Mr. Nitram nodded. "I bout some freshly butchered meat for him, so you can either cook it or let him eat it raw."

"I'll ask him when he gets up..." He said softly. "He had a rough day..."

The man frowned. "A rough day? Poor fellow. What's going on?"

"He uh... kinda... sorta... got taken from me..." He frowned.

Mr. Nitram frowned. "What?"

"These guys took him from me... But, one of the kids from school brought him back to me/"

Tavros' father nodded. "Is he ok?"

"He was like this when he got to me.... But, he's aware of everything..."

The adult walked over and sat in the bed, rubbing Gamzee's hair. "Gamzee." His face scrunched up at his name. "Gamzee, darling wake up.." He groaned a little, twitching. "Tav...ros..." He slurred out.

Tavros looked at Gamzee. "Gamzee, wake up if you can please....."

His face contorted in a strange way, eyes attempting to flutter.

Tavros squeezed his hand. "Please wake up Gamzee.."

His eyes flickered open just slightly, a little bit of the orange orbs peaking out at Tavros.

"hey there... How are you feeling Gamz?" he asked, looking at the boy's face.

He didn't speak, but instead reached out for Tavros like small children do when they want to be held.

Tavros got up on he bed and moved close to Gamzee.

Gamzee cling to his master, burrowing against him.

"it's alright Gamzee." he rubbed the other's back slightly.

Gamzee made a purr like noise, closing his eyes. "Thank you...."

Tavros smiled and hugged the demon boy.

Tavros' father left them with a small smile.

Tavros rubbed small circles into Gamzee's back. "are you feeling better at all?"

He nodded. "Demons are strong. I'll be perfectly back to normal in a few hours."

"that's good!" he exclaimed. "I'm glad."

Gamzee smiled and yawned. "I'm just glad they didn't bleed me dry..."