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Post by Hotaru King on Jul 5, 2012 23:40:19 GMT -5
Hotaru's sobs went on for another while longer, eventually dying down in volume. This... this was all too much for her right now, she couldn't take it. Her head was racing and her stomach felt like it was starting to eat through her from the inside out. "Jack... I d-don't feel good." she muttered, trying to catch her breath from all the crying. "I wanna go home." she was still crying a little, but it was an improvement.
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Post by Jack King on Jul 5, 2012 23:56:03 GMT -5
Jack frowned sadly. "We just have to let the doctors clear you, and I'll take you home right after, I promise." Eva should be talking with them now, she hadn't really been hurt and Jack had a feeling she'd be twice as protective of Ruru as she had been before. That wasn't necessarily a bad thing, though. Goodness knows Jack felt a little safer knowing there was another set of eyes and ears watching out for his girlfriend.
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Post by Hotaru King on Jul 6, 2012 0:07:38 GMT -5
As if on cue, Eva had walked into the room, Anya safely cradled in her arms. "Knock knock?" she called, looking at Jack and Hotaru oddly as they were sitting on the floor. She decided not to question it, after seeing how pissed Aiden was after leaving the room, she really didn't want to risk saying anything that would set the redhead off.
Seeing the blond made Hotaru smile a little, trying to wipe her face in an attempt to look somewhat presentable. "Hey Eva," she smiled weakly. She looked at the baby girl in her friend's arms, so that was cute little Anya she'd been waiting to see? Considering the parents, Hotaru had to admit the infant was down right adorable.
Eva cracked a smile in return. "Hey, glad to see you're okay." Well, at least she wasn't as bad as she was thinking. "So, I had a long talk with the doctors." she started. "Managed to reduce your time in the hospital from a year to about a week or so." At least that would be some good news?
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Post by Jack King on Jul 6, 2012 0:34:09 GMT -5
Jack's eyes widened. "She was going to have to stay here a year?" He managed to get out. Thank god Eva had connections in the hospital!! There was no way he could have lasted that long without Ruru home with him... And he had a feeling she wouldn't have done very well in the hospital for a year either, not with how much information she had been getting slammed with today...
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Post by Hotaru King on Jul 6, 2012 0:46:53 GMT -5
Eva nodded at Jack, also seeing Hotaru's own shocked expression. "I managed to get my brother as her neurologist, he worked with Aiden too." she explained. "I explained to him what happened with Hotaru as much as I could. He said he wants to run a few tests to be sure, but from what I told him he thinks she might have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder." she sighed and looked at Hotaru. "And apparently those sort of patients have to live in the hospital for some time so the doctors and everyone can keep a close eye on them. The only way out of it is that they give you a prescription of medicine and all that."
The redhead blinked, still surprised. Well, that would certainly be better than staying in the hospital for a whole YEAR, but she'd never taken pills a day in her life... "What kinda pills...?" she asked Eva.
The blond shrugged as much as she could while holding Anya. "Not sure, I think he mentioned something about anti-depressants though." That part had actually been her idea from the start. She saw Hotaru about to protest and stopped her quickly. "You and I both know how bad you can get when it comes to that, Hotaru." she snapped. "We're not taking any chances this time." The few times Eva had seen the redhead after Greg's death she hadn't been herself, and it had honestly scared the blond on a number of occasions. She was making sure Hotaru wasn't going through that again.
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Post by Jack King on Jul 6, 2012 0:53:53 GMT -5
Jack gave Eva a grateful look. "Thanks for working that out for us." He said before looking to Ruru. "And pills aren't so bad, after the first couple they're easy to take." And he was speaking from experience. Advil had been a miracle worker for him after plenty of rows with Aiden back when he was younger. And he knew Aiden had taking sleeping pills daily for quite awhile...
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Post by Hotaru King on Jul 6, 2012 1:13:32 GMT -5
Hotaru frowned. "A-alright..." she muttered, holding her head from the building migraine she was getting. This was too much, she just wanted to get out of this place and go home, that was all. She ran her hand through her hair and paused almost instantly. Her... her hair, it felt all choppy...
Eva saw Hotaru's reaction and decided to ask. "Not to bring up memories... but what happened with your hair...?" she'd been curious about it from the beginning, it had been one thing the Kuma hadn't explained.
The redhead stopped, closing her eyes in thought for a little while. "...I can't remember..." she said miserably as she opened her eyes. There was a lot she couldn't remember actually. Dreams and faces, but not too many events from that month crossed her mind.
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Post by Jack King on Jul 7, 2012 2:18:34 GMT -5
Jack pressed a kiss to her temple. "It's fine, Ruru... Don't worry about it..." Perhaps it was for the best Hotaru didn't remember much of the ordeal. The pianist would do anything to keep her from going through even more mental anguish than she was most certainly going to have to go through.
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Post by Hotaru King on Jul 7, 2012 15:29:37 GMT -5
Hotaru just frowned and stayed silent for a good while. She really wasn't sure what to say right about then, there were several different thoughts running through her mind, but none of them seemed right to say out loud.
Eva watched the redhead for a moment or two, starting to worry for her a little more. "Jack, why don't you put her back on the bed, that can't be comfortable for both of you."
At the suggestion Hotaru held onto Jack a little tighter. She wanted him to hold her for a little longer...
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Post by Jack King on Jul 8, 2012 22:18:59 GMT -5
Jack shifted a bit and shrugged. "It's fine for me... Ruru?" He wouldn't be opposed to putting her back on the bed so long as he could keep holding her on it. He didn't want to let go just yet. He hadn't come CLOSE to making up for lost time just yet...
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Post by Hotaru King on Jul 8, 2012 22:33:47 GMT -5
It took a moment or two for the redhead to realize the question was in need of a response. The doctors or nurses or whoever that would show up at some point probably wouldn't like to see her sitting on the floor and would make her get back on the bed anyway... "Bed, I guess." she replied simply, though she made it clear with how she kept her arms around him that she didn't want him letting go.
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Post by Jack King on Jul 8, 2012 23:20:03 GMT -5
Jack nodded and lifted her up as he stood and shifted them both onto the bed. He arranged them so he was sitting with Ruru half in his lap and half lying against him. He kept his hold on her but kept it just loose enough so she could move around if she wanted to. "Better?"
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Post by Hotaru King on Jul 8, 2012 23:39:11 GMT -5
Hotaru nodded her head in reply, cuddling just a tad more out of paranoia, she didn't want to take any chances(of what she wasn't sure). She wasn't tired, she wasn't even going to try sleeping considering the nightmares she'd been having, but she felt physically and mentally weak. After all that had been dumped on her today, she just wanted to lay there with Jack for a while without being interrupted.
Which of course, couldn't happen with a worried Eva in the room. The blond took a seat near by, still holding the sleeping child in her arms as she continued to ask Hotaru more questions. "Do you remember the last time you ate real food?" she got a head shake in return, making Eva sigh. "I was afraid of that..." Who knew how long it had been since the redhead had last had a real meal? Just feeding her could be difficult depending on how her body reacted to it.
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Post by Jack King on Jul 8, 2012 23:46:01 GMT -5
Jack stroked her hair. "We'll have to start small and dry, like crackers..." Crackers or rice or something... nothing heavy or (unfortunately) nutrient-rich... that would just make her throw up. "On the plus side, you'll never have to go on a diet ever again." If she managed to get back up to where she used to be weight-wise, it would take a while... Especially if they wanted to go about doing this in a healthy fashion...
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Post by Hotaru King on Jul 9, 2012 18:41:17 GMT -5
Hotaru forced a tiny laugh, she didn't want to be a COMPLETE buzz-kill. "Yeah, I guess..." she agreed with a small smile.
"Well then I think I should go get something for ya." Eva said, standing up to her feet with Anya. She'll probably hand her over to Aiden while she got some crackers or something for Hotaru. "Give me five minutes." she said with a small grin.
Hotaru nodded her head at Eva as she walked out of the room. Maybe after she got more of her strength back she could hold Anya, she'd been looking forward to it for a while before she was kidnapped. "The baby's adorable." she said to Jack.
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