Private Finished Where the Heck Is Here?

Duke frowned a little at the almost non-impact of Risky's jab. He definitely had been jabbed in the past by her - many times - and knew what a full-on Rusky jab felt-like, and this worried him more than he'd admit.

"I hope so, cause this place is starting to get to me," he admitted quietly as he glanced nervously around to see if anyone was nearby. Duke had really only been on the island a day or two, but everything just felt off, different - and not necessarily in a good or bad way either. He couldn't put his finger on what it was but even the food tasted different somehow - oranges were less orangey, milk less creamy, things were just off somehow.

Duke shot Risky a very uneasy look, and then glanced for a moment at a window in his room, wondering what things were like beyond this room.

"Don't worry too much, okay. I'm sure everything will work out," Duke said as he laid a hand over Risky's, trying to comfort her somehow. "We are together, right? And we will get through this together like we have always done," he told her with an encouraging look.

Duke was gonna be flippant and say it was just his good looks or charm but decided not to for some reason. Instead, he just squeezed Risky's hand back in answer.

"Tomorrow or the next maybe, hopefully?" he said with a tiny shrug at her question about being released from the hospital, "Something about me needing a guardian cause I am still underage. Although, between you and me, I should just walk out of here. Blow this joint altogether," he told her with much more bravado then he actually felt.

"What the hell are you up to, Risky?" Duke asked with a wide grin when she said, with a mischievous look he knew all too well, that she suddenly had an idea, but wouldn't elaborate on it.

"I know that look, girl," he added teasingly as he sat up in the hospital bed and just watched her move, almost dance, to the door. "You are definitely up to no good, aren't you?" he called out laughingly, watching her disappear and deciding then, to just relax and maybe catch a few winks while he waited for her to come back a little later.