Dark Heart, Gentle Hands Chapter 5: Nurse Rituals

ENZO’S POV

Today has been a busy day, my butt hasn’t gotten the privilege to et a bench, I am so tired. Doc Olivier and I and two other nurses just finished a surgery, well, doc Olivier perford the surgery we just handed him what he needed and made sure the patient’s vitals were okay.

My stomach growled at , I heard a chuckle, my eyes t doc Olivier’s brown ones, fuck, he heard it.

"Co on, we should go eat." He said.

"I...I...mmm.. I will eat with the others." Sotis doc Olivier gives off the feeling but I don’t want to give myself hopes, doc Olivier is a kind man, his kindness can be mistaken to sothing else, I don’t want to get my hopes up only for it crash and burn.

He rolled his eyes, grabbed my hands and pulled to his office, I followed unable to pull my hand from his, I wasn’t willing to do so.

"Make yourself comfortable," he said shutting the door behind him.

I nodded, taking a seat in one of his office seats, I sat up straight, I was so stiff my back hurt. He chuckled again, his chuckle was the sweetest sound I’ve ever heard.

"You are going to hurt your back if you sit like that, co here." He took my hands again into his soft ones and led to the couch in his office, he placed a pillow on my back and urged to lean into the couch.

"Enzo I’m not going to bite you, we are only going to eat lunch together so relaxe." He coaxed yet with another chuckle.

I finally let loose, he was right we are only going to eat lunch although I wanted us to eat sothing else. I ntally slapped myself, why do I always have to think dirty?

"I noticed you didn’t bring lunch today, you normally carry a sandwich and a bottle of yogurt." He said walking to the bathroom in his office, I heard the tap running before he stepped out with a hand towel.

"Well co wash your hands Enzo,"

I stood up fast, way too fast my head spin. I steadied myself and walked to bathroom to wash my hands. "I had no ti to prepare breakfast," I replied to the question he had earlier asked.

"Mmm," he humd. There was only one hand towel in his bathroom and it’s the one he made use of, I was tempted to use it but I couldn’t. I pulled tissue paper and dried my hands, that should do the trick.

When I walked out he had laid out his lunch, chicken salad, and a bottle of my favorite yogurt. I sat down next to him but not too close.

He served himself but then pushed the plate to , he handed the yogurt. I looked up at him and he was staring at too, I mumbled "thanks"

The salad was delicious, I didn’t hold back. I looked up in ti to see him staring at with a smile, he was closer than I rember. He took the empty plates and lunch box to his sink. I gulped down the yogurt, leaving so for him of course.

"Enzo, I know you’ve realized that I..." He was paged, I wanted to hear what he had to say but work cos first.

"You should go, it could be an ergency....." I didn’t get to finish, I was paged too.

We both rushed out of his office, there was an ergency. He had to perform an ergency surgery and of course I had to be there because I work with him and others too.

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Finally the day was over, my body is screaming to be put down to rest, I need my bed, I can hear it calling out to .

"Finally it’s over, so which club are we going to? Our usual or sothing new?" Nurse Agatha asked.

"Huh?" I asked.

"Enzo it’s the end of the month, we are supposed to go hangout, we do that every month end rember, it’s our ritual." Nurse Becky said with a frown.

"Don’t waste your breath Becky, Enzo has never attended any of our rituals, he always co up with a lousy excuse." Agatha mumbled with a visible frown on her face.

"You have to co Enzo, doc Olivier will be there and I see the way you look at him, I can swear on my left breast that you like him, I an who wouldn’t?" Becky chirped.

Olivier is going to be there? I an it wouldn’t hurt to push myself a little right? I an it’s weekend, it’s my day off tomorrow and the day after that, I have plenty ti to lazy around on my bed.

"I..."

"Co on Enzo, I’ll be driving you to our destination, you and Becky and Agatha." He walked pass out. I almost jumped for joy when he spoke to but he had to include the other two, he is kind to but he is also kind to the others which ans he doesn’t feel anything for .

Agatha literally pulled to the parking lot. The drive to the club was chatty, Agatha and Becky chat all the way, doc Olivier would throw a word from ti to ti. But I wasn’t interested in their conversation.

"....,Right Enzo?"

"Huh?" I asked looking back at them. Agatha sighed.

"Sotis I wish to cut your ear and feed it to the dogs because they are of no use. You are always spacing out, thinking about what? Nobody knows." She babbled, on and on about my behavior.

"I’m sorry, yesterday and today has wear out. What did you ask?" I tried to look as remorseful as possible.

"Nevermind, it’s not important."

I didn’t push it, I nodded and faced my front.

I am now regretting my decision to co with them, this place is noisy as fuck, the sll of alcohol and sweat wafted through my nose the mont I walked through the door.

"Guys!!" We heard a cheerful voice, it was a nurse from another departnt. She was surrounded by other nurses and doctors from our hospital.

We joined them, at least I got to sit next to doc Olivier, his perfu was intoxicating, the good kind of intoxication.

"I already ordered our drinks but I didn’t order for Enzo because I didn’t know he would be here, he always bail out of our hangouts." A nurse I don’t rember his na said.

"It’s fine, I’ll go order a drink for myself." I smiled before walking to the bartender.

....

"You look out of place, are you sure this is where you intended to be?" The bartender asked.

"Am I that obvious?" I asked looking around, I looked around and noticed I’m the only one still wearing my uniform, the others had changed their clothes too.

"Yes you are." He clipped. "Anyways I need to see an ID before I can take your order."

How dare he? What does that an? I pulled out my ID and slamd it on the counter. He grabbed it with a chuckle.

"Sorry, you don’t look twenty three, I thought you were seventeen. I was wondering why I seventeen year old was wearing a nurse uniform." He chuckled as if what he said was funny.

I grabbed my ID and shoved it into my wallet before pushing it into my pocket.

"I’ll take a cocktail, any cocktail."

"Coming right up."

He mixed my drink in front of , pouring one liquid and another, he poured it all in a glass and placed a slice of li on it.

"What is this called?" I’m not really good with drinks.

"It’s a bloody Mary, you should try it and tell what you think."

I pulled the drink, took a drag from the straw, I was greeted with a mixture of taste in my mouth, it was spicy, salty and others I could grab. But it is good, I like it.

"Thank you." I took my glass back and join the group.

"Seriously Enzo, who drinks bloody Mary at night?" Agatha asked.

"I told the bartender to mix anything and he ca up with this." I said, I looked back at the bartender and he was staring at with a smirk, I glared at him.

"Next ti I’ll be ordering your drink." Nurse Mabel said.

Fine by , I don’t want to see that jerk. The night went on, I had relaxed after drinking two more glass of sothing stronger.

"Enzo let’s dance, it’s ti to shake that tiny waist of yours."

Bla the alcohol because I didn’t hold back, I grab the hand of the person who spoke and we went to the dance floor. The Deejay was playing a sick beat, I raised my hands up dancing without a care in the world, swaying my hips from side to side. I laughed so loud I could hear my own laughter amidst this sea of voices.