(Oneshot)Second Hand Smoking: Aaron X Reader

Second Hand Smoking

Whatever you do, please do not ever smoke. It can harm you and the ones around you. Please be warned by the feels in this oneshot. I love you all. Be safe. ~Zedia Moon

Y/N's POV

You smiled, laughing while Gene tried to act tough, smoking his cigarette. Lately your ear would ring and it would hurt but you didn't tell anyone because you thought it was a minor thing. Day after day, your ears hurt more and it got harder to breathe. You left it be, thinking it would go away until that one day.

You were sitting in class, listening intently to the teacher. Aaron, your best friend and crush sat beside you, listening also. You felt as if you were nearly suffocating to get air but laid it off, thinking it was just Aaron's presence. After a few minutes of not being able to breathe you started coughing, coughing turned to gagging, gagging turned to gasping for air. Aaron immediately took notice and leapt out of his seat.

"Oi! Mr. Harris! Something is wrong with Y/N!" He called, looking down at you, worried as you gasped for air. Your head got light, it felt as if you were spinning, and people's voice became muffled. A sharp pain came to your back and you saw Aaron hovering over you, his mouth moving, but no words came out besides the ringing of your ears. His hands grasped onto your shoulders and he began to shake you as students gathered around, some of them had eyes wide with fear, others were looking at you worriedly. Your vision became hazy and it got no easier to breath or hear. Your vision faded as you continued to gasp.

Aaron's POV

"Y/N!" I called out as she collapsed out of her chair. "QUICKLY! CALL AN AMBULANCE! GET GENE AND DANTE!" I ordered, grasping her shoulders and shaking her but not hurting her. "Oi, Y/N, hey, g-get up!" I say quietly as she raised her hand, gripping onto my shoulder tightly, still gasping for breath. My other piers started to gather around us as I kept shaking her. Her grip lessened and soon turned limp making my eyes widen. "GET AND AMBULANCE NOW!" I shouted, tears filling my eyes until they barely fell out.

"What's going on here?" A gruff voice calls out.

"Your sister! Something is wrong with her!" A female called out. Y/N's eyes slowly shut and I shook her even more, my tears falling down now.

"Y/N! OI! WAKE UP!" I yelled, trying my best to stay strong. I was grunting as I tried to stay tough, which wasn't working too well because of the tears. My voice started faltering as I started to break down. "Y-Y/N... W-Wake u-u-up." I whispered, hiccuping afterwards. She had blood dripping out of her ears as I stopped shaking her.

"HEY! WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY SISTER!" Gene growls as he ran over, protectively pulling her towards him. He noticed how she was limp and put his fingers to her neck where the pulse was. His eyes widened in surprise.

"W-What? What is it?!" I growled back.

"H-Her pulse. I-It's... I-I..." He trails off, his mouth hung wide open, eyes widened in horror. I quickly went over and put my fingers against her pulse. It was the softest pulse I had ever felt in my life.

"Back away from the patient!" A strong voice came out. We looked up to see a male coming towards Y/N. He had an ambulance suit on, when Gene and I saw this we immediately backed away. The male picked her up and placed her on a stretcher, quickly pushing the stretcher with other people on the sides. Gene and I quickly got up and chased after them, people stared at us as we ran down the halls. Not long after Dante joined us, tears brimming his eyes as mine were flowing freely. 

"W-What's wrong with her?" Dante asked.

"I-I'm not fully sure! Her ear was bleeding, she was having trouble breathing, she was also coughing and gagging." I pondered, my brain fuzzing out thought as worry invaded about my loved one.

"Maybe bronchitis?" Dante ponders with me.

"But how?" I ask. Dante goes silent and stops in his place, looking down. Gene and I stop with him, water droplets dripping to the ground. "W-What's wrong?" I ask, watching the ambulance run out the main doors and drive away.

"G-Gene..." Dante starts. Gene's eyes widen again. He reaches in his pocket, pulling out a white packet and a lighter. As realization hits me I become infuriated.

"GENE! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!" I growl, not caring if I'm making a scene.

"I-I... I d-didn't think i-it would h-have an e-effect on h-her!" He proclaims as I tackle him to the ground. I throw a punch at his face only to be stopped by his hands. His own eyes were brimming with tears and mine were flowing and dripping onto his blue blazer. My breathing became ragged.

"F-First they took m-my mother, t-then they t-t-took my father, and n-n-now my girlfriend l-left me because s-she thought I was smoking be-because the h-house smelled like t-that stupid drug! N-Now your t-taking my best-best friend a-a-and love interest?!" I said, every word making me angrier and my fist getting closer to Gene's face as his strength wavered. "D-Do you see what t-this-this stuff d-does to you?! I-If you weren't so s-s-stupid s-she might be o-okay! N-Not getting w-wrapped up in a h-hospital bed and closer t-to death!" 

"I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD AFFECT HER! I ONLY THOUGHT IT WOULD EFFECT ME TO MAKE ME LOOK TOUGH! I DIDN'T KNOW IT WOULD HURT ANYONE!"

"THEN MAYBE YOU SHOULD START OPENING YOUR EYES AND WATCH THOSE ADS ABOUT HOW BAD SMOKING IS FOR YOU! DO YOU WANT YOUR SKIN TO LITERALLY STUCK TO EVERY BONE AND MUSCLE YOU HAVE IN YOUR BODY AND TO TALK YOU HAVE TO PRESS DOWN ON SOMETHING IMBEDDED INTO YOUR NECK? HUH?! AND YOU HAVE TO CLEAN IT OUT EVERY DAY? DO YOU WANT TO CAUSE YOURSELF THAT PAIN?!" 

"I-I just wanted t-to look tough..."

"Well look where it got you. Your sister may be on her deathbed and you are hurting yourself even more." I reply, getting up and running outside to my car. Dante and Gene chased after me but I didn't care. I leapt in the car and drove away as fast as possible, driving through my tears. After a long drive and finally making it to the hospital I had to wait. They were trying their best to do surgery on her and figured out she had second hand smoking. This is from breathing in too much smoke and from being around Gene gave her bronchitis, asthma, and an ear infection in both ears. After waiting and mourning for hours they finally called me in. 

She was attached to the heart rate machine, her heart rate was 56 at the moment so her breathing was very slow. Her eyes were shut and she had bandages over her ears, a breathing mask attached to her face, pushing oxygen into her lungs. 

"Y/N..." I whimpered, coming closer and sitting on the side of the bed. Many machines were attached to her. Some were pushing things into her body, others watching to make sure nothing went wrong. 

This is what I did all day everyday. I would skip school, skip anything important just to watch over Y/N. I even skipped over talking to Shu. They would send me messages a lot but I just ignored it.

One day I came back to see her again.

"H-Hey Y/N." I whispered, taking her hand again. I wouldn't doubt that I looked terrible. I would stay here and cry almost all day, go home, cry even more in the smoke filled house, and fall asleep just to wake up in the morning to cry some more. I never ate, drank anything, and hardly got sleep. She meant so much to me and I would confess my feelings to her everyday. Sometimes I would be able to feel her soul around me. A random warm feeling would come over me as I clutched onto her cold hand. "I-I hope your getting better, because I-I surely am not. I came here again because I just can't let you go. I-I hope you can h-hear me. But I-I can't feel you today. A-Are you here?" I whispered, looking around the room, waiting for a warm and fuzzy feeling to envelope me. One of her monitors started making a noise and started blaring a red light. I ignored it, thinking it was just another one of those messed up machines. "I came here because I was hoping you were awake, b-but you're not." I continued. "I hope you wake up one day so we can finally be together, I want to grow up with you some more, hold you, have a family, and do all those silly things we used to do." I said, tears falling down my face as usual. "I-I hope you can finally see me again." I whispered. Her heart monitor slowed down, her heart rate decreasing by the second by ten. "I really love you and I hope you know that." I whispered and kissed her hand. My tears fell as I knew what was to come.

Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeep