Heart Like Yours - Scarxiaoven

Chapter Twenty

Venti's POV

Sunday 12AM

I ran as fast as I ever did in my whole life, running down these endless white halls.

"Venti, slow down!" My aunt yelled behind me, but I didn't listen. I couldn't. All that mattered to me in this moment was Xiao.

I finally reached the trauma room, running straight for the doors that led me to him, but I was held back.

"Wait Venti! You can't go in there! Not yet!" Xiao's mom said as she pulled me into her arms.

I tried to get out of her arms but she held me tightly. "I need to see him!" I yelled out, starting to cry. "PLEASE!"

"They're still doing surgery on him right now... you can't see him." His dad said, looking at me sadly as he himself was crying.

I started to sob loudly, turning around to hug his mom tightly. "T-This can't be real!"

She started to cry too, hugging me tightly. "I know sweetie... I know..."

My aunt joined the hug, and so did Xiao's dad.

We stood there for quite some time, and I held onto her tightly as though it would keep Xiao safe somehow... but all I could do was pray that the doctors were doing all they could to keep Xiao alive.

"Excuse me, are you Xiao's parents?" A male's voice asked.

We all hurriedly pulled away to talk to the doctor who was looking at us with sadness.

"Yes, we are!" His dad said quickly. "Is he okay?!"

"He was put on life support as his body can no longer function on it's own... we did everything we could to keep him alive, and he's alive... for now. I think it's best that you get yourselves ready for the possibility that he'll never wake up..."

"No. He's going to wake up! My son is strong! How dare you say that!" His father yelled.

"Honey, he's just t-trying to prepare us..." His mom said, grabbing him and hugging him as she sobbed loudly.

My knees buckled and I fell to my knees, staring blankly at the ground beneath me as everything stopped.

My aunt kneeled next to me, speaking to me but I couldn't hear a word she said. I just stared at the ground for what felt like hours. I didn't want to move. I couldn't.

She pulled me into her arms, and that was all it took to break me completely.

I started to break down in her arms, gripping her sleeves as I cried until I couldn't breathe.

"It's going to be okay... he's going to be okay... he'll wake up..." My aunt cried, holding my head against her chest. "He'll wake up..."

"Dream of me."

"I always do."

"He's going to wake up..."

"I love him..." I cried. "I need him."

"I know sweetie..." My aunt whispered, stroking my hair. "It's going to be okay..."

***

My aunt and I sat in the waiting room as Xiao's parents got to see Xiao. They wouldn't let me or my aunt in because we weren't immediate family.

She sat next to me, holding onto my hand tightly as we waited for his parents to come back.

I eventually stopped crying and just continued to stare at the ground silently.

Then they both came back and sat down in the chairs in front of us.