perfection; pyrocynical (niall comas)

chapter sixteen

"holy fuck!"

"oh my god, oh my god, oh my god."

paranoid screams rang through the house, as jake made his run for it. he made it out, the two too focused on helping the victim than stopping their attacker, once a good friend.

"get— uh— fuck— put pressure on the wound, and it stops the bleeding, i think." alex fretted. the other did what they were told, pushing on the wound. the blood stopped, and a small sigh of relief went through their head, though the tears said otherwise.

"niall, you're going to be okay, i promise." june yelled. "just stay awake— please stay awake."

five minutes prior

jake held the gun in a shaky grasp, aiming right for june. she saw a flash of recollection in his eyes, before he moved the gun, just the slightest bit, to the right.

he pulled the trigger.

present time

june yanked her phone out of her pocket, calling the police immediately.

"he shot him, he shot him!" she sobbed over the phone, trying to contain herself. "help!" she screamed, her containment failing as she continued to cry. she told them their address through a shaky breath, and the woman said they were on their way.

june held onto niall's hand as hard as she could, which wasn't that powerful. "hey, stay awake, niall, stay awake." she coaxed, shaking him lightly. niall was still awake, barely. he kept going in and out of consciousness.

"you're going to be okay, the ambulance is coming right now." june mumbled quickly, her free hand resting on his cheek.

the ambulance sirens screeched in the road, and soon there were paramedics running through their door.

she tried to tell them what happened, but she just couldn't get anything out, and neither could alex, she assumed. they took him, and the siblings went together, riding in the ambulance. the brunettes both went completely quiet, other than the occasional hiccup from crying for so long.

they made it to the hospital, and of course the two weren't allowed in the room at first, so they sat in the waiting room, with another lady who was crying her eyes out. june made the bold decision to reach her arm out, rubbing the woman's shoulder. she'd never do that usually, but today she began to know how it feels.

the woman took the comfort luckily, and began to calm down.

"i'm—i'm sorry." the stranger stuttered.

"hey, don't be sorry. we're all here for a reason, and i'm sure we all need the comfort." june responded, looking up at the woman. she had short black hair, curled. she had these seemingly dull green eyes. she was dressed very professionally, and june thought she was something like a businesswoman.

"my husband— he was in a car accident." she sniffled. june just decided to look down at her hand now to see the giant sparkling rings on it.

"i'm sorry." june looked down, not really knowing what else to say.

"what happened to you?"

"uh— my— boyfriend— he got shot in the chest." june said quietly, the tears beginning to come again. "by my— ex— friend with benefits."

and then she laughed.

she laughed because she couldn't believe this was happening. she laughed because this entire situation was ridiculous. she laughed because she couldn't cry anymore. she laughed because she never thought she'd be here, waiting for niall, who was shot. she laughed because she was going to end up alone. she laughed because she knew niall was slipping away from life's grasp.

she laughed.

until she couldn't anymore.

until there were tears running down her face again and her stomach hurt.

alex thought she was going crazy, and frankly, he might've been right. she knew that she couldn't live without niall, not after having him like this. not after knowing what it was like to be treated like a princess, to be genuinely liked and cared for. she never really knew that, and she sure as hell didn't know that niall would be able to give it to her when they first met. she never thought she'd be this far in, as she'd never really been there before.

she tried to stay positive.

alex leaned his head on her shoulder, closing his eyes.

"he's going to be fine. niall is strong." alex muttered to her.

"y-yeah."

she didn't believe him.

which sounded sort of mean, it sounded like she thought niall was weak, thought he wasn't strong enough to fight. she wasn't going to let herself get her hopes up, because then it'd crush her even more if he didn't make it.

"stay positive, june."

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they stayed there for hours. hours while the worst thoughts were going through june's head. she'd cried all of her tears away, and she had none left. alex tried his best to reassure her, breaking down once her twice himself.

the woman june had met prior was currently visiting her husband, who was alive and well. she was happy for the stranger, but she just prayed that niall would have the same fate as the man.

a doctor came out, and since they were so used to getting their hopes up just to have the doctor walk elsewhere, they didn't even look up this time.

  "niall comas."

the name made the siblings jump as alex stood. june stayed sitting, not wanting to hear it from the doctor. she wanted to hear it from alex, instead.

alex went up to the man, who whispered something. june watched intently. alex fell to his knees, crying in his sleeve. june felt her heart drop, and soon she was crying too.

niall was dead, she thought.

she felt a vivid sadness that she had never felt before, as if a piece of her heart was just ripped violently from her, and she felt nothing, and everything at the same time.

all of their memories flashed through her head. when they first met, talking in the car with him, walking down to the shops with him. their first kiss.

she'd never be able to kiss him ever again.

she'd never be able to see his smile face to face, hear his laugh, listen to his terrible jokes or hear him screaming in his room over discord at three in the morning while recording a video.

oh god.

what would his fans do? what would they say? how would they tell them? she sure as hell didn't want to do it, as it'd kill her even more.

june snapped out of her haze, and looked up a the distressed alex. she moved up to him, tapping his shoulder lightly.

as he clung onto her, her heart broke just a bit more.

she was plunged into sorrow.

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