"Hello, is this Harry Styles?"
"This is he. To whom am I speaking to?"
"I'm nurse Shelly from the hospital and I came here to call about patient Niall Horan. He went into surgery yesterday morning and if it's no problem, can you please make your way to the hospital to discuss?"
"Shit, yeah. Sorry. Um, is he okay?"
"Patient Horan is fine. Like I said, just come over to the hospital, there's been a slight change of plans."
An hour and a half later, I find myself at the hospital; awaiting for a doctor or nurse Shelly to approach me about the 'change of plans' from Niall's surgery. I was rather impatient, stomping my foot rapidly on the ground, biting at the skin of my nails, and rubbing my face in pure annoyance every time a nurse or a doctor came by and instead of asking for 'Harry Styles for Niall Horan' it was always someone else.
Eventually, the waiting finally came to an end and nurse Shelly finally announced, "Harry Styles for Niall Horan." I stood up from my original seat, making my way to the same nurse who picked up Niall for surgery two days ago.
"If you can please follow me, sir." She started walking, taking a few twist and turns every-so-often, and I following closely behind. We reached a room in the third floor from the hospital, door #343. When entered, I saw Niall silently reading a book to himself while a doctor checked his heart rate.
When nurse Shelly shut the door behind us, both Niall's and the doctors ears perked up, their heads turning to our direction. Niall's eyes quickly lit up when he saw me, his white braces showing as he smiled widely.
"You must be Harry. So the reason we called you here today is because we needed for someone to pick Niall Horan up, due to the fact that his parents and brother are in Ireland at the moment. Now, you may be thinking, 'wasn't Niall suppose to be out for another three days?' The answer to that question, is yes. He was. But, yesterday morning Niall changed his mind and decided not to go with the surgery."
I looked at Niall, the bright smile was no longer evident on his face, and he was now frowning down at his hands.
"We'll leave you two to have a moment." And with those words being said, the doctor and nurse Shelly were off, closing the door behind them.
I took the chair that was next to Niall's hospital bed, taking a hold of his hand as I asked, "What made you change your mind?"
He gave my hand a small reassuring squeeze before removing it from under my touch in order to sign.
❝I was scared. So scared, Harry. I didn't want to tell you at first because I wasn't sure if I wanted to go with the surgery or not, but there was a 85.6% chance that I wasn't going to make it after the surgery. The only reason I agreed to it in the first place is because I'm scared of leaving you, and there was still a 16% chance that I could still make it. And I held onto that hope, thinking that I could somehow be fixed. And for a while, I believed that I could. But at the end of it all, I just didn't want to risk it. I didn't want to leave you. Not so soon.❞
I held Niall's tearing face with my hands, "You didn't have to go with the surgery if you didn't want to. Niall, I love you so much and I'm scared, too. But you didn't have to scare yourself more and lower your chances of life. We still have time to be together. Maybe not much, but it's still something. Besides, it's better than nothing."
At this point, Niall was more than just teary eyed. He looked at me with sad eyes as he whispered, "I love you so, so much, Harry."
"I love you, too, Niall. So much." With that, I softly pressed my lips against his; rubbing his stained tears away with my thumbs.
❝You know, the doctors called Zayn earlier today as well to tell him the news, so he came to visit and he brought me a book, said it was one of his favorites. I started reading it and yeah, it's pretty good. I like it. It's called 'Whale Talk' and I think you'll like it, too. Since you're more into non-fantasy stories.❞
"Guess you're not letting me kiss you anymore until I finish that book, huh?"
He laughs, ❝I like kissing you, so no, I won't be doing that. But I will be asking you questions, so you better start reading.❞
I chuckled, feeling somehow very happy at the fact that everything seemed so normal. It was nice. "Yeah, I guess I should." I said before leaving a small peck at Niall's nose. "Now let's get you home where you belong."
_________________________
Short but only because I haven't updated in a week because I didn't have any wifi at home.
-
Please vote and comment!
-Karlaa'
