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ways_infirmary2013-08-25 02:12 am
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Guppy and Hannibal spent a fair amount of time working on Sunshine yesterday, and she is currently resting in one of the beds.
She could probably do with some gentle company.
She could probably do with some gentle company.
Re: Sunshine awake / Autor
"Rae," he murmurs, holding the cloth near her cheek if she wants it, "will water help? Can you keep it down? I'm so sorry, Rae, I'm so sorry."
Re: Sunshine awake / Autor
"I'm..." she croaks, "I'm fine."
Re: Sunshine awake / Autor
Autor sets her cup down near a sun jar and paces, nails digging into his palms. "I know you have to do this sort of thing--that it's a part of your life you never asked for--but you can't say things are fine when they're so clearly not," he says, and his speech is pressured, disjointed, curved around a ball in his throat. "'Fine'. Of all the words to choose... It's just as bad as 'fell', and you know it."
He can't even see her anymore. Sunlight, refracting off of a hot film of tears, stings his eyes.
Re: Sunshine awake / Autor
Rather than argue, rather than even acknowledge Autor's rant, Sunshine occupies herself in making her way back towards what, for now, must be considered 'fine' simply on the merit that things haven't become suddenly worse.
Re: Sunshine awake / Autor
The boy melts into a sun jar-free chair, turning his toes in. "Shit," he whispers, clutching the back of his neck and lowering his head. "You're not even up for an argument."
It's between what have I done and what I should have been that he chokes another apology out. "Is there anything I can do for you?"
Re: Sunshine awake / Autor
She suspects he knows this, on some level. Even just turning back to face forward and sit normally is a trial, requiring gentle and carefully balanced coordination between what limbs she hasn't yet injured.
"You could hand me that water," she suggests.
Re: Sunshine awake / Autor
The penitent boy lifts the water--holy or unholy, who can tell--gingerly, and places the cup in her hand without touching her skin. He releases it as soon as he's sure she's got a good grip.
Re: Sunshine awake / Autor
Re: Sunshine awake / Autor
"So, uh," he starts, turning his head away to keep the silence from cutting him directly. "Er. Hm."
Re: Sunshine awake / Autor
He yells, also, because he worries. He's not the only one who shows their love in that way.
"So, how have you been?" she asks, patiently, completely ignoring the last few minutes. "When, you know, you're not flooding the smartassery market or looking for fruit in a milkshake?"
Re: Sunshine awake / Autor
"Tired," he says eventually, folding his hands and dropping them in his lap. So tired. He'd given Oswin a kitten and finally spoken with Karkat and--ah, yes, of course.
"I'm making preparations to go to Lucas' world with him. I'm glad I got to see you before I leave--but too bad you were injured."
Re: Sunshine awake / Autor
"I hope everything goes smoothly in Lucas' world. He's going to... New Pork City, right?"
Re: Sunshine awake / Autor
And now he's not sure what to say. "Do you know when you'll be released from the infirmary?" he asks, squinting at the sun jar he toys with.
Re: Sunshine awake / Autor
Re: Sunshine awake / Autor
The boy nods, watching her hand as much as he's able through the sunbeams. "I don't blame you," he murmurs. "Everyone's 'invited' into the infirmary, right?"
Re: Sunshine awake / Autor
Re: Sunshine awake / Autor
The boy swallows, curling his shoulders. "But do you mind if I read in the corner or something until one of us has to leave?" he asks. "I won't be offended if you say no! It's kind of a strange request and you need privacy and I likely don't even have the right to ask given that I... well, that I yelled at you. Earlier."
Re: Sunshine awake / Autor
The remark about him yelling, she rides right over.
Re: Sunshine awake / Autor
"Don't move," he says, with an attempt at a smile. "I'll be right back." He backs out of the room, and then books it to the library.
Re: Sunshine awake / Autor