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Rainier hadn’t been able to take Mum in a while.
“Where are you going?” asked the physician.
Rainier told him, and the physician said he’d write out a list of things for Felix to feed him. He’d also bring herbs early tomorrow morning too.
When he left, Inky jumped up to knead the blanket, and Rainier tugged him closer. Felix shouldn’t have come and seen him like this. He didn’t need something else to worry about.
When Felix returned, he had a pack. “Before I left, I made some of the servants take some stuff over. They’ll air out the house and the sheets, sweep-that kind of thing. What did the physician say?”
“He’ll bring some herbs tomorrow, but I don’t want them.”
Felix bit his lip. “If he has something that can help, you need to take it.”
Rainier shifted Inky off of him and sat up. “Maybe we shouldn’t go.”
“I don’t think staying here is a good idea. You need some time away so you can relax. You don’t have to worry about office work or petitions.”
“I haven’t been doing that.”
Felix sat next to him and scooped up Inky. “You’ve truly only been up here?”
“I don’t want to see her, speak to her, or even look at her anymore.” Rainier wished he had a Mum like Felix. She probably didn’t pry in his personal life, and if she had any power, she probably wouldn’t set anybody on his friends or let them loose after the crime.
“You won’t have to see her for a bit, okay?”
For how long? Even though Rainier had been avoiding her, it couldn’t last forever, and the same shit would start again.
“Do you want to go to bed?”
“All right.”
He didn’t have to think about it now. When Felix got into bed with him, Rainier hugged him close as he tried to get warm under the cool sheets. Felix put an arm under him to stroke his back, and Inky curled up near his legs.
“I missed you,” said Felix. “I’m sorry I thought you didn’t bother to write.”
“It’s not your fault,” said Rainier. “With no letter, what were you supposed to think?”
Most Mums didn’t interfere so much in their children’s lives.
“Is your Mum really that mad at you?” asked Felix. “I mean…”
He probably couldn’t imagine his being like that, and Rainier patted him. “Don’t worry about it, Kitten.”
His sleep was shit for the most part, and he thought Felix would make it better, but he kept waking up. It was hard to get comfortable in bed. Laying on his side for too long made his hip ache. He tried to force himself to stay still so he didn’t wake Felix, but it was hard when he couldn’t seem to find a good position for long.
Felix seemed to sleep as far as he could tell. It was late when Rainier finally slipped into dreams that made no sense, and he awoke to Felix’s voice.
“Rainier, I already packed stuff for you.”
“You’ve been up?” He hadn’t heard a thing.
“Yeah, and we’ll take a carriage soon. A horse is going to follow since I’ll need to go to Rosewood to do some shopping. Come eat. The servant left trays for us.”
Rainier’s empty stomach twisted. “I’m not hungry right now.”
“I know you’re stressed, but I want you to try to eat something since you didn’t have anything to eat last night. Come sit.”
“You can go eat first. I want to take a bath.”
