"Son of a bitch..." I mumble under my breath. I slide Rainbow behind me using my leg, and try to put myself in front of her. Is he seriously going to start shit here? In a damn hospital? At least it would be a fair fight, as we only have one arm each.

"Well well well, if it isn't Matthew Green. What happened to your arm Green? Break your shoulder jerking it to that animal again?" Jack says with an evil smirk. I can already feel the adrenaline coursing through every vein in my body. Rainbow starts to come out from behind me, but I put my foot on her chest and slide her backwards. I'm not getting her involved.

"What the hell are you doing here Jack? Shouldn't you be off punching babies or something?"

"Physical therapy Green. You remember why I have this fucked up arm right? I would hope you do."

"It was the best night of my life." I smile slightly.

"Yeah? Well you ruined my life Green! And you're gonna pay!" Jack suddenly charges at us, despite being in a public area. Is he fucking serious? Before I would probably be shitting myself just at the sight at him. But after all the shit I've been through, getting kidnapped, killing people, being shot at, he's not much of a threat to me anymore.

"This way asshole!" I yell as I quickly jump to the side and run out of the cafeteria, Rainbow close behind me. "Rainbow, get the fuck out of here, this is my battle."

"Oh no no no. I'm not going anywhere Matt. Nothing good ever comes from me leaving you."

"Well... then stay out of my way!" I reach the elevators, only to find that they're all busy. "Fuck, the stairs!" I quickly turn the corner and head up the stairs. If I can get back to my room, I can lock the door, and Rainbow will be safe.

"Come here you fucking pussy!" Jack quickly bursts into the stairwell, only about a few steps behind us. Rainbow can quickly fly up to the top, but I have to try to full sprint up a flight or stairs. I reach my floor and tumble into the door that leads into the hallway. Now I just need to find my room and I'll be home free. I quickly turn a corner, only to almost plow into a nurse. I maneuver around her, only to hear Jack plow into the cart she was pushing seconds later.

"There! Rainbow get the hell in there!" I point to my room as we quickly approach it. Rainbow flies ahead of me, and watches from the doorway.

"Just let me take him Matt! I'm stronger than you think!" Rainbow says with worry in her voice.

"No! Now close the damn door!" I say as I practically slide into the room. She closes it quickly, and I flip the lock behind me. Just in time too, because Jack starts pounding on the door. He continues this for a good thirty seconds before security practically carries him away.

"Holy... Holy shit." I gasp for air as I lean against a wall with my one good arm. "What is up with my life?"

"Matt! You need to let me help you in situations like that! I could have taken him!"

"I have no doubt in my mind that you could practically kill him Rainbow. The thing is, I could have taken him too. You know why I didn't? Because I had no reason to."

"You had plenty of reasons to Matt! What about the last two times you hit him!?"

"I only did those things to protect you! I just told you earlier that I don't care about myself as much as I do you Rainbow! Why can't you understand that I'm just trying to protect the one's I love!?"

"I-I..."

"I need some air." I quickly unlock the door, sure that Jack was gone by now, and head down the hallway. I see a staircase that's labeled for employees only, and being the idiot I am, I opened the door and stepped inside. I slowly walk up the stairs, thinking back on the goods and bads from the past month and a half.

I reach the top door, only to find that it leads to the roof of the hospital. I'm pretty damn sure that I'm not allowed up here, but I don't exactly care at the moment. I walk outside where I'm suddenly hit by a blast of cool wind. It feels good against the sweat pouring down my skin. I take in a deep breath and legitimately smile. It feels amazing to be up high. I walk over to the edge and look down to see the street hundreds of feet below me.

"She just doesn't seem to get it..." I mumble to myself as I rub my aching shoulder. Other than a dull pain, it feels fine considering what I'd been through.

As I rub my shoulder, I think back on all the things that have been happening lately. I've almost been killed, kidnapped, stranded in a forest, and bullied all because of Rainbow. Am I really okay taking so much shit just for her? I want to be, I really do. She's important to me... But I don't know how much more I can take. Am I just going to spend the rest of my life trying to hide from some guys who want to kill me?

"Matt..." I hear the door creak open behind me. I don't turn, as I know it could only be Rainbow, considering Alex already left.

"Yeah?" I keep staring out at the city, the wind whipping my hair in every direction.

"I'm sorry, I'll just go." I hear her begin to walk back down the stairs. I sigh and call back to her.

"No. Come here." I say calmly. I hear her slowly approaching behind me. I turn slightly to see her with her head down.

"I guess I was being a little too defensive huh?" She says as she walks up next to me.

"No... no, it's my fault. I overreacted. I really do care about you Rainbow, I wish you would see that. I don't want you anywhere near Jack, or those guys who tried to practically kill me, or anyone else who might want to do anything to you. When it comes down to it, I don't like protecting you, I really don't."

"Wha-"

"Let me finish. I don't like doing it, but if it means you'll be safe, then I will. I'd rather be the one who takes the beating, you don't deserve it."

"You don't deserve it either Matt! And everything that has happened to you has been my fault..."

"Maybe it has, but I deserve it. I'm not a good person Rainbow. But you? You haven't done anything to deserve to be hunted like some fucking animal."

"You ARE a good person! You're good to me! I don't care what you did, I don't care about your past, I care about you, now! And you've been nothing but amazing to me, and I couldn't be more grateful!"

"...Let's get back inside." I turn and slowly walk back to the door. I don't let Rainbow see it, but a small smile starts to spread across my lips. It's really nice to have somebody like her. I totally don't deserve her.

"So, let's make a rule Matt." Rainbow says as we ride in the back seat of my mom's car. It feels really weird to not be the one driving, but I'm not going to be able to for at least a week.

"And what would that be?"

"You don't go anywhere alone, like, ever. And I won't go anywhere without you."

"Sounds fair enough." I wrap my good arm around her and start playing with the feathers on her wing.

"Matt! Stop pulling on my feathers! It doesn't feel g-" Rainbow suddenly stops talking and lets out a sharp gasp. I guess I made her do that, because she gasped as soon as I squeezed the area that connects the wing to her body."

"What? Did I do something?" I laugh as I let go of the joint.

"N-No, you... do it again." Not what I was expecting, but okay. I squeeze the joint again, and Rainbow's entire body spasms. I guess it's a pressure point? I can use this shit to my advantage in the future for sure. I roll the joint around between my thumb and index finger, and Rainbow keeps moaning in a rather annoying way. Okay, this is getting a little weird. I let go of her wing, and pull my arm back over to my side.

"Hey!"

"Sorry, the Matt spa is closed, come back later." I lean back in my seat and close my eyes.

"Can you at least do the other one? It... felt really good."

"If I do you'll owe me." I say with a smirk.

"Ugh, fine. Just do it." Rainbow says, her right wing twitching.

"You two having fun back there?" My mom says from the driver's seat. Shit, I kinda forgot about her.

"Well, one of us is." I say as I lean over an begin massaging Rainbow's wing joint. She closes her eyes and sighs before starting that annoying fucking moaning sound again. If there is a wet spot on the damn seat when she gets up, so help me God...

"You need to do that more often." Rainbow says as we walk up the stairs to my room.

"What, bleed to death or rub your wing?"

"That's not funny, and I meant my wing... it felt really good."

"Now, are we talking like tight muscles being massaged good, or are we talking like... a pleasure point..."

"Uh..."

"I'll take that as the second thing then..."

"Matt! It's not that weird."

"You keep telling yourself that. I'll massage your wing for you, but only if you don't fucking moan the whole time."

"That just kind of happens. It isn't my fault."

"So! Anyway, I'm going to take a nap, so..." I toss myself onto my bed, making sure not to land on my bad arm. I kick my shoes off and wrap myself up in a blanket. I hear Rainbow sigh and walk out of the room, only to return like five minutes later.

I hear my covers shuffle around, then a warm mass presses up into my back. I feel a leg wrap around my chest, then I feel Rainbow's face press up into the back of my neck.

"You really like wrapping around me don't you?" I say quietly, already half asleep.

"It's a little comforting. Why? Do you not like it?"

"Nah, I like it. You're like a big teddy bear, real soft."

"Just go to sleep already." Rainbow laughs lightly.

"I'm on it..."