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Bottle was walking ver to two's room, humming to herself happily. Four decided to push his job on checking on Two onto her, but she didn't mind. She actually found Two's company enjoyable, even if currently they're stuck in a bedrotting depression. She finally was at Two's door. It was yellow with a number "2" written on it. She took a deep breath before walking in.
"Twosy! I-" she opened her eyes and immediately paused. Two had a razor in their hand, stained slightly with blood. Fresh blood. Their wrist was pointed away, but their arm fur was red. Two was looking at them with a horrified look, frozen in place. Before too long, Bottle shut the door gently and started running. She didn't say anything in reply, but she got an idea.
She ran into X earlier than expected, stopping herself before she ran into him in the middle of the hallway, "Uh..are you good?"
"X...thank..sand...I found..you.." Bottle said between pants, trying to catch her breath, "Do you have...any of that Aloe Vera?"
"Yeah, I still have that, why do you ask?" he responded, confused on why Bottle would need it. However, he grabbed some from behind his back, "Th-that's not important right now," she responded, her voice a bit nervous, but grabbed the leaf, "Thank you though!"
"You're..welcome..?" X responded, confused as Bottle ran off. He didn't try to question further though, just going back to what he was going to do.
Bottle found her way to the storage closet and grabbed the first aid kit (idk where first aid kits are located in hotels bear with me alright) before going back over to Two's room. She braced herself before reopening the door. Two was now under the covers, seemingly curled into a ball beneath the sheets, although it was hard to tell. She shut the door softly like she had before, and walked up to Two's bed.
"..Two..?"
"Go away.." a muffled voice said from beneath the sheets, "You weren't meant to see that..."
"Let me help you.."
"..what?"
"Like, help treat your cuts."
"Oh."
Two reached a hand out, holding the edge of the blanket and slowly pulling it away, enough to look at Bottle. She wasn't smiling, but she had a medkit and aloe vera in hands, which interested them. They gingerly pulled the sheets up, exposing the rest of their body, sitting up.
Bottle got up onto the bed herself, placing her items down.
"..whats the aloe vera for?" they pointed to the plant with a slightly weak hand, "I heard it helps heal cuts faster!" Bottle responded happily, "X gave me it!"
"You told X?!" Two's voice became panicked, their expression shocked, before Bottle clarified, "Oh, no! I just asked for it and he gave it to me. I wouldn't do that." she thought for a second, "I don't think I would..?" Two calmed down after hearing that.
"Give me your arm, please." She said gently, holding out her hand. Two nervously extended their arm, their palm side up so Bottle could see all the cuts. Bottle moved her hand away last second to break open the aloe, but Two kept their arm outstretched. Bottle lathered a few of her fingers with the plant's gel, before her other hand grabbed them by the back of the wrist, her gel-covered hand moving towards the cuts, "I dont know if this is gonna sting...sorry if it does.."
It...felt cool on Two's skin. A little soothing actually. They allowed Bottle to apply it and lather it into their skin until it was a smooth sheen on top of it.
"Is it on your other arm too?" she asked, which weirdly surprised Two, "Oh. No, it's just on this arm."
"Alright.." there was a weird tinge of distrust in her voice but Two chose to ignore it. They were being truthful. She then got into the med kit and pulled out a roll of bandage, grabbing the edge and unrolling it slightly.
"is this..necessary? I mean, I don't think my arm is bleeding anymore.." they said, looking at her with confusion, "Well you can't cut if you have something blocking your arms, besides, it could still get infected or something." she responded, starting to wrap it around their arm. Once she wrapped it enough, she tore the bandage and used some tape from the box to keep the wrap together.
"Does that feel better?"
"I guess so.."
There was a bit of silence between them. Bottle put the items away and shut the box, locking it with the metal mechanism on it.
"..I'm sorr you had to see me like this..I..haven't done this in awhile...but..just remembering that I lost Gaty from something I could've prevenyed if I was..if I just..." they trailed off, feeling a lump in their throat, "C-can you...leave? Please?...I-it's...not..your fault.."
Bottle silently agreed, taking the aloe vera and medkit and walking out of the room. She hoped they'd be ok. But for now all she can do is respect their boundaries and take their recovery slow, even if there's pitfalls like this.