Euphoria // Grunge One-Shots

Surprise? - Chris Cornell

"(Y/N)! It's so good to see you! What are you doing here?" Matt says while running up to me and almost tackling me with a massive bear-hug.

I laugh and hug him back, "I came to surprise y'all."

Matt finally releases me from his grasp and gives me a smirk, "Yeah, sure. You're not even just here for Chris?"

I nudge his arm, "Of course I'm here for Chris. But it's good to see you guys as well. I've genuinely missed you."

Matt gives me another hug before letting me go to greet the others.

We're in a club around the corner of the venue where they, Soundgarden, just performed their show.

As soon as I've reached the others, I realise there's one person missing; my boyfriend. He's always around the guys, where is he?

"Hey boys!" I say and give each of them a hug. They all greet me back. "Does anyone know where Chris is?" I ask and they all shake their heads. Great.

I tell the boys I'm off to look for Chris, but not before ordering a beer. I leave the bar and make my way through the crowded room.

A long 20 minutes go by and I still haven't found Chris. I must say it's starting to annoy me a bit; I take tomorrow off from work so I can be here with Chris and when I arrive after a good three hour drive he's nowhere to be seen.

"Still haven't found him?" Kim asks when he hands me another beer. He must've figured I could use another one when he saw me standing beside the dance floor, looking for a certain person.

I shake my head, "I've had every fucking corner of this place, where is he hiding?"

"I'll go take a look in the restroom. Gotta take a piss anyways, so might as well use the opportunity to help you out." he says with a wink and leaves me behind to go for a piss.

Kim returns a couple of minutes later, "Sorry (Y/N), haven't seen him."

I nod and tell him I'll go for another round in the club.

After another 10 minutes I finally find him. Though I'm not sure I wanted to find him in this state. Hell, I'm definitely sure I never wanted to find him like this. His mouth and tongue all over some chick's face.

As I realise what's happening I feel the beer sliding from my grip and there's a loud noise when it reaches the ground. Glass clattering all over the place.

Chris finally removes himself from the girl and turns to see what all the noise is. When he sees me standing in front of him, he immediately takes a step away from the girl.

"(Y/N)?"

It's too late for him to explain himself. I turn around and start running towards the exit. In the distance I hear the other guys calling my name, but I don't respond.

I really don't know how to react or where to go. I just make sure to leave the club. When I'm outside I take a turn left and whenever I reach a small alley I stop immediately.

I hear a few voices calling my name but, again, I don't respond. I need to be alone for a short while. To process the fact that I've just witnessed my boyfriend cheating on me.

Tears slowly make their way down my face and I feel myself sliding down to the ground with my back against the brick wall. "How could he?" I whisper to myself.

I sincerely never expected him, after three years of being together, to cheat on me. The thought of him cheating on me never even occurred to me. Chris is always so sweet and what people call 'the perfect boyfriend' and 'the perfect son-in-law'.

Minutes, maybe even hours, pass. I don't even know how long I'm sitting there. In a dark alley on the ground, crying my eyes out. Until someone (finally) finds me.

"There you are! Jeez we've been looking for you for a long time, (Y/N)!" the voice from Matt comes from beside me.

"Leave me alone, I need to be alone." I tell him, sniffing loudly.

Matt comes closer and hugs me from the side, "Chris told me what happened. I know he did an awful thing, but you can't stay here forever. Come with me to the hotel." Matt offers.

I nod, since he's right about the fact that I can't stay here forever. I get up and when we reach the hotel lobby I'm met with the one I really DON'T want to see right now.

"Babe-" Chris starts while making his way over to me. Matt already carefully left me be and told me he was gonna grab a drink from the bar in the hotel.

"Don't fucking 'babe' me, Chris." I snap, tears beginning to fall down again.

"Let me explain.." he says, but I don't wanna hear it.

I look up to meet his gaze; my eyes are filled with angry tears, Chris's eyes are filled with guilt.

"What the hell is there to explain?! You just cheated on me, I saw it with my own fucking eyes! I came here to surprise you, you know. Because I missed you so dearly." I yell. Some people in the lobby are giving me sympathetic looks. "It seems you missed me very much as well." I sarcastically add.

Chris takes a step closer to me, which makes me take a step back.

"I have missed you, (Y/N)! So fucking much! I've missed you more than anything, believe me!"

I scoff, "I really got the impression you did, especially when I saw you with your tongue all the way down that chick's throat."

"It was a mistake! I made a mistake!" Chris desperately tries, tears forming in his eyes.

The sight of Chris crying, makes me wanna cry so hard again. But as he said: he made mistake. A big one at it. "You should've thought of that when you were in the middle of cheating on me."

Never had I been so angry and sad at the same time. I really don't want to lose Chris, but I can't let him get away with it too easy. Not that I'm doing this for fun, I am genuinely very fucking angry. What would you be after finding your boyfriend cheating on you when you came to surprise him?

"I did, though! I did think of you when I was kissing her."

This makes me laugh. How could he possibly think of me while kissing some other girl.

"I'm not gonna blame it on the alcohol, but I had one too many drinks and when that girl came up to me, for a second I thought it was you, (Y/N). That's why I so happily agreed to kiss her. I really thought I was kissing you, the love of my life. That's you, (Y/N). You're the love of my life. But when I turned around and I saw you standing there, I realised I fucked up big time."

Part of me really wants to end this shit and just kiss him already. I've missed him so fucking much. But the other part of me it too fucking angry. Though his story sounds so cheesy, I still kind of believe it. Chris never did anything to hurt me, so why would he now?

"Is it true?" I ask.

Chris takes a step closer again, only this time I don't back away.

"It really is, please believe me!" he begs.

More and more tears are making their way down my face. I've never been in this position and it hurts so damn much. The only thing I can think of is forgiving him, because I need him. I need Chris.

"I love you, Chris. But don't ever do that again." I quietly say, removing my gaze from the ground to meet his. His face is all tear-stained as well.

He grabs my face in his hands, "I will never, I promise, ever, do something to hurt you again. I won't be able to live without you, so I'll most definitely won't lose you. This was too close a call to losing you."

I nod slowly. Chris brushes his thumb against my lips before bringing his lips down to meet mine. He kisses me with so much passion and it makes my knees get all sloppy.

He breaks the kiss and looks me deeply in my eyes.

"I love you, but I'm still mad at you." I say with a sly smile.

He chuckles, "I know you are, but you're still coming with me." he says while grabbing my hand and slurring me up to his hotel room.