❣ Divided Paths ❣

[Lil]

Faye flinched when Blake started to throw up but she didn't move. It was her job as his wife to stay with him through this, this definitely wasn't even the worst they had faced so... Faye sat on the bathroom floor beside Blake, gently tracing her fingers over his back. "It's okay Blake. You're okay, it's all okay." Faye told him before reaching up with her other hand and turning on the water, cleaning out the tub.

[Kicks]

Blake closed his eyes as he kept his head against the cool tub. When he closed his eyes he saw nothing but that awful roaring face. That face that had led to him slipping off the diving board. He felt an ache shoot through his back as if he had really landed on it.
But it had been just a dream. Just a dream.
Still his chest was hurting and he rose a hand up to it as if to soothe the pressure.
He thought at first that there really was something stepping on his chest or weighing down on it. But his hand grasped at nothing. Though there was nothing there, his chest still ached.
He jumped when the rush of water spilled out of the faucet. And he found himself quickly back-crawling away from it until his back hit the sink counter and his eyes fell on the faucet as being just running water.

[Lil]

Faye looked to Blake and immediately get awful. "I'm sorry Blake, it was just me, I'm sorry." Faye said while shutting off the water and dropping her hands into her lap. She remained where she was though. He seemed spooked enough and she definitely seemed to be doing more harm than help. Faye curled her legs into her chest and just waited until he had calmed down a little.

[Kicks]

Another shiver racked through his body when he at last realized someone was there in the bathroom as well. At first anxiety shot through him like pulses of fear coursing through his body. But when his eyes found Faye, it was just her. She didn't have red eyes or fangs. She didn't have claws and she didn't roar- though he did know she could yell.
He didn't relax though. Yes, he knew it was Faye. He knew her being here meant that eveything was safe and fine. But panic wouldn't leave his body and his chest was making it difficult to breathe again.
He had to get up again. Get up and... and run? No. Not run. He just felt like he had to move.
No, no he had to stay still. Stay still and calm down. So that's what he did until he could breathe easier and shame came washing over him like a wave.
It had just been a dream. A terrifying dream, yes. But it hadn't been real. Not even close to being real. But the stress factor had induced such a reaction in him.

[Lil]

Faye waited silently for Blake to finally calm down. He relaxed a little bit but she was still too afraid to say anything and frighten him. He looked completely terrified and she didn't want to make that worse a have him seem so afraid of her. That was the worst feeling possible honestly. To think he was afraid of her would just eat her alive. So Faye continue to wait for him to regain his senses and awareness of his surroundings.

[DizzyMaelstrom!]

Zakai smiled when he heard that about Adalia saying she wanted to shoot the people who beat him up.
"Yeah... I'm nervous about it, but I don't want that."
He thought for a moment. He was glad he had Colton and Adalia to protect him, and in a way, maybe it was better that they were in a more populated area, because they did go through all the trouble of running around with cookies and giving them to people, but at the same time...
"I don't really know, honestly, where I do want to go, but your idea sounds relaxing at least. Even so, though, Adalia went through all the trouble of finding a house with giant windows and really wanted everything to be normal again. I don't want to mope and be sad and let her down after she worked so hard and was always worried about us. But.." he looked at Clayton, "won't you be sad?"

[Kicks]

Breathing came at the expense of aching because of his chest. But even after awhile his chest was no longer feeling like it was being crushed. Blake could only rationalize it hurt so much because of such intense anxiety. He had seen that happen with Carson on multiple occasions. Except he had been plagued with anxiety and fear because of those hallucinations to the point where his heart became damaged with it.
Ugh. Blake shuddered just at the thought of that. He was glad he was a mutant in that that hallucination couldn't work on them. But also sad because he knew that something as powerful as that hallucinogen existed. So long as they kept it tightly locked away he wouldn't fear for the humans.
He finally relaxed enough to realize that Faye was still in the bathroom. He first thought she was just an illusion created by his brain to feel better. But now he really knew she was there. He wanted to reach out and hug her and kiss her. But at the same time he felt so ashamed because of how he reacted to a dream.
His face turned red just at the thought of it and he had to move his eyes quickly away from Faye with a sheepish expression.

[Kicks]

Yes to live out in the country or anywhere in solitude did sound relaxing. But Zakai did have a valid point. Adalia had been waiting for this moment. She had been waiting so patiently for everything to go back to normal. He felt bad for the woman honestly. He had spent so much time with her during those trials. He had watched her cry and become so nervous she would stop breathing and start hyperventilating. And when she was pregnant- that had been the worst. She would cry for Colton and beg God to just return everyone back to safety.
She would only ever calm down when Richard got her ice cream or Clayton put Spongebob on the television for her.
Yes, Clayton supposed in that sense that she did deserve to return to a city with a family and live a happy, normal life. He hoped that it was all for the best though.
"So long as you're all safe, I can imagine she'll be happy." Clayton concluded. Now thinking about it, he figured if they were all safe and she got to be with them, then she would be happy living anywhere.
He looked at the boy again when asked about being sad and he stuck out his bottom lip in a pout and wiped a fake tear. "So sad..." He sniffled out before roaring with laughter.

[Lil]

There it was. He finally realized that Faye was actually there. Even if he did cast his eyes away in almost an ashamed or embarrassed manner. Faye scooted herself over to him and sat by his side. Without saying anything at first she grabbed his hand and began to play with his fingers. Soon she stopped though and just wrapped her hands around his. "Your abs look great." She commented, completely off the subject because seeing how Blake reacted as doubted he wanted to talk about it. So Faye wouldn't, instead shed just point out awesome thing about him.

[Kicks]

Blake tensed up a little bit when he heard movement. Once more he found that voice in his head echoing that this was reality and it had all been a dream. That wasn't movement of a monster. It was just movement of his wife. At that reminder he slowly relaxed again only to find himself slowly looking down at their hands.
His mind found wonderment in how small her hands were compared to his own. They both had skinny fingers, but hers were tiny and small. His were long and skinny but calloused. And hers felt soft and warm. Soft and warm, but still so small!
Blake lifted his eyes up with furrowed eyebrows when she talked about... talked about his abs. His eyes dropped down to his stomach and then lifted back up to her.
"Minty once told me abs were to girls what boobs were to guys. Since then I've always kept my abs nice." He remarked with a tense chuckle.