Pills //HS (COMPLETED) ✔

Ch-51 : I wanna live 🤕

I and Harry are standing at the edge of Liam's bed while he nurses himself with some water and sits on the bed. He takes off his hoodie and drinks his water with his vest on. His situation is worse than I thought. There are three large marks at the surface of his throat. Blood is trickling down slowly from the deep scars and stains his white vest.

He sets his glass on the desk and goes for his first aid box. Drawing out a white piece of cloth, he urges it against his throat to hold the bleeding.

"You should go to the nurse," I recommend him. He shakes his head and grins, "I've encountered critical."

We stay quiet for a moment until Liam chooses to speak up, "I didn't even kill Aiden. And they believe I killed him. They knocked me, kicked me, pushed me around for something I didn't do." Liam paces his body back and forth and gazes up at the roof.

"Who are they?" Harry questions.

"I don't know. I don't know anything. Aiden used to do some unlawful shit and he was also my roommate. Whatever he caused, I had to bear the outcomes. Why?" He directs us, his eyes brimming in tears which are gonna drop any second.

"What illegal thing he did?" I ask him, my arms crossed against my chest as I watch him keenly.

"I don't know. As I said, I don't know anything. And I didn't know anything. After I complained to the principal about my problems because of Aiden he gave me a new roommate." Liam says, his hand turns into a fist as he strikes the bed.

"Did that stop?" I ask him, referring to the brutality on him. He shakes his head in negative and gulps, his Adam's apple bobbing.

"Nothing stopped. Instead, it increased. Increased so much. They thought I did something for which Aiden wasn't somewhat active in the illicit work. Motherfuckers! I don't even know what he does." Tears flow down his cheeks, he sniffles his nose and rubs his nose with the back of his hand. Liam glances up at us and stares down back on his feet.

"Why? Why me? I'm an ordinary fellow who just wants to study and be something useful in the future by which I can help my family and everyone." He looks down in his hands and tears drops on his palm. His shoulder and chest shake as he snobs.

"I didn't kill him. I can't even hold a gun. I just want to be a surgeon to save people's life. Not kill them. I-I don't want to depart. I-I just want to breathe my life." He shakes his head, his voice pathetic and stuttering.

"You didn't kill him, Liam. You're just so clean and kind for the world. You deserve so much better." Harry says, his lips tugging up in a smile.

Liam glances up at Harry with wide eyes and a little smile. "You think so?"

"Yeah, now tell us what was your relationship with Aiden?" I ask him immediately with an eye roll.

Liam nods his head preparing to say. He looks around the bed and nervously looks up at us. "Uh..we were best friends. I knew he used to do some unlawful things when he went out at midnight for nothing and come in the morning with loads of money. When I broke all relations with him, he was sent to Louis' dorm. But I know they never got along. They used to fight for..I don't know what. But the next day, they were normal." He answers.

"What about Zayn? He's your new roommate. Anything suspicious about him?" I ask him.

He bites his lips thinking for a moment. And then he shakes his head in the negative. "As far as I know, Zayn didn't do anything. But he does stay out the whole night somewhere and stays in the dorm from dawn till dusk." He says.

"Yeah, cause I shag girls at night." Another voice speaks beyond the room. We all turn to the voice to see Zayn leaning his body against the door. He squints his eyes and looks at us doubtfully. "What are you doing here?" he asks me and Harry. His attention turns back to Liam. His eyes widening noticing Liam's state. "And who kicked your pretty ass?" he asks before throttling in a laugh. Liam scowls at him and ignores him as he takes another glass of water.