A step towards the truth

Five days.It has been five days since David was first brought to the hospital and has yet to regain consciousness. Lucifer was coming anytime it was allowed too. He may have yelled at Johanna but he was forever grateful for all that she had done for him and he would never put her in a position that would jeopardize her job.

He knew how hard it was for her to get over her past mistakes and find a job in a hospital. That woman must have been Hippocrates's daughter in her past life.She was born to be a doctor and nothing less.And she nearly lost her chance to be one just because some jealous former colleagues of hers took advantage of her fragile mental state during a very hard period of her life and manipulated her into making some serious medical errors that nearly sent her to prison.

That's why she came to Lucifer,asking for a favor.It was obvious from the beginning that she wasn't the usual scumbag wanting to get away with whatever crime they had committed.When he first met her,he was genuinely surprised and that didn't happen often.In front of him was a scared,betrayed and angry woman who was worried she would lose contact with the thing that she loved most in the world.

Lucifer,for the first time ever,helped her without asking for anything in return.On the contrary,he went out of his way to make sure that the doctors that betrayed her were properly dealt with.

Johanna's entrance to the room interrupted his thoughts.She looked worried and tired.

-How is he doing,Lucifer?

-Same as ever.He isn't moving and his breathing pattern hasn't changed.What did the tests show?

When she heard the word "test" Johanna tensed up and looked away but regained her composure very quickly and tried to hide her nervousness by checking on the folder she was holding.Lucifer stood up and came behind her silently,trying to take a peek inside her notes but she quickly saw him and moved away from him while holding the exams tightly on her chest.

-Lucifer! Don't you trust me? Everything is fine.

-Then why doesn't he wake up?

-I don't know.I really can't explain it.

-You are hiding something from me.You are terrible at keeping secrets.

-.....I can't tell you,Lucifer

-Why?

-Because I don't want you to learn it from me.

It shouldn't be me to reveal it.Its not my place to tell.

Johanna left the room before Lucifer had a chance to question her more.It was the most clumsy exit he had ever seen. She nearly fell on the door.

He returned to David's bedside and continued caressing his thick black hair.David never let his big brother touch his hair because he ruined it.Lucifer was always amazed by the pitch black color of his baby brother's hair that run counter to his milk white skin but in the most beautiful way possible.David was a really handsome guy and in truth Lucifer feared the day his brother will fall in love and brings her home.He didn't believe that there was a girl out there who will love David enough for who and what he really is and Lucifer wanted nothing more than to protect his brother from that rejection.After all,only one woman on the planet possessed the gift of acceptance and Lucifer was lucky enough to find her.

Besides,why would David need the love of a woman? He was surrounded by love all his life.By Charlie,Linda,Amenadiel,his friends in school and...

And....

And.....

And Lucifer's last defense crumbled. His defenses were being destroyed for years,ever since David came into his life but Lucifer was always too proud to admit.And now,as his last mental wall fell down like a pile of house cards,he couldn't stop his tears from falling. He held David's hand even tighter and approached David until their foreheads touched.

-Wake up,please.Don't become another dead person to whom I tell the truth.I don't want  to confess my feelings so I can ease my own guilt. Not again. I want you to hear what I have to say so you can live with it in your life.

At that time his phone started ringing. Annoyed,his first thought was to decline the call but then he saw Amenadiel's name on the screen.He reluctantly released David and went outside to take the call but not before he turned to his brother while he exited the room.

-When I get back,I want to see you awake.

He left the ICU and went to the corridor where he picked up the phone.

-Yes? Amenadiel,what could possibly be so important that you couldn't handle yourself?

-Lucifer? Are you okay?

-Fantastic. Never been better. Now,what was it?

-...I broke him,Lucifer.I made him confess everything he did to David.

-Excellent. I'm coming over so he can tell me himself. I want to see every facial spasm his face makes combined with beautiful screams of pain 

-Get in line but.....I don't think you should learn it from him or even me.

-Amenadiel,you stutter. You never stutter. What is it? What aren't you telling me?

-....I can't tell you.David should and must tell you but please try to stay calm when you find out.

-Judging from the prologue,I doubt it will happen.

-I'm serious,Lucifer.I don't care how you handle it in private but if you have one of your usual tantrums of anger in front of our brother that could lead him to believe that you consider him responsible for what happened then I swear I will kill you along with him.

-Okay,okay.What has gotten into you? I know how to be sensitive when I need to be.But you have really worried me

-You should be worried,Lucifer. Worried and afraid.

Lucifer wanted to question Amenadiel further but he hung up and Lucifer was left standing there with no answers and with his heart beating fast which started beating even faster when he heard Johanna's voice.

-Lucifer! Come quick! He is awake!