Get Well Soon (Kyan and others)

[Ravi Malone]

Even though Ravi was miserably as hell because of what he witnessed the night before, Kyan getting stabbed then later confessing his love for Toby, Ravi still was in love with Kyan and still wanted to see him in the hospital. Ravi stopped by the Grocery store where he worked on his way there and pick up Kyan a bunch of Get Well balloons and candy. No flowers though, flowers seemed a bit girly to Ravi and he wanted to try and step away from his reputation as a pussy.

Since Ravi's father was a respected doctor at the hospital Ravi was able to get in with no problem, in fact, he didn't even have to tell the nurse at the front desk why he was there. She just gave him a 'Hello Ravi!' and a bright smile. Ravi remembered what room Kyan was in from the night so with his arms full of balloons and candy he knocked on the door.

[jd]

JD had been inside the young guy's room: Kyan was his name. He kind of liked the guy: he seemed nice enough despite having been stabbed. He heard a knock at the door and realized he should probably get around to checking back in on some of his other patients. He checked on Kyan's I V quickly.

"Good everything seems fine here," he assured him. "You'll be out of here in no time, Walker."

He gave him a little salute, and went to get the door for whoever had knocked. He opened it to find Dr. Rivers' squirrelly son, erm well. . .his name was. . .oh fudge he couldn't remember.

"Hey there," he said to the boy. He had a bunch of balloons and candy. . .which JD attempted merely smiled at. "Nice balloons. . .I especially like the yellow one."

With that, he left to head off down the hall towards Mrs. Jones's room to see about her nausea.

[Ravi Malone]

"Hi." Ravi said to his father's favorite intern. He knew it was his father favorite intern because he's pointed JD out the one day and said, "That's JD, my favorite intern. If you ever tell him that I won't pay for you college. . . and I might cut your balls off. It all depends on how I feel." "Oh yeah, I like the yellow one too." The yellow one had Pikachew on it. Ravi hoped its ridiculousness might cheer up Kyan. Ravi entered the room right after JD left.

"Hey," said Ravi nervously to Kyan, "I brought these for you!" He held out his hands, a bunch of balloons in one and a huge bag of candy in the other.

[Kyan Walker]

Kyan waved goodbye to the intern, whom he'd learned was straight. . .and awkward. . . and whom he'd given up hitting on. Although he hadn't completely given up on him as a potential dating material for someone he knew. Of course the person he'd let in was not whom he expected it to be: which was Viola or Toby, or even his parents. It was Ravi, carrying a load of balloons and candy.

Surprisingly to him, beside his hospital bed, was an array of items people had brought him to show their concern. Debbie'd sent in a t-shirt with cock on it in red lettering and a picture of a rooster on it, that and a casserole. A fair few of his. . .friends. . . from Babylon had brought him flowers. . .and well other more exotic toys for him to arrange for display. His friend Benny whom he worked with had brought him a bottle of Daiquiri mix.

He was surprised people actually cared enough to visit him. He knew he'd gotten fans over his two years working at Babylon, but this was kind of nice.

"Hey thanks," he said. "You can put 'em over there so you don't have to hold them."

He shifted until he felt more comfortable and only winced slightly at the pain in his side. This was an awkward scenario for him right here. His stalker was here. . .and no one else was just yet.

[Ravi Malone]

"Ok," said Ravi as he place the candy and balloons on the table with all of Kyan's other gifts. There sure was a lot of stuff on that table, Ravi took a moment to look at it all. If it had been him in that situation he knew the table wold be close to empty, no one would have sent him presents or come to visit him. He wasn't nearly as popular as Kyan. Being around Kyan always made Ravi his self asteam go lower than it normally was. Even lying in bed with a stab wound Kyan was cooler than him.

Ravi stood awkwardly at Kyan's bed side. "Hey, um," he began, keeping his gaze on the floor while fumbling with the ends of his sleeves. "I, ah, just wanted to come see how you were doing. . . and to apologize for being a complete douche the past few weeks. . . and being a bit like a creepy stalking . . . but I never really did stalk you, I usually just ended up in the same place at the same time, but still. . . It's just that you're so cool and you were actually nice to me. . . People aren't usually nice to me."

[Kyan Walker]

Kyan regarded Ravi skeptically. Hadn't stalked him? Hadn't he followed him around at that party, and shown up several times at Babylon? He'd followed other people around who'd hung out with him. ..aka Toby. But the thought of Toby both angered and relaxed him. Ravi had gotten Toby kicked out of his house, but because of that. . .he was now living at Kyan's house. So in a way Ravi had sort of helped him out. . . in a very roundabout way.

"Look I don't mind being nice to you," Kyan said, choosing his words carefully, trying to sound gentle. "But there are certain lines you can't cross. It's nice of you to come visit me, I appreciate it, but I think we need to clear a few things up, you and I."

He paused and took a deep breath. If he could help it, he wouldn't be an asshole. He knew Toby was fond of Ravi, and before he'd gone mental, Kyan and Ravi had been friends. He had few real friends as it was.

"I don't mind being your friend," he began. "But friends don't constantly scream at friends. I know you just apologized for 'being a douche' as you put it, but I'm serious. I'm set in my ways, Ravi, I like fucking around. .and if I want to fuck around with Toby. . .it isn't up to you try and stop that."

This wasn't the same sort of angry tirade he's gone on a week or so ago. He was trying to make Ravi understand. Something he wasn't used to having to do. He was doing a lot of things out of character lately. If he'd told Viola this it would have been much easier: "Back off, I need some space."

"So, if you can accept that, we can be friends," he finished.

[Ravi Malone]

Ravi continued to keep his eyes on the floor and fumble with his sleeve as he listened to what Kyan had to say. It was pretty much what Ravi had expected; he knew he was still going to be told off a bit for being an asshole and he knew Kyan wasn't going to change in the regard that he still was going to fuck around. He just hoped Kyan didn't end up hurting Toby.

"I-I understand." said Ravi in a defeated tone. He knew he was never going to win Kyan over, especially while he had the choice of Toby. Even Ravi wouldn't pick himself given that choice. He felt a burning sensation in his eyes like he was going to cry. He quickly took control f it; he refused to cry in front of Kyan anymore. Alone in his bed room was still fine though.

At least him and Kyan were going to be friends. Ravi could actually say he had friends now! Maybe he could actually have a birthday party this year! He'd had one in seventh grade and only Audrey and Desmond showed up. Not because they were the only ones who would come, because they were the only ones Ravi had invited. He'd lied and told his moms he handed out a bunch of invitations at school so they wouldn't know what a loser he was.

"So we really are friends?" said Ravi, looking at Kyan for the first time during the conversation.

[Kyan Walker]

Kyan wasn't entirely convinced that Ravi did understand, but for the time being he was satisfied with the answer. All this talk of Toby made him think back to their conversation last night. What was next for them? Was he expected to stop fucking around? Would he be able to stop fucking around? Would Toby finally want to start fucking around? He'd never been in this situation before, having to worry about someone else and what they wanted. Until now it had just been about him, and occasionally Viola.

He shook his head slightly to shake off these ideas, and return to the question Ravi had posed to him. Were they really friends? He smirked, regaining his collected air.

"Yeah, you could say we're friends," he agreed.

[Ravi Malone]

"Really?" said Ravi, a touch of brightness in his voice. He ran over to Kyan and gave him a hug, careful not to push down or touch the stab wound. It was a hug more around the upper part of the body.

"I'm so sorry about everything! I promise I won't obsess over you any more or yell at you for making out with Toby or yell at Toby for making out with you or stalk you at Babylon or get all whiny when I see you with another guy or go and cry in the bathroom because of you or pretend to be cool for you or get drunk and kiss you then pass out, or drink to much because I can't have you or threaten to loose my virginity at Babylon to someone with AIDS because I saw you kissing Toby or make Viola call you so you end up at the diner with us, unless I just want to hang out with you and value our friendship, or set up a chain of events that eventually gets some kicked out of their house because I unintentionally revealed to their parents that their gay! I'm just glad we're friends now and I'm just glad that you're still alive!!"

Ravi kept his grasp around Kyan's upper and began to sob. Not because he knew he would never be Kyan's boyfriend, but because he was happy that he and Kyan could still be friends and because Kyan wasn't dead, and because he still felt really bad about everything that had happened.

[Kyan Walker]

Kyan felt uncomfortably trapped in Ravi's embrace. He wasn't a fan of public displays of affection. . .when they weren't joking or sexual. Although if it had been Vi in here he probably would have grudgingly allowed the hug.

Ok. . .and then the sobbing began. . .Kyan tensed up. Regardless of whether they were tears of joy or despair, he didn't do crying people. He gave an awkward pat to Ravi's arm.

"I'm -- glad I'm alive too," he said.

[Viola Hastings]

Viola came into the room after flashing a bashful grin at the intern. She saw Ravi there, hugging Kyan and immediately thought she'd have to step in to help out her friend. However she was slightly confused to see Kyan pat him back, and murmur something. It was strange, what someone who'd had and experience like his would change about his life.

She put a copy of Play Girl on the bedside table, and kissed Kyan's forehead around Ravi. She had to get that out of the way first, then she could say hello to everyone.

"Hello Ravi," she said with a grin. "And you, what a trooper, huh?"

She flashed him a bit of a smirk. She knew he wouldn't mind a bit of light fun. This was how they'd always been. When she'd had her tonsils removed back in 5th grade, he'd made all sorts of comments such as 'if you're not a lesbian, yell it so the doctor can hear'. . . things of that nature.

[Ravi Malone]

Ravi let go of Kyan just after Viola gave him a kiss. He quickly wiped his eyes on his sleeve; he didn't want Viola to know he'd been crying, not that it would be all that surprising. He saw the Play Girl Viola laid down. Fuck! He should have thought of that! Oh well, candy and balloons would have to do. There was already so many objects of a sexual nature of the gift table that perhaps Kyan would like something a bit different.

"Hi, Viola." said Ravi. Viola was looking really pretty, or maybe Ravi was just in a really good mood for once, or maybe because he was no longer distracted by Kyan he was finally able to notice. "Oh, yeah!" he said suddenly before going over to the candy bag and pull out a bag of candy and hiding it behind his back. "I felt bad cus you were so upset last night so I asked my moms what kind of candy girls like and they said girls like chocolate so here." he handed Viola a bag of Hershey kisses. "Hershey kisses come in a lot of weird flavors now and I wasn't sure what you'd like so I got you the normal kind. I hope that's alright."

[Kyan Walker]

Kyan allowed Viola to kiss his head, and grinned as she put the playgirl down on his bedside table. She knew him only too well. For the trooper comment he offered her a sardonic smile, flipping her off in mock anger.

[Viola Hastings]

Viola was slightly taken aback by Ravi's thinking to get her candy too. That was something altogether sweet, and chocolate? She might be a tomboy in most regards, but when it came to candy was she ever a girl.

"What a doll," Viola said with a grin, taking the bag from Ravi and giving him a little hug. "Thanks, that was thoughtful of you." She turned to look at Kyan.

"You could learn from him," she said in a faux- nagging wife-ish voice, to witch Kyan merely rolled his eyes.

[Ravi Malone]

Ravi was beyond pleased with himself when Viola gave him a little hug. She smelled like strawberries and love. He couldn't help but blush a light shade a pink. He hoped it wasn't to noticeable. He'd never been this giddy around Viola before and he couldn't figure out why. . .

"I-I-I'm glad you like them." he said to Viola with a big stupid grin on his face.

"You could learn from him"

Ravi laughed at Kyan's expense. It felt good to be laughing at someone rather than being the one laughed at for a change, especially since it was Kyan he was laughing at. Viola was so funny!

[Viola Hastings]

((don't you even think about it, Ravi))

Viola smiled and took a seat next to Kyan's bed. She had so much she felt needed talking about: from her cross-dressing, to his little chat with Toby last night, but she didn't think discussing it in front of Ravi was polite. Instead, she wrapped her feet around the chair's legs, and twirled a piece of her hair around her index finger, thinking about her past week.

Everything had happened as though in a whirlwind. She'd switched schools without her parent's knowledge, got invited to the Homecoming dance for St. James by Vinnie, met and flirted with a cute young intern, and watched as her best friend was stabbed.

She stood back up and wanderer over to where Kyan's get well items were located. She found herself not distracted by the items, and instead curious as to what life with Kyan in a relationship would be like. The thought of he and Toby on dates, made her give a derisive snort. She looked back at the two boys and bit back a laugh.

"Sorry," I was just thinking about something. . .you had to be there."

[Ravi Malone]

(( MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA))

With the same big stupid grin on his face, Ravi took a seat next to Viola. He watched as she twirled her hair in her finger. He was mesmerized by it. Not so much because it was Viola doing it. It was just one of those strange things you focus on when you're deep in thought.

So, he'd come to terms that he didn't have a snowballs chance in hell of ever being with Kyan. It sucked, yeah, but looking back on all the crazy things he did he couldn't blame Kyan. Ravi was just really bad at handling crushes. This time he was going to handle it much better.

Ravi was shaken out of his thoughts by Viola's snort.

"Sorry, I was just thinking about something. . .you had to be there."

"Oh," said Ravi, "That's ok." For one horrified moment Ravi thought that Viola was laughing at him, but then he reminded himself he wasn't going to be crazy anymore. "Kyan, did my dad tell you we you could leave?" Ravi asked curiously. He was really anxious to have a friends at school.

[Kyan Walker]

Kyan only half watched Viola's progress around the room, his mind elsewhere. Then Ravi asked him a question and he was brought to the here and now.

"They're pretty sure it's just another day until I'm up for the trip home," He said.

[Rivers Guiseppe]

Time to check up on Mr. Walker. Rivers knew the intern had already given him a checkup, but he was almost certain that JD had to have screws up some how. Plus Rivers had to admit that Kyan was hot and wasn't about to pass up an opportunity to see him with his shirt off in the middle of a dull work day.

When Rivers walked into Kyan's room the first thing he saw was his son, Ravi, sitting next to Kyan's bed. Oh Jesus, he thought, please tell me he's still not stalking this kid. Then he notice the stupid grin he kept flashing in the girl's direction. Rivers sighed and ran his fingers through his hair.

"Hello Mr. Walker," he said as he walked over to Kyan's bed. He notice the strange assortment of gifts on the bed side table. There was everything from sex toys to candy. "Wow, you have some very generous friends." he said, "Well, take the shirt off. Come on now, don't be shy. I've seen you plenty of times at Babylon with out your shirt on."

[Kyan Walker]

"Speak of the devil," Kyan said casually as Rivers entered the room.

"Wow, you have some very generous friends."

"Those are the best kind," he said with a smirk.

"Well, take the shirt off. Come on now, don't be shy. I've seen you plenty of times at Babylon with out your shirt on."

"I've never been shy about showing skin," Kyan replied. "And you and everyone else have."

With out further ado, he carefully removed the white wife beater he was wearing. His parents had brought him a change of clothes when they'd come to the hospital last night. He glanced down where he knew his stitches to be, but remembered that they were covered by gauze.

[Rivers Guiseppe]

Rivers carefully pealed away the gauze covering Kyan's wound and took a look at it. "Well, I must say that you are quite lucky." he said, covering the wound back up. "If that knife had been a little long or the wound just a bit to the left or right, you would have been much worse off the say the least. Actually, not getting stabbed in the first place would have made you lucky, now you're just moderately lucky."

"It looks like you're starting to heal just fine. I'm going to send you home tomorrow, but I'm going to want you back here in two days for a check up. Just to make sure you haven't developed an infection. Keep it covered up a few days then you want to start making sure you keep it clean. Don't expect to be back in school for at least a week, or work, or Babylon in general. I'd keep your physical activity to a minimum. That means, sports, fighting, or sex. No getting rough with that burly boyfriend of yours who was here last night. Keep it gentle." Rivers didn't care that he was getting a bit vulgar; they were all gay men here. Except for the girl, but if she was Kyan's best friend Rivers figured she had to be used to it.

"Now, any questions for me before I go to my next patient?" he asked.

[Kyan Walker]

Kyan heard the rules being laid out for him as thought a hundred feet a away from the doctor. No sex? For a week? --Well sex wasn't completely out of the picture-- No rough sex? If the cops didn't get Brad Evans then he would. . .

"Just one question, when did you say the rough sex can begin again?" he asked with complete sincerity.

[Rivers Guiseppe]

"Well, it all depends on how fast you heal." said Rivers, completely unphased by Kyan's question. "You do everything I tell you and you'll be able to get rough with in two weeks. Get an infection, or bust out your stitches, it'll be another mouth before you can do it rough. I'm not saying you can't have sex, just be careful about it. I'm sure you'll survive. There's plenty of other things you and your boyfriend can do besides intercourse."

[Kyan Walker]

Kyan snorted at the thought of doing anything besides having sex. This man obviously didn't know the life he led.

"He's not my boyfriend," he said instinctively. "I'll try to watch the s&m for two weeks then."

He spook in a vague enough voice to make it hard to tell if he was only joking about his tastes in S&M. Rivers kept referring to Toby as his boyfriend, but the two had hardly discussed such titles. He hadn't even fucked Toby yet.

[Rivers Guiseppe]

"Well, of course I don't think he's your boyfriend," said Rivers, "People like you don't get boyfriends and when you do you fuck it up within the first week and end up hating each other so good luck with that. And even though I could pick up on the joke, I wouldn't doubt if you were into S&M." Rivers made a few notes on Kyan's chart before continuing. "Any other questions of sexual comments before I go? Believe it or not I have many more patients to annoyed today and even more who are just going to annoy me."