Chapter 7:
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You and Nikolai stayed in your embrace for a while. You admitted that it was indeed very comfortable but you did need to check up on Takeo and Richtofen. You gently pushed at Nikolai's chest and he seemed to get the message as he let you go almost immediately. No words were said between you two after that but as you turned away from him you couldn't help but notice he was a bit of a blushing mess. Not to mention Dempsey was death glaring him. 'That is one stressy American' you thought to yourself.
You nervously walked over to where Richtofen who appeared to still be cleaning up the blood around Takeo's nose. You wanted to politely ask if Takeo would be ok and if his nose was broken but something about Richtofen made you nervous. Really nervous. So instead a simple and polite question, your mouth decided to just blurt out "Is it broken?!" This sudden outburst seemed to startle both the Doctor and the Warrior. Richtofen looked at you with a slightly shocked face at first but then it softened a bit as he began to talk. "Nein. But it vill be bruised for a vhile." You just nodded simply and looked at Takeo with a sympathy. 'Stupid attractive American. Why was he so clingy about a girl he met literally today?! Wait attractive? No (Y/N)! Bad (Y/N)!' You mentally slapped yourself at your annoying thoughts. You wanted to take your mind off of them. Off of him. "Is there anything I can do to help, Doc?" You asked the German standing next to you. He shifted his gaze slightly from Takeo's nose to you before nodding. "You could clean up ze blood around his nose? Vhilst I have a little talk vith our American... friend..." he spoke softly which made you suspicious. 'What does he mean "little talk" and why does he new to have this "little talk" with the douche bag anyway?' You tried shaking the thoughts from your mind and agreed to do as the doctor said.
You tore a piece of tissue from the roll that Richtofen had magically made appear and wet it under a nearby faucet. You strode back over to Takeo and started to lightly dab the wet tissue on his bloodied up nose. He grunted in pain slightly at the first bit of contact but then relaxed a little as you continued the process. After most of the blood was gone you couldn't help but look into those chocolatey brown eyes you had suddenly fallen for not too long ago. You noticed he seemed to be doing the same to you. You also felt both of you leaning in slightly. That was until you were interrupted, again, by Richtofen and Dempsey shouting at each other. 'Oh boy. Here we go again.' You thought to yourself as you walked up to the two men. Just as you arrived at the scene of round 2 of Dempsey's short temper, the douche bag himself decided to shove the doctor. 'Men.' You thought as you tried to get in between them as fast as possible in order to prevent another fight to break out. However seconds after you had wiggled your way in between the men, you felt a fist come into contact with your face. You were shocked at first, as were the two men towering either side of you. But that shock very quickly turned into rage as you eyed the culprit. Dempsey looked back you with sorry and scared eyes. "I- I'm so-sor- y-you shouldn't h-have been standing there in the first place!" He managed to stutter out. You couldn't control your body as your hand automatically struck him across the face, the sound of the harsh contact making everyone in the room wince. Dempsey looked very taken aback by this and didn't dare retaliate. 'That showed him.' You thought to yourself. "Now. Would one of care to explain what the two of you were fighting about?" You spat at them. Richtofen looked at you with puppy dog eyes as he seemed to be struggling to find the words. You didn't dare to even look at the marine behind you as you all knew he'd have to be a new kind of stupid to get himself even more involved than he already was.
After a long and painful silence, Richtofen finally spoke, but in a slightly hushed tone as though not to anger you anymore. "V-vell, Takeo had told me about vhat had happened at ze mainframe a-and I didn't think it vas f-fair that Takeo came out of ze situation with a bruised nose and Dempsey had nothing to show for it..." Once you had processed what the doctor had just said you looked into his eyes. Those beautiful green eyes... 'No (Y/N)!' He looked back into your eyes with a look of hope evident on his face. You didn't know what to say anymore so you just nodded. You then tore your eyes away from his and looked over at Takeo who seemed to have been looking at the back of your head. You had completely forgotten about your injury and the amount of blood that had leaked out. You went to walk back over to the table Takeo was sat on but your legs gave way half way there. The last thing you remember before blacking out was the worried voice of Richtofen and the feel of his strong arms wrapped around you as he laid your head on his lap before darkness consumed you.
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