum. It was hard." I said staring at the ground. I coughed which only made me wince again.
"You really should be asleep. You look like you've been run over by horses." He said assessing me.
"Gee thanks." I said smirking at him.
"I'll go see where Mey-rin went with that water of yours." He said as he turned to leave. I could just make out a mischievous smile playing on his lips. I waited for a few minutes and he was back. He was holding a tea-cup full of water as promise. He handed it to me and I took a sip. As soon as I swallowed, I wanted to spit it out.
"Ugh, that's water? No it can't be water. What is that?" I said coughing.
"You'll see." He said quietly.
"What did you-" I began. I immediately felt my whole body relax and slump.
"I told you that you needed rest." I fell back onto the pillow and my eye-lids were closing slowly, but involuntarily. He walked towards me slowly and bent down. I felt his warm breath on my forehead and then his soft lips kiss it.
"Rest well."
Ok so that wasn't very long, but I just got the idea on how to end it and couldn't stretch it out any longer! Little bit of Willows backstory! There'll be more though. Please keep reviewing every single one is appreciated! I know its been a while since I posted but I've been at camp and its tiring. Anyways hope you enjoyed the feels!