Almost two weeks pass. Sadde still has work, even if school's out, but they and Theo hang out a bit more. No new cards appear, and Kero seems to not think that strange, so Sadde themself doesn't care. And one day Theo gets a text in the morning: Happy birthday!
Sadde looks at Theo for a second, a bit unnerved, before he goes and does that. When he's returning—
Theo reapplies the pressure with his jacket, and successfully appears to hyperventilate. "Ohmygod, ohmygod, ohmygod! He just came out of nowhere!" he babbles. "I had no idea what to do!"
The paramedics are following with a stretcher, and rush to Laura, taking over from Theo. They load her onto the stretcher and take her back over to the ambulance, allowing Sadde to ride along.
"I'll be along in a bit, okay? I'm sure she'll be fine," Theo says quickly to Sadde, in a way that's probably convincing if you've never interacted with him before.
Sadde, however, has, and he's... "Okay." Way too worried about Laura to think much about why Theo's acting weirdly.
Theo doesn't notice how weirdly he's acting, so he wouldn't expect there to be anything for Sadde to comment on. He goes in the direction of the hospital, a bit cold; he's now a bit underdressed for April, seeing as he no longer has a jacket.
Eventually, he arrives. The hospital, fortunately, wasn't too far from the park. He goes to the ER waiting room and looks for Sadde.
In response to this, Theo feels he should pull Sadde in for a hug, and he does so, though the action is a bit forced.
"Have you heard anything?" he asks.
"She's in surgery." He pulls away and furrows his brows, as if he's trying to pinpoint something but can't. "What's—up with you?"
"It's like you're—faking it or something. I dunno. Your eyes and the way you're saying things and—did the Sword do something to you?"
That's okay. Theo will just sit here, making sure he's available if a need for him arises.
Sadde sighs. "You don't need to be here. You should go home, get some sleep. It's been a busy week and stuff."
Yeah.
Someone arrives to tell Sadde that Laura's stable, no vital organs were punctured but she'll need to stay under observation for a while. He'll be able to see her in an hour. Sadde nods numbly.
Theo smiles at Sadde somewhat tentatively when this news arrives, but it doesn't quite reach his eyes. It's good news, right?