The Creation Of A Cure

Chapter Twenty Four- Another Day

You sat on your bed legs tucked underneath you, a hot cup of mint tea sat by your bed side to help you relax. You flip a page of the tell tale heart and take a sip, the warm liquid heating up your body giving you goose bumps. Your mouth stung horribly but aleast your throat had mostly healed. Looking over breifly you watch 049 working the scratching of his pen filling the air, he was writing almost maniacally in his note book. You sigh while playing with your necklace something was troubling him, but you did not wish to pry.
      "049 would like me to fetch you some tea." You ask.
       "Please." He answers curtly. You slip a book mark in between the page and place your book on the bed side table. You pop down your keetle and debate which tea to make. Settling on a chamomile lavender mixture to help settle his nerves you leave it to steep. 049 like his tea black and strong, except for first thing in the morning then he liked a little cream. This made you smile, slowly you were coming to learn about him. You hum lightly to yourself as you check your work inbox for messages and happily there were none. "I desire quiet." 049 snapped.
    "Are you alright 049?" You ask now very concerned. He sighed loudy,
    "Yes, if I could just have silence." 049 replied sharply.
    "Of course." You reply, even though clearly there was something wrong. 049 had been alone for so long, you didn't really blame him for keeping everything inside. You laugh softly at the meme Bright sends you and finish making 049 tea. You gently place down 049 cup away from his work but close enough he can reach.
    "Thank you." He says.
    "When your ready to talk I will be on the bed." You reply, "your welcome." You plug your phone in and pick your book back up. It was an hour later when 049 snaps his pen in half in utter fustration. The look of defeat in his eyes was very obvious as his shoulders slumped. You walked back over and kiss the top of his hood, just trying to offer your support. You give a surprised noise as he pulls you into his lap resting his head against your chest. You stroke the length of his beak softy and feel his body relax into you.
     "That is most pleasent." 049 mummers. You smile and contuine your actions as the minutes ticked by quietly as you comfort him. "Why dose it eluded me when I am so close." 049 voice was soft barely above a whisper.
     "Take a moment to right your mind. Perhaps you are over thinking something." You reply. His grip tightens as he lets out an exshausted sigh,
      "I apologize for my behavior." 049 finally said. "I am terribly on edge today."
     "Accepted." you reply. "Why don't you come to bed."
      "Nothing would please me more but alas I can not rest." 049 replied. "Besides my dear I believe you could use more time to heal." 049 hand traces up your leg coming to rest at your core. You blush and frown cursing your soreness.
    "I would enjoy your company regardless if we had sex or not." You sigh happily. He looks at you his eyes searching your face.
   "Thank you." 049 says, "But I must finish my work for the evening."
     "Is there anything you need before I go to sleep?" You ask.
     "Nothing." He replies softly. You stand steching your spine shifting and popping. You walk to your dresser and remove your shirt and begin looking for pajamas. You debate between sexy to tease him and comfy cause damn it all they feel so good. As you pull out a couple of pieces you can not help but wonder secretly what 049 found attractive.  You look over and see him hard at work once  more and feel disappointed he was not looking at you. Grabbing soft warm pants and a tank top you change and crawl into bed.

    049 rubs his knuckles and fingers, trying to relieve them of their fatigue and soreness. Standing he placed his cup by the kettle and pushing down the button as Raven had shown him. 049 looked over to her form under the sheets and felt a pang of guilt, was this really to work, her and him? He had long ago accepted the weight of his burden, accepted that with it came great sacrifice but was it fair to her? 049 turned away for a moment trying to gather his thoughts. Raven had told him she would gladly bare it with him, that he no longer had to be alone. How long though? How long before she tired of his imprisonment or neglect in favour of his work. Pathetic, 035 voice said within his mind, pathetic as always. Our bed is always cold, Catherine voice whispered in his head, Cold as always, tell me do you feel anything anymore. 049 flinched at the reminder of his short comings, and his seamingly constant failures. Raven sighed softly and turned in her sleep, how long before she saw them and left as well. Clenching his fists tightly at his side he tried to reason with himself to allow logic to right his mind.
      "049?" Raven's voice called. 049 turned and saw she was sitting up in bed,
      "Did I disturb you?" 049 asked. She shook her head softly, before standing and walking toward him.
      "Please talk to me." She said touching his face. "your crying."
     "What?!" 049 said running to a mirror. Sure enough black tears were falling down his porcelain mask silently and unknowingly. He stares at his reflection, when did this occur?
    "049," Raven says.
    "Why can I not finish it." 049 said still staring straight ahead.
    "We will finish it 049," Raven said touching his shoulder. 049 shook his head,
    "I should not need you! I am the cure, I was given this gift!" 049 yelled looking at his hands. "Yet I have failed to accomplish such a simple task!" Raven stood silently beside him her large golden eyes looking at him gently. "So many innocences given over to the pestilence while the worlds wait in vain!" 049 clenched his fist tightly the leather covering his hands straining.
     "049 your task is not simple." Raven said. "You have survived so much, please don't be so hard on yourself." Her hand touch his arm in effort to comfort him. 049 turned to face her as he noticed blood in her mouth.
     "Your bleeding." 049 said worried.
     "Oh, sorry about that." Raven said turning away. 049 took hold of her and forced her to face him.
     "Open." He said.
     "Please it is nothing 049," Raven said softly. "Come on I will help you-"
     "Open, now." 049 said firmly. Raven opened mouth 049 titled her head up and was a ghast to see thin cuts all over the inside of her mouth. "Raven what occurred to do this." She tried to turn away but 049 held her fast. Finally she admitted what had happen to her earlier that day. "Why did you not tell me?"  049 asked his heat beating hard in his chest.
     "I did not wish to bother you. You where very stressed, I thought it would only add to it." Raven admitted. 049 sighed he understood why she would think that.
     "Your health is not bothersome my dear. I do not wish you to suffer because of my mood. Come I will make something up for you."