#veir

"Where's River?" 

"he's at school" Arthur said "Or else he'd be here with us… since Master Tyler's been gone since yesterday evening"

"He's been there that long?" Veir frowned, "Damn… it must've been horrible…" 

Arthur nodded as he worked.  Tyler looked so incredibly pale, and much skinnier than before.  "We've been struggling to contact him, and find him in that time"

"We went to help… but made it worse.. " Kaen said quietly. 

"you did not make it worse" Arthur said"sir… will you come help me to reset Master Tyler's arm?"

"I mean, if I can help" Veir said, moving towards him with an anxious expression, "I don't know that much about first aid…" 

"That is not a problem" Arthur said "I just need you to hold him down"

Veir did as told. 

Arthur got ready to reset Tyler's arm, before nodding to Veir.  The he popped the should back in.

Tyler's eyes snapped open and immediately struggled again Veir.

"No, no don't move" Veir said, holding Tyler back as gentle as he could, and keeping him from moving, "We're just helping" 

Arthur immediately moved to Tyler's elbow.  "Master Tyler, this is going to hurt" he said twisting Tyler's arm again.

A scream echoed through the room, before Tyler went limp, eyes rolling back.

Kaen was watching them with tears in his eyes, wanting to help, but knowing even if he wasn't injured, he wouldn't be in any help without healing power like Naomi. He reached Tyler's good hand, and gently took it, that was all he could do from laying on the other bed. 

Tyler hand was cold and limp, almost felt boney and fragile.

Arthur finished treating Tyler's injuries before he turned to Kaen.

"now it's your turn, Sir Kaen" he said.

Kaen gathered the tiny flickers of power inside him, and sent them towards Tyler, not wanting him to be cold.

He looked up at Arthur, "His hand… cold…" he said quietly. 

Arthur placed a gentle hand on Kaen's hair.  "He lost a lot of blood" he said "Now let me see that wound of yours"

Kaen lifted his arm, showing Arthur the bandages Veir secured over his middle, as he laid back, he couldn't stop wincing at the sharp sting of pain. 

"I'm going to clean it and if needed stitched up" Arthur said as he started taking of the bandage.

Veir came over to there, and took Kaen's hand, "Squeeze if you need to" he said softly, trying to comfort his friend. He knew Kaen would try to suffer through it without help if he didn't offer it… 

Kaen's hand curled up around Veir's, as he closed his eyes and shivered, turning slightly so Arthur could see the whole wound and treat it, ".... it's cool… that you know… like a doctor…" he said quietly, "Tyler must need it a lot…" 

"If only every NightAngel weren't as stubborn…" Arthur said as he finished taking of the bandages "I am now going to numb the area"

"Just… go on… " Kaen nodded. 

With gentle and practiced hand Arthur numbed the area as he clean the wound.  "looks like you'll have to get some stitching" he said.

Kaen clenched his jaw, but didn't make any sound. 

"Can he sleep?" Veir asked quietly. 

Arthur shook his head.  "not yet… but he wouldn't feel anything while I'm working"

"It's…'kay…" Kaen whispered, just laying there. 

Without wasting any time, Arthur stitched up the wound and quickly bandaged it again before moving to Kaen's head.

"After I'm done here, I'll give you some medicine for the pain and the concussion, only after you've taken that, you can sleep"

Veir held Kaen's hand, trying to distract, and keep him awake by talking to him about some random stuff.

Arthur cleaned the gash on Kaen's head, gently wrapping a bandage around it before stepping back.  He quickly went over to the medicine cupboard, taking out a few pills before going back. 

"Please drink this… then you can rest"

"Let me help" Veir said, taking them from Arthur, before he helped Kaen take them. 

Kaen laid back down after taking it, finally able to relax a little bit, "....wake….me up… when Tyler wakes" he whispered, curling up on his side. 

"Of course, Sir" Arthur said before turning to Veir "Do you need anything, sir?"

Veir shook his head. He looked mostly fine, his hair was tousled up, with some small cuts or bruises on his hands and face, "I'll just stay with Kaen" 

Arthur frowned at him.  "Stubborn children…. Let me see the cuts and bruises" he said.

"It's not that bad, really" Veir said with a smile, "I can just wash my hands, it's regular stuff" 

"Absolutely not" Arthur said, " Master Tyler will never let me hear the end of it if I don't make sure everyone is treated"

Veir sighed, "Alright… thanks" he said, sitting down on the chair at the side of the bed, "I don't even feel them, it's nothing serious " 

Arthur gave him a slight smile.  "Infection can be in any wound, Sir" the old man said as he brought his things over to take care of Veir's injuries.

Veir smiled, waving his feet in the air, "You're really nice" he said softly. 

Arthur just smiled as he gently cleaned Veir's injuries.

"Don't let him fool you, sweety….  That old man is scary" Bell's voice said.

"I've seen it" Veir smiled, "Uhh… nice to meet you too… I guess? Nice AI lady… Bell?" 

"Awe .. aren't you just too cute ..  yes I'm Bell.  And I'm in control of this entire house… and the smartest AI you'll ever meet"

That made Veir chuckle, "That's really cool…" he said, "uhh… do you see like… through a camera? Do you have cameras everywhere?" 

"Yes I see through any and every camera in this mansion, but don't worry I don't go into bathrooms" Bell said "But there are speakers everywhere for me"

"You talk like a real person…. It's so cool " Veir said, "I've never met an AI this nice before" 

"And you never will again" Bell said "I'm special"

"Alright enough chatting" Arthur said "het some rest, Sir" 

Veir nodded, leaning back on the chair, he glanced back at Kaen, who was sleeping soundly. "He got into trouble again… we shouldn't have separated…" he said.  

"Sir… some advice from an old man…. It was not your fault . Neither of you can predict the future" Arthur said as he cleaned everything up "You did the best with the information you had"

"You're kinda right…" Veir nodded, "But I still feel that…" 

"Of course you do, Sir" Arthur said "Pardon my rudeness, but what is your name?"

"I'm Veir" he said, "And… uhh… you can just use my name…" 

Arthur smiled slightly as he gave Veir a polite bow.

"Unfortunately I cannot honour that request.  As a butler of the Tarath mansion, that would be against my duties" Arthur said.

"Oh… okay…" Veir nodded after a moment, "Sorry" 

“No worries, Sir” Arthur said “Not even Sir Kaen could manage to get me to call him by his name”

"He must've tried really hard" Veir chuckled, shaking his head, "He probably feels awkward" 

Arthur smiled and nodded.  “And the fact that Bell flirted with him, did not help” he said as he cleaned.

"She did what" Veir's eyes opened wide, before he laughed quietly, "Damn…of course he didn't tell me about it" 

“Oh yes…. He went as red a tomato” Bell chipped in “It was adorable”

A small grunt sounded from Kaen, like he was arguing with them from his sleep. 

Bell’s voice laughed.  

Arthur smiled as he finished.  “Alright…. Now can I bring you something to drink or eat?” he asked.  

Veir shook his head, "I'm fine" he said, "Don't worry" 

The old man nodded.  “Let me know if you need anything…  I’ll be up stairs” he said.

***

The throbbing pain on his head was what woke Kaen up, immediately followed by another wave of pain from his side. His whole body ached with exhaustion. 

He slowly peeled his eyes open, blinking at the dim light wherever he was, he didn't remember where, or when… 

Tyler still lay motionless on the second bed in the room, breathing shallowly, but better than before.  

At the sight of Tyler like that, Kaen slowly remembered what happened, in bits and pieces, but still enough. 

He lifted one hand, trying to reach to the other bed, but someone must've moved him a little far away, so he couldn't reach. 

The door opened and a blond boy walked into the room, carrying a tray with cups and some snacks.

"....Ri…. River… ?" Kaen mumbled weakly, looking at him, before closing his eyes. 

For a moment the teen stopped, blinking at Kaen, before he smiled and walked over.  “Hey, Kai” he said as he put the tray down, next to the bed. 

"...'re.. you…" Kaen tried to ask why River looked bigger than he remembered, but he couldn't say the words quite right, "....why… big…?" 

River snorted.  “Because that’s what people do…  they tend to grow up” he said shaking his head. 

"No… you're…. Ur…supposed to be… small…" Kaen grunted, he pushed himself to sit up, his elbows trembling under his weight, "How….uhh… how much time….past… here?" 

“The last time I saw you,  I was thirteen…. So probably three years” River said “And if you plan on moving, let me help, cause you look like shit”

"... three years…" Kaen muttered, "Everyone's getting old… before me…" 

River patted Kaen’s shoulder.  “Don’t worry…. You’ll get there” he said, with a copy of Tyler smirk.

"Can you help me sit up…?" 

The teen nodded.  “Yeah… Come on” he said as he carefully helped Kaen to sit up “You want something to drink or eat?”

"Not yet" Kaen said, his focus turning to Tyler once again, "Is he alright?" 

River looked over at Tyler, his expression turning serious.  “Yeah….” he said “He should be….  If he wasn’t such a freaken moron”

Kaen sighed, "Sorry… we couldn't help earlier" he said, one hand on the bandages around his side, since it kept hurting.

“You do realize it’s not your fault, right?” River said as he sank down on the chair between the two000 bed “By the way your friend, Veir is upstairs in one of the bedrooms.  You two idiots scared him half to death”

Giving River a small nod, Kaen smiled, "You grew up… a lot" he said with a caring expression. 

River smiled as he started fiddling with his fingers.  “Thanks…. I guess…” he said “I actually missed you guys…  And Ty needs more friends, Garth is too far away to be of any use”. 

"It feels weird… to be here after a lot of time" 

“That’s true….  But it’s nice having someone else in the house as well” River said, his eyes flickering to his brother.

"How has he been?" Kaen asked, glancing at Tyler also, "He looked bad, when we found him" 

River sighed and shook his head.  “He’s….  He’s not good” he said “The demon doesn’t heal him at all anymore.  He tries to hide it, but he’s in constant pain”

"Heat helped before…. Does it still makes him feel cold? I want to help" 

“He’s cold all the time” River said, looking down at his hands.  

Kaen just reached towards Tyler, and slowly, a blanket of heat covered him, wrapping him in a gentle fuzzy way. 

A soft breath sounded from Tyler.  

River quickly looked over at him, before getting to his feet.  

“I’ve got school to get to” he said “Arthur or Veir will probably be here in a few minutes”

"Won't you give your brother a hug?" Kaen asked with a smile, opening his arms slightly to hug, careful not to pull at his stitches. 

River chuckled and shook his head as he stepped up to Kaen.  “All right” he said, giving Kaen a hug “Take care, alright”

"I'll try" Kaen nodded. 

“Thanks, Kai” River said, before he pulled back and left the room.  

Kaen turned back to Tyler, just watched him, and waiting for him to wake up. 

Tyler groaned softly, feeling himself starting to wake up.  Every part of his body hurt, but he was used to that.  His memories about what happened was foggy and confused, but that was fine.

"Ty… hey, can you hear me" Kaen whispered. 

Without opening his eyes, Tyler frowned slightly.  “It’s been a while since he heard that voice, but that couldn’t be.  With a groan he opened his eyes, blinking up at the ceiling.  He was in the bunker….  

That made sense at least.

"Tyler" Kaen repeated when he saw Tyler opening his eyes, "Ty, are you here…?" 

Slowly he turned his head slightly towards the voice.  Then he squinted at the figure on the bed.  “Hmm….  I’m either hallucinating….  Or that’s Kaen….” he muttered to himself.

That made Kaen chuckle slightly, "Not hallucinating…" he said softly, with a smile. 

The corner of Tyler’s mouth pulled into a slight smile.  “Hm… good to know I’m not going crazy yet” he said.

"You won't go crazy…" 

“How… do you know?” Tyler asked, before groaning, slowly pushing himself up a bit.

"Hey, don't get up" Kaen said, reaching over like he wanted to stop him. 

Tyler motioned to Kaen to relax.  “Just…  moving… a bit” he said tiredly.  

"You need to lay down…" Kae7n said, leaning over to him from where he was sitting on the bed, "You worried River and Arthur a lot" 

Groaning, Tyler slumped back into the pillows.  “....Dammit…” he muttered “Sorry….”

"How do you feel?" Kaen asked quietly.

Tyler hesitated, before he just sighed.  “Everything hurts…” he said. 

"Maybe we should call Arthur…" 

“No… It’s fine” Tyler said “What happened?”

"Me and Veir suddenly found ourselves here…. And then Bell called us" Kaen explained quietly, "She told us she couldn't contact you… and we went to look where she last tracked you… and you were injured… " 

“You and Veir….” Tyler said slowly “Why did you save me?  You could have gotten hurt worse…”

"I don't care" Kaen shrugged, careful not to move too much into Tyler's line of sight, to hide the bandages, "You're my friend, I help when you need" 

Tyler frowned and before Kaen could say anything sat up.  The quick movement made his head turn a bit, but he just clenched his jaw and looked over at the teen.

"You got hurt" he said.

"Just lay back down" Kaen said, leaning over to him, with a worried expression, "You were worse, Arthur already took care of me" 

"I'm fine sitting up" Tyler said, before reaching up to his throat with one hand.  He could all but feel rope burns there.

"Don't touch it too much…" Kaen said softly, "It will hurt more" 

"Guess I caused them a bit more trouble then they reckoned on" Tyler said before rubbing his wrists slightly over the bandages.

"Bell, do you know where painkillers are?" Kaen asked, as he prepared to get up from the bed, moving the blanket from over him, and swinging his legs from the edge of the bed. When he removed the blanket, it just revealed the bandages he had around his side. 

"It's in the cabinet to your left" Bell's voice said.

Kaen slowly stepped on the floor, still holding onto the bed, and took a shaky step, and another, and another… 

Just as he was opening the cabinet door, his knees decided to buckle under his weight, accompanied with a sharp wave of pain from the stitches. 

İnstead of the floor, like he thought, he was just met with the air holding him up, noticing Veir's telekinesis. 

"Dude, don't go walking around injured" Veir's voice came from the door. "We'll have to scrape you off of floor" 

Tyler snorted at that before turning his head so he could see Veir.  

"Nice catch" he said.

"Hey Tyler" Veir smiled, as he walked over, and the telekinesis holding Kaen up got stronger, almost like carrying all of his weight, "Come on… let's get you back to the bed" he said, "Why were you even up?" 

"Getting painkillers…" Kaen said quietly. He was used to Veir catching him mid-fall like that at this point, "For Ty" 

"I'm fine" Tyler said "You didn't need to"

"Yes, I needed to" Kaen muttered, "I was just so worried… I suddenly end up here and then Bell calls me telling you're in trouble… and then you were injured.. " 

"I'm sorry…" Tyler said with a sigh "Things got a bit out of control…"

Veir grabbed the painkillers from the cabinet, and helped Kaen back to the bed, "There you go… I think you should take some too, Arthur told me to give you two some when you wake up" 

Kaen nodded with a grateful expression, "Sorry… didn't mean to snap at you" he said to Tyler, "But I was just worried…" 

"Don't worry about…" Tyler started coughing before he could finish speaking.  He leaned forward, pressing his hand over his mouth, as the coughing ripped through his chest.

Kaen rubbed Tyler's back, making his hand warm, to ease the coughs a little, "Do you want me to call Arthur?" He asked. 

Tyler shook his head, as the coughing finally died down and he managed to take a proper breath.  He wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, hiding the blood.

Kaen just handed him a tissue he snatched from the side of the bed, "I know it" he said softly, still rubbing Tyler's back, a sad expression on his face, "Don't hide…" 

A slight smile formed on Tyler's face as he shrugged.  "Habit" he said.

"I missed you" Kaen said, giving him also a smile. 

Tyler cleaned his hand before patting Kaen on the head.

Kaen leaned forward and hugged Tyler, "Are you in pain?" He asked softly, just wrapped his arms around him, shifting slightly so his wound didn't hurt as much. 

"Everything hurts kiddo….but it's not more than usual" he said.

"Do you take your medicine? I'll try to keep you warm" Kaen said, already falling into concerned friend mode, "Are you even eating properly?" 

Tyler chuckled.  “Yeah…” he said “I take my medicine.  Thank you for the warmth, it’s nice…  and no, Arthur will complain that I don’t”

"I'll go cook something for you" 

"Not right now" Veir said, "Iya will go crazy if I let you go around injured" Veir said. 

“Yeah…. I agree with Veir” Tyler said “Although….  There’s some leftover from yesterday”

Kaen flinched with pain when he tried to move again, holding his side. He was used to the headache throbbing by now, but the cut just kept hurting. "...shoot… moved so quick" he muttered. 

“Sit down, Kiddo” Tyler said, before looking at Veir “There’s three syringes in the cabinet…  Bring me the smallest one please…”

Kaen slowly sat down, forcing himself to take a few deep breaths. 

Veir did as told immediately. 

“Thanks…” Tyler said as he took the syringe “How are you guys doing?  Iya and the others?”

"Iya's… just trying to take care of me… I don't leave her anything else to do" Kaen muttered, guilt filling his voice. 

“But she’s alright?” Tyler asked softly.

"She's doing fine" Kaen said with a nod, "We draw together and watch movies…"

Smiling slightly, Tyler nodded.  “Conrad and the rest of your team?”

"Conrad's still working us hard" Veir said, "Though Kaen gets a pass on hard exercises" 

"It's not my fault… I want to do it" Kaen pouted. 

Tyler laughed as he pulled up his sleeve, ready to inject himself with the syringe. 

Kaen glanced at him, before putting his hand on Ty byler's shoulder, "Do you need anything?" He asked softly, supporting his arm so it stayed still. 

“No…  Don’t worry…” Tyler said, taking a deep breath, before injecting himself.  He breathed out as he pressed the plunger down.

Kaen nodded, and handed Tyler another piece of tissue, "Here" he said, motioning to his arm. 

Tyler took a deep breath as he pulled the needle out.  Quickly he took the tissue pressing it over the small wound.  “Thanks, Kiddo”

Kaen snuggled to his side, and Veir pulled the blanket over both of them. 

"Pearl missed you, I guess" Kaen said, "When I show pictures, she tries to bump her head at my phone…." 

Tyler chuckled.  “She’s such a drama queen…” he said.

"Yeah, she loved when there was lots of people around" Kaen smiled, "Naomi wants to meet you again… so she can heal a little more" 

“Ah….  Naomi” Tyler said, closing his eyes.  His body was already exhausted again.  “She’s… good”

"Just go to sleep" Kaen said quietly. 

Tyler muttered something as he started fading again. 

Kaen also fell asleep next to Tyler, his one arm wrapped protectively around him, like he was scared he would disappear. 

Footsteps sounded from the stairs, before Arthur came into into the room.  “I see they’ve woken up” he said.