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It seemed that Mitsu's silent praying had not paid off. Mere feet from the bed Shun collapsed to the floor. Once again the lycan found herself on her hands and knees having been dragged down with the reaper. "Ah! Shun! Shun?!"

Gently she placed a hand on his back the other on his shoulder as he tried to push his way up again. His whole body was trembling from the effort. "Shun just...please be careful..." She didn't want him to collapse and face plant.

Moving around in front of him Mitsu tried to help haul Shun up. She had gotten a little stronger but certainly not enough to carry the boy on her own. But maybe...just maybe she could drag him to the bed. It was so close. "C-come on Shun, we're almost there."

Putting all her strength into the lift Mitsu helped haul Shun up enough so that he could flop down on the bed. She had fallen back with him and had nearly been landed on in the process but luckily with Shun's angle of falling that had been mostly avoided.

Wiggling her arm free from under the reaper Mitsu stood and moved around trying to make sure Shun was completely in the bed by shifting his legs. "You need to take better care of yourself." Mitsu muttered softly as she started to untie his shoes for him. Apparently she was going into mothering mode.

Laces loosened Mitsu started to pull Shun's shoes off his feet and put them together on the floor by his bed for the time being. When she got a chance she would move them over by the door.

Mitsu frowned behind her mask seeing the bruises on the tops of Shun's feet. This really wasn't good but she had no idea how to convince her friend that he needed to take it easy.

"Shun...why were..." But when she turned to look at him the reaper had already passed out. With a sigh Mitsu reached up to remove her mask finally and set it aside for the time being. Well, she could tend to his hands while he was out she supposed.

Carefully taking one of his bandaged fists Mitsu slowly began to unwrap the material. It became more difficult the closer to his hand she got having to almost peel the bandage free. She was afraid she would hurt him but....oh jack his hands. His knuckles were a bloody mess. With a whimper she pulled the rest of the material free before looking his hand over carefully. It was like all the skin was gone....how had he continued to do what he was doing with his hands in this condition?

Setting the reaper's hand down gently Mitsu rushed to the bathroom to have a look around for the first aid kit. As she continued to search she kept stumbling across bottles. Painkillers....lots of painkillers. Her face fell all the more staring at the bottles wishing there was something more she could do. Mitsu didn't like to see her friend in this kind of shape and he was doing it to himself. It took her a moment of sifting through things to find the first aid kit but finally she gathered it up as well as a rag which she dampened with warm water.

Moving back into the room Mitsu set the first aid kit on the bed next to the reaper and took up his hand once again. She was too afraid to use a disinfectant so she hoped warm water would be okay for the time being. Gently patting the area down across his injured knuckles Mitsu grabbed for the first aid kit and took up some bandages and gauze to wrap his hands up again. Once the first hand was done she moved to the second repeating the process until Shun's hands were freshly bandaged and laying at his sides.

Putting the first aid kit away Mitsu came back to the bed side looking the reaper over. He looked so exhausted...she would have to be sure he rested and took it easy. So with that in mind Mitsu took a seat beside the bed on the floor determined to stay and make sure Shun was okay. She was afraid to do much else for the time being...he was sleeping and she didn't want to wake him.

During the time that Shun had been resting Mitsu had huddled up against the bed, her legs drawn up to her chest, her arms hugging her knees. She seemed to be zoned out staring at the floor as she tried to figure out a solution to her current problem. The lycan had no idea how much time had passed before Shun shifted on the bed and called out her name, but it broke her from her trance none the less.

Ears perked a bit Mitsu turned slightly tilting her head back to look at the reaper before she released her legs and turned around to sit on her knees by the bed. That concerned look hadn't gone away as she peered over the bed at Shun, her ears folding back as she looked at his still worn state. "How are you feeling? Do you want something to eat?"

I'm fine

He always said he was fine, but Mitsu was starting to realize that was an automatic response. It made her wonder if he would ever trust her enough to be honest with her. The thought that he might not just deflated her a little more. Was she not a good friend?

Looking over the bed with a sort of sad face, Mitsu gave a nod. "I was...worried." She said softly. "You've hurt yourself pretty bad and you need to rest..." A hand reached over the bed to rest against Shun's arm her face leaning toward being upset as she looked to his hands again. "Promise me you'll take better care of yourself?" Those sad crimson eyes turned to look at Shun, the worry she had obviously strong. "Promise..." She repeated.

As much as Shun didn't understand why she was upset Mitsu didn't understand the need to push himself so far. "You may be trying to improve but...this is too much." Her voice was even bordering on sounding teary. "I don't like to seeing you like this... So please...take better care of yourself?" She wasn't going to let up.

Rubbing at her eyes a bit Mitsu focused on small section of bed in front of her. "Do you want anything to eat? I can go get you something.." She figured she would offer again. Either he had gotten distracted or had forgotten to answer.

Mitsu's gaze softened a bit when Shun agreed. Well, sort of agreed. He at least said he would try. It made her feel a little better but she was still concerned that she needed to stick around to make sure he took it easy.

"Okay, I'll go get you something," Mitsu nodded grabbing for her mask. She paused in her standing as Shun started to say something. When he followed it up with a shake of the head and a thank you Mitsu smiled softly a hand reaching down to touch his shoulder. "You don't have to thank me. I'm happy to do it. Just....I want you to feel better okay?"

Pulling away Mitsu slipped her mask over her face before leaving the room. She must have ran the whole way because the lycan wasn't gone long before she returned with a bag in hand. Coming back to Shun's bed side she set the bag down and moved to take hold of some of the pillows on Shun's bed to place against the backboard so he had a comfortable place to sit. Once that was done she sifted through the bag pulling out a juice, sandwich, and small container of soup for the reaper. "I hope these are okay..." She said softly searching for the spoon she knew she had grabbed.