Healing Hearts

12 || pulse

Mateo ⋆｡°✩

Before i could comprehend what was happening, my eyes shut and my ears began to ring. Abruptly, a rush of agitation and confusion swept through my body, leaving me numb.

Right now, i'm not sure if i'm standing or lying on the chilly ground. Hell, i don't even know whether i'm still breathing or not.

What's happening?

I felt a strong hit to my stomach, and i feel like my chest is tightening, before i'm able to respond to myself neither realise what was happening.

My muscles tensed as adrenaline rushed through my whole body.

When i opened my eyes, i was met with a horrifying imagine of bloodstained surroundings.

Is this real? I'm not sure. Though it felt like time was moving slowly, the man in front of me was prepared to pull another trigger.

I grabbed Emmalyn's arm and covered her entire body with mine before he could even squeeze the trigger with his finger. There were gunshots heard everywhere.

Sweat was streaming down my face, my breathing quickened and my pulse was racing. My hands began to shake as i sprinted as quickly as my body physically could, fully focused on surviving and making a promise to myself to get my girl out of here safely, without a single scratch on her.

I took a fast turn while we ran in the hallways and we found ourselves in a classroom full of dried blood splattered all over the walls and floor. When i dragged Emmalyn inside, i saw that tears were streaming down her pretty little face.

I nearly forget about the circumstances we're in when i look in her eyes. Emma moved quickly when i closed the door, wasting no time as she helped to move a few tables in front of the door to make it difficult for anyone to enter.

We didn't utter a word to each other, only because we both were too shocked and high on adrenaline to speak.

I felt a slight pain to my stomach and noticed my vision progressively becoming blurry. I looked down and covered my wound with my palm.

My body became weaker as time passed, and the pain kept getting worse, so i lost my balance and fell to the ground. Emmalyn came running up to my side and removed my t-shirt to see the gunshot wound.

I began to pant and realised that breathing was becoming more and more difficult. I tried to steady myself with my hand and get up, but Emmalyn immediately stopped me.

I gritted my teeth in pain and sat against the wall.

"Don't you dare die on me!" she cried as she shredded the end of her cloth and suddenly placed it on top of my wound, applying pressure to it to help control the bleeding.

I let out a pained groan, and the fabric quickly got soaked with blood.

I couldn't stop looking into her beautiful eyes, even after i was shot; although they were now filled with dread, anxiety and worry, they nevertheless managed to be the most beautiful.

Fuck, i would gladly die staring into her eyes. She looks just like a painting. As if an artist painted her, cm per cm.

She touched my hair, interrupting me from my thoughts. "Stay focused, you dumb fuck!" she pulled slightly while holding my hair and i let her.

"Please don't leave me." her voice full of guilt.

"It should've been me, i'm so.. sor-" i cut her off by placing my lips on hers, sensing her softness, i wanted to taste more of her right away.

"Shut up, baby." As soon as i called her that, she seemed to lighten up in response, as though it reminded her of something, or someone. Her flimsy smile vanished as soon as she saw how hurt i was.

I groaned in pain once more, my body no longer able to move duo to the pain. My heart was pounding and i was losing vision. There is no other choice.

"Listen, when i say run, i need you to do as i say and don't even think about me." I'm loosing too much blood.

"Fuck no, Mateo! You're coming with me." she yelled.

"I can't run Emma, i can't." My eyes are slowly closing, i felt nauseous and my voice was barely above a whisper.

"I need you to stay alive for me, please."
It hurts.

"I'll carry you then." she exclaimed.

"I need you to.. to get up and jump through that w-window. Please, please, you need to live." i muttered before my eyes closed and my body shut down.

Emmalyn ⋆｡°✩

My hands were covered in blood, his blood as i murmured, "I love you too much to leave you."

After hearing no response, i looked at him and saw that he was passed out, which caused my heart rate to immediately increase and my hands to tremble as i tried to shake him awake.

Once more, i burst into tears. Why am i so weak?

"I swear to God if you die, i'm dragging you back so i can kick your ass." I waited for any response at all. Any.

"Come on, answer me!" i cried out and let my tears fall on his chest, continuing to apply pressure to his wound.

I placed two fingers on the side of his neck, looking for his pulse.

"I can't find a pulse."

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A/N: word count: 910
This is a part 2 of the chapter posted before this.