Long enough to hear some things...

"Long enough to hear what that Bosmer lady was saying." He said with a grin.

You feel embarrassed again, but you didn't say anything bad right? She was just being provocative.

"So, you were ogling me while I lay here, wounded, I'd be flattered if I didn't resemble a corpse." He says with a weak chuckle.

"Sanna wasn't ogling you Nacius, that wood elf was just asking inappropriate questions." You reply, composing yourself.

Nacius laughs and slowly sits himself up, his sheets fell down further showing that he did in fact have almost nothing but bandaging covering his upper body.

"So, how are you feeling?" He asks.

"Sanna will be fine, they took the arrow out and put her arm in a sling." You reply

He looks at your arm for a moment.

"What about your leg? I didn't see much with that wolf on top of me, but I know you had your leg bit."

"From what that elf was saying, Sanna thinks that the damage is permanent, though she has been told that she can still walk on it, she just needs time to let it heal."

The two of you sit there looking at eachother for a while, mostly just analyzing eachothers injuries, Nacius looked worn out, small cuts all over his face.

"I never knew your fur was that bright, did they clean you up?" Nacius asks.

"Yes, Sanna assumes they did the same for you." You reply

"Looks like they did, but there's only so much cleaning they can do for a corpse, it's still a corpse." He says with a chuckle.

You grin, you saw an opportunity.

"Well, Sanna thinks you are a good looking corpse then." You say

"Hah! You're still doing this?" He asks.

"It's true, no? You are still very very handsome, and now you have a few scars." You grin at him.

"Well, thank you Sanna, I like how bright your fur is, it's cute."

For some reason you freeze up again, you felt flattered, your heart was racing, you didn't know what to say. You nervously smile back.

"Not as... not- eh..." You freeze up.

"Haha! I got you that time!" He says, laughing and pointing at you.

Things go quiet again pretty quickly, you compose yourself and look to Nacius who is stretching his legs.

"Did they say anything about me walking?" He asks.

"The elf told me that you should be able to get right up and walk." You tell him.

"Well, nothing ventured nothing gained I guess." He says before turning over and letting his legs hang over the side of his bed.

He slowly stands himself up, from the grunting noise he was making along with the pained expression on his face, it was obvious that this was hurting him.

"You okay Nacius?" You ask.

Nacius stands still for a moment, clutching his side where he got stabbed.

"Yeah I'll be fine, just give it a moment." He tells you, stretching his arms and legs slowly.

You look at his legs, he had pants on, but no shoes, the Bandaging was acting as a really tight shirt for him now, it highlighted his muscles, you couldn't help but sneak a few looks.

"Hey no staring!" Nacius says with a laugh as he notices you looking.

You quickly avert your eyes, looking down in embarrassment.

"S-sorry, Sanna was just looking at your wounds." You stutter.

"I don't mind Sanna, I find it very flattering, it's nice for pretty women to look at you." He says, still laughing.

You feel your face heat up, if you didn't have fur, you'd be blushing, you had no clue why this was hitting you this hard, perhaps it was because of these new feelings you had for him?

"Alright, I gotta see if I can move now, I'm gonna come over to your side, alright?" He says

You look up and give him a nod, he takes a deep breath and starts slowly walking towards your bed, he winces in pain every few steps, but eventually he makes it to your bedside.

"Mind if I sit on your bed?" He asks.

You nod and scoot your legs over, giving him room to sit down. As he sits down he grunts in pain for a moment and then exhales, then he looks over to you.

"There you are." He says with a smile.

You smile back at him, the two of you sit in silence for a moment.

"Sanna is sorry that she couldn't get that wolf off of you sooner Nacius, maybe things wouldn't be as painful if she acted faster." You say.

"Hey, you had your own problems, and you did end up getting that wolf off of me, you still saved my arse back there." He says reassuringly, trying to cheer you up a bit.

"And Sanna wanted to thank you for putting up with her that whole time, look at all the trouble she got you into!" You say.

"Shh! You're okay Sanna, we didn't know that any of that was going to happen, and even if I somehow did, I still would've helped you out." He says

"Oh really? You like Sanna that much?"

He grins at you and chuckles.

"You've been a good friend, despite our rough introduction." He says

"And hey, you're pretty good looking!" He says, tapping you with his elbow, laughing.

"Nacius!" You yell in embarrassment.

"Haha! Look at you, I can almost see you turn red under all that fur!"

You scowl at him, you angrily take a few bites of your venison and drink some water.

"Can I have a sip?" Nacius asks.

You hand him the water bottle and watch him down a considerable amount of water.

"Sanna hopes you **** on it!" You say with a grin.

He wipes his face and gives you the bottle.

"Hey, can I get serious for a moment?" He asks you.

Your grin turns into a look of worry, this wasn't usual for Nacius.

"Of course Nacius, what's wrong?" You ask.

Nacius sighs and goes quiet for a moment, then he looks away from you and down to the floor.

"I uhh, I'm sorry about all of this, I know you told me not to worry earlier, but if I had never gone back to fight those guys who shot at us, we wouldn't be in this situation right now, your leg would be okay, we'd have been sipping the wine in Skingrad by now." He says with a heavy look of remorse on his face.

"Nacius, don't be rediculous! None of this is your fault! You are not to blame for any of this, you tell Sanna not to blame herself for this, why do you blame yourself? You're fine Nacius, you saved Sanna more than once back there, Sanna owes you her life!" You say.

Nacius looks over to you.

"You saved my skin a few times back there too Sanna, thank you."

You put a hand on his shoulder and smile, leaning into his ear.

"It's what friends are for Nacius." You whisper into his ear.

Nacius whips his head around and looks at you, his face turning red, making you smile.

"You look like a tomato again Nacius." You say with a chuckle.

There's something in the air now, both of you could feel it...