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Chapter One
It was a busy day at the Breaker Box and Eddie was rushing to get the electric waves to stabilize before the show started. When he had finally finished his maintenance for the day one last power surge flushed through the air having the lights flicker. Eddie groaned, that one hurt worse than usual.
"Okay Volt the club should be ready for tonight." Eddie said with a hand on his chest trying to catch his breath. "I'll see you after the show, I'll probably have a drink or two." He sighed visibly exhausted, he then trudged away into a cut-off area from the club. His exhaustion seemingly unnoticed by Volt who was still setting up for the night.
Eddie dragged his body to the bed and basically melted onto the mattress. He wanted to do more maintenance for the club but he was completely burnt out and defeated. Eddie's ears rang with all the noise coming from the club. Which funnily enough he hated, the loud music, constant chatting, and Johnny's singing, things that all made his head pound. But tonight he didn't care he was so tired he fell asleep almost instantly flopped on his stomach without changing his clothes.
The show had just ended and everyone was slowly filing out getting their last drinks and finishing up conversations. But Eddie was nowhere to be found. Volt was getting concerned, he said earlier he'd come get a drink after the show. Had Eddie really worn himself out so bad he didn't even show up for a drink?
Volt turned off the neon sign that said "The Breaker Box" and locked the door sighing. He hadn't realized Eddie had gotten this bad. Eddie did so much for Volt all the time, he felt ashamed that he couldn't even notice his friend's suffering, he just seemed to disappear without a trace most days. He rested his head in his hands leaning against the bar's counter. "Oh Eddie." He whispered.
He stood up straight and composed himself and walkee over to their bedroom to check on him. Once he got in the room he noticed Eddie's body slumped halfway onto the bed. Volt felt sick. He slowly lifted Eddie's body onto the bed, took his shoes off, and tossed the blanket over him
"I'm so sorry Eddie." A large frown found its way to Volt's face. He was absolutely devastated, he always told Eddie to get rest and his attempts never worked. Eddie was the most stubborn man he knew it was like Volt always knew what he was going to say before he even said it. Always something along the lines of no. But at this point he was genuinely killing himself over his work.
Volt tossed his suit jacket on the chair next to his bed not bothering to change into pajamas, and just laid there not even getting under the covers. He knew he wouldn't get restful sleep but he tried to anyways. He'd just sit there blaming himself all night over Eddie's exhaustion.
Eddie woke up in a different spot than when he fell asleep. He looked over to Volt's bed to see him gone. Which was weird for Volt, he usually slept in. Eddie tried lifting his body up to start his usual maintenance but he could barely lift himself to sit up. He placed his palm to his forehead from of his severe headache.
"Volt?" He called out. His body basically electrocuted itself after doing so. He let out a loud groan and laid back down. Eddie never got sick and when he did, it was bad. You'd think from the lack of sleep and overflowing stress his body would give out in itself more regularly, but it didn't.
"Hey Eddie how did you sleep, are you feeling any better? Do you need me to get you anything?" Volt asked with a soft smile. "I brought you a cup of Mocha from Kopi and a softer pillow from Betty." he said putting the cup on the side table and replacing the pillow under his head with the new one. "Are you okay Volt? Your eyes are red, have you been crying?" Eddie asked completely dodging everything Volt had just said. His body jolted again electricity cursing through it, leaving him in a coughing fit.
"Eddie don't ignore me." He spoke sternly his facial expression quickly changing to be quite intimidating. "Do not worry about me, I swear that's all you do. Just take a break for yourself, please." Volt told him, his face shaping into a concerned look. It really pissed off Volt how much Eddie didn't care about himself.