Smitten Over You (Muke/Cashton)

Ch. 24 - I Hate You Don't Leave Me.

*Ashton's P.O.V*

I flutter my eyes open slowly, looking around the room without moving my head.

Am I in a hospital bed?

I'm still fucking alive? NO!

Calum.

"Where's Calum?!" I ask, no-one in particular, in a panicked voice as I sit up quickly.

Michael and Luke jump in fright. I hadn't even noticed them beside my bed.

"Ashton! You're awake" Luke says with a sigh of relief.

"Yeah, where is Calum?!" I ask again desperately.

"In the ICU" Michael replies quietly.

"Why is he in there?!" I ask in fear.

"Because he ahh-" Michael stumbles over his words nervously.

"What?" I ask, getting annoyed.

"He is okay... Or should be" Luke informs me.

"Should?" I ask. Luke nods.

"Ashton, his heart actually stopped-" he begins.

"Only for a moment" Michael interrupts, seeing the alarmed look on my face.

"Only for a moment" Luke confirms. "They brought him back, the main reason he's in intensive care is that his lungs had shut down" he finishes, getting choked up at the end.

"They are taking care of him, Ashton, I promise" Michael tells me, fighting back the tears threatening to leave his eyes. "They are checking to make sure nothing else had shut down too" he adds.

"They said he should be fine, maybe even by tomorrow" Luke tells me. "He is only in there so they can take extra good care of him" he adds.

"Should" is all I could say. "He should be fine, what if he's not?" I ask angrily.

"Ashton, please don't get mad at us" Michael says, tears bursting from his eyes now.

"I have to see him" I say in distress.

"You can't, not yet" Luke tells me, tears slipping from his eyes as well.

"I need too" I cry. "I have to tell him I'm sorry" I add as tears starting pouring down my face.

"He's still unconscious" he sighs, standing up to hug me. "As soon as he is awake, well will take you to see him" he says, wrapping his arms around me.

"Fine" I say in defeat. As Luke pulls away, I look over at Michael, who was sitting on a chair with his knees pressed up against his chest, crying into his hands.

Luke sits back down in the chair beside Michael and rubs his back.

"I almost lost two of my best friends" Michael sobs, quickly moving to sit in Luke's lap before crying on his shoulder.

Luke hides his face in Michael's hair while holding onto him as if he was scared to let go.

This is all my fault.

*2 Hours Later*

"Ashton?" Luke asks quietly, shaking me slightly to wake me up.

I had fallen asleep while watching Michael and Luke crying together.

"What?" I ask quietly, half opening my eyes.

"Calum's awake" Luke whispers, my eyes shoot open.

"Can I see him?" I ask. Luke nods, his face was tear stained from crying and his, normally piercing blue, eyes looked kind of dull. He looked exhausted.