His Assistant | David Dobrik x Natalie

Chapter 14

It's now the next day, and I've already gotten everything done for David that he needed me to get done, and he still hasn't left his room, which is so unlike him.

I lightly knock on his door so I don't wake him if he's still sleeping and peak my head in to see if he's awake.

I see him cover his face last minute with his blanket, so I know he's trying to avoid me.
But me being me, I don't leave. I instead investigate.

I go and sit on his bed and he doesn't move.
"Is everything okay?" I ask and he shakes his head.

"Do you need anything?" I ask and he mumbles 'to leave' but his voice is completely crackly, which gives it away that he was crying.
"Buddy, what's wrong," I attempt to pull his body toward mine, but believe it or not he actually weighs a lot.

He uncovers his face, and I immediately feel bad.
It's completely red along with his eyes, which are also puffy.

"Hey come here," I say and he collapses onto my chest in tears. I'm shocked, because I've never seen him like this. Not even when his childhood pet, Frank, passed away.

I let him get some tears out, and once it's quiet I notice he's completely soaked my shirt.
"Sorry," He mumbles when he sees it and I chuckle.

"That's the least of my worries," I say running my fingers through his hair, which seems to have calmed him.
"Do you want to tell me what happened?" I ask.

"Liza broke up with me," He says and my eyes widen.
"What?" I say shocked and he nods.

"She says she needs time to work on her mental health and everything, which I understand," He says playing with my fingers.

"Shouldn't you be glad that she's trying to get better than?" I ask, hoping that he'll see that its not all a bad thing.

"But Natalie! This means I couldn't make her happy," He jumps up, looking nervous and upset, but I could tell it's with himself, which is why I'm not taken back by his outburst.

"When you're having issues with mental health, you could have everything in the world and still not be happy. I can tell you she loves you very much. And she's doing this to help herself and you," I explain, and he looks like he understands.

"I'm sorry I yelled. You're right," He lays back down, grabbing his red blanket and wrapping himself in it. I reach over and fix it, so that it covers his feet.

"You don't need to apologize. However, if you're not out of bed by tomorrow, I'm coming in here and pulling you out, and we're going to have fun. You get a day to feel sorry for yourself" I tell him and he smiles slightly.
"Thanks Natalie," He says quietly, and I smile before shutting his door.
I sigh out of sorrow for the poor boy. He really does have an extremely stressful life, and deserves more than this.

So, while he buries himself in his bed, I decided it'd be a great way to cheer him up with some of his favorite things. I text Ilya, and we decide to fly him out here, and throw him a little party with the three of us tomorrow.

He needs it, and he definitely deserves it.

~~~

It's now the next day at 11am, and Ilya just got in. I stole David's Tesla telling him I'm going to run some errands for him and that I'll be back in a few hours, when in reality, I'm going to the airport to pick up Ilya.

I get out of the car when I see him walking out of the airport and greet him with a hug.
"Hey Nat," He says as he pulls away.
"Hi," I smile, and we load up his stuff before heading off to the store.

I pull out my list of everything we need to get before heading back.
"So how are we cheering him up?" He asks curiously trying to look at my list which I pull away from him.
"Well of course Chipotle, balloons, movies, junk food and some board games," I smile at him.
"Do you really think this will work?" He asks as we walk into the store and I sigh.
"I hope,"

~~

Luckily David is still wallowed up in his room, so Ilya and I decorate the house with balloons and random decorations, before setting up all of the board games, and make a fort to watch the movies in.
In the end, I can honestly say I'm impressed that we're pulling this off.
I head to David's room to collect him, while Ilya waits in the living room to surprise David.

I knock on David's door and he groans.
"Time to get out of bed Davey boy," I say grabbing his hand and trying to pull him out.

"No," He whines and I keep pulling him.
"Come on. You've been in here for almost 2 days. Time to function," I say, and he gives in, making me land on my butt. Of course he smirks with that, and I roll my eyes.
"Come on," I say under my breath, leading him into the living room. However, I run ahead of him and stand next to Ilya.
David's about to say something about me running, but then he walks into the living room to see Ilya and I, along with everything set up.
"Surprise!" Ilya and I scream, and David immediately perks up.
"Ilya!" He yells, before giving him a hug.

For the next couple of hours, we laugh, throw board game pieces at each other, and enjoy the glorious Chipotle we picked up. We also enjoyed the fact that David finally showered. Because boy did he need it.

Even as we were cleaning up the now giant mess, we were dancing around, being children, and enjoying the company.

"Thank you guys," David says and I smile at him.

"Of course,"

~~~

poor david :(