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Wonderful mistake (part4)

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Wonderful mistake 4



We are two streets away before I return gontona to her sheath. Lereana walks silently beside me, eyes straight ahead but looking at nothing. Theres a red mark on her arm where that worthless male grabbed her, if I ever see him again he will pay.

"Are you ok?" I ask

"Yea, I'm fine. You?"

"Same"

"Are you shore? You got a little fired up back there..."

"Not really, thats just what you have to do to get the point across around here, especially when you look like me"

She relaxes a little "o-ok... Is everyone around here like that?"

"Not everyone, but the majority"

"Oh..."

I look at the bags weighing down her arms "I can carry those"

"Its fine I got them"

"But there mine, You shouldn't have to carry my things"

"You cant carry everything back to your apartment yourself"

"You have more then I do, give me some so at least its fair"

"Ok"

She holds her bag lined arms out and I grab a few, trying to pic out the heaviest ones. We continue on for a wile.

a little stab of pain erupts from my stomach. What in the world?, I must have tweaked a muscle in my abdomen or something. It happens again a little worse "oof"

"What? Did you say something?"

"N-" the pain comes again even worse then before and I gasp

"Are you ok?" She asks

"Im fi-" the pain becomes much more intense. Groaning, I drop the bags and clutch my abdomen, it doesn't help, white hot pain spreads from my abdomen invading my entire torso. I double over, what the heck is wrong with me!?

"Haneir? Wats wrong!?" She asks concerned

"ugh, my stomach"

I feel bile rising up to the back of my throat, No! I refuse to puke! I force myself to swallow it back down. I fall to my knees, breathing hard.

"Your stomach hurts?" Lereana asks

I nod my head

"Do you have a condition? Is this normal? Do you have medication you need to take?"

"No... This is...the first time...ive felt like this" I say thro gritted teeth

"What should I do!?"

"Don't, know"

She kneels down and starts rubbing soft circles in my back. This goes on for a few minutes. thank goodness the street is empty, most of the residence here would take advantage of the situation and rob me... The pain dulls, but doesn't cease. I take a caucus breath and slowly straighten. I look at Lereana, her eyes full of concern.

"Thank you, I think i'll be ok now"

"Are you shore? That came out of nowhere"

"I know, but i'll be fine it was probably nothing"

I gather the bags I dropped and we continue down the street.

"Maybe not, do you have any other symptoms?"

I stop and think, giving myself a mental checkover, theres still dull pain in my abdomen, but I can cope with that, everything else seems to be fine..."none that I know of"

"Well this could be something thats just starting"

"Or I ate something that disagreed with me..." Wait a minute... The expired mayo! Oh I'm such an idiot! "...Awww shoot..."

"What?"

"This morning I ate spoiled mayo..."

"Oh no, you could have food poisoning! Why did you do that?"

"You say that like i did it on purpose..."

"Did it taste bad?"

"Ugh, yes, very"

"Then why didn't you spit it out!?"

"Because I was hungry and there was nothing else to eat"

"Why didn't you wait until after you went shopping?"

"Because I didn't know if I would be able to get more food or not"

"...oh..." The conversation drops and she looks steadily at her feet, we walk on in uncomfortable silence.

Something is wrong, my head is swimming and my stomach is turning. Im starting to breath heavy, little black dots swim across my vision, and I feel like my legs are resisting me, as if I was Weighing thro water...  I lean agents a nearby wall of chipped, gray, bricks... I know this wall, I look up at the structure, its the apartment building, when did I get here? I turn to Lereana

"This is where we part. Thank you for paying for my groceries, i'll have to return the favor someday, but until then, have a good life"

"Nope, no way, your sick. Im going to make shore you get to your apartment safely"

"Its fine, really, I'm ok"

"Oh please, You can barely stand!" She takes the bags from me. "Now im going to make shore you get home safely, no ifs, ands, or buts"

"...uh... Very well... Then I must tell you something"

"What?"

"I lied about having a mistress"

"I figured as much. How do we get in?"

"There" I point to the rusted old revolving door.

"It still works?"

"Kind of... Get in close"

We both squeeze into one of the sections of the revolving door and I push it with my shoulder to let us pass. Once inside I look at Lereana to see her take in the place, shes staring at the front desk wide eyed.

"Dose it not meet your expectations?"

"I wouldn't know, I cant see a thing! Its pitch black in here!"

"Oh, right, your people cant see in the dark, my apologies" take her hand and she flinches "its ok, its just me"

"I know, but your hand is freezing! Your sweating a lot to... You really need to get to your apartment... What floor do you live on?"

"The 12th"

"Ok, wheres the elevator?"

"Don't have one"

"...please tell me your joking..."

"This is a very old building, when it was constructed only the most high class hotels and big business buildings had elevators..."

"So...we'er going to have to climb 12 flights of stairs?"

"Yep, welcome to my life sweetie. Or you can save yourself the trouble by parting ways here"

She starts biting her lip, mulling it over, her face is very Expressing right now, she probably doesn't realize I can see her perfectly...

"No" she says eventually " i'll go up with you, theres no way you can carry all this stuff by yourself"

"Ok, suet yourself, just keep hold of my hand and i'll lead the way"

"Ok"

I lead her to the door to the stairwell and pull it open with its Signature squeal. I feel Lereana jump.

"Its ok, I just opened the door to the stares" I climb the first two steps, gradually bending down so I'm still holding her hand wile shes still standing on the floor. "The first step is right in front of you"

"Ok" she slowly lifts her foot and gingerly taps the surface with her toe before she takes a step, I move up a step and then she takes another step and this pattern continues until she gets the rhythm of the stares and we both move steadily without needing to stop.


"Haneir? Are you ok?" She asks slightly out of breath after we clime past the 5th story door

"Yes.... Im fine" I gasp, when did I get so out of breath? I normally don't feel like this until I reach the 9th or 10th floor...

"Are you shore? Your shaking"

"I am?" ...shes right.

"Yea. You want to take a break?"

"Sounds good"

Lereana slowly lowers herself onto a step and puts the bags down. I lean agents the wall and slide down across from her. We are both breathing heavily, but hers is the normal way someone breaths just after they've claimed 5 floors, mine is the ragged breathing of a man who's had to run for his life... I pull my legs up to my chest and rest my chin on my knees. I look at Lereana, shes staring in my general direction but focusing on nothing, she is completely expressionless, but of corse, what need is there for expression when no one can see it? But I CAN see it, and its unsettling, its almost like shes wearing a mask... I look away and burry my face into my knees.
After a short wile Lereana breath stabilizes, but mine stays ragged.

"Haneir?" She asks

"....ye.... Yes?"

"Do you think you can make up seven more flights of stares?"

"Well...I don't really have.... a choice...do I? We should probably... Continue"

I get up using the wall for support, the world tilts suddenly around me I scrabble at the wall and my long claws find a crack in the chipped brick, I almost yank them out, but it was enuf to stop me from falling.
Lereana is feeling around for the bags, I gather them and hand them to her, then take hold of her hand to help her up. We continue onward.

My head is swimming, my limbs feel like anchors pulling me down, every step seems to take eternity. My muscles ache and bern, all I want to do is lay down and never get up. No, I cant quit now, I'm almost there, we just passed the 9th floor, just three more to go, come on you can do it! Just three more!

Just passed the 10th floor, im no longer leading Lereana, at some point she put her hands on my back and is trying to support me, a fruitless gesture due to our size difference, if I fell back I could easily crush her. But, hey, its the thought that counts, right?

11th floor. My mouth is so dry I would be willing to sell my sole for some water. Im so drenched in sweat my cloths are sticking to my skin... Perhaps I can quench my thirst by licking the sweat off my arm...? No, that would be repulsive, not to mention it would be counter productive considering it would be salty...

Finally the door to the 12th floor comes into view, id never thought I would be so happy to see it. I walk up to it and stop, Lereana starts pushing at my back.

"Come on! It cant be far now" she cant see the door, this wonderful door

"We'er ... Here" I rasp

I push the door open and drag my feet tho. Theres more light in the long hallway due to the window at the end,  its not bright by any extent of the imagination, but it should be enuf for Lereana to see by considering we just came out of total darkness.

"oh, wow! You look dreadful!" She gasps

"I feel dreadful" I mumble

"At least we're almost there"

"Yea..."

"Whats your apartment number?"

"1267"

"Are you KIDDING me!? Thats all the way at the end of the hall!"

"Wish... I was"

"Ugh... At least we're almost there And I can see where im going..."

We walk down the hall, Lereana is looking around curiously at the doors and walls to the other apartments, especially the ones that have something making noise behind them. The edges of my vision is blurry, the pain in my stomach has been gradually getting worse and I am freezing cold. Finally we reach my apartment, I crouch down to get my key from my shoe and head but the wall by mistake. trying again I get the key, but I'm shaking so much I cant slide it into the lock.

"here, I can get that" Lereana says taking the key from me and unlocking the door.

I walk in and Immediately head for the bedroom, but I only make it five steps before I hit my limit, the world twists violently and the floor rushes up to me. My horns crack agents the hard floor, taking the blow and protecting my skull. damn, I was so close...

"Haneir!" I hear Lereana shout, but she sounds muffed and distant. Blackness invades my vision and everything melts away...
part 3:[link]
part 5: [link]
and now the ball is rolling~
poor Haneir... but he should consider himself lucky, oregenaly i was going to have him fall down the stairs when they stoped to rest. can you imagen falling down 5 flights of stares without stop?
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:iconsigh-plz:....feww...he made it!!!!!! I WISH I COULD HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:iconcryfaceplz: