Noah's POV
He was here, he was alive, and he was holding me. I have been by his side for a full week now, I haven't gone home in days, I haven't Showered in ages, and I'm eating hospital food. I can't bear to leave him alone, he's alive, and I don't want to leave and then somehow he's not. I don't want to lose him. I can't lose him.
"Babe, what are you thinking about so much?" Tyler's groggy voice said into my ear, his hand rubbing circles on my back in a comforting movement.
"Don't worry about it Tyler, I'm fine" I smiled, he removed his hand from off my back and placed it on my hand instead, giving it a squeeze and then bringing it up to his lips, kissing it gently.
He's been kissing my hand a lot, almost as if he can't believe I'm still here, and that holding me isn't enough to know. This boy makes me blush far too often.
"You would tell me if you weren't though, right?" he questioned, still holding my hand close to his lips.
"Of course I would" I replied, this time bringing his hand to my lips. He gave me the softest smile, he's been doing that a lot too, smiling at me and staring at me so softly you'd think I was puppy rolling cutely on the floor. Sometimes I see him staring at me at the most random times, like when we're watching Netflix, or eating dinner, he'll just look at me with so much care in his eyes. But the strangest part is that it doesn't make me feel uncomfortable. Stuff like that used to make me uncomfortable all the time, especially around school. I couldn't meet anyone's eye.
But Tyler, he's different somehow. I love it when he smiles at me, I love it when he laughs with me, I love it when he talks to me and when he listens to me talk to him. I just love him. And when he looks at me the way he's looking at me now, I dare to think he loves me too.
"You sure you're okay, your looking at me like you wanna say something" Tyler smirked. The bastard. Was I looking at him with the same soft eyes. Was I being too obvious? Fuck, what if he leaves if he finds out I love him? What if he finds me disgusting? No. Stop it Noah. He won't. It's fine. It's fine. "Baby?" he said, snapping me far away from my intrusive thoughts.
"Wh... What? Ba.. Baby? Why wou...would you ca...call me that?" I stuttered, becoming a total flustered mess. I tried looking away from him out of embarrassment for being so flustered, but his laugh brought me back to face him and he placed another sweet kiss onto my hand.
"You're so cute" he smiled and I grumbled. My voice small and whiny as I complained "no I'm not". He just laughed again, and kissed my hand again. This boy is going to be the death of me.
We stayed on the bed for a long time, his hand now around my waist as his chin rested on my shoulder. He still can't move much, but the parts he can move, like his hand and his head, he moves a lot. I don't think he's very happy being stuck in the hospital bed, he's not advised to walk around or do much I apart from eat and sleep, let his body recover. He had lost a lot of blood. But I can tell he misses the cafe, and everything inbetween.
"How are you feeling today?" I asked him, he just groaned and hugged my closer, I just laughed and patted his head.
"It could be better, I miss everything. But at least I have a little bit of home still with me" he smiled, staring at me again.
"You do? Where? I don't remember bringing anything home with me?" I said, tilting my head in a confused manner. He just giggled, pulled me closer and kissed my forehead.
"You're so oblivious" he sighed, the smile still on his lips. I still didn't know what he meant, but he looked so content in this moment I didn't want to bother him by questioning it further.
From: Olivia 🙄
Hey bae, how are you? Me and Mia were thinking about visiting you two today but we wanted to check if it was okay first. Didn't want to intrude on anything lol
Sent at 14:53
"Hey, Olivia and Mia want to see us, are you up for a visit?" I asked him. He was silent for a few seconds, and then he hummed.
"Yeah, I think that's a good idea. Been a while since I've seen them" he said, and I nodded. It did sound nice to see them again.
It's been a couple of days since I've spoken to Olivia, which I feel bad about now. I was just so preoccupied with Tyler, which I hope she knew. She's my best friend, I would hate to lose her. It'll be great seeing her again! And Mia, maybe something finally happened between the two of them.
From: Scaredy cat 🙀
Yeah! Sounds good, just send us a message when you're on the way :)
Sent at 14:54
From: Olivia 🙄
Coolio broski! Do you want us to bring anything, I've heard that hospital food isn't the best lmao
Sent at 14:54
From: Scaredy cat 🙀
Please do! I've been dying for some jelly babies, legit I had a dream about jelly babies last night. And bring Tyler some lemon cake, he says he misses the taste. (the only cake the hospital offers is carrot cake 🤮)
Sent at 14:56
From: Olivia 🙄
Ofc, and we're on our way now. So if you're making out, please kindly put your clothes back on. I do not want to see that... Although I'm sure Tyler looks great. He always did seem to have a great body!
Sent at 14:57
From: Scaredy cat 🙀
OLIVIA!! NO!!
Sent at 14:57
From: Olivia 🙄
🤣🤣🤣
Sent at 14:57
I clicked off the messanger app and hid my head in my hands, trying to cover the blush. Damn you Olivia! Tyler was clearly looking at my phone since he was laughing behind me. I just grumbled and he laughed louder. I hate everyone.
"Do you think I have a good body?" he teased, whispering into my ear. I just pushed his face away and said "you know I do".
And then we both laughed, and he kissed my forehead again. And god, I felt so happy. I felt so warm and light, and even though Tyler was in pain, even though he could have died, he's still alive, and he still holds me so close even if there's a sharp pain in his side - because he's dumb and doesn't tell me when he's in pain. And even through all of this, I am so madly in love with this stupidly handsome boy. And he makes me so so happy, and I make him happy in return. I really fucking love him.
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Hey! It's the author here, and I'm back! Been a while, hasn't it?
I just want to thank all of you for your support and love with this story and I am officially determined to finish this story, and even though this story could be so much better if I edited it - I think I'm just going to leave it the way it is now when I've finished. This book was originally writing practice anyway, and I think it would be nice to physically see my improvements :)
But! Creative criticism is always accepted! And encouraged! I still want this story to be good lol
Anyway, that's all from me!
If you want to check out my short story while you wait for the next part, please do! It's completed and has 7 chapters so it should be an easy read :)
~ carrot/Noah 💛
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