TS Albums One-Shots

Pretty Girl

I held her hand as we slowly drove home after a perfect date night. The sky was lit with tiny diamonds and a perfect ivory crescent. The street was busy, and traffic could be seen wherever you looked, but we didn't notice. We had each other. All I noticed was how her cheeks flushed the slightest rose tint when I complimented the way she looked. Or how her eyes would occasionally catch onto mine as she drove, one hand on the steering wheel, the other in mine.

Sure, things weren't going perfectly at the moment. But when are they ever? Either way, nothing could change how perfect our night had been.

I subconsciously rubbed one of the rings on her slender fingers, my head rested against the side of the car. I could've fallen asleep here, the simple comfort of the moment enough to soothe me into tired yawns.

As my mouth parted to release yet another, Midnights chuckled and squeezed my hand gently. "Tired, sweetheart?"

I nodded and shut my eyes.

The car stopped at a red light and I looked at Midnights, admiring her. She caught my gaze and smiled, lifting my hand to her lips.

"You're so pretty," she mumbled into my hand, her eyes shining.

My face flushed, "Says you."

"Yeah, says me. You're my pretty girl."

"Mid," I groaned quietly, trying to hide my face. We'd been dating for nearly two years and the girl never failed to fluster me.

"Nine," she teased, her deep blue eyes sparkling.

"You're making me all red on purpose," I huffed.

"Me? Never. I am-" her words were cut off as a deafening screech sounded on the road. Something collided with our car, and my seat belt tightened across my shoulder, biting into my skin. Something pierced my torso and I let out a short scream of pain, my hand and Midnights' still intertwined, but now holding on for dear life.

Sirens wailed outside as we skidded off the road and the bonnet of the car hit a light post, causing it to crunch satisfyingly. Cars continued to speed by as my breath shortened, my eyes wide.

"Nine! Holy shit, I was not- fuck, you're hurt!" Midnights gasped in horror.

I looked down. A large, jagged piece of metal was deep into my torso, tearing through my clothes. Blood was gushing from my chest and I coughed, feeling more metallic-tasting liquid there.

The car door was bent and pressed into my side, making it too dented to open.

I looked up at Midnights, my chest rising and falling sharply. My eyes were wide and tears streamed silently down my face.

Bystanders were starting to gather outside, peering in and trying to catch a glimpse of us. I barely heard Mid screaming at someone to call an ambulance, the blood pounding in my ears too loud.

"Nine, please," Midnights picked up my hands, her arms scratched from shattered glass.

"Mid..." I croaked quietly, my head resting against the seat and my eyelids flickering.

"No, no, no, you're okay, Pretty Girl, you're okay," she cupped my head and I forced myself to keep my eyes open, watching her cry.

I inhaled as best I could, nearly crying out in pain as I tried. The fatigue became worse by the second, my skin paling and my lips parted, partially by shock.

Midnights scrambled around for something, her movements making my vision blur. She pressed something to my stomach and I tried to squirm away from the pressure but she held it there firm.

"Nine, you've gotta keep breathing, okay baby? Not long until an ambulance is here, okay?" She begged me, tears streaming down her face.

An unfamiliar voice chimed in, presumably from outside the car. "Hey, uhh, the ambulance is a little while away, traffics being a pain-"

"JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP, TELL THEM TO DRIVE FASTER," Midnights shouted through tears, her body hunched over mine.

I tried to lift my hand, and when I failed, I spoke up. "Babe, that's not nice," I whispered breathily.

"You be quiet too, don't waste your energy." The girl was visibly shaking and I wanted nothing more than to comfort her.

"Let me talk to you in my final moments," I offered a weak smile. Normally, I would've chuckled.

"Don't say that you idiot, you're fine! You're okay!"

"Middy... you know there's no need for that," I scolded her, feeling any last energy slipping from me.

"No, no, you can't go," she pleaded with the inevitable. "I'm not even clean yet- I- I cut yesterday, I was meaning to tell you but I didn't want to ruin tonight for us." Her body was wracked by her sobs.

"Honey, why?" I whispered.

"I thought I wasn't enough for you, but it doesn't matter. Please don't leave me, Nine, I need you, I need you."

I shut my eyes. "You're going to be okay, sweetheart. Just remember to breathe, maybe you could talk to Lover-" I stammered, "about it, or maybe even Rep if you want the experience knowledge."

Midnights moved her blood stained hands to mine, as if she could stop me slipping away by gripping them tight enough.

"No, no, no, I love you too much you can't, please, Nine, please."

"I love you, Middy. I love all of you and I promise to be by your side, forever and always," I had to force the words out now.

"1989..." she pressed her face to mine, kissing my face and sobbing into me.

And then one final breath slipped past my lips.

Midnights watched as her girlfriend's heart beat for the last time, as her lips closed forever and her body come to a morbid stillness.

Midnights screamed in anguish and held her lifeless body to her chest, cradling her pale skin and sobbing.

Midnights threw her fist at the cracked car windshield, scattering shards of glass everywhere and cutting her skin. 

Midnights, prayed, and sobbed, and screamed at anyone who tried to step forward and help. Because she didn't want help. She wanted her girlfriend. She wanted the one person who had ever loved her, accepted her and taken on trying to heal her.

Messy, shaking, and devastated, Midnights was dragged from the wreckage by paramedics, who held her back as she attempted to claw her way back to her girlfriend's lifeless body, which was being lifted from the debris.

Midnights fell to her knees, nails scratching at her already torn skin and sobbing into the asphalt.

For Midnights, her colour had been taken from the world. Stolen away from her. Suddenly, everything was black and white.

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Idk if this creates enough emotion to be one of my best works, but I wanted to publish something so here we are!

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