Miki waved her spatula over the top of the fridge to check for Gabriel. "Nope, he's not up here."
Silver finished her video and put her phone away, coming into the kitchen for another cup of coffee. "I'll find him. I don't think he's eaten breakfast yet." She grabbed a bag of trail mix from the pantry and carried that and her coffee down the basement stairs. "Gaaaaabrriieeeeeellll…" she called.
Gabriel sits on the balcony railing, staring down at them.
I'm glad I'm not on the fridge.
Was she just gonna whack me?
He squints, watching Silver go down to the basement to search for him.
Ben picks his phone up off of the bed, reading over the text and inwardly sighing.
What is wrong with this guy??
He texts back-
Whatever, just meet me there.
Silver stood at the base of the stairs and closed her eyes, feeling around the basement for Gabriel. Once she was pretty sure he wasn't down there, she came back up. "I don't think he's down there."
Miki transferred her eggs and bacon to a plate. "Just rattle the trail mix bag and he might come. You know, how you do for a dog or something."
"A dog?!" Kissa snaps. She pops the ice cubes into Cage's shirt and he automatically jumps awake, shrieking.
Gabriel, startled by Cage's shriek, stumbles from the railing and tumbles to the island, a rib cracking on the corner of the island while it pierces through his skin. He's suddenly visible.
"Augh!" he covers the cut with his hand, wincing and trying to keep his footing.
Miki jerked around at Cage's scream, seeing the empty cup in Kissa's hand. She opened her mouth to yell at her when Gabriel cracked down on the counter in front of her. One of his wings dropped down over her and she dove to the ground with a shriek.
Silver gasped, seeing the blood instantly pour from Gabriel's side, and dropped her coffee and the trail mix as she rushed over to Gabe. "VIOOOOLEEEEEET" she screamed at the top of her lungs, holding her hands in front of him but not daring to touch him. "VIIOOOLEEET, GABRIEL'S BLEEDING HELP."
Violet jogs out from the laundry room, walking to him. "Let me see, Love. Let me heal it."
He slowly uncovers it, blood oozing out.
She gulps and covers it with her hands, focusing hard.
I can do this.
"It's gonna be okay."
Cage immediately starts to cry after seeing Gabriel and Kissa slowly heads towards them, eyes narrowed.
Ben runs to the balcony railing, glaring down.
"WHAt is going on!??"
Silver's stomach rolled when Gabriel removed his hands and she saw his rib protruding from his skin surrounded in blood. She stumbled into the kitchen and leaned over the sink, wretching up all of the breakfast she just ate.
Miki scrambled out from under Gabriel's wing in time to see Silver leaning over the sink, but Gabriel's giant wing stretched out between them. She turned away and saw Cage standing in the living room, wet and crying. She stepped around Gabe and put her arms around Cage, patting his shoulder.
"Hey, hey, it's okay." She felt the ice cubes still trapped under his shirt and fished them out.
A thump sounded from the kitchen and she glanced back to see Silver sprawled on the floor, passed out.
Gabriel watches Silver pass out, looking rather guilty.
Oh no…
Ben sighs, heading down the stairs as her pinches the bridge of his nose. "What… did I just witness. Are you healing him?"
Vi nods as he passes her, stepping over Gabriel's wing to reach Sil. He bends down beside her.
"Is there a lot of blood?"
Vi ignores him and he pulls Sil up, leaning her head on his shoulder and standing, his arms under her arms and holding her up.
Дерьмо она тяжелая.
Cage leans on Miki's shoulder, still sobbing.
"Gabriel almost died and Kissa dropped ice cubes in Cage's shirt and Silver just threw up and passed out." Miki recapped, stroking Cage's hair and still patting him.
He groans, pulling Silver up so that her feet are off the floor. He starts to walk backwards, almost tripping on Gabriel's wings. "Augh. I'm taking her to her room."
Vi ignores him again, closing her eyes so she can focus harder.
"Ben, she's just–" Miki began as he started carrying her up the stairs. "Okay. Whatever. She'll probably wake up in like two minutes." She gently moved herself and Cage to the couch where they were a little more comfortable.
Walking backwards the entire way, Ben reaches Silver’s room and hoists her up onto her bed.
Geez, you’re so heavy.
Violet let’s out a sigh and takes her hands off of Gabriel’s skin, leaving nothing more than a small scratch. He stares at it in awe, though he looks slightly terrified. She washes her hands in the sink, scrubbing all of the blood off, and makes herself a cup of ice water before sitting down in the living room. Kissa looks over Gabriel’s chest.
How did she do that??
Silver's eyes fluttered open as soon as she touched the bed, instinctively twisting as her wings got contorted under her body. "Nnnggg," she moaned, frowning at Ben as her sight focused. "Mhut you doin, M'en?"
Miki stared, half horrified, half in awe. "What the pickle, Violet? What did you just do??"
Ben glares. “You passed out on my floor. If you’re tired, stay up here.”
Violet rubs her forehead and downs the whole glass of water, not bothering to answer Miki.
Kissa sets her hands on Gabriel, rubbing the spot with her thumbs. “Does it hurt?”
Gabriel shakes his head.
Cage looks up, sniffling. “What happened..?”
Silver gasped, staring at him. "Ben! You think I just decided to take a nap? I passed out!" she smacked his leg as she sat up.
Miki wiped Cage's face with her sleeve. "Gabriel tripped and Silver is taking a nap. Everything's okay."
Ben puts his hand on her face, pushing her back. “Augh, I don’t care! Pass out somewhere else.” He grumbles.
“He tripped?” Cage looks over to Gabriel. “But… wasn’t there blood? Where is it?”
Silver sighed, rubbing her forehead. "I'm sorry. I was just started to see you there when I woke up. Is Gabriel okay?" She swung her legs off the bed and tried to stand up, but her head started swimming again so she plopped back down, squeezing her eyes shut.
"Shh, shh." Miki said, trying to keep him from looking. "Violet cleaned him up. He's okay now. It wasn't as bad as it looked."
Not with Gabriel again.
He leans down, putting his hand on her arm.
"Are you okay?"
Cage stares, obviously confused, and gives a small sigh.
"Okay." He whispers.
Kissa puts her face near the wound, only to have it shoved away by Gabriel. She hisses and he glares at her, pulling his shirt down.
Enough.
Silver blinked, nodding slowly. "I… think so. I just got really dizzy for a second."
Miki patted Cage's shoulder and left him, going into the kitchen to get a rag to help Violet and Gabriel clean up. She came up to Gabriel, raising an eyebrow and holding up the rag. "Please clean yourself up because neither of us want me to clean you up."
Ben squats in front of her bed, trying to make eye contact with her. "Did you hit your head? I should bring Violet up here."
He takes the rag from her hand, narrowing his eyes.
Don't touch me.
He raises his shirt and begins to scrub the blood off.
She frowned. "I don't think so…? I just remember throwing up and my head throbbing and my vision going black." she put a hand to her forehead. "What happened?"
Miki grinned, pointing a finger-gun at him before returning to the kitchen to clean out the sink.
Aaaaaah.
“Well….” He draws the word out, trying to think of what actually did happen. “I think Gabriel fell from the balcony? And there was some blood. Who knew you had a weak stomach?” He smiles, trying to play down the whole scene.
Silver squinted at Ben. "Weak stomach? Ben, Gabriel had a bone sticking out of him. Is he even okay? We can't take him to the hospital or anything." She tried to stand up again. "I need to check on him."
He sets a hand on her shoulder. “Sil, don’t worry. He’s fine. Vi fixed it.”
Violet sighs, rubbing her forehead and closing her eyes.
Im just-
i need a nap.
Silver paused, frowning at him. "Fixed it, Ben? You can't fix a freaking PROTRUDING rib, Ben! You can't just put duck tape on it!"
Miki finished cleaning the sink and turned back to her food she left on the counter. "Maaaaan, my food's cold!"