Day 37: Breakfast

[for Sylar, I believe]

At the sound of the intercom, Wally jerked awake and blinked around at the room. He’d fallen asleep. He should have been up and keeping an eye open for ZEX, but he’d fallen asleep waiting on his bed.

“Idiot,” he groaned, ruffling his hair and sighing in annoyance. “Way to help a guy out, hotshot.” Hopefully ZEX hadn’t dropped by and thought he’d left or something, or wouldn’t be too mad at him for just forgetting about it like that. If he was lucky, he’d be able to catch up with the other patient at some point and explain what had happened.

Rolling himself a little awkwardly out of the bed, Wally took the opportunity to stretch his injured leg and test how well it was holding up. It was feeling a bit better, not so much that he could abandon his crutch or that it didn’t pull painfully if he wasn’t careful, but better. Tony had apparently made it through the night in one piece as well, which was a relief. He really didn’t feel comfortable about the thought of his roommate wandering about on his own with an injured arm. Not when Wally himself could relax and fall asleep in the apparent safety of their room.

Yeah, he wasn’t going to let himself forget that one in a hurry.

It was at that moment that the door swung open to admit one of the nurses. She seemed surprised to find him awake and ready to go already, but smiled warmly. “Hungry, are we Mr. West? Well in that case, let’s get you to the cafeteria. The staff have provided some delicious French Toast as well as a range of other foods I’m sure you’ll like. Now will you be needing a hand with your leg, dear?”

“No thanks, I can handle it,” Wally replied, smiling back. After all, it probably wasn’t the nurses’ fault that this place was so messed up, so it wasn’t like picking fights with them would do anything. With a cheery wave goodbye, Wally slowly made his way to the cafeteria, keeping a tight grip on his crutch all the while. Obtaining a plate of food was only slightly less difficult than it had been yesterday – he didn’t have the painkillers to work around this time – but he managed well enough, coming away from the buffet with a tray containing a plate piled high with slices of French Toast and slathered in maple syrup, butter, and sugar, as well as a glass of juice. Not quite as good as some coffee would be right now, but the sugar would hopefully make up for it. And, with how few people were here at the moment, he could afford to take more food than might have been considered ‘normal’ – he’d have most of it gone by the time anyone came to keep him company, then he could just worry about how many extra serves would be allowed before he aroused suspicion.

Feeling pretty happy with how things were looking so far, Wally hummed faintly to himself as he dug in to his breakfast.

[identity profile] toadally4boobs.livejournal.com 2008-11-23 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
"Read my mind," Jiraiya snickered. "And--"

He stopped, blinking as he noticed that the shift was almost over. He looked around, then reached over to ruffle Naruto's hair hard. If he remembered, Naruto and him would be going to different sections. It was time for a shower, and damn, did Jiraiya ever want one.

"Shift's ending," Jiraiya sighed, glancing to Naruto and pushing the photograph towards Naruto. "Make sure to take this with you."

[identity profile] whirlingwinds.livejournal.com 2008-11-23 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
Naruto glanced at the picture, smile faltering some but taking it and keeping it tightly in his hand.

"Yeah, thanks," he said, giving Jiraiya a small smile. "I'll talk to you later sometime today."

[identity profile] toadally4boobs.livejournal.com 2008-11-23 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
"If anything, check in with me at the beginning of nightshift," Jiraiya smiled back slightly. "I want to know about that basement."

He hesitated, then touched Naruto's shoulder. "Take care of yourself."

[identity profile] whirlingwinds.livejournal.com 2008-11-23 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
"Alright, will do! Usual spot," he said, before grinning up at Jiraiya, glad for the reassurance of the hand on his shoulder.

"I'll be fine, don't worry."

[identity profile] toadally4boobs.livejournal.com 2008-11-23 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
"Good," Jiraiya nodded, then smirked a bit. "Just remember that Sasuke will probably try to punch you when you ask him if he's gay. Might want to duck or dodge that."

It was very sound advice, at least.

[identity profile] whirlingwinds.livejournal.com 2008-11-23 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
"Don't worry, I will! I like my nose not broken," he chuckled again, glancing at Sasuke and Aidou's table before looking away quickly again, not wanting to be angry. His lighter mood was nice, and he wanted to keep it up.

[identity profile] toadally4boobs.livejournal.com 2008-11-23 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
"Me too, actually," Jiraiya snickered as their nurses arrived. "I'll try to think of a few embarrassing stories about Minato to tell you when we meet again, all right?"

He remembered how Minato had threatened him if he ever told Naruto embarrassing stories about him. Well, he was going to tell Naruto those stories anyways--to keep the kid knowing the happier moments of his father's life, instead of just the most basic of information. Kushina would have probably found it hilarious, anyways.

Jiraiya let go of Naruto's shoulder, waving to him slightly.

[identity profile] whirlingwinds.livejournal.com 2008-11-23 03:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"Okay!" Naruto said, his grin wide and his eyes full of excitement. That was bound to be fun!

He waved back, making his towards his waiting nurse, but he didn't listen to her as she spoke to him. Aidou was touching Sasuke again, in a definitely not private room, and his eyes narrowed. If his nurse hadn't been right next to him and the presence of a syringue on her person, he might have gone right to their table and punched Aidou.

Yeah, he needed a shower. A good, long, calming one.

[identity profile] toadally4boobs.livejournal.com 2008-11-23 03:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Jiraiya watched Naruto walk off and almost laughed as Naruto continued to acted suspicious and angry about Aidou and Sasuke. He had meant it as a joke, mostly, but it seemed like Naruto was already overly concerned about the relationship between those two without Jiraiya even saying a word. His poor student--he had hoped Naruto would be into girls, and he obviously was, but...

Well, at least Sasuke looked as pretty as most girls and often prettier. Naruto better damn well top the prissy brat, though. Jiraiya wouldn't forgive him if he didn't.

He let out a long sigh as he was lead out of the cafeteria. Teenage hormones! There wasn't anything like them in the world, and Jiraiya was very glad for that.