Mending Fences [Robbie]

[Levi Xu]

It had been a week since Levi and Evan had argued in the student lounge, over something so stupid and useless it embarrassed the freshman just to think about it. They hadn't even said goodbye.

And then the next day, Evan had been hurt.

Since Tuesday, Levi had spent as much time as he could at the hospital with Evan. Sam had been great about driving him over every day, and those long visiting hours had been spent trying whatever he could to cheer the older boy up. (Including hanging a sprig of mistletoe over the bed for him, much to the amusement of the nurses.) But he'd realized that over that week, the only people who had come to see his boyfriend were him and the Bracketts. (And Sam had stopped in for a little while when he came to pick Levi up at the end of visiting hours too.) Did Evan really not have any other friends?

This was unacceptable.

So Levi stood outside the door to Robbie's dorm and knocked. Evan had held the grudge from the blond boy's part in the Talk prank longer than just about anyone else, but the freshman didn't care so much. (He'd been a little relieved when he realized it meant he didn't have to worry about accidentally outing himself anymore.) "Hey Robbie, it's Levi!" He didn't care if his boyfriend wasn't as fond of the other boy so much; Evan deserved to have more friends come and visit. "Can we talk?"

[Robbie Wilkes]

It seemed stupid that Robbie kept losing people he cared about. Evan was still furious with him, and Dani just disappeared without a word. And his family...he didn't want to think the worst but given the situation...the outcome just looked grim.

Evan was taking the whole "I do not want to talk to you." bit pretty seriously and despite Robbie's attempts at rectifying his wrong, the senior didn't seem to think their relationship was salvagable.

Robbie was pretty damn certain he had it coming though.

When he heard the knock, the last person he thought to find was Levi. Had Evan sent him to tell him to just stop Robbie from doing anything further? In Robbie's muddled brain, that seemed to be the only logical explanation for the younger boy's presence.

"Um...hey. Come on in," Robbie stepped aside from the door to let Levi in.

[sorry for le confuzion. ^^;;;;;]

[Levi Xu]

Levi offered the blond boy a weak smile as he stepped inside. He hadn't really ever spent time with just Robbie, even before the Talk incident. Whenever they were together, it had always been because Evan was there. Hell, he'd only met Robbie when he'd roped the two of them into going to the Valentine's Day Dance last February....

The one Evan was going to miss this year, when they actually were dating. Dammit.

The freshman sighed and looked up at the older boy, trying to figure out the right way to say this. Other than Sam and Nomi, he hadn't told anyone about what had happened to Evan. He knew some of the staff knew, but since it was break, no one was thinking about why the kids who went home weren't around. After standing there awkwardly for a minute, playing with the frayed end of the string on his sweatshirt's hood, he decided he had to just spit it out. "Evan's in the hospital, Robbie. There was an accident and he lost his arm."

[Robbie Wilkes]

The awkwardness from having only Levi in his room was felt by the oblivious weather manipulator. He was used to having Evan around as sort of a buffer. It wasn't that Robbie didn't like Levi. Levi was just...too quiet for him. Even Aisling, who couldn't even talk, had spoken more to Robbie than Levi did. He liked the Asian well enough. The boy just needed to talk more.

And of all things he thought Levi would say (one of which was: "I hate you for making Evan hate someone") that was probably the last thing he imagined Levi saying.

Blinking, Robbie's worry came in a rush. "Shit. Wh-what happened?"

[Levi Xu]

Levi really wasn't a quiet kid; he just had a harder time opening up to some people more than others, like Sam, who was fascinated by the odd things he said. Or Evan, who wasn't amused, and tried to tell him he was wrong, but loved him anyway. Robbie was an unknown quantity that way.

But now, he had to know about Evan. Even if they weren't close friends anymore, the phaser deserved to have more people come visit him. "You know how he sometimes has trouble with his power?" Everyone at Hammel knew that. Levi bit his lip for a moment to keep himself from crying over how much it wasn't fair. "Well...he was home, and he fell and completely solidified with his arm in something, and it tore it off." It sounded horrible, because it was horrible. "He's been in the hospital since the first day of break."

[Robbie Wilkes]

Robbie wanted to hug Levi, comfort him and tell him it was going to be okay. Of course, he didn't know this to be true and frankly, the story was horrifying and didn't sound like Evan would be...okay.

Selfishly, Robbie felt a little upset that Evan didn't try and contact him at all after it happened. "C...can...is he allowed visitors?" Robbie asked in a small voice.

[OOC: SHORT POST]

[Levi Xu]

"Yes! I've been going every day." Well, every day since he'd found out about it. Evan had awkwardly told him about not having his phone on him and not being able to call because it was dead when he got it, but if he hadn't brought it up, Levi probably wouldn't have realized it on his own. "That's why I want to talk to you; I want you to go with me tomorrow. No one's been to visit him except for me and his family." Probably because no one else knew about it.

"I think he'd like to see you too."

[Robbie Wilkes]

"Oh...uh...how long has he been there?" Robbie asked, his mind not entirely working properly. All he could think was Evan didn't have an arm. One of his oldest friends didn't have an arm.

Levi's words brought a derisive huff of mirthless laughter from the weather manipulator as he shook his head. "I think he'd rather rip his other arm out than see me again."

Robbie looked at Levi with a worried look on his face. "I don't want to give him another reason to hate me, Levi. Showing up unannounced..."

[Levi Xu]

"Like, a week. It happened the first day of break and he's gonna be there for a few more weeks." There wasn't a clear date yet when Evan would be returning to Hammel, but he knew it wouldn't be for months, not until he learned how to use his new prosthesis, at least. (And no, Levi hadn't found this out from Evan. Mrs. Brackett had told him one day when she dropped him off at Hammel.)

Yes, it was obvious hyperbole, but Levi still winced at Robbie's guess of Evan's reaction. "Don't say shit like that. He needs friends. No one's gone to see him because he doesn't want anyone to know...but it's not fair that he's alone."

For a while, the freshman had been pissed about what happened at The Talk. They'd been outed, and his father hadn't reacted well. (Understatement of the year.) But he hadn't been particularly mad at Robbie for the role he'd played. Unlike Evan, who felt betrayed by his friend, Levi had been more angry at Mia than anyone. "His grudge with you was stupid and this is more important. I think he'll like seeing you."

[Robbie Wilkes]

"A fe-few more w-weeks? Fu-dge marshmallows." Robbie caught himself before he fully swore, doing it for Levi's sake. But he didn't have to since the younger boy had a mouth on him himself. "Sorry I just...I...I'm gonna go and see him. I just..."

Robbie rubbed his eyes and let his thoughts run away from him. "Wait, so nobody has visited him? He...he has friends, doesn't he? I...I've seen him with people." The blonde stated before shaking his head, realising he probably made no sense to the Chinese boy.

"Okay...I'll bring some of my...I don't know the hospital protocol when it comes to visitors but if we kept quiet, I could sneak in a lot of people right? I'm allowed to tell people? I don't think it'd be the greatest idea for me to go alone." Robbie realised he was being a complete coward but he didn't want to have Evan's anger directed towards him.

[Levi Xu]

"I've gone, and his family, but that's it. No one else knows about it...except Sammy, who's been driving me over every day. But it's... I don't know who else to ask. I know he's been mad at you, but you were one of his best friends before, and he needs friends right now." Levi bit his lip, not sure if he really should have admitted that no, Evan didn't have any other friends he could go to. Yeah, there were some other people he hung out with, but not real friends.

He was still working on getting Sam into that category, and he was pretty sure that wouldn't happen so long as the pyrokinetic kept setting peoples' pants on fire.

"I don't think he'd want a lot of people to know. He didn't want to tell me at first." He sighed and leaned back against the wall. "And you won't be alone. You'll be with me. Please?"

[Robbie Wilkes]

Robbie kept quiet as Levi spoke, not so sure what else to say but quite determined that he should most definitely go. He had to swallw his pride and just do it. For Evan's sake.

"He doesn't see me as his best friend anymore does he," Robbie sighed, running his fingers through his hair. "Well...wanna go now?" He asked, looking at Levi. He patted his pockets to find some money to get Evan something; balloons or get well soon cards...anything really.

[Levi Xu]

Levi shrugged uncomfortably. He and Evan had been spending more and more time alone since they'd been outed. They were best friends, in addition to being boyfriends. But other than him, Evan's closest friend was still probably the weather manipulator. "He felt...betrayed at the prank. We didn't tell people on purpose, and now our families know. My dad hates me, and I'm not allowed to stay over at his house anymore."

Of course, that didn't help him get what he needed Robbie to do. "Yeah, let's go now. Evan needs friends right now."

[Robbie Wilkes]

Ignoring the sinking feeling at the pit of his stomach that he identified as guilt, guilt and more guilt at being part of the perpetrators behind the prank and losing Evan's trust.

"I'm sorry. For what it's worth, I really didn't know what was going on until Estelle told me about it. And...I didn't know you were on that slideshow. I...I'm sorry there are no excuses. I just hope..." Robbie sighed and shook his head.

"If he kills me, I'll haunt you every day of your life." He attempted to joke. He excused himself to get his hoodie and followed Levi.

[OOC: Are we RPing the hospital visit as well? ^^]

[Levi Xu]

Continued here.