Unexpected Happenings [UNEXPECTED SERIES #1]

Chapter 30

*Harry's POV*

"Calm down mate, she'll be okay" Louis rests his hand on my shoulder stopping me from walking back and forth in the hallway for the tenth time since the nurses and doctors took her in.

"How do you know Louis? Huh? did n't you see what he did to her? He- he..." I felt tears slide through my cheeks when I realised again what that bastard did to her, something she always feared would happen.

"Harry, she's a strong girl, she'll get through this. But, she'll need you. You're her family now. You're all she has Harry" Eleanor says, making the tears increase more than it was. Kiara has no one, but me. Just realising that made me happy but also feel very bad for her because she doesn't deserve any of the things that happened to her.

"Will you be okay on your own for the night? We can stay too" Liam says slowly after I wipe my eyes dry.

"No, yeah, I'll be fine. Thank you" I give them all a small smile before hugging all of them goodbye for the night.

"Mr. Styles?" I stand up right when I hear my name being called.

"Yes" i say walking fast to where the nurse was.

"Will you be staying over for the night, sir?"

"Yes, yes. Can I see her now?" I ask quickly. She nods kindly and tells me the ward and all the details I need to know about her condition that thankfully isn't critical.

"She's in room 128, sir" the nurse smiles politely and leaves the waiting area.

I make my way to the lift and press the button and tap my foot slightly till the lift arrives on the floor i'm in. I press the floor Kiara's ward is on and wait patiently staring at the floor buttons on the wall of the lift until I reach the floor.

I run around the few hallways and stop right in front of her room, catching my breath, leaning on the wall next to the door of her room.

When I opened the door slowly, I didn't expect to see Kiara awake. But she was. She was staring at my direction, I feel like that's what she's been doing the entire time she was awake.

"H-Harry.." her voice cracks as she says my name which pulls me towards her. I take a deep breath and wipe my tears that keep flowing again and slowly sit on the space next to her on the bed.

"Kiara.." My hands gently hold her warm face. Her hands hold mine as she stares at me, her eyes welling up with tears and soon they start flowing down her pink cheeks. "I'm so sorry..." I say, my voice feeling so heavy as I look down on her. Flashes of what happened start flashing in my mind which makes the tears start pouring even more until I hear her sobbing. "I'm so sorry. I should've gotten there sooner. I should've not let you go alone. I should've stopped him before he-" she places her small hand on my mouth, cutting me off. She just shakes her head no, while crying.

"D-don't Harry.." she says, breathing heavily. Just watching her like this, so broken and in so much pain, emotionally and physically, takes me back to the other day she told me about her nightmares but this is worse. "Don't take the blame on you" she says when she calms down a little. "Don't, please," she says, caressing my cheek now, as she quietly cries. I nod slowly, silently answering her that I won't. She gives me a small smile.

"How is your head?" I gently run my fingers on her bandaged head.

"It's okay" she mumbles, fidgeting with the sheet.

"Hey..you don't have to ever feel ashamed, okay? Promise me you'll not feel ashamed around me about this" i take her hands in mine as i look at her pleadingly.

"I-promise" she says, letting out a sigh. I kiss her forehead and then stand up from the bed.

"Are you hungry?" I ask her and then look at my watch. It's past midnight.

"A little" she replies, I nod.

"I'll go get us something to eat then" I say and turn around to walk out the door but only after glancing at her with a smile.

I was the only one in the cafeteria but unfortunately, there was no food so I quickly drove to the closest restaurants and bought take out and rushed back to the hospital. While jogging towards her room, mum calls but I'm unable to pick up since both my hands are full with two take out bags.

"Sorry for the delay. Didn't have food in the cafe" I say when I manage to open the door with one of my hands and let myself in.

"Harry, you've only been gone for twenty minutes." she smiles and for the first time in the last hour or two, it wasn't small but her usual smile. "Thank you" she's smiling at me now, as I set down the food on the makeshift table connected to her bed.

"Your welcome" I smile at her and open the food and we begin silently eating until she speaks after about fifteen minutes of silence

"He found me. After all these months I thought, I thought I wouldn't have to worry about running into either of them. But they did. He found me and what if he was watching me? What if you're in trouble now that he may know I live in your house? What if something happens to you? Or the boys? Or-" I place my hand on her mouth, gently interrupting her.

"Hey, hey...none of that matters okay? They can't hurt us. They can't do anything to you again because I'll be there to protect you. No one will lay a hand on you without having to go through me" I say, holding her face in my hands for the second time in the last two hours.

"It matters to me, Harry. You matter to me." she says, looking at me. "They-they...they're dangerous Harry... " she says, her voice full of fear. I pull her close to me and wrap my arms around her, hugging her.

"I don't want you to be scared of them. They won't hurt you now. I'm here" I try soothing her with my words but I hear her silently crying right when I say 'I'm here'. I don't pull away because I know I would most probably cry if I set my eyes on her, so I just tighten my hold.