Call it Fate, Call it Karma

Fragile

I woke up six hours later at around 11AM. I was relieved to see Julian fast asleep beside me. I honestly thought he would've run off while I was sleeping.

I gently slid out of bed and tiptoed out of the bedroom and into the living room, where I noticed that everyone had left, except Nick and Nikolai, who were helping themselves to some food in the kitchen. I yawned, stretching my arms up above my head. "Morning, freaks."

"Hey!" Nick flashed a grin as he poured some cereal into a bowl. Nikolai nodded in my direction, his mouth full of toast.

"Helped yourself, I see." I chuckled.

Nick poked his tongue out at me as he poured milk into his bowl.

"Anyways...you guys will never guess what happened when we went to the emergency room last night!" I said, jumping up and sitting on the counter.

"Emergency room?!" Nikolai gasped. "What the fuck?!"

"Oh, just a slight drunken mishap on Albert's behalf," I said. "He's fine...but anyways, guess who we found there on our way out!"

Nick shrugged, making me roll my eyes. Of course the lazy fucker didn't even try to guess.

"Julian!" I exclaimed with my hands clasped together. "We found him!"

The sound of Nick dropping his spoon and scrambling to pick it up made me laugh.

"Are you fucking with us right now?" said Nikolai. "Because if you are, that's not cool, man!"

"He's asleep in my room right now." I told them, then explaining the whole situation, not leaving out any small details.

"They tackled him to the floor?!" Nick started to laugh.

"Shit, how's his arm then?" asked Nikolai. "Must've been bad. Julian hates going to hospitals."

"Oh!" I jumped off the counter, almost knocking over a cereal box. "That reminds me...I need to go take him to get it stitched."

"Do you think he's gonna book it when he sees us?" Nick frowned. "Like, is it gonna be too overwhelming for him? You said he's really fragile at the moment."

"I dunno..." I sighed. Nick had a point.

"We can leave and come back tomorrow or something?" Nikolai suggested. "Do you think he'll be ready to see us then?"

"That's actually a good idea." I nodded, grabbing a glass of water. "I'm gonna go get dressed and get him up to shower. Think you can be out by then?"

Nick nodded, quickly finishing the rest of his cereal. "Yeah, we'll be gone. Thanks for the food and shit."

"No problem." I waved, fastening my pace as I exited the kitchen. "I'll see you guys tomorrow then." I stopped. "Oh wait, you might wanna take Fabrizio with you too. He's in Albert's room."

"Will do!" Nikolai called back.

I walked back into my bedroom and quickly slipped on some jeans and a shirt while Julian slept. I didn't wanna wake him, but I had to make sure he ate and showered. He always looked so peaceful when he was sleeping. I wanted to sit and watch him for a while, but I didn't wanna creep him out.

"Jules." I cooed, slowly pulling off the covers. "Time to get up."

Julian groaned and eventually sat up, rubbing his eyes. He ran a hand through his messy hair, tugging at the knots, before his eyes landed on me and he looked away.

"Go take a shower, okay?" I told him with a soft smile. "I'll get you some of Albert's clothes to wear."

"Thanks." Julian spoke softly as he sluggishly jumped off the bed.

"Don't try to get your arm too wet. I'm taking you to the hospital afterwa--" I couldn't finish my sentence because a pair of arms squeezed me in a hug. Before I could hug him back, or even say anything for that matter, Julian pulled away and disappeared through the door.

I smiled to myself as I walked into Albert's empty room. He had gone to work, and I assumed Nick and Nikolai got Fab up and out. I walked over to his chest of drawers by the window and pulled out a T-Shirt and some jeans for Julian to wear.

I knocked on the bathroom door, clutching the pile of clothes to my chest. "Jules, are you decent?"

"Mhm."

I pushed the door open to see him standing in front of the mirror with his shirt off. He looked quite disturbed.

"H-Here you go." I handed them to him and stepped back anxiously. I wasn't sure if I should've asked him if he needed anything else or not.

Julian still hadn't taken his eyes off his reflection in the mirror. "Jade...are you scared of me?"

"Scared of you? Of course not!" I shook my head, almost laughing. "Why would I be scared of you?"

"I'm not who I used to be." he mumbled.

I shook my head as I walked over to the shower and turned on the water. "You are, Jules. You just need a little time to feel like yourself again." I stepped away once I felt the water was warm enough, and I kissed Julian on the cheek, then walking back through the door.

A/N: hey everyone! i hope you're enjoying this story so far! i'll work on improving the length of my chapters very soon because the next lot were written a while ago and i can't really add length to them. :)