( in these rumble chapters johnny is nOT in the hospital, and Neither is Dally so they both are in the rumble. 0-0 )
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You knew the gang had a pretty big rumble tonight. It wasn't just a small, meaningless rumble between maybe 10 or so soc's and greasers, this was just about the largest rumble they had experienced.
"Okay. Well.. everyone ready?" You asked picking up the bag of bandages, and other medications, etc. you knew they were definitely gonna get hurt. BADLY. So you came prepared.
"Doll, all that is.. really not necessary. We're tough. We wont get hurt bad." Darry said to you patting your shoulder.
"Noo! I am not gonna go to that rumble and just watch all of you— especially YOU— get hurt by those- stupid soc's and not help you guys!" You said almost demanding them to let you take care of them after, even though you shouldn't have to.
They all just nodded, agreeing to let you, since it wasn't the most important thing to worry about tonight. ~ You walked into the living room to hear pony asking why Darry doesn't worry about Sodapop as much as he worries about Pony.
"Man, this is one kid brother i ain't gotta worry about. This kiddo can use his head.." "You can see he uses it for one thing— to grow hair on!"
The whole gang ran after darry, soda and pony after soda chased darry out. "Guys— wait for me!"
~
Everyone got situated into their spots in the rumble. Dally, Johnny, Pony and Darry each in the front, Two bit, Steve, Soda behind them followed by some of Tim Shepherds gang and a few other greasers around town.
It wasn't long until the soc's appeared. Angry looking, spiteful, bitter soc's. You sat upon a hill from afar watching whatever took place. But mostly keeping an eye on your boyfriend and Pony. He wasn't looking good at ALL so you did Darry a favor of keeping an eye on him and calling help for Pony if he needed it.
After a minute of Darry talking to some old friend, Dally shouted something which made a soc take the first punch, starting the rumble. unfortunately that first, hard punch being on Ponyboy. You winced as you watched him fall to the ground, struggling to get the soc on top of him, off.
You focused your eyes on Darry to see him punching the life out of some soc wearing a blue varsity looking jacket, then looking for another one to fight. "None of this can be good.." you thought. You couldn't see any of their faces clearly from the distance you sat at, but from the looks of the rumble, you knew they wouldn't just be left a few bruises. They'd be lucky if they didn't have a broken jaw- at most.
You saw the soc's started scramming away, leaving the greasers to victory in the rumble. You were relieved it was finally over and ran to Darry giving him a huge hug and a kiss on the cheek. Until you noticed his mouth and hand was bleeding badly.
"Alright lets get you guys home. Ya'll dont look good." ~ "Gosh Darry— you have a few pretty deep holes and bite marks in your hand... i'd be surprised if you didn't need stitches.."
He looked up at you with worrisome eyes after staring at his bloody fist.
"Stitches..? golly.." ~
You pulled out some gauze and began very gently and tenderly tapping the bloody spots on his hand so you could clean it, without hurting him.
"I wish you didn't do it all so.. roughly." You looked at him sarcastically, putting some rubbing alcohol on his cuts. "Sorry.. didn't mean to worry ya.." he looked at you, almost pouting.
"I'm just joking. You guys did amazing. If anything i should be worried about pony.."
You turned to him sitting in front of the door leaning his head on it. "You look.. pretty hurt.. you feeling okay?" You felt his forehead, which felt very warm.
"Im fine. I'll just go take an asprin."
~
Later that night after everyone had been taken care of you sat on the bed Darry was resting on. "You okay? All of you were great out there."
"Yeah. Im real proud of them all. 'Specially Pony.. he held up pretty good huh?"
You nodded. "All of you did. Im really proud of you too Dar."
"Thanks y/n. All that matters is we won. We wont just be no regular greasers no more." He said chuckling, causing you to do the same.
"Thats right. You guys were already the tuffest around."
You rested your head on his chest, hearing his steady heartbeat.
The rest of the night, you spent with darry. throughout the night you would wake darry up to check on how he was doing, or if he needed to change his bandages, which he declined, only asking for some water.
