"Hey!" Adrien scooted away again and smacked his hand, pursing his lips a bit when Alex pulled away. Goosebumps sprung up on his arms, beckoned by the slight chill in the air that only seemed colder without someone to hold him. He sighed. "Alright, make me angry then."
Alex raised a brow, scratching at the back of his neck, "I mean, I know I've pissed you off before but that was an accident. I don't quite want to make you angry myself… can't you think of something?"
Adrien sighed and nodded, though he knew he wasn't going to leave this more bitter than angry. But who knew, bitterness could be just perfect for what he wanted to do. "Alright, stand back," he warned, and then he was pulling up all the memories he could think of. It was easy at first, bitchy nurses and dad's constant working and the way he flinched whenever he looked himself in the mirror, and then it got harder. That was when the wind started blowing in.
Alex took a few steps back. He hoped Adrien could at least learn how to control the wind when he needed it to stop. If Adrien managed to form the hurricane Alex knew that would have to be the end of training, considering how much effort it would probably take to form one of decent size.
Adrien's eyebrows pressed together and it was hard to tell if he was angry or trying to concentrate with his eyes closed. His mouth was still in that deft little frown, only growing sharper as the wind picked up and the beginnings of a hurricane began to take shape. Something was leaving him as the wind whirled faster and faster, leaching from his chest and whirling around in the swirling depths of the growing storm.
Alex held his hands up against the wind. Okay, he knew this was his head, but it had to stop. As long as he knew Adrien could do this that was all that matters, "Adrien! You can stop now!" He called out, stumbling back a step from the force of the wind.
Adrien could only hear him distantly, Alex's voice drowned out by the howling of the wind. The wind blew harder, pelting everything around them with twigs and rocks picked up from the ground, and the trees which had once been rustling peacefully were now having their leaves torn off and tossed into the air.
Alex stumbled back a bit more, trying to get to Adrien. This would be the end of their training session for today, he decided. The wind was blowing too harshly for Alex to get close enough by walking or running… so he jumped, short jumps were probably more dangerous then longer jumpers but he did it and landed right behind Adrien, placing his hands on his hips to let him know he was there.
Adrien jolted and for a second the wind picked up, pelting both of them with twigs and pebbles. He turned back hurriedly, fear alight in his eyes, but as soon as he saw Alex he seemed to calm down, and the wind faded to a light breeze once more. He was quiet for a long time, just looking back at Alex thoughtfully until he reached down to set his hands on top of the worldwalker's. "So I'm guessing we're done with today's little training session?"
Alex offered a small smile, "You guessed correctly," He was getting ready to go himself, to be honest, his chest beginning to hurt from the gashes, "Ready to go back to your home then?" He asked, pulling Adrien closer and getting ready to make the jump.
Adrien laughed dryly and settled against Alex's chest, doing his best to avoid the gashes even though he knew he had to be backed into at least one. He'd make it up to Alex when they got home. "I'm always ready to head back home. Beam us up, Scotty."
Alex raised an eyebrow, "I have no idea what that means." He replied, shaking his head before making the jump back home. In a few seconds, they were in one place and then landing in Adrien's living room. Alex stumbled but didn't fall, steadying them both.
Adrien grimaced as they made the jump, sitting heavily on the couch while his stomach pitched a full-scale revolution to escape up his throat. "It's from a show," he explained, when his stomach was no longer trying to muscle past his gag reflex and it felt relatively safe to talk. "A very good show. One you should watch with me when my internal organs aren't trying to escape because of your hoodoo."
Alex ran a hand through his hair, biting his lip, "So you're just gonna refer to it as hoodoo now? Like for however long we're stuck with each other?" He raised a brow, looking from the ground to Adrien with a small smile.
Adrien rolled his eyes. "It's what it is, Alex. And besides, calling it hoodoo makes it less…" He paused, wondering when he'd decided he could get all mushy around Alex. "It makes it more approachable, is all. If I called it magic I'd never be comfortable with it."
Alex shrugged a shoulder, rubbing at his chest before taking a seat on the coffee table, "Fairs fair. How you feeling, though? After using your hoodoo like you did?" He leaned forwards, resting his arms on his knees. He figured that using his talents would be quite draining, like how he felt after he jumped.
Adrien's lips quirked up into a dry smile when Alex called it hoodoo. "Really fucking tired. And also kind of empty, like… I don't have the energy for emotions right now so I'm just running a blank slate." He slumped down, making himself comfortable as he sprawled out on the couch. "How about you? How's your chest feeling?"
Alex sighed softly, watching Adrien for a moment before looking down at his chest, "Sore, but not unbearable. Kinda tired but it's probably nothing like what you're feeling." He rubbing at his eyes with his thumb and middle finger, scrunching up his face.
"Lemme see." Adrien flopped onto his back and then made grabby hands at Alex until he came over so Adrien could check his bandages. Or… tried to. His shirt was proving to be quite the challenge and eventually Adrien gave up on trying to push it out of the way and tugged on the hem to get Alex's attention. "This needs to come off."
"Yes sir." He replied, grabbing the back of the neck line and pulling the shirt over his head with minimal pain. The bandages didn't look too bad, but would probably need changing in a couple hours if Adrien didn't decide to take them off now.
Adrien rolled his eyes with a derisive snort, but there was undisguised worry in his gaze as he took in the crumpled bandages crisscrossing over Alex's chest. Blood was starting to soak through the corners of his cuts. His own chest was starting to ache and he didn't know if it was his heart acting up or just sympathy. He didn't know which he would prefer.
"Yeah, yeah, wise guy. Cut the sarcasm and do something useful instead, like grabbing that first aid kit over there." He waved vaguely at the coffee table.
Alex rolled his eyes, refraining from making a remark back to Adrien as he lent over and grabbed the kit, "Are you going to be this bossy all the time?" he asked, handing him the first aid kit before leaning back ever so slightly.
Adrien sighed loudy, and began rifling around the kit for some bandages and medical gauze. "Only when you're being a twat." He pulled the guze out with a victorious smile and then grabbed Alex by the hips to yank him a little closer. It was easy to pick apart the bandages from here, soon Adrien had them in a bloody mess on the carpet while he carefully smeared more antiseptic up the long gashes on Alex's torso. "These are definitely gonna scar, you know."
"I was not being a twat," He mumbled, rubbing at his cheek to hide the very, very faint blush that was appearing. He looked down at his chest and the gashes before shrugging, "Not the only scars I have, they'll just add to the collection." He couldn't care less about the scaring, he'd seen worse on other people and had a few himself. It was one of those things that he'd become accustomed to.
Adrien shot him a disbelieving look, and then went back to working on Alex's chest. When he was done making sure the wouldn't get infected, he started bandaging it up again, taping gauze over them and then wrapping his torso in bandages with a care that almost surprised him. "God, you really are a mess, aren't you? How many times have you almost died like this?" His fingers traced over the gashes gently, eyes flicking up to Alex's face.