Boys will be Boys and Girls will be Pandas - Turning Red Fanfic

Chapter 9

Everything hurt.

He wasn't going to deny that.

The second his dark eyes began to open, he felt the deep pain within his body.

Tyler sat up in the bed he was in, seeing tubes with blood hanging on a rail next to him, and he slowly looked down at his hand, seeing a needle had been pressed into his skin.

He slowly blinked his eyes, trying to get comfortable.

Then he felt eyes looking at him from away and tiredly turned his view, locking eyes with her.

Mei Mei.

"Mei...?" He asked, and tried to sit up better, but bit his lip in dire pain as he felt like there was a stabbing in his stomach.

"Yes, Tyler..." She said, tears in her eyes as she pulled her chair closer to his side and held his free hand that had no needle injected into it, "It's me."

"Where..." He began to ask, looking around the room with still half blurred vision as he was not fully awake yet, "Where am I?"

"The hospital..."

He tensed when he heard his mother's voice. He slowly began to turn his gaze over to her who was sitting away, his dad standing beside her chair and Tyler gulped. He was so worried he was in trouble.

"I'm sorry..."

It was not him who said this though. It was his mother.

Tyler blinked his eyes confused and uttered out lost, "Wha...?"

She closed her eyes, a teardrop slipping down her cheek and she slowly stood up, walking over to him to hold his hand – but he flinched away.

His mother stopped in that instance, looking at him with sorrow and he said to her. The only thing he could say.

"I'm sorry too..."

She nodded her head, listening to his words with as much understanding as she could muster.

"Because I want you to leave."

She felt her heart nearly strangle itself in pain the second her son said that to her.

"...what?" She whispered.

"Leave." He made clear.

His heart was in so much fear inside, his beating abrupt and irregular with that woman so close to his side.

She slowly stood up straight, removing her touch, and closed her eyes as she made a strong swallow. She nodded her head and walked out of his room.

Tyler caught his father's glance, but Tyler remained still and strong. The man took a worried step back, before rushing out in pursuit of his wife.

Mei's mouth had dropped open as she witnessed this scene and she felt Tyler squeeze her hand tightly.

"It hurts so much..." He said and she nodded with tears in her eyes, as she whispered to him, as softly as she could.

"I know... I know..."

"Not my wound... but my heart..."

Mei's eyes opened wider when he said this and Tyler just tucked more into the blankets as he whispered.

"They... hurt me inside."

"But Tyler-"

"You don't know them, Mei," Is all he responded with and she bit her lip, looking at him, trying to understand. A part of her did sadly... for she had seen his mother's actions. But surely, she could change?