Bastian
Chapter Odette's Diary 3 - March 12th

✧Nursing Diary (3)✧

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March 12th

Rehabilitation training was a more difficult challenge than expected. His face looked fine, but from the shouts and sobs from the treatment room, I can fully imagine how much pain he was in. He refused to allow me to be by his side during these sessions, perhaps he didn’t like to show his weak side. I was sad, but I decided to understand and asked him to tell me everything that had happened there

Thanks to this, during the nights we would cuddle together in bed. Bastian opened up and shared with me the pain he felt from the treatment room and we had intimate conversations. It was really a very precious and special time.

Our official residence where we lived in, was much more comfortable and cozy than I thought. It was originally a place for an officer of the army and their family, but it had all the necessary furniture.

Our daily lives were calm and monotonous: Every morning we woke from the same bed, prepared for the day, and headed to the hospital together. While Bastian did his rehabilitation, I tended to my duties as a nurse. When our work was finished, we’d return home and had dinner together then slept. On off-duty days, we often ventured outside the barracks to pick up supplies or take a casual stroll.

After the two nations had reached a truce, The Trosa Islands were relatively peaceful. Its peace was why I sometimes thought of Rothewein. The five days I spent there with Bastian there were the most beautiful days of my life.

I wished we could’ve gone here for our honeymoon. If only we’d come to these paradise islands in the autumn of our first year of marriage.

…But such thoughts only depressed me more with regret and pain from past mistakes. Well, there was no way to go back in time, so all we could do was to live in the present and make the best of it.

I must bolster Bastian’s physical strength for the rigorous rehab exercises ahead, yet I fear he can’t gain weight. Fortunately, a cargo ship from our homeland is expected to arrive next week, so I’ll be able to provide him with hearty and nutritious meals.

Important Notes:

– Find a treatment to cure insomnia caused by pain.

– Modifying Bastian’s diet: Increase consumption of proteins, grains, and vegetables.

– Lower the intensity of rehabilitation exercises. 

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In the tranquil darkness of the night, a sudden and load groan shattered Odette’s peaceful slumber. Her eyes snapped open to see Bastian writhing in pain beside her. 

“Bastian!” She leaped out of bed and hurried to the drawer by the window where she kept his medicine.Returning with water and pills in hand, she found him still contorted in pain, his face ashen and damp with sweat.

Gently, she lifted the exhausted Bastian to his feet. The night passed in a blur as she administered the medicine and wiped away his sweat, her eyes fixed on the clock as it ticked away.

Midnight passed while she skillfully administered medicine and wiping off sweat. The distant cry of wild animals could be faintly heard, but Odette’s focus remained solely on Bastian.

 “Rest now.” Bastian said as he mustered a faint smile. “I’m fine now.”

“I know. But I’ll wait to make sure.”  Odette smiled back, her touch soothing on his cheek

“Odette.”

“This is how you do it, right?” Odette turned off the lamp and went back to bed, gesturing for Bastian to join her in bed. “Now, you lie down, too.” she said playfully as he laughed and lay down beside her.

The sound of a wild dog barking echoed in the distance before fading away. Bastian gritted his teeth and closed his eyes, waiting for the pain to subside. Rehabilitation was harder than he expected, his broken bone was healing and the training now was shifting focus to the right leg, a major concern for his doctor due to fibrous muscle adhesion and numbness from damaged nerves. As treatment began, the excruciating pain like this would continue for weeks to come.

Finally the painkiller kicked in, easing his breathing and allowing him to relax. 

“Do you want me to lull you to sleep?” Odette asked. 

In silence, Bastian turned and snuggled into her chest. When night fell and the pain became too much to bear and sleep was out of reach, he would always lie in her arms to seek comfort.

“You don’t have to fret, Bastian.” Odette said, stroking his hair. “Take your time, I will wait for you as long as it takes. Don’t exhaust yourself trying to rush things.” She kissed his forehead, down to his eyes, to his nose, to his cheeks, and finally to his lips. As her sweet kisses continued, Bastian felt the cramps in his leg disappear.

He closed his eyes and buried his face in her neck, immediately feeling relaxed by her comforting scent.  

“You are a precious person, Bastian.” Bastian slowly looked at her as she wrapped around his cheeks.“ I love you the most in the world, so please cherish yourself, too.” 

“Is it a gift to make the patient feel better?” Bastian flashed her a boyish smile.

“I suppose you could say that.” Odette blushed and turned away when he laughed.

“It’s not bad to be sick.”

“…What?”

“If I get hurt, you’ll be nice to me.”

“I’m naturally a friendly person!” She tried to pout, but couldn’t hold back her own giggles when Bastian playfully kissed her blushing cheeks.

The once gloomy atmosphere soon changed into one of playful banter and heated passion, their body intertwined as the exchanged teasing jokes, each kiss felt like a stab, their hands gripping each other’s bodies with desperate need.

Without pause Bastian climbed on top of her and pulled up her pajamas, his hands wandered over her body, tracing every curve and dip, grabbing her chest, before claiming her with devouring kisses.

“Ah…”

Bastian bit her chest when she helped him to undress. His blue eyes thickened by lust, his move was rougher than usual, yet she tried to dealt with it, and turned to the sideto  adjust her position so as not to strain his legs. 

With Bastian’s top pajamas removed, Odette’s hand groped his bare back. Sound of their devouring kiss and passionate groans shattered the stillness night. Through her eyes, clouded with desire, Odette could see the room beyond the darkness, petal-like snowflakes were falling outside the windows stained with gaslight and lost in thoughts of their day spent playing in the spring snow.

Soon, she found herself lying beneath Bastian in bed. His hand was firmly grasping at her chest, slick with sweat, while his other hand explored between her legs. When she tried to turn over, Bastian pulled her back into a rough kiss Before she knew it, her legs were spread wide and Bastian was sitting between them.

“Bastian stop! You can’t do this yet. Your body…”

“It’s all right.”

As soon as he can move, they indulge in intimate caresses but maintain boundaries. But now it seemed like his limit were about to be broken. He couldn’t believe that his lust for her never wavered, even after all they had been through. She was his only salvation, and the desire he felt for her was more than just physical – it consumed him like an obsession. 

Leaning down, Bastian gently removed her hand from his shoulder. As their lips met again, a fierce fire within him, akin to that of a hungry beast on the prowl. And he could no longer contain his patience or desire for her any longer when Odette clung to him with all of her being.

“Wait, Bastian!” Odette shouted when Bastian started climbing on top of her, “I’ll… I’ll do it. Let me do it!”

“What?”

Odette quickly rose and sat, laying him on the bed like she had been before. She took a deep breath and carefully climbed onto his stomach. She was ashamed to do this, but she more concerned for Bastian’s condition.

She knew he was far from alright. The painkillers were barely keeping him stable. Yet, despite knowing the risks, he insisted to make physical intimacy like this so it seemed best if she took the lead this time.

As much as she tried to convince him otherwise, she couldn’t deny she wanted him too. It confused her, her mind was a jumble of conflicting thoughts. Part of her wanted to protect him, but another part just wanted to please him at any cost. She questioned her own sanity for loving someone so deeply and desperately.

She didn’t know why she loved him so much like this. 

With a resentful look, Odette slowly lowered herself onto him, fitting inside him deeply. Soft moans filled the room as she adjusted her position and began to move with a gentle, rhythmic pace

“Does it hurt a lot?” Odette asked as she wiped the sweat on Bastian’s forehead

“…No….Keep going.” Bastian rose slowly. Their lips met in a soft kiss, and their heartbeats melding together as they pressed their chests against each other. “…I love you.” he whispered.

Odette stopped moving, and Bastian kissed her again.

Pure love. It was all that existed between them, not tainted by lust, hatred, or compassion. They embraced each other with nothing but love. 

She couldn’t help but feel overwhelmed by the miraculous moment. Tears of joy streamed down her face as she tried to contain her emotions. Her lips curved into a smile of pure bliss and her eyes glistened with endless tears.

“I love you, Odette.”

Wiping away her tears that sparkle like a piece of jewel, Bastian confessed once again. As he looked into her beautiful smile, even the pain that consumed him it all became sweet.

I love you.

That words was calming balm for the constant anxiety that plagued him and giving him a reason to keep living. The days of despair when he crawled on the floor with a broken body seemed like a distant memory now. In the arms of his beloved, for the first time in his life finding solace and peace, and she held him tight, tears streaming down her face but with a smile that lit up his world.

They were two souls deeply entwined, cocooned in their own private universe as the spring snow danced outside like a dreamy symphony. With a sigh that held both pain and ecstasy, Bastian closed his eyes, and let himself be consumed by the mingling feelings of pain and bliss. 

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