He's Not That Bad

Chapter 20 - Coma

Adrien's pov

       Where am I? What is going on? I can't see anything, I can't feel anything.. nevermind. Scratch that. My whole body is aching! I can't open my eyes. I can't move. Why can't I move? Am I in a coma? What the fuck happened? Okay, let me rewind. Marinette and I were going to the ice rink... Fire. The apartments were on fire.. I left Marinette at the restaurant.. okay. I'm getting somewhere. I ran to the building and began running through the fires.. damn, that shit burned. I didn't care though... I rushed to save as many people as I could find, starting with two children. I realized I probably wouldn't survive, so I told the kids to tell Mari I loved her... Fuck man.. okay, keep thinking Adrien!!!!

I grabbed more people and guided them to Marinette. She tried running to me and I told her to stay back. I ran back in, then rescued a baby and it's parents. I needed to do a round about check to make sure nobody was left. I got a fire extinguisher and went back in and then... Fuck.. I stayed in there, so I could leave as Adrien. For the sake of my identity. What happened. What else happened.. I sprayed the fire extinguisher around me, then coughed from the smoke, then I detransformed and passed out... Shit. Okay. I'm probably in a coma. Can I hear anything? I thought. I did my best to focus on my surroundings. I can hear a machine running and.. Marinette? Do I hear Marinette? Alya? Where are we?

Marinettes pov

We arrived at the hospital, the nurse opened the doors and began placing the stretcher on the ground outside when 3 other nurses rushed over to help. They began quickly wheeling him inside, I followed close behind. White. Everything is white. So pure. Just like Chats hair. His suit. Everything is white. Pure. Innocent. Though this is a place where people die, people supper, and people are in pain, everything is white and pure. White. It's all colorless. So white it could give you a headache. I thought while rushing down the halls. Once we reached the rooms one of the nurses stoped me.

"I'm so sorry but you can't come in here right now. We'll let you know when visitors are allowed, you can wait by these chairs if you'd like, or you can wait in the main lobby. Talk to the front desk if you want to be updated when you're not here." The nurse said to me, I nodded in response then she ran into the room. Alya and Nino soon reached where I was, and I explained what the nurse told me to them. We all sat in the chairs. "Hey, would one of you guys mind getting the address of this place from the front desk? I need to give it to Adrien's father and my mom." I asked. Nino stood up and nodded. "I'll get it" he said before rushing down the hall.

About 5 minutes later Nino came back with a piece of paper that read the address. I pulled out my phone, unlocked it, opened Gabriel's contact and typed the address out, then clicked send.  I copied and pasted it to my mom, then sent it. I sat in the chair that was next to the window. My eyes welted up with tears as I placed my hand on the window. "Please be okay" I whispered. Alya out her hand on my shoulder and sighed. I began silently sobbing, tears streaming down my face. I slowly let my hand fall off the window, and replaced it with my forehead. I soon drifted into a nap.

I woke up a few hours later to Alya shaking me lightly. "Marinette~ Wake up" Alya mumbled sweetly. "Mmmph... Where am I...?" I mumbled sitting up and rubbing my eyes. "Were at the hospital, remember?" Alya said. I said up quickly and shot my eyes open. "Adrien! Where's Adrien?" Alya put her hands on my shoulders reassuringly. "The doctors here, shed like to update us on him, so I asked her for a minute to wake you up so she could tell everyone at once." Alya said. I turned over to see Adrien's dad standing next to Nathalie, and my mom sitting in a chair beside the two.

"Oh.. Okay" I mumbled. The doctor came over to us and smiled softly. "Okay, is everyone here and ready?" The doctor asked. I nodded and turned over to see everyone else nodding. "Okay, well it seems that he was hurt pretty bad. He has lots of burns and cuts on him, not to mention some splinters. It seems he passed out due to oxygen loss from all of the smoke, and he passed out." The doctor said. I saw Nino sink back into his chair, and his Father looked down at the ground silently.

"Is.. Is he going to be okay? Is he awake? When will he be awake if he isn't? Is he breathing okay?" I asked quickly in a panicked tone. Alya placed her hand on my shoulder and nervously chuckled. "One question at a time girl" Alya said through a nervous chuckle and a week smile. "Sorry" I mumbled. "Well, as long as he recovers properly he should be okay yes. No, he isn't awake. I'm not sure when he will be awake, because he slipped into a coma. Yes he's breathing just fine, we have him hooked to an oxygen machine. You may visit him if you'd like, visiting hours are from 7am to 10pm." The doctor said before walking off.

"He's.. In a coma...?" I whispered to myself. "this is my fault.. I shouldn't have let him save those people.. I shouldn't have let him go.." I whispered, hot tears streaming down my face. Adrien's father walked into the room, with Nathalie following close behind him. I slowly stood up and walked over to my mom, looking down at the floor. "I want to go home" I mumbled. "Are you sure, Marinette? Do you want to visit him first?" She asked, I shook my head no. She stood up and nodded. "lets get you home. Alya, do you need a ride?" My mother asked. Alya shook her head no and placed her hand on Ninos shoulder. "Nah, I've gotta go and visit Adrien then get this guy home. My mom nodded then wrapped her arm over my shoulder as we walked out of the hospital.