"Seriously, you need to get here now! My brother's bleeding like a stuck pig!"

"...I'm on my way."

Aurora Lopez ended the call, and as she looked up, she caught Craig staring at her with what seemed like surprise that she could actually tell a lie. "It's a white lie! Otherwise, with my brother in this state, none of us could handle it."

"I didn't say anything."

...

At the hospital, the doctor cleaned up Miles Lopez's wound and wrapped it up neatly.

The cut wasn't deep, and to avoid scarring, they decided against stitches.

All the fuss sobered him up quite a bit, and he sat in the chair, letting the doctor apply antiseptic and bandage him up without a word.

Seeing his silent, brooding demeanor was driving Aurora crazy!

"Bro, you can't just sit there like that! I've called Felicity over. You need to act like you're in agony so she'll feel sorry for you!"

The way Miles was now, he hardly looked like a man who had just attempted a dramatic gesture of love.

don't want to

like lying.

drop the stoic act for once? Sometimes us girls don't mind

Aurora shot Craig a look. "That doesn't apply to

smile, seemingly resigned to

worry about me. You and

home now? Leave you here by yourself? Miles,

was about to continue when

He's not

only trying to help! Felicity clearly has feelings for him. A little vulnerability might just make her care

things, and he's here acti all high

you've said your piece. Let's just wait out here for

not even having changed out of her

"How's Langston?"

practically out of breath

sitting there with a freshly bandaged

"...What happened?"

I've

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