More Rutipads for the soul
By the time they arrived, the elder was searching through the cabinets in the kitchen, taking out a few packets of something before putting some things back where they were. The younger gem watched them for a little bit before they went to the small wooden table and sat down, pulling their legs into the warm abyss that the other’s large sweater provided. It was quiet between them for a little longer before the redhead finished their task, going to the table and putting a hot cup of tea in front of the other before sitting down across from them. “What’s going on, Rutile?”
Their eyes looked at the other’s worried face before they looked at the contents inside the mug, looking at their reflection for a few seconds and then brought the rim close to their lips. “I’m having bed dreams.” They muttered, their voice coming out more muffled from the tea going into their mouth.
.The other seemed to understand what they said because they nodded before they took a sip of their own drink, “what are you dreaming about?”
Rutile started to stall again by taking another sip of their drink, taking the rim away when their tongue was burnt and went numb. “I-” They stopped themselves from talking more, looking at the others face before they looked at the smooth surface of the table. “I’m having nightmares about you dying not too long after you woke up from your coma…”
There was silence for a few seconds.
“When did you start having those dreams?”
They went silent again before they continued to look at the others worried face, “ever since you went into your coma. But during the 6 years you were asleep, I always had dreams about when you left and were rushed to the hospital. They stopped when you came home a few months ago, but they just recently started coming back.”
Padparadscha was quiet for a bit before they put their cup down and shifted in their seat, “how long has it been since they came back?”
“About three weeks now— I’ve been talking to Lapis about them because they’ve been up working at the front desk for a while now and I didn’t want to wake you up and-“
They were silence when the other got up from their seat, the groan from the chair rubbing against the tile floor startling them a bit. They lifted their head to watch the other walk closer to them and plop down on the empty spot on the floor next to them. Padparadscha’s gentle hands grabbed their wrists and lifted up the baggy sleeves that covered their forearms, leaning in and planting a gentle kiss on the scars that lined the others arms. “You don’t need to be worried about waking me up, I’ve been asleep long enough.” They muttered against the others skin, their warm breath sending a shiver down their spine and sent blood rushing to their face and ears.
It was a little thing the redhead did ever since they left the white room of the hospital— Rutile enjoyed their lovers sweet kisses on their arms, and Padparadscha knew that too even if the other was too embarrassed to admit it.
Once the other woke up from their 6 year nap and was caught up on all of the things that happened, the sneaky rat Lapis is managed to slip into the others room and spilt the beans. They told the other about the things Rutile had troubles the entire time they were asleep— the cutting, How they never ate, how they never slept, and how they were always right by their side as they slept and waited for them to wake up. Yellow pitched in some things as well and Zircon added small details here and there.
And walking in and seeing the worried face on Padparadscha’s face when they walked in the room tore their heart in pieces. At first they were had at the blue gem for the additional information they didn’t need to know right then, but— as usual— they outsmarted them by giving them a sympathetic smile and saying “between the both of us, we both know you were never going to tell them if no one said anything”. They couldn’t fight the truth, so they just didn’t say anything about it and walked away.
The redhead never brought anything up about their knee knowledge of what happened until they got to Rutile’s place, immediately kissing the scars once the door closed. And ever since then, they kissed the lines on their forearms so that they could a) feel better about whatever insecurities they had, b) let the other know they they were okay, or just to embarrass them when they’re out in public. It drove them crazy when they did it in public where all eyes could see them, but they didn’t care once they heard the others laughing and their happy smile.
The younger gem gently pulled their arm out from the others hands and ran their fingers through their firey mane, a smile forming on their lips when they heard the other practically purr. “What do you want to do today?”
Rutile hummed as they thought, running their hand through the others knotted hair before resting their hand on their cheek. “We need to brush your hair, it’s really tangled today.” They said, watching the other rest their cheek into the others palm before they turned their head to the side and kissed their wrist.
“But isn’t it always tangled though?” Padparadscha asked with curious eyes, gently holding their hand and planting more kissing on their fingers. “Why do we have to do it at this moment?”
“Probably because it’s really early in the morning and nothing is open— and most likely by the time you take a shower and we brush out your hair we could go out and get something to eat.”
There was a few silent seconds between them before the other hummed and got off of the floor, planting one last kiss on the back of their hand before walking off to their bedroom to get clothes. A smile formed into Rutile’s lips as they grabbed their mug and drunk the rest of the lukewarm tea that was still left. They then got up, grabbed the others mug of tea and washed them out with hot water before placing them into the empty dishwasher.
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