kitten ♡ [muke]

16 -the hospital

When Luke got to the hospital, his first thought that everything was white. Did they do that on purpose? It made him feel like he was in some other dimension alone, he didn't like it. It made him feel like Mikey was gone, and he wasn't. He couldn't be.

He immediately took off walking to the desk where the nurses were, and cleared his voice to speak.

"Hi um, I'm here to see my boyfriend, Michael Clifford. Can you tell me what room he's in?", he licked his lips nervously. He tasted salt on them.

"He's still unconscious from surgery, but you can go sit with him.", a nice woman with dark skin said, looking up at him.

He nodded his head vigorously and took off walking after her, his long legs having no trouble keeping up.

When he first walked into the room, the world stopped again at the sight of his kitten laying in the bed like that. He had a bandage around his head, and was hooked up to all kinds of beeping monitors.

Luke stood in the door way, silent with sorrow and shock. A single tear rolled down his cheek, but he wiped it away. No crying. He was here for Mikey, and he needed to be strong for him.

Karen looked up at Luke standing in the doorway. She was holding one of Mikey's frail kitten hands with her own.

"Do you want to sit with him for a while?", she asked in a whisper.

He nodded his head, walking over and taking her place.

"I'm gonna go get something from the cafeteria, do you want anything?", she asked him, with a sad look of concern on her face. She had bags under her eyes, and tear tracks stained on her face.

"Just some water.", he replied. His throat was dry and sore from all the crying he'd been doing.

She nodded and left, casting one last glance back at her sons small withered figure.

Luke looked back down at him, taking in the sight once again. He had dark circles under his eyes, one of them looked black. His lips were chapped and he had a scrape on his cute little kitten nose.

"How could this happen to you?", Luke exhaled in a whisper, rubbing circles on Mikey's hand with his thumb.

About that time, his eyes fluttered open.

Luke inhaled sharply as Mikey turned to look at him, whispering one tiny word.

"Lukey."

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