Chapter 2 - This is My Peluche Now

They lost but to them it didn’t feel like a loss. Pathfinder helped his friend find their legs. While lifeline and octane had the start of a different relationship between the two of them.
    “Congratulations you two!” Gibraltar said as he slapped them on the back.
    Wattson giggled “We found you two in cage a long while before, But you know the electricity between you two was burning. Get it? Hehe!” As always, she felt she made a joke.
    “Had to convince bloodhound here to wait.” Gibraltar nudged bloodhound with his shoulder.
    “I did not understand the reason for the wait but waiting turned out to be the right move, for we got the whole squad.” Bloodhound said then just walked off.
    Gibraltar slapped them on the back again with a push as if telling them to just get out of here already. “Have fun you two!”
    “See you later.” Wattson waved then clapped softly a moment later as an idea hit, “Oh and the view from the scaffolding of Thunderdome you should see.” Then put up a finger, “Not during a match tho. Its out of bounds.”
    Then Wattson and Gibraltar walked off but they could hear the start of their conversation, “I brought home cooking for you today.”
    “I’ve been wondering when you’d bring it again. It is so good.” Wattson said excited.
    “So…” Octane leaned in close and whispered, “continue where we left off?”
    “We taking ya to the hospital.” Lifeline crossed her arms.
    “But hospitals are so boring! You can always patch me up, You’ll be right there.” He nudged her playfully, then grabbed his side and let out a small hiss.
    She grabbed his hand and started to walk, pulling him along, “We going to hospital.” Her tone bargained no arguments.
    “Can’t we just make love and go Manana? I've been waiting a long time Ju know.”
    She squeezed his hand tight when she stopped and turned giving him a look that matched her earlier tone. Before she said anything he asked hopeful “Then at least stay with me Yea?”
    Her features softened and nodded, “I will stay as long as I can.”
    He didn’t protest after and kept pace with her holding hands until the train when he fell asleep. She wrapped her arm around him letting him use her as a pillow.
    “Enjoy ya nap time” She whispered before kissing the top of his cap covered head.
    It was a bit strange but felt right at the same time being like this. He slept a lot stiller then she had in her mind. He was always so twitchy when awake and always seemed to be moving something. She kind of figured it would be the same when asleep.
    Then all of a sudden he bolted up and just sort of stared at her after scooting a bit away.
    “Wam wit ya?” Ajay said with an arched brow.
    He seemed to relax suddenly as he rested against her again. “Are we there yet?” He started to wiggle his metal legs impatiently.
    She looked at him quizzically then shrugged it off. “Almost.”
    When their stop was announced as the next he jumped right up. He grabbed her hand and pulled her towards the doors. As soon as they opened he bolted causing her to stumble. She recovered quickly but was dragged a long.
    “Hey, slow up yaself.” She planted herself and leaned back.
    “Ay sorry. I just want to get out of here already.” He stopped long enough for her to start moving again and then walked at the pace she allowed him.
    “Ya haven’t even gotten there yet.”


    At the hospital he was seen a lot quicker then others. After all he was Octavio Silva the heir to Silva Pharmaceuticals. Most people just figured it was because he was Octane since he hadn’t changed yet. He made sure to keep his real name and face away from his Octane persona. He preferred to be Octane over Octavio Silva but he was who he was. He also couldn’t deny the perks and the trust fund being a Silva gave him, giving him the ability to be Octane to begin with.
    The doctor came into the room after all the examination and tests were done. “You will stay for further examination and observation.”
    Instead of sitting in the bed like he was suppose to be he was running and jumping in place. “No Bueno I have stuff to do.”
    The doctor continued just a bit annoyed. “After this amount of time, its unusual for your body to not have recovered. It’s concerning that even with the help of Ajay’s Doc your still at this stage of the healing process. I believe it has something to do with Wraith’s ability, so I want to keep you here for observation. You also should be in bed resting as to not agitate the damage your body is trying to heal.”
    “I feel fine Amigo. Just tell Ajay when she gets back that I’m okay.”
    “Ya better get back in that bed.” She ordered as she walked back in holding 2 containers of food and balancing 4 drinks on top.
    “There’s no reason to chica I’m-” He jogged towards the door.
    “Don’t ya try and play me. I was told whats up.”
    He stopped in place, “Busted.”
    “Ya can leave. I’ll explain things.” Ajay told the doctor she knew Octane wouldn’t listen to him.
    “Take your time. No one will disturb you. Just make sure you let one of the nurses know your decision.” He said as he walked towards the door.
    “Will do.” As soon as the Doctor left and closed the door, “Get yaself back in bed. Let’s fet.”
    He didn’t argue he sat back in bed. She placed the food on the bed table and rolled it over. As soon as the containers were in reach he opened them up. Inside one of them was Fries and biscuits. The other had popcorn shrimp and crispy chicken wings. Before she even sat down with one of the 4 cans he had his mask off and biting into a chicken wing.
    They sat in silence for a couple minutes as they ate. Octavio devouring almost all the chicken wings in that time.
    “Ya always did eat to fast.” She commented after taking a drink.
    “Speed is life.”
    “Since ya bring up life. If this relationship is going further ya need to take care of yaself”
    “You talking crazy. I take care of myself.” He really didn’t understand the big deal.
    “Octavio… I don’t expect ya to quit ya thrill seeking. We both do life threatening things. My job and the Apex games could get me killed one day.”
    “Che, Now you really talking crazy. Your to fuerte, Strong for that.”
    “Will ya just listen to me.” She pointed at him to emphasize her annoyance.
    “Si” He grabbed one of the biscuits and nibbled on it.
    “I blocked ya cause ya were playing to much with ya life. Ya just seemed like ya life could be thrown away jus to not be bored. Ya very selfish and I didn’t want to get more attached to someone who wouldn’t take the precautions.”
    “You were attached to me then?” He was surprised.
    “Of course I was, ya stupid? Ya were my friend.”
    “Why you didn’t tell me chica?”
    She glared “Theeen ya just show up at the Apex games. It wasn’t much betta but at least ya’d have a team to watch after ya. Ya made it hard to keep me distance. Kept bugging me to unblock ya.”
    “If you just unblocked me Chica I could have bugged you about something else.”
    “Ya keep interrupting I won’t unblock ya now.” He reached for the last couple chicken wings, “And don’t ya eat all the wings.”
    She stood up grabbed some fries and shoved it into his mouth. Then snatched a wing and plopped back down taking an aggressive bite out of it.
    He chewed the fries a few times and sucked the part that was sticking out into his mouth as he ate. Its been a long while since they just sat here like this. Eating, talking, her forcing food into his mouth. It was like old times and it made him smile.
    “I love you Ajay che.”
    “And I love ya Octavio Silva.” She said with a small smile after she swallowed the food in her mouth.
    Octane knew she would say more and instead beat her to it. “It will be so boooring but I’ll do what the doc wants. You will come play with me everyday Chica?”
    She was a bit shocked as it went a lot smoother then she expected. She smiled standing up grabbing the back of his head and kissing him. He wrapped his arms around her wanting to keep her close.
     It felt a bit strange to Ajay to be kissing Octane like this. They grew up together and understood a lot about each other. She grew feelings for him but she never could place when they first started. She never figured this would actually happen.
    She pulled away and as she sat back down, “We should finish before it gets cold.”
    “That was to quick.” He was disappointed.
    “I thought ya said speed was life?” She teased.
    “Ay, no fair.” He pouted and snatched the last chicken wing and took a big bite out of it.
    She just laughed and ate some more shrimp. The rest of the meal went pleasantly despite Octane polishing off 2/3 of it.
    “So what about dessert?”
    “Well ya going to be stuck with hospital food after this. So what ya want?” She was willing to spoil him a bit.
    “Tarta de Crema. Cream pie” he smirked looking at her up and down.
    She stood up and turned around and walked towards the door, “So Banana cream pie it is.”
    “Thats not what I-”
    “I know what ya meant. I’m going to talk to the nurse while I’m out. Ya betta be here when I return.” The door closed.
    While she was gone he met with the doctor. Who went over things with him. They wanted to keep him for 3 days to monitor and for him to be on antibiotics for 10 days. He was to take it easy and not do strenuous activity. All octane could think was. Boring boring boring.
    The doctor and the paperwork were all finished by time she returned with a whole banana cream pie and 2 forks. She also had a large duffel bag with her.
    “There you are! Took you long enough.” He had his arms crossed and was tapping his foot while still sitting in the bed.
    “Ya like a dog. A few minutes feels like forever.”
    She placed the pie down opened the top of the container it was in and handed him a fork. She sat down on the bed on the other side of the table.
    “Maybe you should get me a leash?” he played as he got himself a fork full.
    “I might if ya not careful.”
    “You spending the night chica?” He hoped.
    “I told ya id stay as long as I can. Did ya forget?” She took her first fork full.
    “Oh yea” He smiled as he never thought ‘as long as she could’ could possibly go as far as that.
    The room he got was one of those private suite hospital rooms for the wealthy and/or famous. The room was rather large with a more comfortable bed. It had a larger TV and even a recliner. It had some extra entertainment items like board games and video games. It even had a holovid library you could see movies from. A normal person wouldn’t be bored or uncomfortable in accommodations like this.
    Ajay slept on the recliner curled up in her sleeping bag. Her D.O.C plugged in beside her charging. Octavio couldn’t help but stare at her as she slept. All thats sticking out was her head her hair still tied up in buns and she snored softly. He couldn’t remember the last time he has actually seen her sleeping. It had to have been when they were kids when she had that pig stuffed animal.
    “Wow, We really have known each other for awhile.” He commented out loud to himself. “Oops” he whispered not wanting to wake her.
    “Ya should be sleeping.” Ajay said her eyes open now.
    “Your a light sleeper.” He was surprised.
    “Not always. Now go back to sleep.” She ordered.
    “Going back to sleep would work if i had been asleep before chica.” She threw a pillow which hit him “This is my peluche now.” He rolled onto his side facing her and cuddled it.
    “Give me back my pillow.”
    “No.”
    “Silva just toss it back.”
    “No.”
    “Silva!”
    “Its mine now,” he said as he hugged it tighter and half rolled, pulling the pillow away.
    She growled and unzipped the sleeping bag and stomped over. Right as she reached for it he quickly pounced her wrapping his arms around her shoulders and pulled her to him on the bed as he planted his lips on hers. She was thrown off balance and before collapsing on him caught herself with her arm.
    When the kiss broke, “Now can I have another? A dulces sueños kiss?”
    Octavio knew she understood very little Spanish. He loved to throw Spanish words in with his English whether thru talk or text. Ajay most of the time was able to guess what the word could be with what was around it.
    “A… Goodnight kiss?” She guessed as she stood back up.
    He chuckled, “A sweet dreams kiss.”
    “Ya should actually get comfortable to sleep.” He started to wiggle and adjust while he held her pillow which she then snatched and tossed it onto the recliner, “Without my pillow.”
    He laughed and playfully pouted, “Aww now I’ll never sleep.”
    “If ya don’t sleep no kiss needed then.” She retorted amused.
    “No fair… Besame… Kiss me I’ll sleep.” He held her hand and tugged it gently. “Come on come on come on or I’ll just keep you up all night”
    She rolled her eyes “Ya better sleep.”
    She sat on the edge of the bed and She leaned over him. He let go of her hand and she placed hers next to his head as he lay there. The kiss was soft and light on his lips before pulling away to kiss the top of his head.
    “Sweet dreams Octavio” she whispered while still leaning over him before getting up.
    “Goodnight Ajay. Dulces sueños” Octavio sincerely wished.
    Lifeline fell asleep before Octane and he just watched her until finally drifting off himself.


