I woke up with an unbearable headache and my hands were tied up against something hard, I believe it was a wall. This was the first time in a month I was able to say I woke up, and it felt refreshing and great, despite the circumstances. I opened my eyes again, but I still couldn’t distinguish a thing. It felt like the darkness was enclosing me and telling me that this feeling being uncomfortable was an understatement.
Was I blind?
Why am I even alive? I thought I died?
Is this hell?
“Alexis? Are you awake?” I opened my mouth to answer Aaron’s question, but I couldn’t. There was not even a squeak coming out of my mouth. “Here, drink” before I could grasp the words, a cold metal surface was placed roughly between my lips. “faster, Alexis” his voice sounded terrified, helpless and even pleading, but the liquid was not water and it burned in my throat.
“W- What’s w-wrong?” I muttered very sleepily.
“Be quiet” His voice turned into the harsh monster again, but not after caressing my cheek so gently, kissing my cheeks so faintly and whispering the words ‘I love you’ so weakly they were almost inaudible. I was so beyond lost and confused. What the hell was happening.
“What happened to Brooke?” I panicked, but my words were almost patched together that it came out like one word.
“What?” he snapped under his breath.
“Brooke?” But he didn’t answer. I heard his footsteps fading and soon I was alone. Well, I thought I was alone.
“You thought it would be that easy huh?” Jade laughed, the echo sounded painfully excruciating in my ears. “Open your eyes, love” I opened my eyes and was welcomed by the light and warmth of a torch. The room was small, cold and empty. Not even a window, the only decoration were the chains my wrists were hanging in, Jade, me, the torch and a knife I was terrified of. Maybe it would be better if I really were blind.
“Don’t look so bitter, you’re looking great!” Her fingertips traced my cheeks. “Look at you, rosy cheeks, plump lips and some fat around your bones. The drink must have helped, you look almost healthy” I closed my eyes and lightly shivered at her touch.
“What did you do to Brooke?” My voice was stable and not broken. My eyes widened to hear my voice so clear and normal.
“Oh” she laughed bitterly again. “Did you think Brooke would really sacrifice her life for you, she’s got nothing to do with your almost dying, love” She planted a kiss on my cheek and as reaction I spit on her with disgust. “Doesn’t mean I’m not beyond furious about that incident” She carelessly wiped away my spit. She held the torch against my arm, I could feel the wounds forming. I couldn’t describe the pain, it was like the inside of my arm was imploding, but the pounding was like pincers pinching it even more. A terrifying roar was coming out of my mouth and the tears were streaming down my face. She didn’t pull away for at least two minutes. I didn’t dare open my eyes, not even a minute later my other arm was cut, it was surely painful but the fire against my arm was ten times more agonizing. I could feel the heat of my blood streaming down my arm and dripping on the floor, but I didn’t have the strength to scream anymore.
“Please stop” Jade was crying by now. Even though she was the one hurting me, her voice was heartbreaking. Occasional sobs were escaping her lips as she continued making a puddle of blood at my feet. The pain was horrendous but I could still manage to pass out by feeling so much pain.
When I woke from my slumber, my skin was sticking together through the amount of blood that had dried out now. I did have the strength to move or open my eyes again, but I was roughly aware of being ‘alive’.
I heard manly sobs in the distant every second a little bit clearer, until I felt his touch against my open skin. His hands were trembling as they tried to untie my wrists from the wall. When my second hand was freed, I collapsed right into his arms. He carefully placed me on the ground before replacing his arms under my back and behind my knees. His grip tightened carefully and I was pressed against his chest as he ran out of the room. I let out a sore moan as my body was going up and down in his grip while he was running away. His face snuggled in the crook of my neck, his tears were now streaming down my neck as he kept running. I was so extremely confused, I didn’t even know who’s arms I was laying in, but it was certainly better than hanging against a wall. I carefully rested my head on the unknown shoulder as I tried to suppress my moans. After fifteen minutes of torment, I was gently placed on a soft surface. I fluttered my eyes open to see ‘Zayn’ with bloodshot eyes and trembling hands, trying to find something. I closed my eyes again. A blanket was overly warily placed over my impoverished body. My mind felt heavy in my head and it felt like I was dying all over again, this time I didn’t have the mental effort to smile. I just faded away from reality.
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SUFFERING // Zayn Malik AU
Short Story“In the very depths of Hell, do not demons love one another?” ― Anne Rice
