Behind Closed Doors // Lashton

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty

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ASHTON POV

**3am, May 16th**

When I open my eyes and I can't see anything I start to worry, but as I move my head around things start coming into focus. Like the hospital room I'm in. My ears are ringing, but far off in the distance I can hear the heart monitor next to me. There's a pounding in my head, and I wish I hadn't woken up. A light next to me flicks on, and I have to shield my eyes. It's too bright.

"Ash? Can you hear me?" Luke appears in front of me. I give him a hand gesture that is supposed to represent sort of.

"Are your ears..." He asks something but I only hear half. I give him a confused look, letting him know I have no idea what he asked.

"Ringing." He says, pointing to his own ear. I nod, piecing together the question. The light becomes too much so I completely cover my eyes. A few moments later, Luke moves my arms away. He's shut off the light.

I'm surprised by him throwing himself at me and hugging me. This is so not like him. Or maybe it is. I barely know the real him. I know the angry him, the insecure him, the upset him, the fake him, the egotistical him, but not the real him. I wrap my arms back around him, still completely confused. A while passes before I realize he's crying, and that's because I can't hear him. I rub his back to try to help, but I can't even think with this headache. Probably a migraine, not a headache. I've never had a migraine before so I'm not sure. I notice the ringing in my ears is quieting, this I am very thankful for.

"What happened?" I ask. I didn't want to talk with my ears ringing, what would've been the point anyways?

"You couldn't move or do anything so I got the med crew and we were gonna drive you to the hospital. You collapsed right outside of the bus. We had to call an ambulance. Ash that was by far the scariest thing to ever happen." Luke says to me.

"My head is fucking killing me." I say, rubbing my face.

"They said you were having a severe migraine, you still are." Luke says.

"What time is it?" I ask.

"Wicked early." Luke says.

"How long have you been awake?" I ask next. The headache starts pressing against the front of my head, and it makes me want to rip my brain out. Luke watches me carefully before answering.

"The whole time. Ash just get some rest. They said worrying so much is what got you into this mess." Luke says.

"Thanks for staying with me." I say.

"Of course baby, I wouldn't want to be anywhere else. Well, except in the bus with you instead of in a hospital with you." Luke says.

"Lay down with me penguin." I say.

"I tried, hurts too much even trying to get on there." He says. It suddenly feels like my brain has been literally kicked, and I hold my head in my hands.

"Do you want me to get a nurse?" Luke asks me. I shake my head, but know he won't listen to me. Sure enough I find myself being laid down again by a nurse.

"Just relax and get some sleep, it's best." The nurse says to me, putting something in my IV.

"Don't worry, I won't keep him up." Luke says.

"Oh, you won't be able to. You should get some sleep too." The nurse says to him.

"I slept some earlier, I'll be fine. Thank you." He says to her. I start feeling drowsy, and the migraine dulls to a simple beat in the back of my head. The nurse leaves when I'm not paying attention, and Luke returns to his seat. I slowly turn my head to look at him, but I fall asleep the moment after he smiles at me.