Goodbye [l.s/niam au]

chapter 3: Don't Leave Me

Dedicated to Luvlou4lou :) (I don't even know if she reads this... oh well. Hi Cassidy!) Chapter 3: Don't Leave Me

[[ niall's pov ]] {before the call to the tomlinson-styles}

it's almost ten at night and i'm going to bed now, well, because i have a date planned with zayn in the morning and i want it to be perfect. typically i wouldn't go to sleep until 2 am or later. i climb into my king sized bed under my duvet and set my phone on the table beside my bed. minutes later the sounds if vibrations fill the quiet room. i see that it is the hospital.

"hello?" i say, worry is clear in my voice.

"is this mr. neil horan?" the lady at the other end asks.

"it's niall, miss. but that is me."

"well, your friend, zayn Malik, was admitted about an hour ago. you are the only one listed as the first to call. i would advise you to come in as soon as possible." the lady says and i mumble a quick 'thank you' and hang up. i quickly gather my belongings and rush to the hospital. different situations play through my mind about what has happened to my beautiful boy. as soon as i find a parking space, i run into the main entrance. "i just got a call saying my boyf- my friend was admitted an hour ago. where could i find him?"

"patient's name, please," this lady sounds annoyed much different then the one i talked to on the phone.

"zayn malik, z-a-y-n m-a-l-i-k" I say.

"he is in room 314, south elevators to the fourth floor and the nurses at the nurse's station will help you from there.'' i bid her a thank you and rush to the elevators. i stop in front of the older boy's room. this sight is too familiar for me, he promised we wouldn't be here. his hazel eyes covered by the lids. his skin is pale, despite the beautiful tan he's had since summer. if you didn't know what happened, you would believe that he's asleep. no, he had to try again, despite how much better his life is now.

i sit next to the chair and cry. i call the only person who could possibly know how to get this shit to stop. i pull out my phone and dial the number. "hey ni!"

"liam come to the hospital, please i can't do this."

"ni what happened? are you okay?"

"just please, i need you."

"okay i'll be there in 20!"

after i heard the dial tone, i whisper into the static, "i love you." he looks like a sleeping angel in the hospital bed. i lean over and kiss his forehead, letting my lips linger longer then needed. i love this kid, i really do but my heart will always belong to li.

**twenty minutes later**

Liam walks into the room as I am still crying. "Ni what happened?"

"he tried again." I whisper into his chest. "he fucking tried again. he promised me he wouldn't! he promised!" Liam rubs small circles into my back as I cry into his shirt.

"have you told the others?" he means Louis and Harry. I shake my head, not fully trusting my voice. "we have to, Lou is the only one that can probably explain," he sounds so confided, until he whispers, "I hope."

"Hello?"

"Louis, please," my voice is probably laced in so much pain.

"What's wrong?" Lou asks, I can hear Jasmin breathing on the other phone.

"It's Zayn." I pause, giving him a second to take it in. "He tried again, they're trying to get him, fuck, back but he's getting weaker and I don't know what to do." Lou says that they'll be here shortly and I burst out into tears.

[[ A/N: nice long chapter, I think. good for the little break yeah?

-KA ❤️ ]]