Drug time (tags: Naveen)

Naveen groaned as he rolled over and slowly began to wake up. The moment he opened his eyes, he winced and his body curled up. His head was pounding and it made him feel sick to his stomach. He felt his pants, realizing that they were unbuttoned and halfway slid off his legs. "Nita?" Naveen whispered, the sound of his voice sound like he was screaming in his head. It was like he had the worst hangover ever. He managed to slide off the bed, his body falling to the floor with a thump. "Ow.." His hands lazily pawed at his pants, pulling them back onto his body. Naveen pushed himself to his feet, using one hand to press on his temple as he gradually made his way downstairs. "Nita? Where are you?" He went into the kitchen and frowned when he didn't find her there. It took him a while but he eventually found her in the library and he stumbled in through the door. "There you are..what the hell happened last night? Why do I feel like I've been hit by a bat?"

Naveen's eyes widened when Eric told him what happened and his gaze darkened. He opened his mouth to yell at him but Eric cut him off and he bit his tongue. He hadn't been feeling well? That didn't explain why he couldn't remember anything from the day before..."Why the hell would you do that Eric? You know I don't...I can't take drugs anymore." He winced as his migraine flared up and put his hand on his temple again. "You call this mild? What the hell did you give me?" Naveen groaned and shoved Eric lazily as he passed him. "As long as you promise not to drug me again with it." He moved into the room towards Nita and frowned. "Of course not...Why did you even let him do it? And where the hell is Chel?" He demanded. Parts of the day before were slowly coming back to him and he remembered something about Chel...Maybe if he talked to her, he could figure out what it was that made them do this to him.

Naveen spun around to look at Eric when he yelled at him and frowned. It was starting to come back to him now. Chel hadn't come home and it had been hours. He kept thinking maybe something terrible had happened...maybe Ruby had taken her and..that's when it all went dark. "So you drugged me because I was worried about my daughter? All I was going to do was go down to the store and find her, is that 'losing it'?" He growled and rested his hand in the end table where Nita had been. "You said she came back, so where the hell is she? Why was she gone? If you think I'll lose it then let me help you out and just do it." Naveen gripped the table and shoved it to the ground, the vase on top of it shattering against the ground and Nita's book went flying. "Tell me where she is!"

Naveen blinked when Chel suddenly came bursting into the room in a dress he had never seen before. He winced when she mentioned the broken vase and he realized that he really shouldn't have done that. Eric had lectured him time and time again about breaking things and if he kept it up, Naveen would run out of money to replace things with. He watched as Eric left the room and he bit his tongue, and to his surprise, Nita followed. "Nita, wait..." His hand reached out for her but she was too fast and was gone. He cursed under his breath and knelt down, picking up the shards of glass on the floor. They were right...he really did overreact. It was embarrassing how much he went off the handle now...Ever since Ruby, he had more triggers than he realized and almost anything could anger him. He barely even heard Chel when she came over and he sighed. "It's fine..I guess. I really shouldn't have gotten so upset. I was just...I kept thinking, what if something happened to you. If Ruby wasn't dead and had gotten to you..what if you were hurt, dying somewhere and I wouldn't know about it..." Naveen sighed and ran his hand through his hair, setting the table back on it's legs and placing the broken shards on top. "Eric had the foresight to drug me last night and that set me off..." Naveen rubbed at his arm where it was still a little sore. Eric had stabbed him pretty hard so he could feel the bruise from where the needle had entered his skin. If he had still been doing drugs, it wouldn't have been a problem but after being clean for so long..it felt like it was killing him.

Naveen sighed when Chel ran her hand over his arm and the soreness went away. "Yeah..thanks." When she commented about his night, he rolled his eyes and made a face. "It would have been if I could remember it...Nita didn't tell me what happened after I was drugged." He looked down at her dress when she explained where it came from and he nodded lightly. "It's..nice. Looks expensive...you didn't spend all of your money on it did you?" He realized that he had just said and cleared his throat. "Sorry, never mind. We should go make sure Nita is doing all right. I'm sure she's tired of taking care of me..it should be my turn for once." He took Chel's hand lightly in his and led her towards the kitchen.

When they entered the kitchen, Naveen tensed when he saw Nita. He could clearly tell that she had been crying and his heart sank. Gods he really needed to get over these anger issues. It killed him to see that he kept hurting her like this and he lowered his gaze when Chel moved forward to help. After a moment, he cleared his throat and stepped up behind Nita. "Here...let me." He took her hand and moved her to sit on a stool by the kitchen island. Without saying anything else, he awkwardly turned his back to her and took over cooking the pancakes for her. Within a few minutes, all the food was cooked and he helped Chel lay out the plates and serve. He kept glancing over at Nita, each time feeling more and more guilty. "Nita...can I talk to you before we eat?" Naveen waited for a moment before taking her hand and led her out into the hallway outside the kitchen. He stood in silence for a moment, his hands fidgeting nervously at his sides before he reached forward and pulled her into a light embrace. "I'm sorry... I've been an ass and..I'm not thinking of you. You're right..I can't control myself and all I'm doing is causing you pain." He brought up his hand and lightly ran his thumb across her cheek, wiping away her tear-stains. "Ever since Ruby, I know I've been different. And..I..I understand if you don't want me anymore..I don't want to put you or our children in danger." Naveen sighed and looked down, pain showing in his eyes.