Aaron's POV

*Play Song*

"Are you sure?" I try to confirm, a tad bit worried.

Okay, maybe not only a tad........

"Aaron I'll be fine, I need to work," Aphmau says, giving me her beautiful irresistible smile.

How I could spend all day....just watching her smile......

How the edges of her lips are pulled up the side of her face, her pearl white teeth filling up the area in between her rose red lips.

"I just.....need to work....it'll take my mind off........it..." The tone of her voice dropping at the mention of the horrific event. 

"Okay....only if you are sure..." I give in, knowing I couldn't win even if I tried. 

I wasn't so sure that two weeks was enough to get over what happened...

It wasn't exactly a small high school drama.....

It was a nightmare, made into reality by some sick witch that I decided once smart to marry....

Some witch.....that nearly destroyed Aphmau's love for me.....

You must be wondering why I didn't say OUR love...

Well, that's simple....my love for her could never diminish.

I walk towards the coat rack, unhooking Aphmau's winter coat, then mine.

I open her coat for her, as she slips her arms into the sleeves, afterward putting on mine.

We walk outside of the apartment, opening the heavy birch (I miss Mycraft 😭) door, to the cool frigid air swarming around us, trying to find a way to penetrate our furry coat's hide.

It was in the midst of January, the air crisp and the ground solid, iced dangling like raindrops frozen in time from any standing object.

The soft, floating snowflakes were flirting with the warm grass, melting when coming in contact with it, but then the white eventually overtakes the green blades with their fluffiness.

I grab Aphmau's hand, lacing her fingers with mine.

She leans into my arm as we walk, both of us observing the gorgeous scenery.

We were walking to the hospital, which I still didn't think was the best idea.....

Just the memories that place would spark.....

Going down that same hallway....

If she went into the same operating room she was in....

The same X-RAY room....

My thoughts are then interrupted, by a slippery patch of ice, invisible to the naked eye.

Aphmau, of course, had slipped in it, gravity flinging her body downwards.

I quickly react, catching her in record time, swinging her back up, her back end against my front.

"Whoops....." She smiles, adjusting her hair back to its unmessy position.

"Clumsy potato....." I remark, kissing her forehead affectionately.

"Hey! I'm not clumsy....just periodically inclined to fall easier than....others..." She states, starting to walk again as if nothing happened.

"Then I'm clumsy....for you..." I smile, running through my head how corny that sounded.

"Aww....." She pecks me on the cheek, making my cold face light up with heat.

We finally arrive at the hospital, spotting Katelyn and Travis at the end of the hall.

We dust our coats of the flurries, then proceed to head on over to them.

Travis is the first to catch a glimpse of us, his eyes unusually widening.

He starts poking Katelyn, like as if she was a button for the elevator and was unsatisfied by its current speed getting to him.

She eventually gives him a 'What-is-it-now' look, but as she turns to see us, her eyes widen as well.

"Aph~mau....Aar~on" She manages out, a wide smile on her face, her voice laced with fake cheerfulness.

They're wondering why we are here so soon.....

I'm wondering that too.....

"What...are you guys doing here? You should be at home.....enjoying the beach, getting that tan on......" Travis suggests, taking a quick look at his pale arms.

"I should be getting my tan on....." He mumbles under his breath.

"Um Travis, it's in the middle of winter?" Aphmau reminds him, pointing to a singular snowflake lying on my winter coat.

Just to amuse her, I purposefully press my finger on the snowflake, the heat from my finger melting it instantly.

"OOOH, how dare you! That poor snowflake!" Aphmau slaps my shoulder playfully or not, I have no idea.

I chuckle slightly, her stingy face just plain adorable.

"Um....tRaViS! Why don't you bring Aphmau back to the locker room....a-and get her ready for the next shift?" Katelyn suggests rather quickly.

"Sure, c'mon Aphmau....now let me tell you about what we found Garroth and Laurence....."

I couldn't hear what he said after that, the two of them too far down the hall by that point.

As I start on my way to the attending lounge, a strong grip grabs my shoulder.

It was Katelyn.

"Is she.....ready to be back Aaron?" She questions, concerned.

"I'm not sure, it's been a few nights since the last nightmare, and she seems to be acting back to normal again....but still..."

"....Does she still....mention it?"

"From time to time....why?"

"Then she isn't....."

"Isn't what..."

"She isn't ready..."

Have a nice day my crystals!