Mou had long disarmed himself and was now hugging Stella with as little strength as possible, he learned how weak she would be while creating the very machinery she now lives from.
Stella continued to flail in Mou's arms for a few minutes, until her strength was sapped away from her body.
Stella lay lifeless in Mou's arms. He lightly shook her, "Hey, hey. Sugar?" He was scared, what if Stella went back to sleep for another six months?
Stella was warm. She was reminded of that month she spent with Mou sleeping on his warm and comforting shoulder...
Stella felt her blurring vision slowly coming into focus, she saw a plain white shirt in front of her. But all she felt was pain in her legs right now...
*Cough* Stella lightly coughed, 'Strange, am I dreaming?' She didn't believe this was her body.
Then she felt the warmness around her to start moving. 'What is going on?' She gingerly looked up to see the perpetrator of her warmth.
She saw a man who was gifted by the gods. His sharp eyes along with his jawline. An unblemished face with a soft smile. But the man was crying...
"Mou, why are you crying?" Stella asked as she tried to reach up to the man's face.
Mou, was indeed crying. It was a miracle, the fact Stella woke up so quickly was a miracle, the fact she knew who he was! The warmness he felt... Was real.
"I'm sorry sugar, just let me stay like this for a while." Mou inhaled her scent. He didn't care that she had been stuck in a hospital bed for so long, she had a natural scent that he found out. A slightly lavender scent. He couldn't get enough of it.
Stella didn't ask and let the man do as he wished. 'This is a nice dream' She thought, instead of watching that accident over and over, she was in the warmth of the man she fell in love with...
Wait. Warmth?
Stella focused, Mou had moved so that his shoulder was away from her mouth but she could see her bite marks. She also tasted some blood in her mouth...
She stiffened, is this real?
"Mou, it hurts." Stella lightly said, she could barely feel her legs and even with his support she was struggling to stand.
Mou closed his eyes and smiled. He effortlessly lifted Stella up and put her back on the bed. "Sorry sugar, I was just too excited." His tears dried up. As he felt so many emotions when he saw her awake.
Stella then remembered the roof of this room. It was the same as her dreams... "This can't be real." She mumbled, how was she alive?
Mou chuckled. "No, it is." Mou said as he sat beside Stella and held her hand.
Stella moved her gaze over to Mou. "You've lost weight." Was the first thing she blurted out.
Mou chuckled again, giving a smile to Stella. "I've been told." Mou couldn't keep the smile off his face.
Stella was just staring at Mou. He was wearing a technical coat and his hair was extremely disheveled. But then she remembered something.
"How is Terel? Wasn't he in the accident?" She asked, how was she to know how much time had passed...
Mou shook his head. "He's fine, you have a lot of catching up to do sugar. Andy will give you the rundown." Mou said as Andy walked into the room on cue.
He left since he didn't want to see anything, he was afraid his boss might decapitate him...
*Cough* "Stella, I'm proud to say, that all of your previous problems... Are no longer an issue for you." Andy was so happy, he finally helped the person who had saved him and his family.
At first Stella was stunned, but then she came to a realization. "How?" That was the only question she had, she knew how her body was essentially breaking down...
Then came a twenty-minute explanation by Andy of her machine organs. They would act like a normal human and nothing should be changed. However, due to excessive blood loss over the past months, she should refrain from anything for at least two months to stabilize her body.
Stella nodded dumbly, she wasn't paying attention but if she was, she would have noticed that she didn't need to wait two months to do anything vigorous, but Mou had a dark look as he listened to Andy.
Stella looked down at her hands. Which were bandaged. She then remembered something. "Do I have any burns on my body?" She asked, she never previously cared. But now she was quite self-conscious...
Andy looked nervous. "Well... There is a large burn mark on your left shoulder and your leg will have a scar due to a surgery I did." He had seen Stella's scars on her back, and Mou saw them as well...
Stella nodded and went quiet. She was still blown away by how comfortable she felt in her own body, she also felt a little tired...
"You should get some rest, in the morning we will start your recovery." Mou smiled, 'She is finally awake, I need to be sure this isn't a dream.'
Andy left first and got to sleep. While Mou stayed by Stella a little longer.
'I'm so sorry for letting you take the most of the explosion. But I'm so happy that now, you can life without fear of dying due to your own body.' Mou watched as Stella passed out. She had just woken up after all, it was tiring.
.................
In the morning, Stella woke up to the sight of Mou watching her sleep. She unknowingly blushed, as she lightly coughed.
Meanwhile, Mou watched the cute reaction Stella had. 'Heh, my sugar is so cute...'
"Good morning." Mou smiled as he watched Stella wake up.
"Mmm." Stella was embarrassed, so she just went closer to Mou.
Mou wanted to stay like this forever, but knew how Stella needed to recover, he didn't fall in love with a flower vase. But a dragon among humans. With her wings clipped, Stella was cute. But she was the most attractive when in flight...
"Sugar, Andy prepared your recovery. You will need to do it for a month before we are confident everything is okay." Mou's honey voice made Stella unknowingly nod to his words. She was turning henpecked...
Another month passed of Stella doing simple recovery. First was basic exercise, walking, jumping. Stretching, lifting. They also needed to be sure her body could dissolve food correctly still, make sure her voice was up to scratch. Making sure she could drink various liquids. The tests were a pain, but also very enjoyable for Stella. She basically lived in peace for another month alongside Mou.