just desserts : ryden

eighteen.

Ryan wakes up in white. White and clean. It took a second to realize it was a hospital. Pressure was on his hand, he blinked a couple times to realize that Brendon was the one holding his hand

"Hi, Ryan. You're finally up" Brendon says with a soft but nervous smile plastered on his face

Ryan is startled, its all happening all at once "W-where am I-I"

Brendon smiles "Youre at a hospital, hon" he says, gripping his hand tighter.

Ryan tries sitting up but Brendon tells him otherwise "Ry, dont"

"Why am I even here?" Ryan manages to mumble out "Its not like Pete h-hurt me or anything"

Brendon sighs, leaning back in the blue plastic chair "You passed out for three days, babe. Your weight is so low, they asked if you were anorexic when you came in and you sprained a few bones in your body"

Ryan wants to cry and whine at that statement alone. Why did he let Pete do those fucked up things to him?

"Where his Pete?" Ryan asks, after coughing. Brendon scowls at the name alone.

"Jail, speaking of that, the cops should be coming around to ask you questions once the hospital alerts them that you are awake"

Ryan nods, closing his eyes. He is still extremely tired but he has one more question to ask

"Bren, are we d-dating?"

Brendon grins the biggest smile he has ever made. "Depends if you want to"

"I w-want to" Ryan says with his own little smile tugging at his lips

Brendon did what he's been wanting to do for awhile there: he kissed Ryan once again. It wasnt cheating this time, it was actual love.

Ryan ran his pale, boney hands through Brendons hair as he pulled away, smiling as big a Brendon was

"That was great, now go back to sleep. You are probably going to have check-ups later alright?"

Ryan nods, closing his bruises eyes once again and falling asleep without worrying that Pete was going to come in and hurt him

*

"Ryan" a push to he shoulder "Ry, wake up"

Ryan woke his eyes to see Brendon, he smiled at that, but there were cops behind him. That scared him.

"Who are they?" Ryan asks, rubbing his eyes as Brendon sat on the bed, patting his exposed thigh

"That's Officer Briggs and that's Officer Gallagher, they are here to ask questions about - " Brendon couldn't finish his sentence.

"Can you stay, Bren?" Ryan asks, his voice cracking

Brendon shares a look with the two cops and eventually gives a nod and a smile, he kneels down to Ryan's bed, petting his hair, seeing that he was anxious.

"So, Ryan, where do we begin?"

*

The cops left after 30 minutes of questions. "Stay strong Ryan, I cant imagine what you are going through. Look after him will you Brendon?" was the last thing one of the cops said

"How do they know you?" Ryan asks, sitting up (this time Brendon didn't bitch about it)

Brendon gives out a small chuckle "Used to get in trouble a lot as a teenager"

Ryan laughs too "What kind of shit did you get into?" Brendon placed another hand on Ryan's thigh, this time it was out of comfort

"Drugs, underage drinking, shoplifting, you name it" Brendon says, confidently

Ryan laughs once again, causing Brendon to smile "I forgot how much I loved your laugh" and that phrase caused Ryan to blush

"Can I go home soon?" Ryan says, a lot softer than his usual soft voice. He was referring to Brendon's house, hoping he'd let him stay there

"Tomorrow actually!" Brendon says with a rub to the forearm "They stay your steady enough"

Ryan doesn't know what comes over him but he leans forward and hugs Brendon with my force than he's hugged anyone before. Brendon hugs back, huge smile on his face that's filled with surprise and happiness.

Pulling back, Brendon really looks at Ryan. Ryan has a pale face, usually with eye bags under his eyes, his eyes are almost the best part : big and doe-like filled with a honey like color, his lips were always chapped and matched the skin tone of his face. He was in fact, beautiful

Ryan smiles at Brendon "I'm sorry, I'm a fool"

"Shh, Ry you're not" Brendon sighs, pulling Ryans head into his own chest "Don't beat yourself up over this, it isn't your fault"

late updae im sorry !! but this book is almost over and im becoming depressed because i really like this book y'know?

but things cant go on forever sadly

-mia