Coming around

[Steele]

After nearly three days of being in coma, Steele finally opened his eyes. He was human, his head was pounding, and his whole body still hurt from the tournament. He was bandaged up and his hands both had a cast. He had forgotten they were both broken in the tournament. He tried flexing his fingers and felt a sharp pain. He clenched his teeth and remembered a few of them were missing. He stopped for a moment, and gave a depressed sigh. He remembered all that happened that led him to the hospital. How terrible he'd been to others and the excruciating pain from the darkness. If it wasn't for his accelerated healing he would be dead.
He groaned getting up and looking around. He was glad his senses weren't still amplified to a ridiculous level like in the darkness.
It was night time but his room light was still on. It must have been for monitoring him in case he changed. He was wearing one of the white hospital patient gowns. His small wounds had healed, but the bigger ones were scarring. It didn't sit well with Steele to stay in the bed any longer, if there's one thing a werewolf can't stand, it's being cooped up in one spot.
Steele began getting up and shaking off the monitoring wires that were on him. He was still in a great amount of pain and he was practically grunting through his teeth the whole time doing this. The Nurse Aid button began to click. To anyone normal this would just sound like a tiny click going on and off, but for Steele, you might as well be banging a drum.
They would send someone, anyone, down to his room at any moment.

[Namari Lovelle]

Namari's ears twitched. She was sitting in the front room of the infirmary, coming to check on Steele. One of the nurses and Namari had an argument about going to visit the werewolf. The nurse told her she couldnt, but Namari argued that she was going whether the nurse liked it or not. The nurse had walked away suddenly, and Namari pursed her lips.

And then, she heard a tiny beeping noise. Every time it beeped, Namari's ears would twitch. Well that's annoying, she thought to herself, refering to her ears constantly twitching. Deciding to investigate, she walked past the nurse secretly, and walked down the hall quickly. She finally reached the room with the beeping noise, she gasped to see Steele sitting up in his bed taking off the wires.

"S-Steele! You shouldnt be doing that!" Namari put a hand to her lips, in shock of seeing him.

[Steele]

Steele nearly jumped hearing Namari's voice. He quickly turned to her. He was happy to see her, but he wasn't trying to get caught doing this.
"Hey..hinny." He awkwardly says still trying to get the wires . "Good ti' see ye.." He says trying to get out of the bed, he was trying to hide the fact that he was still hurting.
"How long twas' I out?"" He says trying to change the subject

[Namari Lovelle]

"About three days...you...you scared me half to death you know!" Namari crossed her arms, an upset look on her face. "And stop taking those off, I know you must feel uncomfortable here but I mean really if you just relax and let them help you you'll be out of here in no time!"

[Steele]

"sorry." STeele said. He was glad that Namari still cared about him. She was one of the few who did. He did take into account what she said and stopped taking off the wires. "Where's Denzel?" He asked. The last thing he remembered was her coughing up blood before he was engulfed in complete dark.

[Namari Lovelle]

Namari's frown grew. Biting her lip, she mumbled, "...Denzel's...dead..."

[Steele]

Steele was shocked when he heard what Namari said. A breif moment of silence past.
"Wha-what? She's dead?" Steele sighed. He caused her so much grief when she was alive.
"Nd' thee Dappa? Phiilis, how's he? Nay, moor' importantly, how are you hinny?" Steele could tell that Namari has been really stressed.

[Namari Lovelle]

"Phillis seems to be doing good...he is king now. He's keeping me the leader of the knights, as well," Namari chuckled. "I'm...okay...I suppose. Denzel was like a sister to me, and then with you...I thought I would loose you as well..." Namari frowned again, sighing.

[Steele]

"Hinny what di' I tell ye' befor' thee tourny? I told ye' I'd be fine." He jokes, it hurt to laugh. He was trying to lighten the mood so Namari didn't seem so sad.
"Twat' happened in thee tourney twas' jus' a bad accident. Ye can't say me nd' Denzel were thee most friendly or' liked of people." He said remembering the tournament. How everyone scorned and resented him, while everyone seemed to love Denzel and Phillis.
He gritted his teeth, his old anger showing signs of returning.
"Can't say thee bitch didn't have it comin'." He blurts out before gasping. He did not mean to say that out loud.
"I mean..er-" He had no idea how to take that back.

[Namari Lovelle]

Namari's mouth dropped a little bit. "...I didnt know you were this cold..." Namari narrowed her eyes, crossing her arms. What Steele had said stung, and she was suprised that he had even said it.

[Steele]

"Well hinny that's not what I meant.." He says frantically. "I jus' meant tat' twith all thee lass did nd' all..she...deserved ti die?" That didn't come out any better than the first thing he said. He was HORRIBLE at recovering from bad sentences.

[Namari Lovelle]

It was as if Steele was trying to piss Namari off. Her eye twitched. "Steele, I do not think you should be judging whether someone should die or not. She is...was...one of my best friends. She has done nothing to harm anyone!"

[Steele]

"Aye except thee fact that she killed all those people in thee toon' massacre hinny nd' killed Dante too. Thin' twat does she do with thee life Dante gifted her with? She lived tin' seclusion nd' competes in thee tourney where she got herself killed." Steele growled. "I din't have a problem with thee hinny who stands there nd says she 'twas' a great person, but yer lying' Ti yerself nd ye know it."

[Namari Lovelle]

"Dante gave her his life, like you said. She had no control of what he did. She controlled herself as much as she could in the massacre. And I don't care if you don't have a problem with me, I don't appreciate you bad-mouthing a dead girl!" Namari waved her hands into the air. "If the past is everything, Steele, you should not be talking! A thief and a liar, you were! And yet many people accept you, why? Because you tried! And so did Denzel! But apparently you don't understand that..."

Namari gritted her teeth in annoyance. "I am not lying to myself, Steele. Everyone has their bad sides. You just have to learn to look past them."

[Steele]

"Lookin' past thee bad side? Hinny that's not being' nice. That's bein' stupid. What part of Murderer di ye not understand? Oh but of course it's okay with ye, thee toon's loyal protector, who let her walk free jus because she was your best friend forever. Second, I'd like Ti know who, WHO, in this god forsaken shitehole of a toon accepted me!? Tis' tourney was my only chance Ti' get everything back. Power, people's respect, and a chance Ti redeem myself, and I almost had, I was so close...but ye know who comes nd screws it all up!? Yer murdering vampire WHORE! She's dead because of YOU Namari, I'm in here because of YOU! And ye think yer actually helpin people by lettin an AMNESIA HAVIN TWAT lead thee kingdom!? Are ye fuckin kiddin me!?" the whole hospital seemed to be staring at the room. "ye don't deserve Ti talk about anyone, including me, with yer failed duties as a knight leader. Ye couldn't even stop a fight happening right in front of you." Steele shook his head.(he sure is a sore loser lol)

[Namari Lovelle]

Namari stood, arms dropped at her side and mouth to the floor. There were so many things she wanted to say to him. "I accepted you, thank you very much! Call her a whore again, asshole, I fucking DARE you! And don't blame this shit on ME when I couldn't do a god damn thing! It was against the rules! Also, if I were you, I would give more respect to your king you moron!"

"...I thought...I thought you were better than this, Steele." Namari said, tears filling her eyes. None dared spill over. "I have not failed my duties in being a knight. I know I havent, no matter what you think. And you know what? You are a prick who can't think for anyone but himself. You push away the people who try to help, and care about you!"

"You're a heartless son of a bitch who needs to get his fucking facts straight!" She stared at the man angrily. How could he say those things about Denzel and Phillis...or me? Namari felt completely heartbroken.

[Steele]

"well thin'..." Steele had heard a lot of those things before. But coming from Namari, someone he actually cared about, it seemed like everything she had said were like daggers to him. "I only care about myself, yer right. I win't deny it. I care about myself because if I din't...who will?" he didn't look at Namari.
"when yer parents abandon you who cares? Just you...when you're bullied relentlessly by thirteen different people fir a whole year who cares?..only you. When ye have Ti fight tooth nd claw fir every meal you get when your only 8 who cares? Only you....when everyone forgets your birthday, leaves you Ti rot in prison, and when standing up fir yerself get flogged by thee alpha WHO CARES!?....Just me..." tears roll down Steele's scarred face. "All my life it has been just me. I had Ti watch my own hide in raids, I had Ti hunt fir my own food, nd I had Ti earn thee respect of my pack. So excuse me if I only care for myself! Because no one else is, has, or ever will.

[Namari Lovelle]

Namari stared, in shock to see the man in tears. Voice calmer, and lower, Namari started, "Walter cares about you. In both forms, mind you. I wouldnt really count that as two people, though. Roland quite likes you, I think. Arkelse and Kavanah don't seem to mind you. And I care for you, I really do. Steele...try to forget your past. There will always be someone who loves and cares about you..." Namari reached out a hand to wipe away one of the tears, but pulled back. She didnt know how he would react to her doing that.

[Steele]

Steele looked down, all his stress from his life just seemed to show. He watched as tears dripped onto his hospital blanket. He couldn't wipe his own tears with his cast without opening the cuts on his face.
"I'm..sorry hinny. Thank ye." He says.

[Namari Lovelle]

Namari wiped away his tears carefully, avoiding the cuts. She kissed his forehead gently, and hugged him. "No problem...you know I didn't mean any of the cruel things I said..."