:•: autumn :•: a Josh Dun fan fiction

t.w.e.n.t.y o.n.e

:•: autumn :•:

I woke up to noise surrounding me. A lot of noise. I scrunched my eyelids together, trying to drown out the annoying sounds as my head began to throb, still hurting and shaken from the accident. The noises didn't go away, and I soon realized that I recognized the voices that were so obnoxiously loud.

My parents.

They had arrived, obviously. I began to shake in fear, wishing they would just go away. They didn't. I could tell my mom was on the phone, taking to some client or important business or whatever. She was using her "hi I'm super nice and perfect" voice, making me want to vomit. I could tell my dad was on the other side of the bed, singing some old song with his annoyingly tone deaf voice. Their noise seemed to envelop me, and it wouldn't leave. I couldn't escape.

I finally decided to open my eyes and get this over with. I slowly opened one droopy eyelid, and then the other. Just quietly staring around the room. Just as I had suspected, there sat my mom and dad, both sitting on opposite sides of the room, and both completely ignoring me.

I sat there for a while, waiting to be noticed, but they both seemed incredibly oblivious to the fact that they were in the same room as their daughter they hadn't seen in forever and who had just paralyzed her arm.

I faked a cough, seeing if they would notice or look my way. Nothing. I coughed louder this time. Again, no reaction. I tried one more time, coughing as loud as I could while still making it sound like a real cough. Finally they looked over at me and realized that I was awake. My mom held up her pointer finger and mouthed "one minute", while my dad slowly put down his phone that he was playing a game on to walk over to my hospital bed.

"Hiya Autumn! How're you doing? The doctor told us what happened and we are so relieved that you are ok" my dad said.

I tried not to roll my eyes as I thought of how to respond. I couldn't remember the last time he actually cared about me. "Yeah I'm just real great dad. Never better."

"That's great sweetheart!" He replied, not detecting the sarcasm in my comment.

He looked around awkwardly, clearly wanting to leave. He motioned at my mom to "hurry up", and she again held up her finger to signal him to be patient.

He sighed, and looked around the room, clearly avoiding eye contact with me. After a few tense moments he asked, "can I get you anything?". To which I replied no, and he just went back to looking around the boring, white hospital room.

Finally my mom hung up the phone and walked over to my bed side, faking a smile. "We came as soon as we got your call" she said to me, putting her phone back into her purse.

"Thanks for coming. I appreciate it". She nodded and grabbed her phone again as a message tone sounded.

While she was looking down at it, the door to my room opened suddenly and I immediately notice Joshua's pink hair peeking around the door. He looks confused as he sees my parents, and I try to motion him to leave, but my dad sees him right away.

I could tell my dad was already judging Joshua as he saw his bright pink hair and tattooed arm, along with his gauges in his ears. My parents were the kind of people who believed that everyone should look, dress, and act a certain way, and if you didn't, then you were worthless.

Joshua walked in quietly, and I shot him a sympathetic look.

"Dad, this is my friend Joshua, Joshua, this is my dad" I awkwardly introduced them as Joshua stuck out his hand for my dad to shake. "Joshua has been really helpful for me these past couple days after the accident" I informed my dad, trying to ease the tension in the room.

My dad attempted a smile as he continued to look over Joshua, judging every little thing about him.

"He better not be your boyfriend, Autumn" my dad chuckled as he ignored Joshua's outstretched hand and pushed past him towards the door. "My daughter is never getting married!" He laughed again, closing the door behind him.

I sat there in complete and utter shock. I knew my parents barely cared about me, but I didn't expect them to leave so soon and not even ask what was wrong or if they could do anything to help. I was alone and had no one to save me. Not even my own family cared enough to stay around and help.

I dropped my head in embarrassment and hurt, trying to hold back the tears that were now so familiar to my face. Joshua swiftly walked over and wrapped his arms around me, providing me with all the comfort I needed. He didn't even need to say anything. He understood me perfectly, and did everything he could to help. I wrapped my good arm around him and just sat there for a while, unaware of the tears streaming down my face and onto his back, leaving tear stains on his shirt. He just hugged me tighter.

"I'm going to get you out of here" he whispered in my ear, rubbing the back of my head gently.

"Where can I even go?" I whispered back, terrified. "I don't know how to live with one arm... I'm so scared, Joshua".

He pulled away from me and held my face in his hands, his chocolatey brown eyes staring deep into mine. "I promise that I will take care of you, Autumn. We're going to get through this together. I would never abandon you".

He gently brushed away my tears with his thumb as I smiled at him. "What would I ever have done without you?" I asked quietly.

He shook his head and looked down, a little smile creeping across his face. "Well lets get you out of here, shall we?" These white walls are quickly becoming very boring and depressing!" He joked.

I laughed and nodded my head in agreement. "I could definitely use a change in scenery!" I smiled as he got up and helped me out of the bed, supporting my weak body as we walked across the room. He grabbed my small bag of belongings and we began the slow shuffle to get to his car outside, me moving as fast as I could while Joshua tried to get me to slow down so that I wouldn't become too tired.

We finally made it to his small rental car, and he helped me get situated in the passengers seat.

"I hope you're a better driver than me" I mumbled.

He looked concerned until he realized that I was joking and then he tried his best to stifle the laugh that was threatening to escape his lips.

I let out a giggle just from watching him which caused both of us to laugh uncontrollably, even though the situation really shouldn't have been that hilarious.

It felt good to smile though, and I noticed I'd been doing that a lot around Joshua. I felt good around him. It just felt... right? I can't describe it, but being around him just made me feel happy, even in the worst situations. He somehow always knew what would make me feel better. He made me forget what was wrong and only focus on what was right. He was the only person I had ever met that would stay by me through everything. Even though I had just met him, he dropped everything in order to help me and make me feel better no matter what the cost. And now, he was taking care of me, without hesitation, because he knew I had no one else. He genuinely cared for me, and I don't know what I could do to ever repay that.

Well hello there again friends! I'm honestly so sorry I haven't updated in forever and I know I suck and I don't really have a good excuse except for school craziness so I'm super sorry! Also this chapter isn't one of my favorites but now that it's summer I have more time to write and will hopefully be updating much more often! :) thank you all so much for reading and as always, I greatly appreciate your comments and suggestions. Stay alive |-/