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 Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2017 4:19 pm
Malk hadn't stopped to grab anything fun. In fact, he hadn't stopped for anything at all, rushing to the infirmary looking flushed and sweaty and with Jorm in just as bad straits.
He's okay, they're okay, he told her, because they had to be. But after that he thought, I'm losing him again, I'm losing everything again.
"Mik!" He said at the door, ready for a fight more than maintaining a quiet and restful atmosphere. The second, important demand of his mouth was, "Who did this?"
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2017 4:37 pm
Mikael had a headache. They'd told him he wasn't supposed to sleep right away, had given him some painkillers and ice and gave him a comfortable bed to sit in. He was sitting up in bed when Malk arrived, and looked utterly thrilled to see him, though immediately seemed to regret his own excitement with a groan as his head hurt again.
"Malk." he said. "It wasn't her fault. It was butterflies. Bad butterflies. I'm all right they said, I just need to rest."
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2017 5:07 pm
"Butterflies?" Malk felt his stomach drop, and all the anger drained out of him into dread. "Like...what happened to Mel? How'd...how'd they get here? They didn't get in you, right?"
He went over. He wasn't a doctor, he didn't know what all the equipment beside the bed meant, and some of it looked like it was glowing japanese.
He didn't even know how you fought something like that.
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2017 5:13 pm
Mik looked ill at the thought it had been similar to Melody's death, but shook his head. "I don't think it was like what happened to her." he said. "It was a butterfly that made me crazy, it just..it made me want to hurt people, I attacked someone, and then someone else attacked me."
He sighed. "I feel okay now, they just said I had a concussion. She hit me hard over the head."
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2017 5:22 pm
Malk sat down.
"We were both worried when we heard," he said. "You aren't in trouble, right? Like they know you did it because of the butterflies."
He still seemed a little restless, then half-joked, "But if you want me to rough her up for giving you a concussion, I will."
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2017 5:27 pm
"Nah." he said. "I think she was pretty upset too, it was really scary." He hugged himself a little. "I was really scared Malk, I thought I was going to.." the words caught in his throat. He wasn't emotionally prepared for this sort of thing and even talking about what had happened upset him intensely.
"Fen said I did what I was supposed to do but I don't feel good about it, I hurt someone and I never wanted to hurt people. Even if they say its okay, I don't think it is."
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2017 5:34 pm
"Can I hug you?" Malkam asked, distressed. "That's not going to hurt anything?"
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2017 5:35 pm
"Yeah." he said. "I hurt my shoulder a little when I was fighting but I don't think a hug would hurt it."
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2017 7:43 pm
Malkam wrapped him up, leaning over the bed.
"You listen to Fen," he said, "Don't let anybody hurt you. Even if you have to give it back. I'll back you up. We...we will back you up. Call us, okay? I'll drop whatever I'm doing and find you. I don't want to get there when it's too late."
Like they were now.
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2017 3:27 am
Mikael held onto Malk with a tight ferocity that gave away just how afraid and upset he really was. Things had been bad and it had mostly been his brother he'd been thinking of as he hung upside down wishing he could have a family. He just wanted both of them to be home, safe and hanging out the way it used to be, with a future where he could visit his brother's kids and be their silly uncle.
"I just get so afraid." he said, and seemingly out of nowhere he started crying again, wracking sobs that made him bury his face against Malk's shoulder. "I didn't know what to do, I just freeze."
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2017 2:00 pm
"It's...it's okay, Mik, you did okay," Malkam wanted nothing more than to take Mik out of that infirmary so he could rest at home.
"It's not bad. You weren't bad. It's okay to defend yourself, everybody knows that."
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2017 2:56 pm
Mik just held onto the other man. "Did I?" he said. "It wasn't me. It wasn't like I did it. It was like someone else. I couldn't control it. What if it happens again?"
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