She wasn't yet a drooling, mindless creature, but the girl sure looked like she was close to dropping dead. This infection was getting troublesome.
"For now," he answered, moving up to her. "No audience." Or at the very least, no open invitation for one. They were in a high traffic area of the hospital, but the darkness was almost impenetrable for normal human eyes, and Aidou positioned himself in front of her so any flashlight-wielding voyeurs would catch his back in the spotlight instead of her.
Not true privacy, but as close as they were going to get without taking her aside into a private room.
Without preamble, he reached for her chin, expression set. If anything, his prickly nerves only made him more focused--he looked over her face, the pulse point in her neck, the way she was standing, every pertinent detail he could glean in a glance. "Any changes?"
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"For now," he answered, moving up to her. "No audience." Or at the very least, no open invitation for one. They were in a high traffic area of the hospital, but the darkness was almost impenetrable for normal human eyes, and Aidou positioned himself in front of her so any flashlight-wielding voyeurs would catch his back in the spotlight instead of her.
Not true privacy, but as close as they were going to get without taking her aside into a private room.
Without preamble, he reached for her chin, expression set. If anything, his prickly nerves only made him more focused--he looked over her face, the pulse point in her neck, the way she was standing, every pertinent detail he could glean in a glance. "Any changes?"