Business Man

Part 6 - Stress

Slightly medical this chapter, so sorry if it's not your thing or if it's wrong. Hope you enjoy it though! X

Declan sat down heavily on the vintage sofa. "You alright babe?" Ant asked worried by the look on Decs face. He looked like he was in pain as he rubbed his chest. "Yeah just stressed and over worked. Think I might be coming down with something my chest feels a bit tight" he looked over to his boyfriend. "I'm not surprised you haven't stopped these last couple of weeks" the dark haired man moved in closer to Dec and he could hear his breathing was shallow and laboured. "Maybe you should have an early night your not well" Ant moved the hand across moving the hair stuck on Decs slightly sweaty forehead. "Your burning up come on bed" he moved and got Dec off the sofa and to the bedroom. Dec barely said a word he just let Ant look after him. Which was new for Ant he hadn't needed to look after Dec before he was always so busy he never had time to get ill he would just shake everything off but this time something was different. It wasn't just the common cold. "Here take these" Ant handed Dec some painkillers for his chest and made sure he was comfortable before leaving him be to get some much needed rest.

It was about 30 minutes later when Ant heard noises coming from the bedroom. "Declan?" He shouted out making his way to the room. "Anthony...I can't....I" Dec let out a pained cry. Had got up from the bed and was stood clinging to his chest unable to breathe. "Jesus! Declan..." he sprinted to the older man who was now whiter than white and gasping for breathe. Ant immediately went into doctor mode making Dec more comfortable sat against the wall and helping him take deep breathes before calling an ambulance. As Ant finished the call with the operator he looked over at Dec who was now slumped over and appeared not to be breathing at all. He hadn't preformed CPR on a real person before only on the dummies in class but he knew what to do, he wasn't about to let his boyfriend die in front of him. He moved Dec so he was laying flat and began to preform compressions. It felt like a lifetime before the paramedics turn up but it was only a few minutes. Thankfully Ant had managed to get Decs heart going again but it was still weak and not working as it should be. He sat back against the bed letting the paramedics do their jobs watching everything they were doing to the fragile man in front of him. Soon they were carrying Dec down the stairs and into the back of an ambulance. As they left Ant bumped into Matthew, Dec's assistant who was on his way to give Dec some paperwork to sort and was stunned by what he saw. "What on earth?" He panicked seeing his boss being lifted into the back of an ambulance. "Declan's had a slight heart attack but he should be alright he's in the right hands" Ant spoke calmly to Matthew just like he had been trained to. "Slight?! He looks dead Ant!" Matthew shirked which was not helping the situation. "Calm down man" Ant shouted back. "Now obviously Dec isn't going to be working for a while so you need to short everything out" he looked at Matthew who wasn't really paying attention. "Yeah yeah alright okay just call me when you know more" he looked at Ant who was now getting into the back of the ambulance. "Cheers Matthew" he let out a small smile to say thank you before the doors closed and they drove off.

Ant sat on the seat opposite Dec leaning over holding his hand tightly. Dec let out a small groan as he started to come round. "It's alright baby your going to be fine" Ant spoke softly not to scare Dec anymore than he already was. "Anth..." Dec let out a small moan taking his oxygen mask off. "Don't speak Decs I'm here okay" he moved over and kissed his hand gently to reassure Dec that he was there. The paramedic went about his work running test and making sure he didn't go back into cardiac arrest before they arrived at the hospital. They arrived at the local hospital about 10 minutes later and they wheeled Dec off leaving Ant alone in the waiting room. The taller man sat nervously for around an hour before a doctor who was looking after Dec walked out the door. He got up and went to talk to her. "How is he? Declan?" He approached the slender women. "He's stable sir but he's not well. He went into cardiac arrest again so we've sedated him for now to give his body chance to rest and heal. We will run further tests in the morning to determined the cause and see if we need to preform surgery" she said softly trying not to panic the tired man in front of him. "Can i see him?" He asked. "Are you family?" The doctor asked. "No I'm his boyfriend all his family are back in England we were only here for his work" Ant explained. "Well alright come with me but i should worn he's not looking his best" she smiled slightly at Ant. He gasped as he walked into the room seeing all the wires and machine around Declan. The older man looked so small a fragile and peaceful just laying there. "I'll leave you two alone for a minute" the doctor said before leaving the room. Ant walked over kissing Dec's forehead before sitting down on the chair besides the hospital bed. Taking hold of his hand it felt cold and not like Dec, he let out a small cry and closed his eyes and prayed that the man he loved would pull through.