Save Me and I'll Save You L.S

Chapter 20

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Louis

Hands. Rough dirty hands roaming over every inch of his body leaving once olive skin raw and bruised. He tried to escape feeling everything and nothing at once, he was trapped. There was nowhere to run to, no safe haven, no escape. The person continued to intrude Louis's body leaving him begging for mercy although he could plead with no more than his eyes, as his body refused to respond. Each of his limbs felt as if they weighed the world and were sunken into the ground, his voice betraying him leaving him completely defenceless. Just as the sensation was becoming all too overwhelming a silky smooth voice cut through everything, the intruding hands evaporating. Whatever the voice was saying Louis couldn't understand, it was all a hushed blur, until he caught the end of the voice as it trailed off, "I can't stay here any longer though, I just needed to say a proper goodbye, and see that you were ok." Then nothing, the unknown presence was gone Louis tried to call out for it but all he received was darkness. 

Louis jolted awake desperately sucking air into his deflated lungs. Everything around him looked unfamiliar and oddly sterile, the hospital. He looked around taking in the dimly lit room which reeked of disinfectant. The door had a small blind covering the window, and there was a soft hum of random monitors that Louis was connected to. 

What had happened to him? 

He tried to dig through his memory which proved itself to be useless. Louis was alone and scared. It was this feeling which he knew all too well. 

Lying his head back on the stiff pillow he stared up at the blank ceiling trying to remember what the fuck had happened to him. 

/ / / /

"Can I go see him yet?" 

Bleary eyed and still exhausted Louis woke to the sound of the voice that could belong to no other than Niall Horan. 

"He's still not awake yet sweetheart, comeback in an hour or so." Another softer sounding voice replied.

Louis cleared his throat louder than intended, he hadn't realised how dry it was. The conversation outside his room halted. His door cracked open and Niall cautiously peered in looking a mixture of tired, stressed, and now relieved. 

"Fuck Louis there you are" Niall carefully treaded over to him and smothered Louis in a suffocating hug. 

Niall stayed with his body crushing Louis's until he felt Louis awkwardly struggling for breath, squirming underneath him. 

"Oh fuck my bad, shit I've been so stressed that you were off dead somewhere and now that I've found you alive I nearly kill you." Niall quickly pulled back off Louis, his eyes scanning over Louis's frail body.

He sunk down into a chair beside Louis who had remained silent, but was giving Niall a pained soft smile. 

"N-niall I..." Louis's voice cracked, as he desperately swallowed trying to ease the rasp in his voice. 

Niall jumped up, "Hold that thought mate." He darted out of the room and returned within a matter of seconds carrying a paper cup filled to the brim with water.

"Here have this." He gently lifted the cup to Louis's eager open lips and tipped the cup smiling fondly as Louis gulped it down. 

Louis cleared his throat again this time with much more ease, "Thank you Niall, I...." Louis trailed off as he watched a tear roll down Niall's cheek.