what a great chance to do a horrible revenge! he thinks as he tenderly wipes the blood from his archnemesis's face and sets him gently on his own bed

xxc briefly wakes up during this process but he's only vaguely conscious. he says, "where am i? what happened?" and xy nearly loses his shit because all the options are so awful for xxc!! it's like a cornucopia of misery, he can't wait!!

he gets ready to say something biting and mean, or maybe something cloyingly sweet and so, so fake, he hasn't even decided yet, when suddenly

xxc flops an arm out tiredly, to try to see the face of his rescuer

and his fingers

land right on xy's lips