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A lot had happened since they'd arrived. He'd hoped things would settle but it didn't seem like that was going to happen. There was posession incident with Lizzy and then the off island thing with Rhett. Him and Chi finally getting together certainly made things a bit better, either way he intended to take care of his friends.

So the bandaged boy would make his way to Rhett's dorm, knocking on the door. He'd adjust the bandages on his hand, he couldn't feel it but he could see that they were irritating his skin. "Hey Rhett," he'd say with a small smile as the door opened.

"You busy?" he'd ask. "Uh...just wanted pop buy and talk, see how you're doing." @Ballerina
 
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Since his visit back home, a whole lot of nothing happened. His cast came off a week ago, the hair dye had almost faded, and his brain was back to being only as damaged as it was when he came to the island. It was a lazy weekend for Rhett, not that he had much of a say in the matter. Most of the day was spent flipping through textbooks and fooling around with 3D modeling software. When Rhett heard the knock on the door, he thought about just ignoring it. Then he remembered how scary his dorm parent was when they were pissed off. Yeah… He was going to check the door.

He peered through the keyhole to see who it was. Without second thought, he opened the door. Rowan had been to Rhett’s house enough times not to be surprised by the questionable state of his room or the fact he was still in pajamas at three in the afternoon.

“ What’s up?” Rhett replied with a stiff smile. Besides occasionally spotting Rowan in the hallways, now being in separate grades meant it had been ages since they’ve actually spoken. Not that Rhett had much of a problem with that. “ I’m actually doing alright, just chilling.”

“ And what about you and Chi?” He sat back down and gestured for Rowan to come in. “ Avram had a date too, can you believe it?”
 
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"Me and Chi are good....despite everyone's teasing," he'd say with a chuckle. "She still blushes every time we kiss," something he found to be absolutely adorable and he knew the others would tease.

He'd hum in thought. "Yeah, Avram got a date, Dela has a boyfriend," it was odd knowing that they'd been here long enough for that to happen.

Rowan would look at him a moment. "We haven't talked much since you got back," he'd say. "Are you ok?" it seemed locking themselves away was something common among their group, Chi was doing it to.
 
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Hearing about Rowan and Chi together, the one unsurprising thing about the past six months, his smile became more genuine. Rhett raised up a finger and opened his mouth, as if he was about to add to Rowan’s statement about the gang’s love life, then paused. As much as he loathed her guts, Lizzy having a girlfriend seemed to be between just the two of them. He lowered his hand, grabbing a mechanical pencil instead, already beginning to disassemble it.

“ Yeah. I already told you I’m fine. ” Rhett asserted, his grip tightening around the pencil. “ Sorry about ghosting you guys. Wasn’t supposed to use my phone the first couple days after, concussions suuuuck.” He groaned.

“ Whatever did happen, it feels like a weird ass dream. Don’t think about it too hard.” He blankly stared down at the pencil parts then went back to work putting it together again. “ We’re in different grades now, different schedules, I just don’t see you around as much. Are you ok Rowan?”
 

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"Different grades doesn't mean different hours," he'd say with a thoughtful hum. "Yeah, I'm fine I'm more worried about you, locking yourself away in here, Chi's been doing the same." Which Chi had never been the most social person. "It ain't healthy y'know? Locking yourself away," he'd say with a sigh.

Rowan would adjust the bandages on his face. "And......well.....I wanted to see if you're up for talking about your trip," he'd given him space, hadn't jumped on him as soon as he got back.

"So....if you're ok with talking about it?" he'd ask. "I'm not going to poke you about it, or push you, but I'm always around if you wanna talk."
 
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“ Alright. You got me there.” Rhett chuckled apprehensively, there were only so many ways to sidetrack a conversation. It was pretty clear why Rowan was here. Hearing about Chii was becoming a bit of a shut in came as no surprise either, even if the reason why was unclear. “ Yeah, but isn’t that just a Chii thing? She’s always been kind of quiet.” He shrugged and set down the reassembled pencil.

“ I stay in my room because there’s not much else to do. That’s all.” He pressed his lips then pointed at his legs.

“ I mean, if it’s eldritch stuff you're after, any kind of intel, most of what happened is pretty irrelevant.” It was hard, looking Rowan straight in the eyes, but not impossible when the majority of his face was bandaged, just tricky to get a read on him. “ I’ve already spoken about the funeral a little with someone else.” He glanced down. After two months, most of it was out of his system.

“ Dude, you don’t have to worry about me.”
 

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"It's.....it's different now," he'd say with a sigh, "everything is different now. What used to be normal...well it just isn't anymore, none of us are the same as we used to be." Normal mannerisms like anti social stuff just seemed more alarming and harmful than it used to be.

He'd hum in a thought. "Maybe not the same stuff....but you're forgetting were on a magic island," he'd say. "Like there's legit magic shops, a space station full of aliens.....hell there's an actual gladiator arena here."

Rowan would sigh. "No, not eldritch stuff.....you stuff," he'd say. "You were hurt and upset, a lots happened in the last while, and well.....I can't help but worry about you all." He'd run his hands through his air. "Maybe it's none of my business....but you're my friend, so I'm going to worry and I'm going to care."
 
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“ No shit.” He mumbled back, curling up his fist. Rowan meant well, obviously, but hearing the same consolation over and over again just from different mouths was tiring. “ Alright, so maybe I was exaggerating. You know I’ve done two out of the three, right? Space con was actually great.”

“ Anyways.” Rhett exhaled then tilted his head back. “ The whole magic island deal is cool, and yeah, there’s probably fun things to do around here, but that doesn’t change the fact I’m still a cripple.”

“ If you’re dying to know the truth, I’m physically limited in what I can do, Rowan. It makes for some pretty boring weekends.” Rhett looked at Rowan with narrowed eyes and curled lips. “ And going to the funeral triggered something? It made me realize how fucked everything that happened was and how fucked I still am, which I kind of figured anyways, but now my brain’s flipping out. There’s a fancy term out there my therapist uses and I’m pretty sure we all have some form of it.” He rambled, each word spat out faster than the one before.

“ I can't be the only one getting nightmares. ”
 

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"You're not the only one man, and you don't have to deal with it alone," he'd say. "I know it's not the same.....but my burns, the physical damage, they don't just make me ugly," he'd shrug, "my body functions are basically constantly monitored, it's why I didn't get a roommate."

He'd sigh. "As for nightmares, I think we're all having them," he'd run his fingers through his hair. "Probably all of our nightmares are bad," he'd look at him, realizing the two of them had started sharing in an odd dual therapy session. "I.....I don't have good dreams anymore.C

"So....how about this, let's get out of the school a while," he'd suggest. "Let's find an isolated spot somewhere and do a little power training, vent a bit."
 

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Rhett realized he was ranting to a guy whose entire family burnt down and hung his head. He nodded along as Rowan spoke. It was easy to lose perspective. They all had nightmares, even Lizzy. The only difference was that Rhett began getting them months later. That might have been a blessing in itself.

“ Sure. I’m free tonight.” Well, he was always free. Out of everyone, he expected Rowan to be the least excited about power training so it was strange he brought it up, but Rhett was bored out of his mind and honestly just missed spending time with an old friend. Now was probably not the time for him to bring up the fact how he hospitalized a guy with his own. “ But we’d have to do it away from the city for sure, got anywhere in mind?”
 
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