After the Kiss (A Shoey FanFic)

Chapter 10

Joey

     I heard a knock at my door as I was cleaning the kitchen counters. I hadpayed almost no attention to them the past few weeks, so they were dusty as hell.

     I opened the door to find Stacy, years in her eyes. She ran up to me and hugged me, weeping into my shoulder.

     "J-Joey I'm s-so sorry!" she stuttered. I rubbed her back, trying to comfort her. "I d-don't even know w-what I was thinking," she confessed. "I was just s-s-so jealous!"

     "Stacy, it's okay girl," I reassured her. "It's not your fault, don't worry. You didn't mean for all this to happen." I hugged her tightly and we went to sit down on the couch.

     "Joey, I know you're gay, but I've always had feelings for you. Ever since we played Craft of the Dead and built that house, I've always wished that would happen in real life."

     "Stacy," I whispered. "I love you too, but as my best friend. Nothing will change that. Our friendship will never break."

     After we had spent time talking together, we went out for lunch. Then after lunch we decided to visit Shane.

     "Oh God," Stacy whispered as she saw Shane. She was right about that.

     Shane was pale and he had lost weight. His arms still had the stiches in, and he had dark circles under his eyes. Wires hung all around him, keeping him alive.

     I walked up next to his bed and sat down. "Hey Shane, someone's here to see you," I told him as I stroked his soft hair. Stacy walked over to the bed and kneeled down.

     "Shane, I'm so sorry for what I said to you. I was wrong, and I was just in shock. But come back, Shane. So we can all sort this out. Joey misses you, your fans miss you, I miss you. Come back."

     I held Shane's hand, wishing that somehow he would wake up and squeeze my hand tighter. But he never did.

     I left the hospital feeling dreadful. No amount of time could heal the gaping hole in my heart. He was my everything, and now he was gone.

     I had never felt this way before. Ever.

Shane

     Joey and Stacy had come by today. I couldn't believe Stacy had apologized. I thought she hated me, but I guess not. It felt good to know she didn't hate me.

     No matter how badly I wanted to wake up, I just couldn't. My body just stayed still, frozen in time and space. I missed my life. I missed watching the sunset with Joey, staying up all night, and kissing each other.

     I didn't care if Lisa hated me for the rest of my life. I could take that if it meant I could spend the rest of my life with Joey. But that would never happen.

     I knew the end was near. I could feel my heart slowing, my breaths becoming shorter and shorter. I had fucked up big time, and I could never change that.

     I had so much more to live for. I had Joey, YouTube, and my family. My mom had come to visit me the other day ago, and what she said was heartbreaking.

     "Shane, honey, I love you. I don't care if Lisa is a bitch. I want you back Shane, you're my little baby boy. You can't die, you have to live. I miss you so much honey, please come back."

     I tried and tried to get up, but I had no strength. It was all gone. I was a goner.

Joey

     I sat outside, watching the sunset alone. I wished that Shane was here with me. If I had just stopped annoying him while he was playing Minecraft, I could've stopped all of this. I knew it wasn't all my fault, but it felt like it was.

     What was I going to do now? Without Shane, I didn't know what I was going to do. I had YouTube, but it just felt wrong now. I couldn't do vlogs anymore, it was too sad. My main channel no longer had any new videos on it. Neither did my gaming channel. It just felt wrong to play Minecraft now.

     I promised myself I would never go into Shane's room after that one night. I never slept anymore anyways, because I would only have nightmares.

     I was a wreck without him. Shane needed to wake up. Each day I visited him, hoping for him to wake.

     But he never did. And it was all my fault.