Yellow-dorbyn

Three

Daniel had just fallen asleep when he hears a groan and a curse. He sits up, Jordan and Ashley are already asleep and it didn't sound like either of them. He looks at Corbyn, the boy trying to sit up.

"Corbyn." He rushes to his boyfriends side, wrapping him a hug. "Oh my God. I was so scared."

"Daniel? Is this real?"

"Yes it's real."

"I'm sorry." Corbyn starts to cry, wrapping his arms around Daniels waist. "I'm so sorry."

"It's ok, I'm not mad." He pulls away. "I should be sorry. I should have noticed. I could have—"

"Hey." Corbyn puts his hand on Daniels mouth, silencing him. "I'm assuming you got your letter." He nods. "Daniel please don't blame yourself. This wasn't your fault. Even if you tried to help, I wouldn't have gotten better."

Daniels eyes burn as tears blur his eyesight. "Corbs...What made you do this?" Corbyn doesn't say anything. It must be bad, he tells Daniel everything, everything but this. "It's okay, you don't have to tell me." He hugs Corbyn again.

"Dani, who are you talking to?" Ashley stands up as soon as she sees Corbyn. "Oh my God, Corbyn!" She wakes up Jordan and they talk to their brother. Daniel gets up and leaves the room, looking for Corbyn's nurse.

She is at her desk, typing on her computer. "Excuse me?" He gets her attention. "Corbyn's awake." She gets up quickly and Daniel has to jog to catch up to her. He calls Corbyn's mom and tells her the same thing. She'll be here in fifteen minutes.

His mom dropped off his car last week, so he gets in, after telling the bessons that he was going home real quick. It is a short drive, that lasts like three songs.

He opens the front door, his mom checking to see who it is. "Hey, whats wrong?"

"Corbyn's awake. I came to take a shower and change my clothes." She nods and let's him continue. He stands in the showers warm stream longer than he had to but enjoyed it. When he finished he put on a pair of sweats and a hoodie. He had his phone plugged in this whole time and it's already at 75%. He sighs and lays down.

When was the last time he got a good nights sleep? When Corbyn left his house a week and a half ago. Not that he was complaining, but as soon as he closed his eyes, he passed out.

"Dani, Ebens here." His mom, knocks on his door, waking him up. He checks around the room, faint light streams through his window. It's morning. Daniels door opens without a knock, revealing Eben.

"Hey."

"Hey. I heard Corbyn woke up last night."

"Yeah."

"Thought you would have been with him."

"I came home to shower. Didn't realize I fell asleep."

Eben nods. "Well I'm gonna see him right now, wanna come?"

"Yeah, hold on." He gets up to brush his teeth and fix his hair. "Okay, lets go."

They stop to get McDonald's, Daniel haven't had anything since yesterday evening. They check in and head to Corbyn's room.

He's still in the hospital gown, though he's talking and moving fine. He gives Daniel a small smile and hugs Eben. "Hey do me a favor, never do that again." They laugh, but Daniel knows it hurt Corbyn.

"They said I can leave tomorrow." He looks over at his mom. It's been a hours since Daniels seen Saskia. Her hair was messy and bags under her eyes. Stress, though the smile on her face hides it. Sort of.

"Your dad can't wait to see you." She hesitates and then looks at Daniel. "Can I talk to you for a second?"

"Yeah." His heart thuds against his chest. He follows Saskia out of the room.

"I know you don't like to talk about it, and I understand, but after the...accident...you got help right?" Daniel nods. He could guess what she was gonna say next. "Did it actually help?" She looks pleadingly. Like she wants to believe her son could get better if he got help.

"Yes. To an extent. I'm better now, I just try to avoid anything involving it, so it doesn't bother me as much."

She nods. "Do you remember the place you went to?"

"No but I can have my mom text you the address."

"Thank you." She hugs Daniel, which doesn't surprise him. It's a normal thing for Saskia.

As Corbyn's mom walks back into the room, Daniel watches Corbyn. He's talking to Jordan, smiling when he says something. If you were anyone else you'd see a smiling boy, happy.

But to daniel and anyone who knows, you'll see the damage.