I woke up to the sound of pots banging together and the smell of breakfast foods. I can also feel that I'm still laying on Kit's chest, I guess that it was too painful to move during the night. I carefully start to move when I feel the touch of Kit's hand start to slowly rub my back " morning bug, how'd you sleep? I hope I wasn't too uncomfortable? we don't need your stiff and sore body to get any worst." " no actually you were very comfortable, it felt like sleeping on a cloud. I'm sorry if I kept you stuck in place, it's kind of really painful to move even the slightest bit at the moment."
" no don't worry about it, I find it fascinating watching you sleep. oh god, I'm so sorry if that came off as creepy as fuck. I didn't mean it like that. I just meant that you tend to make different facial expressions when you sleep, you also talk sometimes though most of the time it's hard to understand as I don't think half the stuff you say is actual words." he lightly chuckled causing me to move with the vibration that enacted in his chest. " so you ready for breakfast then, I think from the sound of it Silas found the kitchen." we both laugh.
shortly after Silas gently knocks on my door. " come in " he does with a full tray of all sorts of food, and a glass of water with a little prescription bottle next to it. " wow what's all this, also I sure hope to God those are my pain killers. I could use those today." Kit gently helps me sit up with my back to the backboard. I flinch and let out a hiss of pain as my bruised spin comes in contact with the board " it's just some pancakes, fruit, and some cereal for me. Oh God, your injuries are acting up today, I'll call doctor Emerson on my way to work. Here take your pain killers they may help." I thank him as he hands me the glass of water and the pain medication bottle. Silas takes up a seating spot on the same spot he did last night for dinner and starts eating his cereal. " I know this might be too early for questions but this one has been bugging me all night" I motion him to continue as I start to dig into my pancakes, Kit has let to travel across the room to feed hope who won't stop rubbing up against his legs.
" ok, so my question is - is Kit always with you. Like is he here now. Was he here last night. Does he stay in here at night?" Silas all of a sudden turned red as if what he was implying embarrassed him. " yes to all of those, I feel safe when Kit is around, I like knowing I'll always have someone with me. God knows I've spent too much time alone." I look to Kit to see him look at me with straight-up affection, I dip my head and look down for the last part, still finding it hard to bring up the memories of the hospital. Silas with a feather-light touches my chin and lightly brings my face up to look at his " I'm happy to know that he looks after you, I meant nothing by my question, I was just curious. I want to know you and the people you care about. And Kit is very clearly one of them, and I hope one day I too will be one"
Silas still holding my chin leans in and lightly grazes the side of my mouth with a small kiss, when he pulls back he says " I can see that you're struggling with memories from your past and I want you to know that there is nothing you could ever tell me that would change the way I feel about you when you're ready I hope you feel you can talk to me. I'm not going anywhere. Though at the moment I do need to be heading out to work. But please think on it and if you are comfortable I love to hear your stories tonight" he kisses my head and all I do is nod. I know I should tell him, I want to, I'm going to. " I'll see you later, love. I'll also call Emerson to see if he can make it out for a house call" he says a quick goodbye to hope and Kit, waving in the total opposite direction of where Kit was.
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about an hour after Silas left for work I decided to try and take a nap. I woke up around noon to the sound of the doorbell going off, less than a second later i heard the door open signaling that Kit went to go open the door. there was the approaching sound of foot steps coming from down the hall, then a faint knock on my door could be heard. in a faint and raspy voice I said " come in" the door opened and doctor emerson was standing in the door way. " I got a call from your friend Silas, he said that I should probably come by for a check up. he stated that you seemed more in pain this morning." "uh yes i very much appreciate you coming by, i don't know what so different from today. it hurts to move." understanding what I'm saying he slowly walks more into the room, alerting hope to the new presence of a new person. she jumped down from her post and stretche's out before making her way over to sniff his feet, she seems to take an immediate liking to him and starts to nuzzle her head into his legs. he sees this a quick flash of surprise goes across his face, he then picks her up. hope loves the attention and pushes her head into the crook of his neck.
with hope in his arms he continues to walk to the bed " what a sweet trater " Kit says as he observes hopes new found love for the stranger. I laugh causing emerson to look at me with curiosity. " oh sorry I wasn't laughing at you its just that ki- you know what never mind, I don't need to be sent to another mental institution." he puts hope on the bed and takes a seat on the age of the bed turning his head to look at me. he cracks a small smile " I know about Kit and I know about your abilities, Silas mentioned it. and don't worry I would never dream of putting another soup in an institution like that, those places are a creation from hell."
I crack a smile " ya they are ". he looked me over then stands " ok so I guess I'll start the check up, please try to stay still and tell me if I'm hurting you. we don't want that." " do you want the light on?" " oh no I can see just fine, plus I'm sure that would just put you in even more discomfort." he starts by pulling down the covers that I am cacooned under. I then become a ware that I'm not wearing any pants. my heart jumped and as if he heard it he dropped the covers and looked at me in confusion " what, whats wrong? did I hurt you. trust me if its about me seeing something beware that I'm a doctor and see a variety of things through out the day." " no no you didn't hurt me its just that I'm not wearing any pants and my legs are covered in-" I trail off averting my eyes from his. " please don't be frightened about me seeing those, remember that I was your doctor when you were brought into the hospital. I've already seen them and I must admit that I got a little defensive and angry over whoever did that to you. but please don't feel the need to hide, we all have shadows in our past, more so with others." taking a breath I nodded and he continued to remove the covers.
he started with my leg injury " it looked to be healing nicely, you should be able to walk on it with in the next week, you must also come to me at the hospital to take the stitches out." then he moved to my head " good, well you head gash is healed you'll still have a bruise in that area for a few more days though." and then he's moved to my abdomen to check my ribbs and spine " your ribbs are still broken but are well on their way to healing all you'll need to do is continue to take things easy and don't stain yourself, I'd like to check your back now. this is going to hurt and for that I greatly apologize." I took a deep breath and looked to Kit for help, Kit came to stand by emerson, and together they started to turn me on to my back, the move movement causing me to scream out in pain from being turned on to my ribbs. "my dear Riley I am so sorry" emerson said as they finished with moving me, tears started to run down my face and Kit started to rub my arms as he nelt by my face whispering sweet things into my ear. emerson started to move his hands up and down my back, starting from the base of my neck to the top of my butt. not finding what he was searching for he asked if he could roll my shirt up, I was only able to make a slight head movement. that's all he needed as he started to roll up my shirt, when it was rolled up as much as it would go he started again with the base of my neck, I was surprised when he laid his hands on my back to find that they were really cold but not cold enough to seem inhuman. "I apologize if my hands are kind of cold, I'm afraid my body temperature is different from that of humans."
when he got about mid way to my lower back I flinch causing a small wimper to also erupted from my throat. " DAMNIT, sorry aimer. i thing when you landed on your back you landed on something, a few of you spine sections are inturnaly bruised. I'm going to suggest you put the softest pollow you own under your back when you sleep or when your leaning up against something. Kit looked up at emerson and gave him a scowl " you know he cant see you that's not helping anything, he didn't mean to hurt me." I wisper to Kit " I assume he's not to happy I hurt you, Kit please understand that it was never my intention. please believe that I would never dream of putting Riley in pain much less being the cause of it." something wormed deep inside, his words sent a spark of something unrecognizable through my bodie. I felt less pain, and comforting wormth coming from his cold touch and words. " he knows that he's just protective." I say looking at Kit to get him to stop with is emerson directed scowl. Hope was busy grooming herself during my pain but when we were done she cuddled up to the heat of my ass, it was nice to know she was with me but kind of weird to have her curled up and lightly snoring by my ass. " its good that he is protective, you are a very unknown and new type of soup. something that I've never encountered before. and your definitely someone worth being protective over."
i try to glance at him from where my head is but cant see him, he's still feeling around my back but after not finding any more brused spots he roles back down my shirt and bother him and Kit help put me into a seated position on the bed. " doctor emerson, I'm not sure I understand what you mean" He takes up his seat at the egea of the bed again and looked me start in the eyes, like to the point of looking straight into my soul. "please call me Darian. and I just mean that in all my years walking this earth I have never come across a creature such as you, you have somany combined soups running through your blood, my guess is that your parents were very rare and powerful. and you got all of it." " wait back up, how old are you? you make it sound like your over the age you seem." "my dear Riley looked can deseave you. I am over 625 years old, i was born on April 16 1396. i dead at the age of 25. i guess you could say I'm a man frozen in time a -" i cut him off " your a vampire, well that's the first." i say as i just look him over " I'm glad your not frightened, by the sound of your heart beat your accualy pretty relaxed." "well duh, i was stuck in a padded box most of my life, my only inertain meant was making up stories in my head about you guys." i say gesturing to both Kit and Darian, Kit chuckles and Darian scrunched up his eyebrows " oh sorry was i wrong in thinking you look at my past medical records." " no you were right I was just surprised why you said padded box, in your recorded it wasn't stated that they put you in there." " ya well they did a bunch of shit they never documented, and I have the scars to prove it." I said as I gestured to the length of my body.
" I'm so sorry Riley." " please don't apologize you had nothing to do with it. its is the past, whats done is done and i need to except that and start to let it go." i say putting a fake smile on. Darian reaches over and gently picks up my hand and starts to rub his thomb in circles over the back of my hand.
" I vow myself to you Riley, I promise to be here for you when ever you need me to be, and I promise to never hurt you. I vow to protect you and those who you care about." I was shocked and taken back by his words, why is he doing this. " wh- why are you doing this you don't even know me." " Riley I don't need to know you to know that you at someone who needs to be protected. your abilities put you in grave danger. your blood sings like an opera house and to other soups, I could only imagen you glow like a power beacon, people well try to use you. you'll need many protesters and I would be honoured to be one." my mouth went dry and panic started to set in, I look to Kit for confirmation he nods in agreement.
Damn, well to say I was not expecting that is an understatement.