Jug and Finesse

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A few days later...

JAYLON

I woke up, stretched out a little and looked over at her. She still wasn't responding to any of the medication. Right now, they had her on life support by feeding her oxygen, food and water on a daily basis through a tube, and her body accepts the food but she's still not waking up. I moved her head onto my chest and rubbed her scalp, just how she liked. 

I missed her already. Her kisses, hugs, smile, even her voice. I knew I loved her before this, but this damn close to losing her helped me understand how much. I couldn't do shit but cry. There's so many things I should've told her. My phone kept dinging with Instagram notifications. I tapped a page I kept getting tagged to named GetBetterShantii.

I scrolled through the pictures they posted and sighed. So buried in my own grief, I forgot I wasn't the only one who was losing her. Her family would too. Her mother. I ran my hands over my face, wondering how the fuck I could look her in the face and tell her I was the reason why her daughter was in a coma.

"This is my fault. I should've never let you go with me," I shook my head. Why did I say yes? I could never say no to her. I looked down at her and sobbed into my hands. I needed her to come back to me. She was my stability. I caressed her cheeks and held her face in my hands. 

"I love you so much."

SHANTII

I knew I'd be happier with him. A million times happier. I was ready.

My hands rubbed her scalp as I spoke, "I need you to wake up. I don't know if you can hear me or not, if you can understand, I don't know what the fuck this coma got you going through, but I need you to wake up. There has to be some kind of way that you can bounce back from this." I refused to believe that this was it for her. Just a week ago she was laughing, just a week ago she wasn't connected to all of these machines. How the hell could shit fuck up this quick. I wasn't ready to let her go.

I looked down and found her beautiful brown eyes looking at mines. I froze before placing my hands on her cheeks. My hands brushed against her wound and she flinched. "I'm sorry," I pulled my hand back. She motioned with her hands for water and I slowly got up, scared to leave her. I kissed her cheek and rushed out of the room.

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SHANTII

 I laughed as he ran out in only his boxers. I used the time alone to assess the pain in my neck. I felt the bandage and winced.  He came into the room within two minutes and handed me a cup of water. I sat up and drunk it in two gulps. My mouth was beyond dry. I wondered how long I was unconscious. He looked at me closely, expecting me to talk. I mimed me brushing my teeth, it took him a second before he got it.

 He slowly unplugged the machine besides me and took the IV out of my wrist. I winced a little but allowed him to grab my hand. He brought me to the bathroom and handed me my toothbrush. He grabbed his own and squeezed toothpaste on both of our brushes. I added water to the bristles before putting it in my mouth and scrubbing my gums and teeth. God knows my breath was on ten thousand.

We gargled Listerine and spit it out before he turned me around to face him. "You good?" he asked. I nodded but struggled to keep my neck at a certain angle. He looked like something was on his mind but he only grabbed my hand and led me back to the bed. I laid down but moved over a little so he could lay with me. I laid my head against his chest and he rubbed my scalp. I squirmed a little. "What's wrong?" he asked, accidentally brushing his hand against my thigh. I tried to move his hands but he only grabbed my spot above my back. 

I clenched my thighs together and he noticed. "You just woke up and this is the first thing on your mind?" he laughed. I rolled my eyes, "You the one who keeps touching me." He turned me so I was facing him and smiled. "I missed you so much," he leaned in and kissed my cheek. "What you mean?" I wrinkled my forehead.

"You were in a coma," he sounded confused. My eyes widened, "For how long?" I sat up and braced myself for him to say 'a year'. "Less than a week, relax," he laid me back against the bed. I bit my lip, "You were here the whole time?" He looked offended, "Yeah, why would I leave you?" he asked. "Because of school, we only have a few more days before we graduate, but still. I don't want you to miss it just because of me," I faced him.

"I thought you were dead. The last thing on my mind was school, Shantii," he raked his hand through my hair. His eyes started tearing up which made me tear up. "Aw baby," I pulled him closer and kissed his lips. We gave ourselves time to mope until all that was left was relief that I was alive. That I was here, that we did have time.

"I love you," he pressed his lips against my forehead. I pulled back and looked at his puffy eyes. "You haven't been sleeping well?" I asked. "It doesn't matter," he yawned through his answer. "Go to sleep, okay? And when you wake up, get me out of here please," I smiled and he laughed. It took him a few minutes to sleep and once he did, I stared at him. "How did I get so lucky?" I whispered.

It may have been just me imagining things, but I swear he smiled.

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THIS WAS A SIMPLE FILLER.

NOTHING LIKE WHAT I NORMALLY DO.

 BUT I HAVEN'T UPDATED IN A SMALL MINUTE SO I THOUGHT, WHY THE F NOT?

2 MORE CHAPTERS LEFT BEFORE THE END! 

xChar__