No matter how far apart (Dan Howell x reader)

Chapter 6

A/N
Don't blame me for any tears. Prepare for tears to be shed!

DAN'S POV:
After I said goodnight to Phil, I walked to my room and quietly closed the door. I walked over to my bed and lied down, pulling the blankets over my body. I tried for hours to get sleep, but failed because I was too worried about (Y/N). I considered going and sitting in the living room till morning. Then decided not to.

TIME SKIP TO THE NEXT MORNING!
DAN'S POV STILL;)

     I finally got a few hours of sleep and woke up lying on my side. I looked at the clock and it read 8:43am. I had a feeling that (Y/N) would be up by now. I got up out of bed and put on a jumper and sweat pants, then headed out of my room. Sure enough there she was on the couch. A bowl of cereal in her lap. I walked over and plopped down next to her. Phil was luckily still sleeping so I decided that now would be a good time to ask about the previous night.
"Morning babe." I said smiling at her.
"Morning." She said giving me a weak smile. It should have been reassuring but it wasn't.
"I wanted to talk about last night." I said looking at my lap. I couldn't make eye contact with her.
"What's there to talk about? You found out my secret and probably don't want to be with me anymore." I looked at her and she had tears running down her face.
"No,no babe. That's not it. I love you and will always be there for you. I don't care about it. I just wanted to ask why?" I pulled her into a hug and she rested her head in the crook of my neck.
"They are all old. Probably from a few months before I moved here. See I wasn't exactly what you would call popular in college. There was this group of girls that didn't really like me all that much. They started calling me names which I could handle. I told them they could do anything to me as long as they left my little brother Aaron alone. He's only 10. I thought that since my parents weren't going to protect him that I should. I'm only 22 and these girls were older. They started to harass him and bully him. He ended up in a coma in the hospital. They almost killed him, but told me he was dead. I never heard otherwise." She was now sobbing into my jumper.
"Oh my god, I'm so sorry" I was trying my best to calm her.
"Anyways after they told me he was dead they started to use it against me and constantly remind me of this lie. I tried my hardest to ignore it but it just kept getting worse. Finally I have up and did this." She said holding out her wrist and still crying. Just not as much now.
"How is he now?" I hesitated asking but I wanted to know.
"He has been in a coma for the last 5 months. The doctors told me that they would call me if he showed any sights of improvement or if he wakes up." She was now looking at me. I was staring into her eyes and they weren't filled with the same joy as before. They were grey and sad.
"I moved to London to get away from everything, everything but my brother. I said I would protect him and I still will. When he wakes up he can't stay there. I promised him that one day when I moved out that I will take him and we will run away. Away to anywhere but there. He deserves to be raised right." She said snuggling closer to me. I wanted so badly to help her, but I didn't know how to or what to say.
"He will be fine I promise. When he wakes up he can stay wi-"
Ring........ring.......ring
I was interrupted by the sound of (Y/N)'s phone ringing.

A/N
I'm so cruel. Another cliffhanger! Sorry. I wonder if the call is the doctor calling for Aaron or am I just being awful and is it one of your friends? Who knows? I do lol. Hope you liked it and thanks so much for over 50 views. You guys are amazing.
Bye!;)