*In tune to "Flamingo"* Hit or miss. I guess they never miss, huh? You got a boyfriend I bet he doesn't kiss ya! (Mmm-wah!) He's gon' find another girl and he won't miss ya! He's gon' skrrt and hit the dab like Wiz Khalifaaaa~

I don't know. Here's chapter 10 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Lion held onto Twitch's hand as he kept his eyes on her fighting back sleep. She had been in med bay for three days now, and her condition hadn't improved much. He was afraid that the medics could had been looking over something internally that was more serious than potentially scarred lungs; but the medics had assured him that aside from a little bruising and a raw mouth she was fine. Her nurse came in to take her vitals before relaying what information she had relating to Twitch's condition. "Her body is healing quickly, the only thing she'll have to worry about is some bruising and minor coughing from the irritation to her lungs. She'll be transferred back to base tomorrow." Tomorrow? "Isn't that a bit early? She still seems too fragile to move." The nurse flipped through her notes on her clipboard before moving to show him the order. "Per the request of your on-site medic Gustave Kateb, she'll be moved tomorrow. Her doctor approved the request this morning." Gustave? Six must have contacted him shortly upon the return of the team minus himself and Twitch.

The sound of raspy breathing filled the air as Twitch began to wake up. Her eyelids fluttered open to bright white walls and Lion by her side. "Hello there, Ms. Pichon," the nurse said checking her IV. Twitch's eyes fluttered towards the sound of the nurse's voice. "Do you have any idea where you are?" the nurse asked moving into Twitch's line of sight. Twitch moved her head side-to-side the best she could as she took a deep breath that led into a cough. Lion helped Twitch sit up so he could pat her back. "Ms. Pichon, you're in the med bay near Hereford. Do you remember what happened that got you here?" Twitch took a deep breath in through her nose as she shook her head 'no'. "Hmm, that could be due to the stress she endured. She may or may not remember over time or all at once, so she'll need all the support you can give her," the nurse said looking over at Lion. "I understand," he said keeping his focus on Twitch as he rubbed her back in small circles. "Alright, I'll be back to change her IV and give her mouth another spritz of topical. Anything else for you two?" Lion shook his head now looking at the nurse. "Non, thank you very much."

Twitch took another deep breath in as she lay back in her bed. She lifted one of her hands to pull at the oxygen supply that fed her oxygen through her nose. "Non, Emma- you need that," Lion said with a smile as he pulled her hand away. Twitch rolled her eyes before turning her focus onto Lion. "How long-" she croaked before coughing again. "Take your time," Lion said taking her hand in his again. Twitch sighed before continuing, "How long have I been here?" Lion held up three fingers, "Three days." Twitch closed her eyes giving him an exasperated sigh. "I've been here with you the whole time. Monika comes by when she can. Everyone else came by on the day it happened." Twitch's eyes shot open to look at him once more. "When what happened?" she asked suffering another coughing fit. "Do you remember the mission?" Lion asked. Twitch nodded. "We were on our way to extracting the hostages when a third bomber ambushed us. He blew himself up when you turned around. Luckily he wasn't close enough to do anything but leave you covered in bruises. You did breathe in a lot of the fire and smoke though, so your lungs are pretty irritated." Twitch lifted her free hand up to the oxygen tube that draped across her face. "Yes, that's why they have you on oxygen. Breathing is going to trigger coughing, so they decided to spare you the trouble while you're in here." Twitch sighed laying her head back against her pillow. "When will we be back?" she asked barely able to talk. "They're transferring you back to Hereford tomorrow. I guess Six told Gustave what happened since he was the one who requested you to be moved," he said looking away.

Twitch noticed the hint of disapproval on Lion's face after speaking Doc's name. "Is he coming back as well?" Twitch asked through heavy breaths. "I'm not sure. All I know is he asked for you to be moved back to base." Twitch smiled as she attempted to laugh. Lion snapped his focus back onto her. What did she find so funny? "Comment?" he asked after she settled down from another coughing frenzy. "I just think it's precious you act like you care about Gustave," she said beaming him a smile. "What do you mean? We're friends now, remember?" Twitch laughed to herself again as she shook her head. "You both may not go for each other's throat anymore, but I notice the way your expression changes when he's mentioned. Probably because he's with me," she teased bringing her free hand up to stifle her cough. Lion shook his head in denial as he smiled back at her. "I'd just rather leave him where he is while we have our time together, you know? I like it more when it's just us." Twitch reached over with her free hand to caress the side of Lion's face. Lion did the same as they stared at each other with soft eyes. Twitch agreed. She too liked it better when it was just them.

IQ made her way through the long halls of the med bay as she was on her way to see Twitch. In her hands she held a small bouquet of white lilies, Twitch's favorite flower. She wanted to check up on her and ask if she knew she would be coming back to base. She had just reached the door to Twitch's room when she heard a voice that didn't belong to her nurse or her doctor. It was Lion. IQ listened in as Lion told Twitch about Doc's request to move her back to Hereford. Twitch giggled, and said something to Lion about how she thought it cute how Lion pretended to be friendly with Doc followed by Lion saying he enjoyed their time together. "I like it more when it's just us." What did he mean by that? The room suddenly grew silent, so IQ decided to sneak a peak inside. She silently gasped to herself as she saw Lion and Twitch kissing. She looked away, standing against the wall directly beside Twitch's room. IQ's heart beat fast in her throat as she tried to process what she had just seen. There was no way that Emmanuelle Pichon would kiss someone who wasn't Gustave Kateb. She was so dedicated to him. The little remark Bandit made about Lion wanting to sleep with Twitch entered IQ's mind. She quickly dismissed it as Twitch had never said or even did anything suggesting she felt some way for Lion. If she did, she would have most definitely told IQ because they were best friends. At least, IQ had hopped she would tell her. Still, IQ couldn't be here after witnessing them two. It wasn't right, and she couldn't believe Twitch would do something like that to Doc...

"Thank you for being with me, Olivier," Twitch said after exchanging a few kisses with Lion. "I'm always going to be here for you. Would you like a drink, are you hungry?" Lion asked standing up. "Both," Twitch said with a cough. "Alright, I'll see if I can find something that'll be easy for you to eat. I'll be back soon," he said exiting the room. Twitch had closed her eyes to get some rest when there was a knock on her door. "Sorry to bother you Ms. Pichon, but someone left some flowers for you," her nurse said bringing in a small bunch of white lillies. "Oh, merci," Twitch said sitting up and reaching out to take them. There was no card, but Twitch could guess who they came from. Her heart skipped a beat as a pang of anxiety hit her. Had IQ seen her kissing Lion? Why would she leave the flowers at the nurse's station instead of coming in to see her? Twitch stroked the soft long petals of the flowers. She was careless for letting Lion kiss her in a hospital of all places; but she didn't exactly regret it. That was the most she could do for him right now for staying with her all this time. Another knock at her door caught her attention as Lion came back in with a to-go box and apple juice in his hands. "I brought you pizza with some blueberry scones. I hope that's alright." Twitch set the lillies aside on the bedside table and reached out to Lion. "Ouaaaiiis, I would love some pizza and scones."

Lion looked over at the lillies after handing her the box and juice. He lifted an eyebrow in curiosity looking down at Twitch. "Comment?" she said with a mouth full of scone. "Who are the flowers from? Gustave?" Lion asked sitting beside her. Twitch shook her head as she eagerly chewed and swallowed. "They're from Monika. I guess she stopped by when we were... You know." She could swear she saw a flash of fear on Lion's face before he shrugged. "If she saw anything, then I guess she saw what she saw. I'm not going to hide anything anymore." Twitch pouted as she looked down. She wished she could say the same thing, but her relationship with Doc was public. Her relationship with Lion, which was really just an affair, was a secret she didn't want anyone to know. Not even her closest friend. "Emma, I'm not afraid of having people hate me. I've had it all my life, but you can tell everyone I made the advance on you. I wouldn't want you to have to suffer," Lion said leaning back placing his hands behind his head. Twitch smiled nodding, "Thank you. That means a lot, but I'll talk to Monika and tell her I'm going to tell Gustave myself next time I see her," Twitch said beginning to cough again. Lion's jaw tensed as it tended to when he was in deep thought. "What's on your mind?" Twitch asked clearing her throat. "Will you tell him?" Twitch sighed opening her apple juice to take a long sip. "I- I probably won't. It's been so peaceful, and I wouldn't want to hurt Gustave." Lion leaned forward resting his elbows on his knees. "And what about the way he's hurt you?" Twitch's breath caught in her throat. Tears began to pool in the corners of her eyes as she looked away to take another bite of scone. Once again, she knew that they were wrong for doing what they were doing- but Lion was right...

Twitch lifted her arms as Lion helped put her tank top on. She couldn't move too much without feeling pain everywhere in her body. Lion joked about them being modest around each other which Twitch blew off. "Oh yeah, because we haven't seen each other naked," Twitch grumbled before giggling. "I'm just saying we have enough time to train ourselves to act like we haven't done anything." That earned another laugh from Twitch followed by a cough. "If only you could keep yourself under control," Twitch said smiling up at Lion as she sat back down on her bed. "I can definitely control myself; you, on the other hand, have one hell of an appetite." Twitch pretended she was going to kick his face as she stepped in her leggings that he pulled up for her as well. "Thank you for helping me," Twitch said turning to hide her blush. "You're welcome. It's kind of odd putting your clothes on instead of taking them off." Twitch slapped Lion's shoulder following it with a wince. Lion just didn't know how lucky he was to be able to get away with his little jokes since Twitch was too sore to do anything. Knocking on Twitch's door warranted their attention as her nurse came back in. "Okay, you're secured for transfer. We have an official vehicle outside waiting for you to ensure a safe transfer. Anything you need before you go?" Twitch shook her head as she slipped her feet into her shoes. "Okay then, have a great day!" her nurse chirped as she left.

"Do you need any help getting there?" Lion asked as Twitch slowly walked out into the hall. "Non, I just need some time to get there. I'm still pretty sore in my legs." Lion gathered the rest of Twitch's things before catching up to her. "You want to be carried?" he said placing a kiss on her cheek. Twitch began to lift up her hand to give him a little punch, but her aching muscles caused her to cringe in pain. Lion tried to hold back a laugh, but he couldn't help himself. "You think that's funny? I'm in pain and you're laughing," Twitch said followed by coughing. The disgruntled look on Twitch's face didn't help as Lion cleared his throat after he settled down. "It's not funny that you're in pain per se, just the fact that I can say whatever I want now and you can't do anything is exciting." Twitch rolled her eyes and looked away to hide her own smile. God, he's such an ass... "Here we are," Lion said pushing the doors to the med bay open. "Merci," Twitch said stepping to the back of the van. Lion opened the doors and helped Twitch step inside. He climbed in and shut the doors behind them. He put Twitch's belongings down and was met with the embrace of slender arms around his waist as he sat down. "Emma?" Lion said lifting an arm to put around her. "Shhh, let me have this moment at least," Twitch said lightly squeezing him and putting her head on his shoulder. Lion sat back in his seat resting his cheek on the top of her head. He smiled to himself as he listened to Twitch's breathing go soft as she fell asleep. He was happy she finally made it out of med bay, but the thought of having to share her time with IQ again was less than pleasing. He wanted her all to herself again. He had waited for another night with her in her room, just the two of them. He needed all the time he could before Doc came back to interrupt them, and having Finka help him in Yemen could have shortened the time he had with Twitch. Look on the bright side, Lion thought to himself as he tried blocking out all the negative thoughts. It's not as if Gustave would be back tomorrow...

FORESHADOWING. EVERYWHERE. Mkay but no really- it goes further down the hill from here. I'm sorry, I just love setting stuff up to be wonderful and then tear it down like the monster I truly am. Srry gais ¯\_(ツ)_/¯