Addiction (tag: Eric)

Naveen's body flinched when a sudden stream of light shone right over his face. Suddenly, a sharp pain burned on his cheek and his head limply slammed to the side. A strangled groan slid past his lips as his body slowly came back to life. "What...Eric, what the hell?" Naveen struggled to lift his head, his neck leaning against the back of the chair and he glared over at Eric. He always seemed to interrupt him just as he was about to make a breakthrough and Naveen hated him for that. "What do you want? I told you to leave me alone." Naveen brought his leg up and weakly kicked Eric in the stomach, trying to usher him away. He had been so close to having a plan on getting Nita free but now that Eric had interrupted him, the whole idea was fading...and fading fast. Within a few minutes, he would have no remembrance of what he had worked on. Naveen gripped the sides of his seat as he adjusted his position, slowly realizing that the vial that had been in his hand was no longer there and he caught a glimpse of it in Eric's hand. "Don't spill those. They're hard to get...and expensive as hell."

Naveen pouted at his words and groaned in annoyance. "I don't know what you're talking about. I haven't done anything." He stuck his tongue out before he tried to push himself out of his seat but his body felt too heavy and he slammed back down. "You and you're damn lists...I hate it." His hand lifted from the side of the chair and moved between his leg and the side of the cushion. When he pulled it out, in his grasp was a crumpled piece of paper covered in black ink on both sides. He lazily threw it at Eric, not even caring that it bounced off the man's chest. Scribbled in barely legible writing was a list of every alcohol he had drank and each drug he had taken during his last session. It was more than he'd ever done before, the amount nearing dangerously towards an overdose and a dreadful hangover. Though at Eric's next question, Naveen grinned up at him. "I had a plan on how to save her...from him. It was perfect. And then you came in and I lost it." Naveen's grin slowly turned into a dark frown and he reached out, gripping the bottom of Eric's shirt. He tried to look menacing but he hadn't moved in days and it clearly wasn't doing him any good. His chin was covered in stubble since he hadn't shaved and his hair was messy and misgroomed.

Naveen rolled his eyes when Eric scolded him and stared down at this hands. "It helps me think, you know that..." He frowned and nudged his foot, a bottle rolling away from him and into the mess that surrounded them. Though when Eric mentioned Nita, he cringed and anger instantly flooded him. She had chosen to leave, he knew that. But he didn't believe her. He hadn't touched the letter she gave him since that night...he didn't want an explanation. He wanted her back. "That doesn't mean I have to accept it!" Naveen growled and slammed his fist down on the arm of the chair. He pushed himself up out of the chair and shoved Eric away so he could stand. His hands gripped the edge of the chair for support until he could finally stand on his own and he stumbled as he tried to walk away. Eric was only looking out for him but he didn't want him too. Naveen was tired of losing her. When she forgot him, when she was kidnapped by Eddie, and now to his own father. "Are you so sure I'm even part of reality Eric? I mean, look at my life. Raised by an abusive father that had tried to kill me on several occasions since I was ten. My girlfriend killed me, turned me into..this. And then I found you, a freaking sea serpent that I helped turn human. I fucked my own sister thinking it was a good idea and now my father has her and is doing..oh right, just that, fucking my little sister! It's like the gods have decided to just..shit, all over my life and you expect me to come back to it all?" Naveen had turned to Eric, his eyes blazing with anger and sadness. Just as he was about to turn to leave again, a sharp pain shot through his chest down to his stomach and he gasped, clutching his stomach as he doubled over, his hand gripping onto the table until he fell to his knees. His body was rejecting the drugs much faster than he had anticipated. Everything inside felt like it was burning and he groaned in pain before he held up his hand to Eric. "I'm fine...I'm fine, it's just part of the process..."

Naveen laid his forehead on the ground beneath him, his body crumpled into a ball. His heart pounded in his ears and the sound was so deafening, he covered his ears with his hands trying to drown it out. He barely even registered when Eric had called Aurora and he growled in pain. "More...I need more and it will stop." Naveen struggled up to his knees and gripped onto Eric, patting his body down frantically as he searched for the vial he had taken from him earlier. He found it tucked into the man's pocket but when he pulled it out, it was empty. "Damn it I told you not to spill them!" Naveen yelled and threw the bottle across the room. He was sweating even more now from the burning inside of him and his hands clawed at his stomach, his nails digging into the skin beneath his shirt. Though when Aurora spoke to him, he froze, almost terrified like she had appeared like a ghost before him. He looked up at her and his gaze darkened. "Don't..don't you dare. You can't just show up here and judge me and then heal me like you're some god. I need this! I need to find a way to save her!" Another wave of pain shot over him and he cried out before he crumpled into a ball again.

Naveen looked up when Eric held out his hand and his hand shot out and grabbed the pills. He shoved them in his mouth hungrily, grabbing a bottle that was nearby and still had a bit of liquor in it to wash them down. After a few moments, the pain ceased and he sat up with his head leaned back. A satisfied sigh flew past his lips and he slowly opened his eyes. "There...all better." He grinned and looked up at Eric, silently ignoring the look of disapproval he held on his face. "Would you rather I tear out my own organs because that's what would have happened. Give me that list." Naveen snatched the paper back and pulled out a pen from his pocket, scribbling more onto the wrinkled paper where it would fit. Once this session wore off, he'd have to start a new list but he wasn't finished yet. Eric had pulled him from his thoughts so now he'd have to start all over again. The pills were a start considering he was still high from everything else he had taken so it wouldn't be too hard to go back..assuming Eric would let him. Whenever he went into his trance, his immune system drops dramatically. With this amount of drugs, it was highly likely that he may never wake back up. If Eric wouldn't let him, he'd need help purging it all out of his system.

Naveen sighed and pushed himself up to his feet, using Eric as a crutch for a moment. "Fine...but if you won't let me, I'll need help getting rid of it all." He leaned over a picked up a knife that was lying on the table, putting it in Eric's hands. "We can do it the hard way...or get Aurora back. It's your choice." He sighed and moved to sit in his chair, letting Eric choose. It would be easy purging it from his stomach but blood was another story. He'd have to bleed it out over time but it would be tricky and take lots of time. If they could get Aurora back, she would probably be able to help much faster but whether she would be willing...that was another story.