Just before Coconut could open the driver's door, his arms were yanked behind his back by two familiar-looking people.
"Coconut!" Blue yelled, stepping out of the car. They were Blaize's friends. Or henchmen, more appropriately.
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Coconut whipped his head around and snarled at his attackers. "Let go of me."
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Two more of Blaize's friends jumped out of a car that had just pulled into the parking lot, Blaize following after them. "Grab Blue." He ordered them.
Blue jumped back into the car, hoping the car door was locked, but even before he had that chance, the door was ripped open before it could even close and Blue was pulled out of the car and onto his feet. He struggled in their arms, furious. "Blaize! This is ridiculous! Let Yuno go. How did you even find us?" He turned his head to the store and saw the girl inside watching in fear- almost as if she regretted calling them.
Blaize ignored him and instead confronted Yuno. "You think you can have whatever you desire, Yuno. But not this time. Put him in the back of my car." He said to his friends with Blue, never tearing his vengeful eyes from Yuno.
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Coconut, ever fearless, sneered at him. "Can't do it yourself, Maverick? Have to have your little slaves to do all your dirty work, huh?" He glared at Blaize with a flaming hatred. "No wonder Blue never liked you in the first place," he growled.
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"Shut it, before I punch your face in because for once in your life you aren't in a position where you can say whatever you like. This time, everything you've ever pulled against me is going to bite you in the ass." Then he pointed to Blue, raising his eyebrows and smiling like a madman. "That photo you sent, that was funny." He laughed. "I knew that was a fucking fake the second I saw it. Blue's too big of a priss to have sex with anyone."
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"Yeah, maybe that's why you had to force him, huh?!" Coconut yelled fighting against his captors for a moment before settling down a little. "Just because he wants to wait doesn't mean he's a priss… and it sure doesn't give you the right to make him do whatever you want."
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Blaize was halfway in the motion of turning around, but something made him glance back and face Yuno again. "Had?" He sneered and then looked at Blue who looked away immediately as he was pushed into the back of Blaize's car. Then he laughed again as he turned back to look at Yuno. "That's priceless. He told you we had sex?" Blaize's face glared at Yuno. "He lied. Like I said, too much of a coward- and that's why I'm doing this. He owes me." Blaize ignored whatever else Yuno would try to yell at him and jumped into the car and starting it.
"Uh, Blaize?" One of the guys holding Coconut back said.
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Coconut stood there, trying to comprehend what Blaize meant. Blue lied to him? Or maybe Coconut just assumed the worst… Blue hadn't elaborated after all.
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Blaize drove away and down the road, he turned a street but it wasn't headed in the direction of the dorms.
All four of Blaize's buddies were left standing there dumbfounded with no vehicle to take them home. "Blaize! What the hell?" One of them yelled, letting go of Coconut.
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Coconut smirked. "Seems like your little friend abandoned you," he said maliciously, yanking his arm from the other's grasp. He popped his knuckles. "Now… which one of you wants my foot up their ass first?" he growled, trying to scare them off so he could go after Blue.
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The two farthest from Coconut booked it and the other two slowly backed off. "Hold on, Yuno, we weren't ever going to hurt you in the first place…"
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Coconut took a menacing step forward, hell's fury in his eyes. "Where's Blaize taking him?"
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The two looked at each other and then turned around and sprinted after their friends.
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"Hey!" Coconut shouted angrily, running after the closest one and tackling him to the ground. He put his forearm against his throat and pushed. "Where. Is. He?"
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He yelled in pain and then immediately screamed in fear, "The dump! The dump! He said he was going to the dump later!"
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Coconut glared at him. "If you're lying, I'll track you down and shove your face into the concrete so hard there won't be anything left to cremate," he snarled, getting off of him and rushing back to his car.
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Blue had no clue where they were headed and was pressed against the side of the door, trying to open the door but it was no use. "Blaize! Where are we going?" He was panicking. Blaize was silent. "Don't do anything to Yuno, please-"
"We're here." Blaize stepped out of the car.
Blue would have made a run for it but Blaize made sure the doors were still locked before unlocking the back door and grabbing Blue.
"Are we at-" Blue looked around in terrified confusion. "The dump?" Then he spotted his blue car sitting just inside the wire fencing around the rubble pile of the city dump. "My car!"
Blue's yell was cut short when Blaize threw him to the ground. Blue landed on an old mattress and then turned onto his back and crawled backwards on his hands. "Blaize, what are you doing? What's happening?"
Blaize's solemn stare was grim. "You owe me, Blue." He reached in his pocket and showed Blue a lighter which he flicked and then gestured to the car. "If you don't give me what I want…."
Blue saw the container of gasoline sitting on the ground next to the front wheel of his car. "No, Blaize...I'd have to explain to my parents how-"
"Well then I guess you'd better abide by my commands." He took a step forward onto the dirty mattress.
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Coconut sped through the streets, his car easily passing the rest of the peasants. He stopped at the entrance to the dump and immediately jumped out and sprinted to where he spotted Blaize's car.
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At the sight of Coconut's car, Blue's heart leaped for joy. Blaize turned around, hearing Coconut's car and then cursed. He put the lighter back in his pocket and turned around to face him.
"Yuno!" Blue stood up, about to run for him but then his limbs went rigid.
Blaize had pulled a pistol from out of his jacket and now he was pointing the gun at Coconut.
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Coconut froze and scowled. "What are you doing, Blaize?"
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He smiled evilly and then took out the lighter again. "Give me what I want, Blue. Before I light your car ablaze." He didn't remove his eyes from Yuno.
"No." He knew he wouldn't be able to live with himself if he gave Blaize what he wanted, even if he did get his car back. He would just have to come up with a lie that his parents would believe. How he was going to come up with a reason for his car burning to shambles was beyond him.
"Very well." Blaize tossed the lighter onto the hood of the car and Blue watched in fury, struggling to hold back his urge to run to the car and put out the fire- or kick Blaize in the face. "Blue."
He didn't look at him.
Blaize cocked the gun, his voice stronger this time. "Blue."
Blue looked at him. "Don't make me shoot your boyfriend."
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Coconut frowned and looked at his little brother in disappointment. "You know, Mav… I told Blue you weren't a cold blooded murderer… can't imagine how disappointed Cerulean would be."
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Blaize's glare remained unfazed, but there was a slight twitch in his hands. "Shall we do this here, Blue? In front of Yuno to see?"
"Please Blaize."
"On your hands and knees."
Blue didn't move.
"I'm going to give you three seconds."
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"What is wrong with you, Blaize?" Coconut asked desperately. "What are you trying to prove?"
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"B-Blaize, this won't end well no matter what. My parents will sue you."
Blaize turned on him and yelled. "I said on your hands and knees!" He aimed the gun at Blue.
With his head hanging, Blue slowly did as he said.
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"Wait, stop!" Coconut stepped a little closer. "Please, Blaize, don't."
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Blaize swung the gun toward Yuno again. "Stay back." Then he looked at Blue again. "Turn around."
Blue slowly rotated himself and leaned over, putting his face to the mattress, wrapping his arms behind his head.
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Coconut inched a little closer. "Why are you doing this?"
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"Shut up, Yuno." Blaize didn't realize how close Coconut had gotten to him as he focused on Blue. "Blue, don't mov-"
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Coconut lurched forward and tried to yank the gun from Blaize's hand, pointing it away from all three of them.
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Blaize's head swung back toward Yuno, he gripped the gun tightly as he tried to tear it away from Yuno.
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"Let go, Blaize!" Coconut shouted, pulling hard at the firearm.
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Blaize took a step forward, trying to shove Coconut off. "Never!" In their wrestling, the gun went off, making Blue flinch.
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Coconut shouted in pain and brought Blaize to the ground with him.
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"Damn it." Blaize let go of the gun and scrambled away from Yuno, he jumped into his car and drove off.
Blue hadn't moved from where he was hunched on the ground. Shivering and crying, Blue was whispering frantically to himself. "Oh my god he's dead, he's dead, he's dead, he's dead, Yuno's dead, he's dead...." He didn't dare look up to see what he suspected was his body bleeding out on the ground. Blue thought Blaize must have ran off after being spooked by the fact he had killed someone.
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"Fuck…" Coconut groaned and slowly sat up, clutching his bleeding side. He pulled his hand away and sighed when he saw blood.
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Blue felt paralyzed, not noticing Coconut's breathing and cursing next to him as his nails dug into the back of his neck.
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Coconut fell back on the ground. "Damn, he got me good, Angel," he muttered to Blue, loud enough for him to hear.
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Blue's eyes opened and he jerked upwards. "Coconut!" He hurried to his side, tears flying. His breathing was out of control. "Oh my god, you're- are you-" he hyperventilated, unsure of what to do. "He shot you." His shaking hands hovered over him.
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Coconut grimaced. "It only grazed me. We have bandages back at the dorm if you're up to driving."
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"Nnnno. This is serious. We have to go to the ER...or something." Blue grabbed Coconut's hand.
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"It's not bad." Coconut pressed on his side to try and stop the bleeding.
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"Yes it is!" Blue was losing it. His hands shot to his face, running them through his hair.
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Coconut shook his head and stood up, though with a small struggle. Blood was soaking through his clothes. "I've had worse."
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"You've had worse?! What could be worse than a bullet wound?!" Blue shouted, unhinging his fear. Blue stood with him and slipped his arm around his waist, balancing Coconut's weight as he limped.
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"Being stabbed through the chest, splitting my head open, breaking my leg in three places at a time, nearly cutting off my arm… the list goes on. This is nothing." Coconut gave him a sheepish grin. "It's only a graze, nothing much."
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Blue stared at him, horrified as he ducked his head from Coconut's arm slung over his neck. He looked away, beginning to cry again. "Let's just...get you in the car. Are you sure we don't need to get you to the E.R.? I think we should."
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Coconut saw the tears well up in his eyes and tried to touch his face but winced in pain from the bullet wound. He sighed and shook his head. "We don't need to go to the hospital, Winx has a lot of experience with this kind of thing, he'll take care of it."
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Blue opened the door and handled Coconut with extreme care as he put him in the passenger seat of the car. "Ok." Blue sniffled. He closed the door and headed for the other side. When he sat in the driver's seat, he felt like he was sitting behind a control panel in a spaceship. "Ok…" he plugged in the keys and the car revved to life, intimidating Blue. As he pulled out of the dump and drove down the street, it took him a moment to adjust to the car's speed. "Uuuh, I might have forgotten where the…" he didn't live in the dorm section of this side of the school so his memory was fuzzy.
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Coconut stared at him for a moment. "Huh? What did you say?"
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"Sorry. Which way to the dorms?"
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"Oh, yeah. Take a right and head straight. You'll know it when you see it." Coconut's head lolled to the side and he jerked back up. "Think I might've lost a little too much blood," he chuckled, looking at his hand, which was dripping with blood. "Oh well."
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Blue looked at him like he was crazy. "Coconut, just hang in there...and don't say things like that, you're making me worried and if you make me worried i'm going to-" he swerved to avoid a car. "I don't drive well when I'm freaked out." Blue pulled into the driveway and then turned off the car, stepping out and then opening Coconut's door. Blue took one look at all the blood pouring out of his side, and nearly vomited, trying his best to not let it get to him. "Ok…" He calmed his breathing and gently pulled Coconut out of the car.
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"Thanks… Angel…" Coconut gasped. "Just let… Winx… take care of it…"
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"Hey, easy. Be careful." Blue shuffled his weight so he was leaning on him. "I've got you...sort of." He struggled beneath him. "And no. I am not going to leave you alone." They hobbled their way to the door and entered the dorm.
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"Y-Yeah…" Coconut felt like passing out. "I think I'm going to faint."
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"Winx!" Blue yelled in the middle of a sob.
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Winx popped his head around a corner to answer but when he saw Coconut, bleeding and stumbling along with Blue, he immediately jumped into action. "Eek! Set him on the floor in the common room! I'll be right there!" Winx ran off to go get his medical equipment.
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Blue gently set him on the ground, snatching a pillow from the couch for his head. "I'm so sorry, Coconut." Blue's tear flow was unstoppable.
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"Mmm… not your fault," Coconut mumbled, looking at Blue with tired eyes. "Stop crying, you big baby, I'll be fine."
Winx came running back into the room with a bag of medical supplies. He settled himself next to Coconut and grabbed a pair of scissors, cutting through his hoodie until it fell off of him so he could see the wound. He winced when he saw it. "Ah… I won't be able to stitch this up…"
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Blue was leaning over Coconut and hyperventilating again. "Coconut. You were shot." Then he looked at Winx with panicking eyes. "Wha- what do you mean you won't be able to stitch it, what are we going to do then? Is he going to be okay? Do we have to go to the hos-" Blue was squeezing Coconut's hand so hard it was cutting off Yuno's blood flow.
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"No, no… nothing like that…" Winx looked at the graze a little more. "... we'll just have to bandage it and hope the blood stops." He rummaged through his bag for a moment until he pulled out a roll of bandages. "Coconut, can you sit up? We need to wrap it."
Coconut grunted. "Blue, can you help me up?"
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"Oh, sure." Blue's eyes were red from crying and his lip wouldn't stop quivering. He slipped his arm beneath Coconut's back and lifted him gently.
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Coconut hissed in pain but with Blue's help was able to get himself into a sitting position.
Winx scooted closer and began to wrap bandages around Coconut's torso tightly. Coconut winced in pain a few times but dealt with it.
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"W-would it hurt less if I…" Blue squeezed Coconut's hand with his own shaking one again. He whispered in his ear, "K-kissed you?"
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Winx, having heard what Blue said, looked at him. "No… but it would probably make him feel better if you helped him eat something. He lost a lot of blood. Just needs some rest and food." Winx packed up his stuff and mumbled a small goodnight to both of them. "Come get me if he starts bleeding again, okay?" He left to his own room.
Coconut hummed absently. "I still feel pretty dizzy… can we go lay down?"
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Blue feeling stupid, never removed his gaze from Coconut. "O-of course. Sorry." He helped him onto his feet and pulled one arm over his shoulders again to help him walk.
Once in Coconut's room Blue helped him to the side of the bed and set him down, his head on the pillows. Then he started to untie his shoes so he could take them off.
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"Thanks Angel." Coconut stared at him for a bit longer. "Can-Can you get me something to eat? That's what Winx said, right? Food?" Coconut blinked a few times, still a little woozy from all the bloodloss.
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"Yes. Food. Be right back." Blue wiped the tears from his eyes and then left the room.
When he entered the kitchen, Crypt was leaning against the sink. "How'd it happen?" His voice was more hostile rather than concerned.
Blue breathed shakily and grabbed the for at thing he saw- saltine crackers. Then he opened the fridge and took a cup of jello. "Blaize." He took an apple too and then returned to Yuno, closing the door behind him.
"Here, uh, I grabbed whatever I could see. Take your pick- or have...all of it." He put it on the bed and looked away from his face, standing uselessly by the bed and staring at his bandaged bleeding middle.
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Coconut hummed and picked up the apple. "Come… lay with me."
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Blue didn't move or say anything- only stared at his bandages for a moment. Then he was crying again and he instead walked toward the end of the bed and sat there, facing away from Coconut. "No. I can't."
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Coconut looked up and frowned at Blue's back. "Why?"
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"Because I hurt you." He bawled into his hands.
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"Damnit, Blue. Don't make me get up and go over there. Come here," Coconut growled, reaching out with his hands but grimacing at the movement.
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Blue gasped and turned his head to the side. "Coconut, stop. I. Hurt. You."
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"No you didn't. Blaize did. Stop blaming yourself and come here, I'm cold."
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Blue shook his head. "Cold? Well, I feel cold too." He hid his face again and grit his teeth while crying. "Blaize hurt you because of me. I'm so...stupid."
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"No. You aren't. Blaize shot me because I was trying to protect you. Because I wanted to. What kind of a boyfriend would I be if I didn't take a bullet for my Angel?" Coconut asked with a sweet smile.
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Blue turned around and glared at him while wiping his face. "Damn it, quit saying nice things, Coconut, it only makes me hate myself more."
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Coconut curled his lip. "Why would you hate yourself? I think you're amazing."
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"Yeah, I'm amazing alright. My ex went psycho and shot you, that's real amazing."
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"I don't care about that," Coconut said rolling his eyes. "All I care about is that you're okay, and I'm okay, and we both still love each other." He gave a charming smile.
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Blue looked at him with sincere sadness. "I do love you, Yuno."
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"And I love you too." Coconut looked at him softly. "Come here, Angel, I want to hold you."
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Blue's lip was puckering again, but he crawled toward him anyway and laid his head on his chest. "Are you sure you're okay?"
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"Of course. It hurts a little, but that's okay."
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"I'm so sorry."
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"For what?" Coconut asked, tilting his head. He ran a hand through Blue's hair.
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"That...that you're hurt." In love with me.
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"Don't worry about that, Angel. I've been hurt plenty of times, this certainly won't be the last." He nuzzled into his head and practically purred. "I don't care how much or how bad I get hurt, just as long as you stay with me."
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"This'll be the last time you're hurt. I mean, for as long as I'm around I'll make sure you aren't hurt."
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Coconut chuckled. "Sorry, love, but I doubt this will be the last time I get hurt with you around. I have a knack for getting into trouble. But I promise, I'll never let you get hurt, so long as I can help it." Coconut pulled Blue closer, despite the pain that shot through him. "Never."
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Blue fell asleep- with his glasses still on- listening to Coconut's heartbeat, afraid more than anything for the day it would stop.
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Coconut smiled lovingly at his boyfriend. He gently removed his glasses and set them on the nightstand beside the bed, trying to move as little as possible so he didn't wake Blue up. Coconut turned painfully onto his side, his preferred position to sleep in, and pulled Blue close to his chest. Before he fell asleep, he mumbled tiredly, "Promise you won't leave…"
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Blue croaked unconsciously, "You don't have to worry about that…"
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With a relieved smile, Coconut nuzzled into Blue's head and kissed it softly before finally drifting off to sleep.
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