Several hours later, around 6am, Zendaya was fighting to keep her eyes open when she heard the door creak open and Normani slowly appeared from the outside. Nothing was said between the two girls as Nomani took a seat beside the slightly younger girl and grabbed her hand.
"Lauren's getting us some coffee, she should be back in a minute or two...." She trailed off as she notices the tired, pained expression on the other girls face as she stared at her unconscious girlfriend. Normani simply pressed a kiss to the side of her head and entangled their fingers together. No words needed to be exchanged between the two to provide comfort to one another. A light knock on the door, followed by a raspy voice broke the two from their thoughts.
"Hey losers, I bring the gift of coffee!" Exclaimed the raven haired girl as she closed the door with her foot.
"Okay, how are you gonna call us losers when your gift is all over your shirt, Lauren?" Zendaya challenges the shorter girl when she sees a stain that is covering the lower half of her shirt.
"What are you- Oh! It's not my fault, some nurse couldn't watch where she was going." Lauren defended herself with a pout as Normani chuckled and grabbed the hot drinks from her.
"Of course it was the nurse babe, whatever you say."
"Sometimes I wonder why we call Mila the klutz of the group, I swear..." Zendaya and Normani laughed as the Latina flipped them off as she sat in Normani's lap.
The trio soon fell into a comfortable silence, the only sounds in the room being the steady beeping of the heart monitor and the light hum of the ventilator. Soon enough Milika and Gordon had joined them in the room, stressing that the three girls needed to get some actual rest instead of waiting for hours on end in a hospital room.
"Girls, you need to go back to your apartments sleep in an actual bed, you've been here since yesterday afternoon." Milka advised in a concerned voice. She knew they didn't want to leave Dinah, but she didn't want to risk them passing out from exhaustion either.
"I'm all good Mama 'Lika, I can just sleep h-here." Zendaya yawns as she stretches in the small, stiff hospital chair she's been sitting in for the last 6 hours. There's no doubt that she's uncomfortable sitting here, but she dreads going home to an eerily silent apartment, due to the absence of her lover. She hates the thought of not being the first person Dinah sees when she wakes up and yeah, that sounds incredibly selfish, but at the time Zendaya didn't care. She just wants Dinah.
"If you're worried about her waking up while you're gone don't be. She's in a medically induced coma, she'll be out for the next week or so..."
"Remind me why they did that again?" Lauren pipes up from her spot on her girlfriend's lap.
"It allows her to heal without going through the pain like she would have to if she were conscious." Said a new, unfamiliar voice.
The group jumped at the sudden voice, they all looked towards the door where a man, who couldn't be a day over 25, was now standing with a smile on his face.
"Dr. Fegan, I'm sorry girls, but she's right. Only parents are allowed for the time being."
Zendaya opened her mouth to speak, but immediately closed it upon seeing the pointed look that her girlfriend's parents were giving her. She sighed and leaned over to press a kiss on the unconscious girls head before walking slowly towards the door.
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Over the course of the next 2 weeks, Zendaya rarely left the young Tongans side, only when she had basketball practice, a game, or when Milika threatened to call her mom Claire and have her drag the young girl out of the hospital room. The rest of the group, along with Dinah's relatives had also made frequent visits to the hospital, though some were more welcomed than others.
