Michael x Noah 🙏

44. ~Back Home Again~

Michaels pov:
I am sick of this! So fucking sick of being taken from my happy peaceful life just because they think I'm an easy target to lure Noah or because in my dad's case, because I know too much. It's like I can't live a goddamn life. I realize it's only 4:30am, but I can't sleep. My stomach hurts so bad from the stab.
"Noah..." I sit up and shake his shoulder. He doesn't wake up at first so I do it again, this time shaking his shoulder a little more.
"Mmmmm..." Noah stirs in his sleep, pulling blankets over his shoulder.
"Noah..."
"Hm..."
"My stomach hurts really bad.." I whisper. Noah rolls on his back and sits up, pulling me close to him.
"You want me to get you some pain meds?" He asks softly.
"No... they don't mix with the other meds I have to take from the last incident." I say, referring to the bullet wounds in my arm.
"Right..." Noah pulls me close to him and runs his hand through my hair. I move to sit on his lap, getting comfy. No continues to run his hand through my hair, trying to get me to go back to bed but with this pain, I don't think I can.

A few minutes later, I notice Noah's hand now resting on my head. He must have fallen back asleep, but I haven't even done as little as start to feel tired. My stomach aches too much for that right now. I get up carefully, trying not to wake Noah, and walk to the kitchen. I notice Nicole standing there, having tea. She mentioned having to leave early someday this week a few days ago, so I'm assuming that's today. I walk next to her to the cabinet with all the medication. I grab a bottle of pain killers.
"Michael? What are you doing?" She looks at the pills.
"I need them-  I can't stand this pain- oh wait, you don't know- never mind." I say, opening the bottle.
"You shouldn't be mixing those with your meds." She says, raising an eyebrow.
"I know, but I might actually start crying if I don't take these." I say, still trying to open the bottle.
"I seriously don't think you should take those..." She says again.
I take two pills and try to swallow them. I'm not the best at swallowing pills, but I cannot stand this pain. They take about five minutes to kick in fully.
I grab the side of my stomach and sit down on the floor. Nicole walks to me and goes down to my level.
"Michael? Seriously, are you okay? Should I get Noah?" She asks. I don't want him to worry about lot, so I shake my head. Then my head starts to feel heavy and my vision goes black. Then next thing I know, I'm passed out.

Hannah's pov:
"Hannah! Get up! You need to check on Michael!" I wake up to Nicole yelling for me in my room. What time is it? 4:45am.
"What?"
I open my eyes and see Nicole holding Michael in her arms, passed out.
"What the hell?!" I jump up and grab him from her. I expected him to be a lot heavier than he was. I placed him on my bed and Nicole leave. I know she has somewhere important to be.
"Michael?" I shake him, careful for the wound from the bullet on his right arm.
He didn't wake up. That's when I noticed a bit of blood on his sweatshirt. I'm not sure if he'd like it if I looked, but- what am I saying? I'm his best friend for life.
I lift up the hoodie just above the would.
"Oh my god..." it looks as if he's been stabbed! And his hip bones are like, sticking out... I can't tell about his ribs since they're still covered. I don't wanna make him feel uncomfortable. I'm sure Noah knows about this. I should still let him know though.

I walk to Noah's room, seeing him still asleep.
"Noah..!" I say, not too aggressive, but loud enough to wake him.
"Hm?" He says, tiredly.
"It's Michael. He passed out... and I found something rather concerning."
Noah gets up, and starts walking to my room. I point to Michael's completely limp body on my bed. I show him the stab wound.
"Oh... I'm not gonna explain that... I think that's up to Michael." Noah says tiredly.
"And do you notice how skinny he is?" I ask him.
"Yeah... I try but I don't like stressing him out." Noah says, pulling Michael's hoodie down and picking him up.
"I'll take him from here. Thank you." He smiles and walks out of the room. What happened to Michael? Why wouldn't Noah tell me? It's fine I guess. I don't wanna invade Michael's business.

Noah's pov:
I walk back into my room with Michael in my arms. I place him on the bed and take my hoodie off of him. I grab a new one that doesn't have blood in it and put it on him. What even happened?
I look at my phone and see a text from Nicole.
Nikki:

N: I don't know if Hannah told you but Michael took pain killers even though he knows he shouldn't with his meds.

No: yeah she did. Thank you!

I hear Michael moving around. He sits up.
"Ow..." He puts his arms over his stomach.
"You okay, love?" I sit next to him. He leans against my shoulder.
"No..." His voice broken. "It hurts so bad..."
I kiss his forehead, running my hands through his hair.
"It'll stop hurting soon." I reassure him.

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