Chapter 4: Questions and Care

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I stared at him as I awaited his answer, he seemed to know the answer but was contemplating his words, not knowing how to say it. His gaze met mine but he quickly adverted his eyes once more, they were a nice color, like a light caramel. He stared down at the blanket and sighed audibly.
"I..I can't remember how I got there...one minute I was on a plane,the next on the ground." He said and I nodded, standing up and taking the bowl of soup back to the kitchen, putting it in the sink I walked back to him, taking a seat on the floor next to him. I didn't believe him, no planes flew out in this kind of weather, but I wasn't going to push him.
"Alright, well..until we can contact any family or friends, you have to stay here. The storm is supposed to kick up by midnight and it's too dangerous to go out." I said while I fixated my gaze outside, the white flakes slowly falling in thick clumps, sticking to the branches of trees and the blanket of snow already on the ground.
"I'm fine with that." Nodding I looked back at him and smiled softly, in which he smiled back, hesitant at first but a smile nonetheless.
"Oh, I forget something." I started, "I'm [First name] [Last name], and you are?" He looked at me inquisitively, repeating my name slowly, inaudibly, a whisper to the air.
"Gabriel... Just Gabriel." He finally said, smiling once again. Nodding I stood up, my gaze flicking back to outside every now and then.
"Do you need anything else, Gabriel?" He looked at me and then his scanned the area of the living room.
"I don't think so... ",He trailed off and looked embarrassed, "on second thought there is."
I stood there, nodding as if to say 'go on'.
"Where's your bathroom?" He adverted his eyes, obviously embarrassed by his request.
"Well um...Do you need help getting there?" He seemed hesitant at first but seeing as the state he was in he sighed some and nodded his head.
"Alright then." Taking his arm gently I put it around my shoulders and hauled him up from the couch, making sure to take precaution for his legs and other arm, the blankets falling down off of him. Getting situated with the extra weight on me, I held his midsection gently and with my free hand, held the arm that was around my shoulders, his hand gripping my forearm tightly. Taking slow steps, I slowly walked him to the bathroom, again taking precaution with his harmed body. Resting all the weight onto my side, I leaned over and grabbed the doorhandle and turned it, pushing the door open with little effort. Taking a few steps into the bathroom I lifted up the seat cover.
"Do you need any...other help?" I asked, a slight heat upon my cheeks. He looked at me then at the toilet.
"I think I can handle it." He said, almost unsure of himself but then he nodded anyways and I gently sat him on the toielt itself and walked back out, closing the door behind me. I waited outside the door, for when he was done and needed help. A few minutes later there was a flush, afterwards a few sounds of struggle and slight discomfort.
"Can I have some help?" Gabriel asked a bit impatiently, opening the door I was at his side in a second to help him up and walk over to the sink. "Why are we going over to the sink?" He asked, confused. I looked at him a bit puzzled myself.
"To wash your hands?" I questioned back as if he never heard of washing his hands after peeing.
"I don't need to." He said, I gave him a look of slight disgust.
"Actually yes you do." I tuned on the tap and placed his hands under the warm water and lathered them in soap before quickly rinsing them off and drying them. Gabriel shook his head some and mumbled work thing that I couldn't hear, not wanting to question him I led him back to the living area, laying him down gently on the couch. "Are you warm enough?" I asked, pulling the blanket back over him. Shaking his head he laid his head back on the pillow.
"I'll be good for now, thanks." He said, his gaze  going from me and back to the wall ahead of him. Nodding I stepped back some, closing the curtain some and looking back at him.
"If you need anything just give me a holler okay?" He hummed and closed his eyes and that was my que to leave, heading upstairs to my room to go to bed as well.

So I'm really sorry for not updating I just didn't have the energy to sit down and actually write anything. I'll try to actually update more frequently, other than that I do hope you all liked this.

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