The Dorms

My phone alarm goes off waking me from my nap in the booth. 4:30 time for another transfusion. I go back into the ladies room to find Kiba passed out slumped on the floor back against the table. I pull out my tools tapping my vein with quick precision before sticking him with the needle on the other side of the tubing. I raise my arms over my head again to allow the transfusion to work with more ease. He still hasn't woken up, but his breathing and pulse are steadier color and warmth returning to him. After 10 long minutes the transfusion is complete. I still have no idea where he got such burns, there were no fires reported in the area. Perhaps he had the misfortune of coming across one of King Asshole's little fire wielding employees. I brush some of his hair out his face, black coming up with it. It's not dye, its dirty. I lean over and smell his hair. Cinders. The amount of buildup in his hair is immense. Fuck, he's a fire user, he must have pushed himself past his limits. I feel dizzy so I walk back out and grab a Twix from my hoodie and another glass of water from the bar. I kick Kiba on the foot and tell him to go take a nap while I take over watch.

"Fuck it hurts." My eyes shoot over to him from my phone. "Hey, you're finally awake, that's good I was hoping you would be up in time for me to move you while everyone is still asleep." He looks up at me just as I walk over to stand next to him. Fuck! He stole water from the Caribbean and put them in his head and called them eyes, I can barely breathe looking at them an odd comfort, sadness, and anger coming over me as I do. "You came baby, patched me up good too." I shake away the gravitational pull of those damn eyes. "Did you really think I wouldn't?" He nods "I told you the truth about me, you could have just let me die, hell most would." I feel wetness on my face as I shake my head at him voice cracking "I couldn't do that, not ever." He gives me a weak smile. "So where is it were going baby?" I wipe my face. "I'm going to have to keep an eye on you a few days, I'm taking you back to my dorm room." He chuckles "Careful baby, I might never leave, you're even cuter in person. Beautiful really." I turn away so he won't see my face turn tomato red.

The Uber drops us off out front of the dorms, it's barley light out, but now that it's just after 6 the automatic locks will have undone. I help him up to the 2nd floor slowly then into my room. He looks ridiculous in my pajama pants and hoodie, but I needed to cover him up in case we were spotted. I help him out of the clothes aware they are only adding to his pain then lower him to my bed. "I have a private toilet, so that's good. You can't shower until you're healed sponge baths only, so it shouldn't be a big deal that I'm going to have to basically keep you hidden in here." He just watches me while I gather up clothes and shower supplies. "Are you going to class?" I nod yawning "I napped when I could, I'll be fine, if I don't go to class Natchan will come to check on me and find you here." His face changes at the name. "That must be your friends name, you never said before." He's right, I just said it without thinking. Sleep deprivation I suppose. "Anyway, I trust him with everything, but I have no idea how he would feel about this whole situation." He nods at me understanding.

I hand him a scone I overpaid a girl in my building for, "Sorry, all I could get my hands on for now. I'll make an excuse at lunch with Natchan so I can bring you more food and check in on you." He keeps looking at me as if he's lost "You don't have to change your whole schedule for me baby." I squat down in front of him to look him in the face "You're right I don't have to. I'm a loner, but I'm also stubborn I tend to only do what I want, only Natchan Knows how to work around it to bring me out of my shell even then if it's something I'm really uncomfortable with it still won't happen. So I'm going to take care of you, look after your wounds, make sure you're getting food, try to keep you company when I can, hide you from prying eyes and I'm going to do all those things because I fucking decided last night that's what I was going to damn do." He puts his hand under my chin leans over and plants a soft peck on my lips "Thank you baby, I'm grateful." I stare with a shocked expression shit, how does breathing work again? In and out, that's it. Why is he so damn hot? And that fucking voice, Christ. "I'll see you soon as I can" I do my best to play it off cool. "The dorms will be mostly empty while I'm gone, but still try to stay quiet."