The next morning was a blur for Ty. People coming into his room with food, flowers, cards, and whatever they thought was appropriate. By the afternoon, Ty's room had been decked out with almost every tall, thin container in the house. Glass bottles, vases, plastic and glass jugs, all with flowers sticking out of them. On entering Ty's room on could smell every flower you could imagine, from roses to bluebells, tulips to hemlock, the gorgeous bouquets lined every wall and every nook and cranny of his room. But it all made Ty feel even more guilty. He hadn't been in an accident. He hadn't even been injured and all these people just kept on giving him flowers, cards, chocolates. Things he didn't ask for. Things he didn't need.
By lunch the steady flow had thinned to only his friends, coming in to check up on him every now and again. Ty was thankful that he finally had some peace and quiet. That is until Seto came in to talk to him.
"Hey Ty", Seto said as he walked through the door. "You liking the attention yet?" he chuckled quietly.
Seto, who looked like he hadn't slept a wink of sleep for at least two days.
"Not really. Believe it or not, I actually prefer the serenity of being engrossed in my own thoughts", Ty hoarsely replied.
"You want some water or something. You don't sound so good", Seto said, moving towards the bed.
"No, you really don't have to. I can get it myself it I need it", Ty responded, somewhat bitterly.
Seto sighed at his friend's unwillingness to accept help.
"You should let us help you, Ty. That's what we're here for".
"But I'd feel like I was taking advantage of you if I did", Ty said looking down at the bed sheets.
"Oh, Ty. We'd never feel like that and I'm pretty sure you don't have it in you to actually take advantage of us", Seto said quietly, sitting down close to Ty on the bed.
Ty put his head in his hands. Then he heard quiet tweeting coming from his window. He looked up to see Songbird looking at him. Ty knew Songbird understood him, he smiled at the thought. Seto looked at Ty to Songbird and back again, finally he realized that the two were connected on a different level than even Sky. And they had only known each other for a couple of days.
"Is there something I should know?", Seto questioned Ty.
"Um, well. Songbird is the one who saved me from being run over. He's my hero", Ty replied sheepishly.
"Ah", Seto said smiling a bit, "Then I guess I should leave you two to yourselves. Have a good sleep Ty, you look like you could use it."
"You too, you look like the nether ran over you", Ty laughed a little at his response.
That night Ty dreamt of those golden eyes, staring at him through the darkness of the night.
He saw the angel.
He touched the angel.
He watched the angel.
The angel tried to save him.
The angel…