Chapter 204 - 5.14 Stay
Wyatt swallowed thickly and blocked Terra’s feelings from his mind before he approached them, deliberately making his steps louder to announce his arrival. There was no way General Kai wouldn’t notice his presence like that. "What happened?" He instantly went to check on Terra only to be shocked when he found fat tears rolling down the guide’s cheeks uncontrollably. He was trembling and trying to stand by himself only for General Kai to tighten his hold around his shoulders. His face was crumpled yet based on his confused eyes, he didn’t seem to have an idea what was going on with himself either.
"He’s in shock." Wyatt concluded from the wheezing sound Terra let out from his lips. "Hyperventilating. Give him to me, General."
Wyatt looked up to see a flash of fury in General Kai’s eyes which disappeared as soon as it came. He blinked. What was that? Red rimmed the General’s bloodshot eyes and he seemed to be affected by Terra’s emotions, judging from the way his jaws clenched and unclenched and the throbbing veins on his forehead. Alarm bells rang in Wyatt’s mind. Nothing was more dangerous than having an emotional guide and an almost out-of-control sentinel close to each other. "Give him to me, General." He repeated, firmer with a hint of threat in his voice. He had grabbed a few syringes on his way here and wouldn’t mind stabbing the General with them if he had to.
"I—" Struggles and apprehension flashed through his eyes and he was looking at Wyatt as if the doctor was demanding to cut his limbs instead. The General leveled him with a hard stare for a solid three seconds before nodding jerkily. "Take care of him."
Wyatt almost snorted at that. He had taken care of Terra for a whole year, okay? He would still do it even without anyone prompting him to do so. However, when he tried to bring Terra away from General Kai’s hold, he was shocked to find Terra’s hands fisting on the sentinel’s shirt! So tightly at that! His knuckles turned white and he looked down at his own hands with a frown. In the end, he looked up at Wyatt and shook his head, his breath still hitching once in a while.
"No?" Wyatt tried to guess. "You don’t want me to chase him away?"
Terra shook his head more insistently and this time, he leaned even closer toward the General. If he could, he might have already climbed the man’s body and hung there like an accessory. Wyatt’s eyes almost popped up in shock. Was this still the violent guide he knew, who would hiss and bare his teeth every time someone approached?!
General Kai bit his right glove off with his teeth and slid his broad palm to the back of Terra’s neck, massaging the soft flesh gently. "That’s settled then, doctor." If Doctor Wyatt hadn’t read his file and knew his cold-blooded reputation, he might have thought that the man looked so smug and proud of himself.
Miraculously, Wyatt could feel Terra’s tumultuous emotions calming down along with the General’s touches. His eyes fluttered shut and he let his head fall into the General’s shoulder.