⎾ MOROSIS ⏌

[Pure Acid Dreamer]

He didn't think himself oblivious or hard to understand, everyone else was just too dumb to catch his meaning. As he bit back, he stared at the ceiling defiantly. He was no longer interested in talking about Kieran. The man could rot in hell for all he cared. Jakob laid there trying to make as little noise as possible while Abel finished stitching his side. It was clear to him that the male was done talking to him as well. It wasn't long before Abel reached for some surgical scissors and finished what he was doing. Jakob croaked out a soft word of thanks, wiping at his nose and any stray tears that may have fallen. He didn't move from his spot on the bed, too tired both physically and emotionally. Though he knew it was only a matter of time before Abel kicked him out.

 

[xDarkWinterx]

⋮ ۩ ) • • • ❛ 𝙅𝙪𝙙𝙜𝙚, 𝙅𝙪𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙀𝙭𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙧.❜



Abel wasn't going to argue with Miguel. He saw him as merely stubborn and couldn't see past his own stupidity. Abel finished the stitches a total of fifteen. He tied off the ends and cut them. Abel listened as Miguel thanked him and moved to clear his tears. He stood as he gathered the first aid kit and moved to the bathroom. Abel set the kit on the counter as he closed it. He removed his gloves and tossed them in the trash. Abel went about washing his hands then turned out the light and returned to his bedroom.

He saw Miguel hadn't moved though he wasn't bothered. Abel went to his closet, pulling out a clean shirt and sweatpants. He walked over to the bed as he tossed them beside Miguel. Abel took a seat on the bed as he moved back the blankets. It was early but he had no plans.

 

[Pure Acid Dreamer]

Jakob lay quietly as Abel finished with his stitches. He gave his thanks as the male rose and went about cleaning up. He didn't bother moving even though he knew he ought to. He doubted that Abel would want him sleeping in his bed and he had no intentions of going into Kieran's room. He would faster sleep outside than go in there.

Around him, Abel continued to toss things out and clean up after himself. He didn't expect him to do anything else for him, but surprised as the male tossed some clothes his way. Sitting up slowly, he peel off his bloody t-shirt and balled it up. There was no saving it and he didn't want to end up getting anymore blood on anything. Eyeing the trash that Abel had used earlier, Jakob inspected himself for anymore lingering blood but found himself to be as clean as one could get from a bedside sponge bath. With nothing else to wipe away, he tossed the soiled garment in with the rest of the trash.

Jakob then shrugged on the new shirt, wincing slightly as the fabric rubbed against his stitches. Moving slowly, he then bent to remove his pants. He thought about ask Abel for help, but didn't think he was in the mood to give him anymore help this evening. He took his time pulling on the sweatpants, by the time he was done he felt as though he'd run a mile. He glanced curiously towards the male. He didn't want to go back downstairs, wasn't even sure if he could make it. Sliding on to the bed, Jakob moved to lay beside Abel without crowding him. "So what happened after you woke up?" he asked softly. Jakob wondered if the male would tell him. He was tired of talking about Kirean, but he wasn't sure what else was left for them. They weren't friends, he wasn't even sure if they had anything in common. Still, he didn't want to lay here in silence. He'd had more than enough silence the last few weeks.

 

[xDarkWinterx]

⋮ ۩ ) • • • ❛ 𝙅𝙪𝙙𝙜𝙚, 𝙅𝙪𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙀𝙭𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙧.❜



Offering Miguel clothes was merely because he didn't want him lying in dirty clothes. Abel watched as Miguel went about struggling to remove his shirt. He didn't bother helping as he figured Miguel could figure it out himself. Abel waited as Miguel soon moved onto removing his pants and pulling on the sweatpants.

He hardly cared if Miguel left or even went downstairs. Abel waited as Miguel finally made a decision and joined him on the bed. He looked down at Miguel as he questioned him, figuring he no longer wanted to talk about Kirean. "Well…I woke with no memory of what happened…I still don't…Only that I was stabbed and left for dead…Addy stayed with me for about a week until I sent her away, she was hovering too much…" Abel responded as he glanced away from Miguel.

 

[Pure Acid Dreamer]

Although he may not have seemed it to Abel, he was in fact grateful to all he had done for him. Jakob took his time undressing and redressing before carefully crawling into bed. When he was settled, Jakob questioned him again only this time about himself. He listened to Abel briefly described what he recalled without giving him much more than that. ”Somehow the idea of her hovering just sounds very unnatural. When I visited she damn near bit my head off.” Jakob said softly. He watched Abel turn away and slipped closer to him. ”How’s your body doing? I was told they had to remove your gallbladder or some other organ?” Jakob thought about reaching out to touch Abel but wasn’t sure he would allow it. He barely seemed to be allowing him to take up this much space in his bed.

 

[xDarkWinterx]

⋮ ۩ ) • • • ❛ 𝙅𝙪𝙙𝙜𝙚, 𝙅𝙪𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙀𝙭𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙧.❜



Abel wasn't too interested in talking about his attack. He didn't remember it so there wasn't much to tell. The last thing he remembered was being in the kitchen late at night and then a burning sensation in his back.

Talking about Addy, he listened as Miguel spoke. He'd been surprised to hear he'd visited him in the hospital as Addy hadn't said anything, only that Kirean had asked Rowyn to provide some protection for him. Abel felt the bed move as Miguel came closer. He wasn't bothered by it. Abel listened as Miguel questioned him again. He looked down at Miguel, "It's alright, working on building some muscles back up… Abel responded as he glanced at the scar lining his abdomen. It was still healing. "My spleen got destroyed and they nicked my kidney but the doctors were able to fix it." He replied remembering they told him he had had a lot of blood loss.

 

[Pure Acid Dreamer]

It wasn’t surprising that Addy had not told her brother about his visit. For whatever reason she hated him and didn’t trust him. Never mind the fact that he was the one to suggest to Kieran that he get Abel protection. Though seeing as Kieran hadn’t even contacted Abel, he supposed it was possible Addy didn’t get the message. Jakob watched the male as moved closer to him. He met the male’s gaze as Abel peered down at him and answered his question. He followed his gaze down to the scar on his abdomen. Jakob followed up with another question, and listened as Abel recalled what he lost. He nodded quietly. ”I told Kieran you were too stubborn to die.” he teased lightly.

 

[xDarkWinterx]

⋮ ۩ ) • • • ❛ 𝙅𝙪𝙙𝙜𝙚, 𝙅𝙪𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙀𝙭𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙧.❜



Abel had tried reaching out to Kirean, though only got a response from his phone it was no longer in service. He had asked Addy and Rowyn where he was but neither had an answer. Abel hadn't bothered to contact Miguel for answers. He had figured they were together but that was not the case. Abel didn't know where Kirean would run, he wasn't the running type. Although the man before him was the cause of his pain, a stubborn fool.

Answering Miguel's questions didn't bother him. He couldn't remember so he saw no harm. However he had been surprised to know Miguel hadn't done it but then again not so much. Abel listened as Miguel teased him. "Well thank you for your vote of confidence." He replied, glad not to be dead either.

 

[Pure Acid Dreamer]

In all their fights Jakob had never really known where Kieran ran off to. He only found out after they made up and whatever information Kieran had chosen to share with him. For all he knew Kieran could be living it up in some fancy hotel across town. But a part of him doubted Kieran would have chosen such an easy location, especially when he had three friends with multiple connections all scratching their heads wondering where he went. At this point he didn’t want to know where Kieran ran off to. He was tired of being left alone without a word or explanation.

With his attention still on Abel, he couldn’t help wanting to tease him a bit. He smiled softly as Abel then thanked him. He was glad Abel hadn’t died. Not because it would have looked terrible on his part, though this was still true. But he also would have missed their little moments like this. Jakob knew he wasn’t Abel’s favorite person in the world, but clearly he didn’t hate him enough to leave him alone either. Leaning over, Jakob pressed a soft kiss to the male’s shoulder. He lay back a moment later and sighed. ”So, what do you plan on doing with new lease on life?” he asked curiously.

 

[xDarkWinterx]

⋮ ۩ ) • • • ❛ 𝙅𝙪𝙙𝙜𝙚, 𝙅𝙪𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙀𝙭𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙧.❜



Indeed Miguel wasn't his favorite person but he tolerated him. Just as he assumed Miguel did the same. He wasn't rude enough not to help Miguel. Abel didn't want to watch him bleed to death as he didn't think Miguel would have gone to the hospital to get help. He had to agree, he didn't like going to the hospital for minor wounds. Feeling the bed shift, he watched as Miguel leaned over and kissed his shoulder before pulling away. Abel shrugged his shoulders at Miguel's question. "Probably need to focus on the common goal of finding out who was hired to attack me and take care of them." He replied knowing Miguel had the same focus in mind.

 

[Pure Acid Dreamer]

Indeed, Jakob had no such plans of visiting a hospital. He didn’t need them interrogating him and possibly getting the police involved. If Abel had not been willing to help him he likely would have tried to get to the nearest store and bought his own supplies. He can’t say it would have been nearly as good a job as Abel had done, but it kept him alive that was all that mattered. Pressing a kiss to the male’s shoulder, he laid back to question him once more. He watched Abel give him a slight shrug before speaking. ”Hmm, well if the information I have received in the last few weeks is to be trusted I might be able to help you out with that.” he said. Given his current state, he didn’t know how much use he could be without ripping a stitch.

 

[xDarkWinterx]

⋮ ۩ ) • • • ❛ 𝙅𝙪𝙙𝙜𝙚, 𝙅𝙪𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙀𝙭𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙧.❜



Abel wasn't stupid to know that Cornelius was behind the attack. However, who would be so bold to attack him in his own home, someone who had plenty of time to watch him and know he'd be alone. He responded to Miguel's question as he watched him. Abel listened as Miguel spoke. "Oh really?...And what information would that be?" He asked, curious to know if Miguel would explain or keep his information to himself.

 

[Pure Acid Dreamer]

Given his current condition, Jakob didn't mind sharing what he knew. Besides that, it didn't feel right to keep this sort of information to himself. Abel had every right to know who tried to kill him. He doubted the police had very much to go on to fill in those blanks. Abel's follow up question was to be expected. "Just some stuff I've been collecting the last couple of weeks. As you may or may not Cornelius has replaced me with someone new and decided to give me all the credit for your near death experience." he said slowly.

"He's roughly my weight,5'8, said to be from Venezuela other sources are saying Columbia. He does not use the same twice. His last three known names have been James Fargo, Jesus Rodriguez Martinez, and Sebastian Chavez. He's said to be fluent in Spanish, English, French, and Portuguese. I haven't been able to pin down a location, he doesn't seem to be living in any of Cornelius's homes. But I suppose we're not completely out of the realm of possibility that Cornelius could bought another property for him specifically using another name."

Jakob gave Abel just about everything he'd been able to uncover. It was still a working profile, but it was better than nothing. He wondered if any of those names meant anything to Abel. If so, perhaps they could work together on finding this guy.

 

[xDarkWinterx]

⋮ ۩ ) • • • ❛ 𝙅𝙪𝙙𝙜𝙚, 𝙅𝙪𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙀𝙭𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙧.❜



Abel wouldn't be surprised if Miguel kept the information to himself. After all, he had worked to gather the information these past few weeks. He questioned Miguel, waiting to see. It wasn't long before Miguel responded. Abel listened to Miguel as he spoke of the new hitman for hire. His description sounded familiar. Especially since one of the names popped out. "Sebastien Chavez sounds familiar but I'll have to look at my records later to see if there's more details." Abel responded knowing he'd have to do some digging as well with the information he'd been given.

 

[Pure Acid Dreamer]

It likely came as no surprise to Abel that he had been looking into the man. Still, he could find no reason whatsoever to withhold that information from him. After all, with this new addition of scars and Abel's handy work, he was likely going to need to take it easy for the next couple of weeks. The idea of being bedridden was not something he was looking forward to so giving Abel all that he had seemed like the next best thing. As Jakob spoke, he watched the male curiously and was a little surprised as one of the names mentioned stuck out. "Your records?" he asked, arching a brow. "What kind of records?" Jakob couldn't help his curiosity. He couldn't imagine what sort of records the man kept. It also made him wonder if there might be a file of his own among them and what sort of things Abel had found out about him.