Nino sighed crushing down the ingredients for his potion. Six days he had been here caring for the Matsumoto Lord. Six days of moping his brow and cleaning his body to prevent further infections. His own body was sore and aching but Lord Matsumoto was looking stronger each day. More than once he had seen a flicker in his eyes and he seemed capable of taking in the soups and potions that he provided. The wound was indeed ugly but at least now there was no new scent of death in the ear.
“Are you going to take this without fuss like a big man or am I going to hold your nose and pour it down your throat he asked?” In a similar tone that he had used on both his lover and Jun when they had been in the throes of near death. He knew that this man was a monster that had scarred his own brother through petty jealousy but that didn’t matter that much to him at the present moment in time. Currently Matsumoto was sick and he was a healer it was his duty to offer a decent standard of care. A gurgle escaped the man’s mouth and Nino was positive that the spark of life had returned to the partially open eyes and he hummed with satisfaction as he poured his potion into a cup and then poured water over it and leaving it to enthuse for a minute or two. “Good man…You could wake up any time soon though and stop making me look after you…But then again you probably enjoy people running around after you…Too lazy to do it yourself…” The man gave a louder murmur and Nino smirked with a little self-satisfaction and the mouth opened and closed as if he was trying to suckle, to prove that he could do it again while his eyes moved from side to side under his heavy lids. “Oh? You think you can? Shall we try then?” He asked taking up the cooled potion and placing against the dry lips watching the lids open a little more. Pupils were dilated for a moment or two and then they focused staring at him as he continued to drink down the potions “Welcome back my lord…Your pet psychopath will be most pleased…”
“Ang…Ange…El…” The lord gasped around the empty glass before fulling into be again. His eyes stayed open and Nino tried hard to figure out what he was actually trying to say. “Angel…I heard the voice...Came back…Hurts…”
“You will be sore for a few days my lord…You have been close to death for many days…” Nino said as gently as he could muster now that the man was awake but still disorganised in his speech patterns. “You might experience pain or discomfort in your shoulder but you should try and refine from using it…I will go and find one of your men to explain things to you…Excuse me my lord…”
Nino bowed low at the bed and then scurried out of the room to find his kidnapper. Akaike Marius. The man was as fruity as a fruit loop but four days ago he had started to trust him and would stand outside the room for the most part or would be in what Nino called the war room. Maps of Ohno’s land covered the walls and Nino hoped he had read it right when it seemed that they had no men to take the castle. He knocked politely on the door and then pulled it back finding Marius standing beside the desk.
“Akaike…Your master is awake…He is confused but alive…” Nino informed him trying his best to look at the maps and things without showing that that was what he was doing. “You should go to him…”
Tbc
a/n: I hope that this is okay ^_^
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