Ivan was making dinner for himself when he heard noise coming from the fire escape outside his window. He opens the window and his eyes go wide when he sees a girl climbing towards him. He was frozen in shock.
She nods and moves into the apartment and follows him into his room. Setting things on the bed she looked into everything he’d gotten for her. As she turned around and saw Ivan she moved towards him and hugged his neck. smiling she rested her head on his chest. “Thank you Ivan” she spoke softly.
Ivan was a little startled when Jinx hugged him but he wraps his arms around her slowly. “You’re welcome, Jinx.” He chuckles softly.
The red head looked up at him her chin resting on his chest as she did so. “I am excited to meet your mom…..you talk about her a lot.” She spoke to him.
He laughs nervously. “Really? I guess I do.” He smiles and pets her head. “I’m glad you’re excited to meet her, I know she’ll love meeting you.”
She gives an awkward smile to him at his comment. It would be the second person she’d really get to know since running away. It was strange.
He smiles brightly. “Now, I’ll put your clothes away. You can help me if you’d like.” He says.
“Yes, of course!” She spoke and pulled out all the clothes and folded them as she’d been taught to do and sorted them out between tops and bottoms and dresses and sweaters/jackets and socks and underwear together. She let Ivan show her where everything would go. She looked at Ivan. “Is it okay that I sleep in the same bed as you? And our clothes are in the same places?” She asked him curiously.
He pauses and blushes. “Um. I don’t see why not. It’s not like it’s sexual. We’re just sharing dhe same bed. No big deal.” He said, though it sounded more like he was trying to convince himself more than Jinx.
She raised a brow not entirely convinced by his statement but decided not to say anything. “Will you have work tonight?” She asked him. She handed him her sweaters/jacket to be hung and put her shirts and pants in their set drawers and her shoes in the floor of the closet.
He takes the clothes and hangs them on her side. “Probably. Depends on how my mother is feeling when we pick her up.” He says.
“I mean I’m sure I can help…..right?” She asked whilst at the same time offering to help him. “I’m happy to learn what I can do to help. You’ve done so much for me” She added and she fidgets with her sweater sleeves.
Ivan chuckles and nods. “Yes. You can learn to help. You can either get a job or you can help take care of my mother. You are a big girl, after all.” He says teasingly, patting her hair.
She looked at him. “I don’t think anyone would take me for a job. But taking care of your mom seems like a good idea.” She spoke. “I’m not quite ready for a full dive into the real world I’d think” She said and sighed lookin down at the ground
“Hey.” He tilts her head up. “Don’t worry. I’ll help you. You can go slow. Besides, my mother will love dhe company.” He smiles. “Now let’s go see her.” He holds out his hand for her to take.
She looks up at him as he tilts her head up and she blushed ever so subtly and her heart seems to skip a beat. But she pushes it aside and takes his hand and gives a small smile. “Let’s go…” she spoke. She held onto his arm with content.
He chuckles and smiles brightly as they leave the apartment but go around to the parking garage. “We have to take dhe van so my mother can ride with us.” He tells her.
“You have a Van?” She asked him curiously. “What’s a van?” She then added. She ruffled her hair and have a soft smile. Making sure to follow Ivan closely.
He laughs a little. “A van is like my bike, only it’s all covered.” He says. “Um… I’m bad at explaining things. Maybe you’ll know it when you see it.” He smiles.
She gives a small laugh at his explanation of a van. “Why do I feel like that’s a little off?” She spoke teasing him slightly as the walked.
“Probably because I am.” He laughs nervously as he unlocks the van. “Dat is it.” He says.
She looked at it but wasn’t seemingly fond of it. But she didn’t say anything. “Seems interesting. Just like other cars” she spoke and walked up to it.
He pushes a button to unlock it and it makes a clicking sound. “It’s nothing special, I know. She hospital gave it to us to make transporting my mother easier.”
“I’m not complaing” she spoke and she opened the passenger side door and hoisted herself into the seat. Sitting in she looked at Ivan waiting on him to take the reins.
Ivan gets into the driver’s seat and starts the van. “Make sure you buckle up.” He says, doing his own buckle.
She watches him and does just the same and sighs. She looked out the window as he begun driving and she spoke after a moment, “What if those men are outside?” She asked him.
His grip tightens on the wheel. “Dhen I’ll kill dhem, and protect you.” He says.
“You can’t just go around killing people…..at least to my knowledge right?” She asked him. Though it was sweet he was willing to protect her as such.
“Self defense.” He say, trying to give a casual shrug. “Besides, Dhey can’t treat you like property. You are a person. A woman! You deserve all dhe respect.” He huffs.
She reached her hand over to his forearm and gave a small smile. “Thank you. I don’t know what I’d do without you.” She spoke sweetly and with sincerity in her eyes.
He relaxes and smiles. “Don’t mention it.” He parks the car into a spot. “We’re here.” He says.
She notice him relax and she breathes out with a small smile before nodding and unbuckling herself. Then opened the door and exiting the Van. She pulled up at the waistband of her jeans and smoothed put her sweater a bit anxious for some odd reason
He gets out and locks the car. “Come one. She stays in dhe same room every time.” He smiles, taking her hand softly.
She laced her hand with his and nods following next to him. “So why is she in the hospital again?” She asked as they made their way inside and to her room.
“She… had an accident and was paralyzed from the waist down. It was really bad but she’s just going in for leg check ups every so often.” He says.
She squeezed his hand. “I’m sorry to hear that. She seems like a strong woman. I’m honored o meet her.” She spoke and leaned on him once more. Trying to comfort him. She’d prayed a bit and could feel how tense he was getting at her question.
He shakes his head. “Don’t worry about us. She’s lasted longer than the doctors ever expected.” He smiles, giving her a visitor sticker.
She takes the sticker and places it on her breast of her sweater. “Why can’t I worry about you?” She asked, looking up at him.
He blushes and rubs the back of his neck. “Y-you can if you would like, but you don’t have to.” He stutters out.
She notices his blush and she goes a bit wide eyed in surprise at his reaction. “Everything okay?” She asked him as they stood in the lobby.
He nods. “Yes. Everything is fine.” He says, pausing for a moment before walking. “Her Room is dis way.”
She follows behind him and something about the hospital seems as if a eerie reminder of the lab. The white appearance and sterile sent filling her nose. It was like being…..home? She had no other word to describe where she came from. Her head drifted into its thoughts as they walked. She lost her awareness to what was around her as they wandered. Flash backs to only days before. Before she’d ran away.
Ivan stops in front of a door and feels Jinx bump into him. “Jinx?” He turns. “Are you Alright?” He asks.
She walked into someone and stumbled back some and it brought her back to reality. She pressed her hand to Ivan’s chest and she looked up at him her eyes into his and she blinked before she pulled back. “Sorry. I’m fine. I just…..zoned out. I think.” She said to him and stepped back. “Is this her room? Your mother’s?” She asked
He nods, taking her hands and smiling. “Just know, she’ll say some crazy things but she means well.” He says before opening the door. Laying in a hospital bed was a woman who looked to be in her late forties. Her platinum blonde hair was falling into her face as she worked on the small puzzle in front of her. “Hello mother.” Ivan says, making her look up. “You’ve brought a girl with you?!” She ask excitedly.
The red head looked at the woman in bed and observed her. She was pretty. Definitely could see the relationship between her and Ivan.
The woman spoke and looked at her, Jinx jumped and looked back at the woman. “H-hi… I’m Jinx.” She spoke sweetly giving a small smile.
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