Day 68: Recreational Field (Second Shift)

[dividedby]

Despite Zero's earlier fit of (mostly internal) anger, it felt good to get some food in his stomach after going without since yesterday's lunch. He felt even better about how he had managed to avoid a certain former blue robot's attention for an entire shift - though he figured his luck was bound to run out very quickly as far as that was concerned. There were only so many people in this place and it wasn't like he was allowed to roam anywhere he wanted. Still, he would continue trying to awkwardly avoid his friend for as long as possible. Maybe he wasn't ill anymore and maybe it wasn't the right thing to do, but...until he figured out how to start a conversation with someone he'd literally taken a chunk out of the night before... How to apologize, and how to scold him for blatantly ignoring Zero's warnings...

(Either way, he wouldn't let it keep him from checking the bulletin board...even if there didn't seem to be much on there this morning. Hmm. Unusual.)

Otherwise... It seemed he was expected to go outside today. 'Vent some frustrations', the head lunatic said. Hmph. Good job being completely unsubtle. There was that flash of anger again - but by now, his ability to control said anger was becoming strong enough to prevent it from bothering him for more than a few minutes. That was good; he didn't need to waste his energy being too easily upset over words. Words couldn't make him bleed like half of the things that happened at night did. What he should be doing was taking advantage of the situation he had. The field would give him space to flex his muscles, help him train himself physically, prepare for whatever tonight might throw at him... Yes, that was what he needed to do. Train. And all he truly needed to worry about while doing that was not stressing his bandaged right arm, which needed to heal quickly more than anything.

Right. Once he managed to separate himself from his nurse (who was still worrying and fussing over his continued silence toward her) and once he'd scanned his surroundings to make sure that one particular face was nowhere to be seen, Zero began to wander across the grass, contemplating how he should go about this training. Maybe start with a light run around the field, to test his stamina....that sounded good.

[Harpuia and X!]

Comments

[fullmetalheart]

"Yeah," Ed agreed and he leaned his head against Al's shoulder. "At least now I don't have to worry about if you're safe and what they were going to do to you."

He left out just what since he didn't want his keepers to know what they were talking about.

His mind wandered again and he frowned slightly as he tried to weigh the fog in his brain and decide if it seemed to have improved any.

[armoredsoul]

Al can't help a smile, turning his cheek to press against Ed's head. "Mmm. And I don't have to worry about you charging in after me without thinking for a second," he teased, following Ed's example of keeping things vague.

He patted his brother's knee. "It'll wear off. I can catch anything you miss right now."

[fullmetalheart]

"You're my little brother, of course I'm gonna go charging in to protect you," Ed grumped.

He closed his eyes. "All right. Besides the apathy and the unnatural calmness, I can't think very well. Everything's..." He groped for a description. "Fogged over and out of joint."

[armoredsoul]

"That doesn't mean you can't come up with a plan before you do," he scolded, though there wasn't much heat behind it.

Al chuckled. "Well, that's what a sedative does, Brother."

[fullmetalheart]

"I hate not being able to think right," Ed said plaintively, ignoring Al's scolding.

[armoredsoul]

"I know," he said soothingly, "but there's not much to do about it but wait for it to wear off. And then not get in so much trouble that they have to do this again."

Al knew better than to hope Ed wouldn't cause any trouble, but he hoped Ed would at least attempt to keep a better reign on his temper for now.

[fullmetalheart]

"I'll play nice," Ed grumbled. "So long as they don't try to make me do something I don't want to."

[armoredsoul]

Al chuckled and patted his knee again. "We can hope."

[fullmetalheart]

"Hmph." Ed went quiet after that to let things sink in and enjoy feeling warm flesh rather than cold metal and listen to his brother breathe.

He also shoved away the knowledge that this wouldn't last forever and that sooner or later, they'd be separated again.

[armoredsoul]

Al let his eyes close, allowing himself to enjoy the comfort as well. It was easier to simply lose himself in the moment than he thought, letting their uneasy contemplations wait for later.