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Elliot feels his heart sink into his stomach as his body feels heavier than usual walking down the hallway to 7n7’s hospital room. The nurses and doctors walking down the hallways with whispering conversations with the beeps and boops of the machines in each room. Elliot makes eye contact with a familiar gray boy with shades, getting a little wave as they treat to his chest wound. Wonder what happened to him.. watching him wince as a young, yellow boy watches from the corner. The yellow boy is more focused into his phone.. Looking mad for some odd reason. He shakes his head. God.
He continues down the insanely long hallway, stopping at what seems to be Seven’s room. His vision is all blurry and honestly, he’s seeing things from the lack of rest. He peaks into a room, looking confused. His voice cracks.
“..Is this room 727?”
A boy in a big witch hat perks up in his bed, a weird erratic looking person next to his bedside holding his hand. He smiles awkwardly, shaking his head no.
“Ah, no. This is room 712. Down the hall, to the right.”
He points, Elliot sweats and nods his head.
“Sorry. Have a nice day.”
“Thanks!”
They continue their conversation of some sort of religion as he continued walking down the hallway, clenching his coat sleeves. He’s worried of what he’ll see. What if he flatlines right in front of him? What if he’s about to die? What if.. What if he shuns him away? What if he gets out and does it again? How is he even alive? Oh my god.. A year ago he was telling himself of he’d get revenge on this guy for all the pain he’s caused, and look at were he is. Seven has just caught him back in the trap he’s always fallen for, even when he was 17 behind that counter getting made fun of for his braces. He groans, dragging himself as he finally reaches the room. His eyes widen.
- ROOM 727 -
Elliot gulps as he looks into the doorway, his sneakers making a squeak. Elliot watches as Seven’s tail wags off the bed from his blanket, his face covered in bandages with hair sticking out in random places of the bandages. The shot mainly blew off the front of his face, causing them to have to piece him back together like a fucking patchwork doll. Elliot covers his mouth, whispering to himself.
“Oh my god.”
Seven stays quiet as he avoids eye contact, looking away and staring out the window as a bird lands on a tree, caring to it’s young. He frowns under the bandages, his tail stopping.
Elliot pulls up a chair from the corner of the room, staring at 7n7 as he focuses on the bird. He grabs at his hand, Seven flinching, and looking at him with wide eyes before calming down and grasping back like he was going to leave. Elliot put his other hand of theirs intertwined, looking down for words to say as he scoots closer and holds his hand close to his face. He shakes.
“....I.. Seven..”
Seven uses another hand to grab at a notepad and a marker next to his bed, the shot messing up his vocal chords and having some of his mouth all messed up. He lets go of Elliot’s hand and focuses on writing, looking as if he’s about to cry as his tail swings.
You can’t fix me.
He writes, Elliot’s eyes widened.
You never could, never will. I am broken. Noli knew that from the start.
He left because of me. Both of them did.
Seven’s bandages start to get wet.
You should le-
Before Seven can finish writing, Elliot grabs the notepad and throws it across the room, it hitting the wall and causing a loud thump. He walks over and rips all the writing out, tears streaming down his face.
“No. No. I am not- LEAVING. You. And I never will. Either you die or not I am STAYING next to you weither it’s me sitting next to your gravestone or us watching TV on the couch. He will come back. And you will live to see it. You hear me.”
His voice croaks, Seven hearing the hoarseness in his voice as he hands him back the notepad and throws the extra paper in the trash. He breathes heavily, calming himself down as he sat back down in the chair. He huffed, his head in his hands as his thoughts overwhelmed him. God damnit.
Elliot can hear the squeaks of a marker, before feeling a tug at his coat. He quickly looks up to Seven’s face, he’s smiling behind his bandages- he can tell through his eyes. Those big brown eyes of his, tears swelling over his eye lids as he feels his tail wrap around his leg. He looks over at the notepad and laughs a bit.
Ok. I hear you.
Seven opens his arms for a hug and Elliot rushes in to it, crawling onto the bed with Seven. He grabs around his waist, curling up around his warmth and nuzzling into his chest. He finally rests his eyes, tears streaming down his face as Seven wraps his arms around Elliot for a sense of security. Elliot feels himself drifting off to sleep, feeling a kiss on his head. He ignores it and pretends he’s asleep, smiling as he goes unconscious.
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"Elliot, come on. Get up. It's time for work, Eli."
Elliot opens his eyes slowly to the sound of his alarm clock and Seven's tired eyes laying in front of him. He smiles, turning over and turning the alarm off before continuing to look at Seven.
"I'll get up in a minute.. I'm more focused on your pretty face."
7n7 laughs, his face blushing as he looks at Elliot with a soft smile.
"You still want to take Kid to school today?"
"Yeah, why not. You should rest, I'm used to getting up early."
The ring on Elliot's finger glistens as he tucks 7n7's hair behind his ear, kissing his forehead as he hears the wags of his tail against the sheets. He gets out of the comforter and takes off his bonnet, his curly hair poofing out as he groans. Seven laughs and sits up, playing with it behind him. He wraps his arms around Elliot's neck, humming as he kisses his neck and slowly sways with him.
After a little, Seven let's go and rolls out of bed. He walks to the closet as Elliot goes and takes a shower, putting products his hair and taking about thirty minutes. He wraps a towel around his waist as he dries his hair, walking out to see his work clothes laid out for him and the smell of coffee coming from the kitchen. Elliot smiles and gets dressed, hearing C00lkidd already reek havoc on 7n7 at 7AM. He laughs, walking out of the room and closing it behind him.
C00lkidd waves to Elliot with a smile as milk drips from his mouth, ravaging at a bowl of Fruity Pebbles with marshmallows. Elliot giggles a bit more, walking up behind 7n7 as he breathes in his cologne and wraps his arms around his waist.
"Aren't you touchy this morning?"
"Can't help it."
C00lkidd makes a tiny puking noise as they both giggle, pouring coffee into their colored mugs. Elliot puts a bit of creamer and sugar in his own coffee, while 7n7 drinks it black.
"That's disgusting."
"What? My black coffee? Says you with your vanilla creamer."
"Hey- You don't say anything bad about vanilla."
He jokingly kicks 7n7 in the leg with his foot, laughing together as Elliot goes and sits next to C00lkidd. He takes a sip of his coffee and finally starts to wake up as he checks the time on his phone, leaning on the table as Seven sits across from him.
"You ready for school, bud?"
"Once I refill your saline I'll leave you two alone."
"..What?"
-
Elliot jumps awake, rubbing his eyes open as he looks around. He stares deadpan at the nurse, her jumping back a bit and awkwardly smiling. She laughs, finishing her job and then leaving as Elliot watches her closely. He then lays back down and listens to the sounds of the machines as the sun burns in his eyes. He can feel 7n7 chuckle under him, sighing as he snuggles into his warmth once more.