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He sits in silence. He'd rather Onyx back than dead, with out without the eye. He just hoped Onyx would feel the same when he woke up. When. When. Not an if but when. His brain was ok, he's still here. Legs attached, arms attached. Sleeping. Drugged to hell and back but here. Andres did his best to take in the positives and yet.[break][break]

He tenses, shoulders hunching upwards as he tries to stop himself from crying again. He's so cried out. Dry sobs shake his body and his eyes squeeze shut trying to soothe himself but no tears come out. The tanks are empty, and he's still distressed. He'd never thought he'd ever see onyx straub laid so low by something. The thought had never crossed his mind. He'd held Onyx in his head like an idol. Untouchably and awe inspiring. A fickle being that could so easily hurt or help. This Onyx, this poor unconscious Onyx didn't match that at all. There's no roguish grin, no sharp look in his eye. No dry words, few as they were. [break][break]

It's so quiet he can't stand it. He wants to leave but like some pathetic rubbernecker on the highway he cannot look away from his friend. "I-I'll stay here." he assured him, unconscious or not. "I'll wait." His throat is so dry. There's nothing else he could do but wait. He had to wait. Someone needed to be here when Onyx woke up. Ziadem can't come in, she's too big. And who would deal with the doctors? the nurses? Who could Andres call? "Y-You're going into surgery soon." he murmured, keeping his voice low and letting Onyx get whatever rest he could. "And-...and it's going to be ok." Who was he comforting now?

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[attr="class","thadmain"]It is a blessedly dreamless rest, the kind reminiscent of a bottle of tequila and as many pilfered painkillers as he can get on his bad nights-- the nights when he really can’t stand to see Jett’s face hovering disapprovingly above him in a swarm of whatever darkness he’s conjured for himself throughout the day.

The IV keeps him solidly under until the nursing staff comes in to wheel his bed into surgery.

It’s a relatively quick procedure, the act of putting his skull back together. A large serration in the top of his eye socket is repaired with some simple metal brackets, the skin pieced together after the remnants of his optic nerve are cleared out to avoid abscessing.

Internal stitches are thrown into the gashes in his lower back where the remnants of one kidney threaten to spill out into the open air. Long wounds are sewn together with big stitches, making him look like a doll that’s been re-stuffed and repaired.

An hour or so later the bed is wheeled back into his original room. His IV is restocked. His final transfusion is filtered into his veins. Daylight begins to peek in between the slatted blinds.

At some point, he cracks his eyes open. He can’t really see. Everything is blurs of values and hues. His eyes are gummy and dry at the same time, somehow. His mouth is a desert.

His vocal cords heave, physically.

“Andres?”

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At some point, Andres had left Onyx's room. He'd follow him to surgery, yes, but there's not much else he can do but sit outside and wait. So sometime between then and now, he's ambled outside to update Ziadem once more. He's barely holding himself together. In his hand is a bag of sour gummy worms which he hold up, open wide to the Corviknight as he goes through what he knows. "His eyes is...gone. But alive." he said to the giant bird before jerking his body to intercept somebody who almost confused the pokemon for a taxi service. [break][break]

"He'll be fine...just needs a lot of rest." He had to be fine. He had to come back to him- to them alive. When the the bag of gummy worms is clean out he dips his head to the large bird before turning back around. He leaves Ziadem to her own devices once more. [break][break]

And he's back in the waiting room. Waiting for surgery to end. Waiting to see him again. He's so tired, so single-mindedly focused on one thing that he misses instructions from nurses, easily shifted and moved around. But eventually, they bring him back. And Andres can't stop staring. He's allowed to stay at his side, and Andres pulls up a chair as close as possible and just waits. [break][break]

He hovers a hand over Onyx's careful to not disturb him. Nearly ignores Onyx as he struggles to come to. "Onyx?" his reply is quick, a hiss of a whisper, And then he can't help himself, fingers curling around Onyx's cool hand. "It's Andres...I'm here. I-I've been here." his voice stays low and his movements are controlled. He doesn't want to disturb Onyx in such a delicate state, but he will answer his calls. [break][break]

"I brought you to the ER...they patched you up. I took care of Ziadem." every sentence is careful, slow. He doesn't want to panic Onyx. He's sure he's confused. He'd been so out of it from blood loss before. "You're going to be ok now." he asserts.

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POSTED ON Mar 8, 2023 18:41:06 GMT

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[attr="class","thadmain"]Ziadem falls still for a moment, head turned, eye locked on this little fragment of a human being that she so clearly remembers from the many other fragments of her life. Bright like the sun, this one. She is silent as he explains, and then when he is gone, she flexes her wings, flares her tail feathers, and settles in to roost on the rooftop, as inconspicuous as a giant, sleeping raven can be in the pink swathes of morning light.

Back in Onyx land…

… he squints, and though the painkillers are doing a good job of keeping things comfortably fuzzy, it still feels… off. He has the ghost of vision in his right eye-- or, at least, so his heavily drugged brain makes him think-- but everything is shadowy and gray.

He registers Andres and the thought brings him some warmth, determinate from the syrup that oozes through his veins.

Everything from the last few hours is a blur. Something horrible happened but he can’t quite remember what. He is suddenly spiked with a sensation of fear when his brain does the math that terrible experiences + Andres being present may or may not = something terrible happening to Andres.

His voice is hoarse and tight when he asks, “Are you okay?” and he struggles to lift his head off the pillow but his body is leaden.

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Onyx tried to look up and Andres quickly stood up. One of his hands moved to gently support his head. "Yeah! Yeah I'm ok, Onyx" he blurted out quickly. He peered closer to the poor man trying hard to smile so he could soothe whatever worries his drugged brain came up with. [break][break]

"Please, take it easy ok?" He added, thumb stroking Onyx's temple in an effort to soothe any worries that could come up. "How are you?" He added, looking close at his friend before glancing around. "Thirsty? I-...can you have water?" Should he call a nurse?

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POSTED ON Mar 25, 2023 18:51:31 GMT

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[attr="class","thadmain"]Everything was coming back to him in fuzzy pieces, buoyed on morphine and a haze of blood loss.

Andres is touching him. He inhales sharply, body a wash of instinct fighting with exhaustion. The latter wins out and his head sags back against Andres’ palm, dark hair greasy with unwash and blood and sweat.

Andres is touching him. A soft and gentle swipe of his thumb over Onyx’s unshattered temple. It’s… ethereal. Holy. His skull cants sideways ever so slightly, chasing the contact. If he were coherent and really inhabiting his own body he’d be awash with shame.

But he’s not really either of those things right now.

“....’m okay,” he manages, laying back in the bed, laying back against Andres’ hand. “Not thirsty. ‘M fine”

He still doesn’t really remember what happened but Andres is fine and is also touching him so that’s okay.

He scowls.

“...Ursaring,” he eventually mumbles, remembering. In his head he sees himself reaching out to touch Andres back, to soothe him, but his hand just wobbles uselessly.

“Don’t have to stay.”

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Andres swallowed trying to stay in control of himself. Onyx talks, and he is so relieved. So happy. Onyx tilts his head towards him and Andres brushes the few strands that fall away form his face. He avoids touching the bandages and the skin, scared of giving him an infection. His hair is free game however, and he spends his time carefully threading fingers through it. [break][break]

"I'm glad you're awake...Ziadem was worried." he said, happy to just sit near him. He moves his other hand to Onyx's struggling one, grasping it like it could crack at any moment. Careful of him, he leads it back to rest on the bed and wraps his fingers around. "It's ok-" he whispered, rushed as he tried to keep the man from straining. [break][break]

"I can be here- I- I want to be here."

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[attr="class","thadmain"]Onyx thinks he’s making an amused face and tries to laugh but he really just unfocuses his eyes and goes a little misty. All of his driving levers, pulleys, and buttons are gummed up with morphine and blood loss.

“Sure she was.”

His fingers are heavy where they move stiffly to entwine with Andres’, grip weak, but insistent.

“...don’t think I’ll be good company, s’nshine.”

He’s already getting sleepy again, much as he tries to fight it.

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Andres nodded, wondering how he as going to take care of Ziadem. How long Onyx was going to stay hospitalized? He should probably check in with the nurse later. [break][break]

He watched Onyx try his best, changing Andres' grip to something more personal, it felt. Something he'd intentionally avoided. The nickname makes his heart throb. Simple pleasures amidst tragedy. How utterly selfish of him. "I don't mind, don't force yourself." he said, voice lowering as he watches Onyx's lone eyes flutter in an attempt to stay away. The medicine already working to drop his tired body into sleep. "Sleep...I'll keep watch." he murmured, leaning in closer, lips ghosting over the Rocket's knuckles.

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[attr="class","thadmain"]Andres’ lips are a ghost-touch over his knuckles. Onyx couldn’t feel it through the blood loss and the morphine drip if he tried.

But his face goes hazy and his mouth ticks up in a sleepy smile. “Mmm. Y’re so pretty,” he slurs, any filter between his brain and his mouth obliterated, in pieces, and floating through space.

“Th’nk you.”

He’s starting to drift off to sleep…

...and then, as though he’s been shocked, or bitten by something, he stirs. His eye pops open.

“H--hey. C’mere… for a sec.”

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Onyx's drugged up words give him pause, feeling pink creep up his neck and ears. He knows Onyx is out of it, loopy and disoriented. He's in for a rough recovery, and an unexpected life change. This was a serious visit and yet- he couldn't help feel something flutter in his ribcage at that smile. It's scary and exciting all at once. Because he can't gage Onyx and yet he can. There's no mask, no pretending right now. And maybe that's why its so scary. Onyx is being honest, and maybe Andres was always woefully unprepared for what Onyx might say to him in honesty. [break][break]

"T-Thank you for saying that." he murmured already replaying the moment in his head. He watched Onyx's eyes slip close and waited, having promised to stay with him until he rested. Slowly the one eye closes and Andres gives it a minute, watching over him, taking a careful look to relay to Ziadem. In the middle of memorizing his visage, the man wakes up, and Andres is immediately attentive. "Onyx? What is it?" he whispered, getting up immediately and leaning closer to the silly man.

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[attr="class","thadmain"]onyx musters all of the strength and force and panic in his body to hook two fingers in the chest of andres' shirt and pull him close. he flexes his elbows to lift him up and presses their mouths together, something chaste and soft and warm, and he pulls him evem as he falls back, hand attempting to splay over andres' shoulder-- in an aim to cup his nape and tug him forward-- and failing.

"didn't want to die... without that."

his arm slips slowly down andres' chest, along the line of his sternum and one pectoral, before falling to the bed.

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