[FF7][SC] Star Flower

Claude's hands were shaking and he unscrewed the lid, but Claude just looked at him puzzled.

Genesis snatched the bottle, took a hasty gulp and stuffed it back.Claude looked at him and then at the bottle, learning how to drink vigorously, and coughed suddenly.

"Slowly...slowly..." Genesis patted the young man's back, watching him drink eagerly, like a beggar, and he didn't know how long he had been hungry and thirsty.Thinking of myself waiting by the side for a while, I felt an indescribable sourness in my heart, "Is that enough? Do you need something to eat?"

Gaia...how long did Claude sit here before he came?He was in the theater for at least two and a half hours, during which time he could at any time...

In any case, take him to the hospital first.After the young man drank the whole bottle of milk, Genesis carefully spoke again, "You come with me now. I will take you home."

"Flowers." He spoke as if he could only speak simple words.

"What do you care about at this time! Take care of yourself first!" Genesis finally couldn't help roaring, and realized how inappropriate it was after shouting, but Claude didn't look scared—he had always I don't know what it means to be afraid, even at times like this.

Without further ado, Genesis grabbed the boy's arm, half helping and half forcing him away from the edge of the pool.Claude stumbled and took two steps, and suddenly resisted to grab the young man's hand, and knelt down tremblingly.Genesis was startled, and half-kneeled beside him to check the situation.

"Tell me what's wrong!" He didn't see any wounds, but combined with the pinch marks on his neck, injuries couldn't be ruled out.Will it be the ribs...or something else...?Different from the roughness of words, the action of checking the ribs is extremely gentle, always ready to heal or recover.The boy's hand was on his shoulder, very hard, Genesis supported his body carefully, but didn't hear a groan.

A hand stopped his movement.

"what are you doing?"

When he met those clear eyes, Genesis realized that Cloud had returned to normal.But he said nothing, and continued to grope without refusal.The knee-jerk reaction wouldn't lie, something must be hurting, and that's why Claude sat up all morning instead of walking around.

"Enough." Claude shook his head and stood up, awkwardly arranging the already messy clothes. The coat was messy with bread crumbs and milk stains, so embarrassed.Because of their abnormal behavior, the sparse crowd in the square has a tendency to gather.

"Not enough." Genesis was still half squatting, making sure that there was nothing wrong with his legs and feet.This only proves that the pain is out of sight. "You have a problem. Follow me to the hospital. Calm down! It's not the normal one!" He understood what the young man was worried about, and he had to seek help from those shady underground doctors, but those days were far away. "I know some black doctors who have good credit and are safe there."

"I'm fine. Really not. You wouldn't tell Angel, would you?" In the confusion, this was the first thing he cared about.

After being startled and frightened, the anger surged into Genesis's heart uncontrollably.With a cold face, "Oh? I thought it depends on the test results."

"You won't." It seemed to be seeking a confirmation, but also as if the result had been determined, "If you really valued Angel so much, you wouldn't tell him."

"……why?"

"Do you still need to ask?" As if being asked some ridiculous question, Claude asked back of course, "Tell him, let him know the truth, and then watch him refuse treatment because of guilt, is this what you want? "

"It's not fair. 』

The pupils suddenly constricted.Genesis didn't expect this to happen.No, he guessed it, he just deliberately never thought in this direction.The overt hints, the blunt signs, all pointed to the obvious, and he was always blind to them—if they didn't pay for it, someone had to pay for them.

But he didn't know... didn't know it would be like this...

"You..." What should he say?comfort?Apologize?Or... thanks?

"This is only temporary." From what Genesis showed, Claude reacted and said what he shouldn't have said.It was too late, and the explanation sounded more like a weak refutation, at least Genesis didn't intend to believe a word of it. "I need time to adapt, that's all."

"Do you have to make things so complicated?"

"Complicated? Oh no, it's not complicated at all." Claude seemed to want to laugh, maybe it was ironic, maybe it was bitter, but he had no way of knowing, and he couldn't laugh in the end. "I don't need your pity, it doesn't make any sense. Don't force yourself to look worried, you don't care at all, you only have arrogance and hatred in your fucking mind, and things would never have turned out like this if it wasn't for you— —”

"Claude!" Everything suddenly went off the rails, and Genesis had never seen such a vicious look on this person, and he looked... unexpectedly scared.Like a hedgehog, the more frightened he is, the more he erects his spikes to keep out all help. "I want to help you. You need help."

Claude was startled suddenly, avoiding his sight at a loss. "Haven't you 'helped' enough?"

"What happened?" Genesis tentatively and cautiously touched the bruises, then held the boy's cheeks, forcing him to face himself.Then he was stunned by those eyes full of pain, and it took a lot of effort to regain his voice. "what can I do for you?"

"But you can't." Claude sighed softly, half frustrated, half relieved, "Between me and Angel, you will never choose me, will you?"