What Happens In Vegas (Miniminter / Calfreezy)

Part 8 - The Brain-Heart Divide

You pushed the curtain back, and there he was, Simon Minter - sitting with a nurse fussing over his cut elbow, when his eyes darted up to see you, his mouth instantly opening - probably a combination of shock at your appearance and pain from the antiseptic in his wound.
"Y/N - Hey, how are you? Are you okay? I'm so sorry" he says instantly - trying to get up to you, but the nurse holding him back
"I'll be done in one second, just hold on" she says to him, placing a gauze onto his arm and then walking away
You giggle, "I'm fine you noodle - how are you?" you walk over to him, stop standing beside his chair - stroking his hair in your fingers while he wraps his arms around your hips and leans against your chest, the notion sending sparks through your  body, only making you feel worse about what was to come.
"I'm so so sorry - it was my fault you got hurt" he says pulling you in as close as he can
"No Si, it was our fault, we should have just told Cal sooner - instead of hiding and playing games" you said
"I'm just glad you are okay" he said
"Si..." your voice cracked "I think we both know that this....this has to be the end of us" you said - his eyes instantly darting up to yours looking for a sign of a joke, his brow furrowing when none was found.
"No, it" he starts but you cut him off, "It has to be - it doesn't just involve us - and it's hurting the others - who knows what would happen if I stayed around now, I've been here for 2 seconds and they've been here for you for years" you say, the strength behind your words covering for the quivering mess of confusion swelling in your body
"I don't care" he says, standing up in front of you grabbing your waist, your arms naturally sitting on top of his and holding his biceps "this is something worth more than that" he pleads, kissing you on the forehead. Your heart longed to stay in this exact position forever; safe and warm and cared for, so you'd never have to face the others again, but your brain over-swept your heart because it knew that it couldn't ever be that way.
"No Si, nothing is worth more than your family" you say, removing his hands from your body. "It's been amazing, but this, this can't go on...." you continue - taking a step back
Simon just stares for a moment, "Y/N..." he whispers, waiting for a response, but you take another step back and you see the realisation of the situation hit him in the chest like a ton of bricks, as  he sits back down - head in his hands, shoulders slumping forward, looking broken and it takes all your courage and willpower not to run back and hug him and just say fuck the consequences.
"Goodbye Simon" you say, turning away from him - instant tears forming in your eyes and running down your cheeks as your heart pounds in your chest - trying to escape the influx of emotions, trying to run away from the fact it's about to be self shattered - but it's best for Simon, you can't let him ruin his relationships, his career, his life for some nothing fangirl from Vegas.

Three paces away and you know what awaits for you outside of those doors is questions and confusion - the boys wont understand, how could they? They didn't even know what had happened over the last 3 days to get you to this point. You didn't have the strength to talk about it even if they wanted you to, so you just decide to run. You burst through the door and down the cold hallways - run from the calls of your name from the boys behind you, run from the pain you've just caused and run from yourself, and just keep running for as long as you can- because as soon as you stop, you know you'll have to face that you just let go of the most beautiful moments of your life so far, the type of moments that would be embedded in your soul forever - and that feeling you had for him, that you hadn't ever felt before and didn't know how to explain.
But you have to let him go.

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A/N: Sorry for the shorter chapter - haven't totally decided where I want the story to go yet, so I'm just writing it as I see fit and going with the flow.
I'm also away this weekend camping, so the chapter a day business I've had going wont be able to continue, but I'll update it as soon as I'm back.
Cheers,
Bunny xx