Watching Accelerator

Index lll episode 22 and 23

3rd pov (A/N Updates might be a bit slow since it's spring break and I do have to watch my youngest sister for several hours of the day, while my mom works.)

The next morning it's a bit harder to wake up, with Accelerator being the first to rise for no other reason than because his leg has started to hurt, which jerks him away from the nightmare he had been stuck in. He exhales shakily, running his fingers through his hair, ignoring the sweat for now, trying to focus himself on the here and now. It certainly helps that when he sets his hand back to stabilize himself, he feels flesh under his palm, which lets him focus on something outside himself. 

Touma had startled awake as soon as Accelerator jerked up, but had not moved, instead watching his brother's heaving back, as well as his shaky hand run through his white hair, concerned but not quite sure what to do, at least until the albino leans back and his hand touches his wrist, the hold changing from trying to stabilize his physical body to wrapping around to feel his pulse and stabilizing himself mentally. The noir doesn't move, but to nudge the brunette next to him awake, Mikoto letting out a small groan as she shifts. 

"Can you go get a cup of water and grab the pills on the way back here, his leg is hurting him." Touma asks quietly, Mikoto nodding gently as she observes their brother, before rising quietly, not slowing down even as she runs her fingers through his hair, heading down the hall, grabbing a cup, filling it and hurrying back, snatching the bottle of pills from the desk they were resting on. She offers the glass to a much more stable and focused Accelerator, who grabs it, before accepting the two pills she hands him. The girl puts the bottle back and the noir rises as he swallows the pills and drinks more of the glass.

This is the moment when Yomikawa checks on them, sadness in her gaze as soon as she spots Accelerator, having heard the girl hurrying to the kitchen. "Everything all good?" Her voice is soft. "For now, I think." Touma responds, moving to wake Index since she's someone he knows how to wake, refusing to get zapped if Last Order happens to do that. Mikoto handles the little girl, easily warning her of her guardian's troubles at the same time. They all head into the kitchen, the albino moving slower, where Heaven and Yoshikawa have cooked up breakfast. Both note the sweat, the slowness of his movements, how he looks at each of them, but they say nothing. 

Breakfast is simple and quick, all of them wanting to see what happens next. The futon is sprawled out as a bed rather than a couch this time, leaving them more room to gather around a single person. Yomikawa and Yoshikawa settle half sitting up, their backs on the smaller back rest near the top edge. Touma and Mikoto settle between the two, with Accelerator in between them, half sitting as well. Last Order and Index are curled up below his feet, in between Mikoto and Touma's legs, while Heaven settles on Yomikawa's free side.

Accelerator walking into a room, his hair a fluffy looking mess, face soft. He stops at the doorway. "Have you guys seen that big mess outside?' The people he's talking to are Hamazura, who's only turned his head, body facing the bed, as well as Elizaline, who has only turned her body, sitting in a chair next to the blonde boy. He looks over his shoulder from the way he came. 'What the hell's going on out there, damnit?" He sounds tired and so exhausted, but he's there. The girl responds as she rises. "It's Fiamma's work. I didn't think he'd touched the-' she gets up and moves around the boy, heading towards Accelerator. '-four elements." The blonde seems surprised, but then the girl on the bed starts making noises and his attention shifts.

"What the hell?" Touma had not been aware that there was someone else that knew of Fiamma's work, but he almost wished he'd run into the girl.

"At least one of them can tell you about what's going on and hopefully get things in such a way you might be able to defend yourself at least." Index mutters, a bit anxious because she really doesn't want to watch their albino brother get hurt, especially after the rough night he had. She was not woken until afterwards, but she knows the signs of a nightmare, pretty damn well.