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Curiously looking at him for a moment, Zero slowly lifted the covers to offer the spot beside him.
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Treat crawled under the covers like a kitten and curling up at Zero's side.
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With a small smile, Zero covered the boy back up with the blanket and flicked the TV off, before laying back against the bed and closing his eyes.
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It wasn't long before Zero was beginning to drift off with boys warm against him on the bed. He slipped off softly- drug induced sleep deep and dreamless. It was a long while before he slowly blinked his eyes open. He was staring up at the ceiling, but not that of his hospital room. The room he was in now was shifting beneath him a bit and he soon realized that he was moving. Blinking his eyes a little clearer, he came to the quick conclusion that he was in the backseat of a car- Trick and Treat lying against him- still fast asleep.
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His brain tried to tell him that he needed to he alarmed, but he couldn't focus on one thought long enough to panic. Instead, he tried to stop his vision from swimming as he looked around, trying to figure out who was in the driver's seat. "Nn...?"
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"Zero?" Far turned in his seat and blinked at the Asian boy. "Are you hurt? I didn't mean for you wake up en-route."
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The voice sounded so familiar... but he couldn't seem to place it. "Nn...?"
Zero slowly sat up, careful not to wake the twins. |
"Are you alright?" Far asked again- not looking at the road as he spoke. "I found you and the boys...I didn't care if it was a trap, I had to get you out of there."
Treat whimpered softly as Zero held him against his chest with his brother. She Squirmed a little in Zero's hold before settling down- seeming to relent and drift back off. |
"Nn?" Zero attempted, his throat burning even with the little bit of noise. Something told him he could trust this person... something told him not to worry.
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"Zero, what's wrong?" Far pleaded. "Are you hurt?"
A car horn sounded and he turned back to the road quickly- expertly weaving around the on-coming traffic and back into his lane. If it had been Matt, he never would have drifted into danger at all, but Far's reflexes were still pretty impressive. |
Zero jumped in surprise and curled around the twins, waking them both up in his alarm.
"Wha-!?" Trick cried in surprise and clouded confusion. |
"Ngh!" Treat's eyes blinked open- though still mostly foggy with sleep. "N-no! Don't!"
He started to struggle. "What's happening!?" Far asked worriedly from the front. "Zero, is anyone hurt?" |
Zero gasped as Treat trashed in his hold, trying to calm the boy but only managing to make it worse. "Aah-!"
"FAR!" Trick cried in surprise. |
"No, please!" Treat wailed trying to push off of Zero. "Don't hold me!"
"Trick, what's happening back there?" Far begged. "Is someone hurt?" |
Zero released Treat and backed away, holding up his hands to show that he wasn't going to hurt the boy.
"Treat, its okay-!" Trick cried, holding up his hands as well. "Its me, Zero, and Far!" |
Treat looked at all of them- moving back on the seat and curling up into a little ball.
"Treat, I got you out of the hospital." Far said- watching the boy in the re-view. "I wanted to make you all safe. No-one's here to hurt you." "Why were you holding me?" Treat asked Zero. "I couldn't move." |
Zero made a noise before he winced a bit and shook his head, trying to explain with his hands why he was.
"He probably forgot!" Trick told his brother. "Remember? His memories are all wonky!" |
"Wonky...I can't...I..." Treat looked around. "Where are we going?"
"I'm taking you someplace safe." Far assured. |
Zero eyed far silently, before he looked at Trick, frowning.
Trick blinked up at him before he gasped and quickly nodded. "Yeah, you know him! Don't worry! He's like... practically your husband!" |
"We haven't married yet, I didn't want to press Zero into something that might seem confining." Far replied before wiping his forehead.
"You two were living together." Treat murmured- rubbing his arms- as if to wipe something off his sleeves. |
Zero looked a little surprised and looked toward Far for a moment, before he frowned a little.
"Far!" Trick cried, practically scrambling into he front seat. "Zero hurt his throat and they said he wont be able to talk again!" |
Far blinked before looking at Trick.
"...The doctors said that?" Far asked. "H-he screamed...before he screamed." Treat said- looking at Zero. "You're not gonna scream again are you?" |
Zero shook his head, frowning and motioning to his throat to indicate that it hurt.
"He screamed lots and lots when there was a tube in his mouth," Trick attempted to explain. "And it made it all hurt and broken..." |
"Wait, what?" Treat blinked.
"Huh, a tube?" Far frowned. "What kinda tube?" |
"With air in it!" Trick cried. "Because... oh my gosh, Zero-!" He turned toward the Asian teen. "Didn't you get stabbed-!"
Zero's eyes widened. |
"The tube...it was the tube?" Treat asked his brother. "When he screamed?"
"A breathing tube?" Far blinked. "Who stabbed him?" |
"There was air in the tube, dummy!" Trick snapped at his brother, obviously getting frustrated trying to explain things that he himself didn't understand. "It was cuz he couldn't breathe himself-! It was in his throat and he screamed and it... hurt him-!"
He groaned, wrapping his arms around his knees and hugging himself. |
"When...when I...he..." Treat looked fearful and pale.
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"That kid... the one with the white hair... whats his name?" Trick groaned. "He stabbed Zero... gosh, why can't I remember his name-!?"
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"...Near?" Far frowned. "Which white kid?"
"When I saw him...screamed." Treat breathed. |
"Near... Near..." Trick tried the name before he gasped and turned to Treat. "Hey-! Calm down- don't freak out, it isn't your fault-!"
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"I came in and started crying when the doctors grabbed me!" Treat breathed. "He started screaming then!"
"So it was Near." Far pressed. |
"It wasn't your fault-!" Trick told his brother, not paying any attention to Far now.
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"But he was sleeping before I came in!" Treat moaned.
"Trick!" Far snapped in frustration. |
"What!?" Trick snapped back at Far, glaring. "I don't know and it doesn't matter!"
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"It does!" Far took a breath and lowered his voice. "...It does matter."
"Zero, is that what happened?" Treat pleaded the Asian boy- crawling over to him. |
Zero frowned at Treat. It was obvious that he was extremely over whelemed by the entire situation and was just trying to wrap his head around the whole thing.
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"Zero, did I hurt you?" Treat pleaded. "When I saw you that time, you screamed with that thing in your throat!"
"Everyone calm down please." Far sighed as he turned off the freeway. |
Zero slowly shook his head before he leaned against the seat and closed his eyes, his head swimming.
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"Please back off of him." Far said calmly. "He's overwhelmed and disoriented...I know the feeling."
Treat slipped back into the corner and curled up again. "...Where are we going?" He asked Far again. "Someplace safe...for all of us." Far assured. "Everyone's acting too dangerous to stick around right now." |
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