Xing glared after the young man. I hope I face him...because if I do, I WILL tear him apart. He thought.

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"Yeah...but I was hoping it would last longer. Like the rest of her life." Spire replied, glaring at Eilliot.

Shiki smiled."it takes time......"
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Abby,at that time was finally starting to come around. It took her time tobecome aware of where she was, in an empty hospital room. She tried to see if her friends were there, but saw no one. Maybe they did not know she was in there.Then cringed in pain as the feeling in her body game back."ow shit,ow",she in pain.

"This is also a woman who used to go through a pack a day." Spire pointed out.

"Half a pack." Elliot corrected.

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Xing knocked softly on the door when he heard Abby from inside the room. Then he poked his head in. "You awake?" He asked.

Shiki sighed."so whats one smoke?",he asked calmly.
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Abbly blinked, and looked to the door."y-yeah ... im awake ....",she said still a bit drowsey from the IV that was starting to wear off.

Spire sighed. "I give up...." He groaned.

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Xing smiled a little and stepped the rest of the way in before taking a seat by her bed. "Good to see that you're fine...well, considering....."

Abby smiled."yeah, as fine as I can get ,mind you the pain killers are wearing off",she said and smiled."so what are you doing here?",she asked, not knowing they had been near the fight.
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Shiki laughed.

"Shiki and I put two and two together." Xing said. "After we found out that you weren't in the house, of course."

Abby frowned."im sorry i didnt tell you guys, i just didnt want you guys to get to close"

"You should've known we'd find out anyway." Xing said.

Abby nodded."yes, and i was hopeing by then the battle would have been over..."

It was over all right... Xing said. "You sure that was a good idea, though?" He asked. "We were worried!"

Abby cringed when he yelled."i ... im sorry",she said looking down at the bed sheets."i am sorry ...."

Xing blinked, not realizing he'd yelled. "Er...sorry about that..." He said. He placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. "It's fine, though. You're alive, at least."

Abby sighed and nodded."yeah,your right",she said looking to him giving a small smile.

"Shiki's outside with Elliot, telling her what happened." Xing replied. He pulled out his phone, and sent off a text to Shiki: Abbys awake.

Abby smiled some."ha he told her he's crushing on her yet?",she asked glad of the subject change.
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Shiki blinked feeling his phone buzed and pulled it out of his pocket.Seeing the text he smiled."lets go, Abby's awake1",he said looking to Elliot.

"No," Xing said, laughing. "Hell, he's too chicken to ask her out!"

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"Sounds good," Elliot said, putting out her cigarette and pulling the key out of the ignition of her motorcycle.

Abby laughed."wonderfull...."
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Shiki smiled heading inside.

"Teasing him about it was fun...." Xing said with a cockeyed grin.

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Elliot followed, slipping the pack back into her inner jacket pocket.

Abby grined."i bet it was....",she said laughing then cringed."ow, it hurts to laugh",she said laughing a bit about it.Then looked to Xing."you just better hope if you ever crush on someone that Shiki doesn't find out, he will get you back"
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Shiki rushed into the room and smild at Abby."look who's awake!",he said standing in the door way.

Shiki spoke right as Xing was about to reply. "Just in time! Abby and I were talking about your little crush...."

Elliot's brow furrowed and looked to Shiki. "What's this about a crush?" She asked.

Shiki froze."nn-nothing1",he said worried.

Elliot raised an eyebrow. "Really?" She asked. "This I want to hear about."

Xing on the other had, had his hand over his mouth in a fit of giggles, content to watch Shiki squirm.

Shiki gave a small glare to Xing then looked to Elliot."really its nnothing , there just ..... causeing trouble"

Elliot's eyebrow went even higher. "Doesn't look like you're just causing trouble to me." She said.