"Y/N, are you ok?" Claire asked in slight panic, ushering me to come in and sit next to her. "Im fine," I stated clearly, "Its just...I couldnt sleep and heard soft sniffling..." I mumbled as her face saddened a bit. "Oh, maybe it was just your ears playing tricks on you..?" She broke the silence. I smiled softly. "Oh okay; do..do you mind if I sleep with you tonight?" "Sure" she smiled warmly at me and pointed at my hand, "Oh yeah, I need to change those." She notes, pointing to my bandages.
"Alright?" She asked, "Yes?" I asked her, "You were spacing out so I was wondering if you were alright; got something on your mind?" She analysed but I just shook my head and told her it was nothing. She nodded and walked over to her drawer; whipping out her first aid kit and made her way back over. "Things might sting at the start okay? But I promise it will make it heal faster.." she smiled weakly at me. I smiled back and nodded slowly; handing out my arm to her.
Slowly she unwrapped the bandage and wiped off any blood that was still wet and looked for cotton swabs and a bottle of anti-septic in her kit. "Ready?" She said shakily, 'I wonder why she seems so weak...maybe she's just tired' I concluded and watched her begin to dab the swab on my cut; rolling it up and down to cover the whole thing.
I tried my best not to flinch but the pain was a bit to much and me not flinching made me jolt upwards with a bit of force. "Shoot, sorry! Are you okay? Did I press too hard???" She panicked slightly but I inhaled and exhaled; slowly smiling at her calmly. "Its fine, its just that it still stings a bit." I answered with a small hiss as she began to apply the medication again. Once that hell was over she started wrapping my hands in a thin but tight layer of bandages; after a few rounds, she placed a small stick on it and continued wrapping.
I tilted my head in confusion towards said stick, "Its for making sure that you doing bend your forearm while you sleep. Its pretty sturdy so it'll keep your hand straight. Might be uncomfortable though." She sighed, I smiled a bit; knowing that there was in fact, someone...no. Some people. Who actually cared about me.
Claire finished wrapping and went to put back everything. "Hey, um, Claire?" She looked up at me, her dark brown eyes seemed so..dull, and, lifeless all of a sudden. "Yeah Y/N?" She asked softly, snapping me out of my little analyzation period. "Oh, um...I-I dont have to sleep here with you if you dont want to; I mean, I can see you're so tired already and I dont want to be a bo-" "Its okay; you can sleep here, well...for like, 2 more hours." She laughed slightly, the clock read 6:15; I gasped, "I didnt sleep at all!" She smiled, "Then Ill give you a rest day, you can sleep in today." She offered, "Thank you so much! Wait...what about you? When I came you were still awake werent you?" I asked; worried she might become sleepless or an insominac.
"I can take naps, plus; I dont really sleep much." She shrugged. I squinted my eyes in suspicion at her, "Chill, I DO sleep, just not much 'cause I have work to do." She cleared my doubt, "But since you kept waking up from nightmares Ill stay by your side for an hour while you sleep. Ok?" I nodded, "Now run along, get in bed." She pointed to her bed and I snuggled myself in; similar to a burrito as she tucked me in.
"Im going to go do something, Ill be back ok? Just get comfy." She ordered and I smiled, tilting my head to the side and closing my eyes.
I soon fell into a deep...Blissful sleep.
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