Brand New Love?

Chapter 10 - "Deja Ju"

TW: blood

Rich's POV:

Staring to slowly open my eyes, all I see is Y/N crying. I look around the room, wondering how I ended up here. "Y/N...? W-what happened?" I ask, looking at her. Y/N grabbed my hand, and the other on my face. Shedding tears, might be happy or sad, she looks at me. "He stabbed you... but now... now your in safe hands"

I look over to my side, I'm hooked up to big machines. I got a hospital wristband on, got a machine or two taking small sample of my blood. "W-who? How long was I here?" I ask, sitting up. Y/N grabs a chair and pulls it up next to the bed. "P-Percy-"

"Tell me you broke it off"

"Yeah, yeah... of course I did" she forces a chuckle.

Y/N talk for a bit, nurses coming in and out, trying to help me. Man, I feel like I'm back in the hospital with Jeremy after the whole SQUIP thing. Deja vu, man, luckily she doesn't know about that. "Is-is anyone else here?" I ask, drinking some water. Y/N shakes her head, meaning no.

"Incorrect answer"

We both turn to the door, seeing the guys. I smile to them as they walk into the room and greet me, Jake and Jeremy with a handshake, and Michael with a kiss on the cheek. "Hey guys, thanks for coming" I smile. They all crowed around me, patting me. I look to Jeremy, he looks scared when looking around the room. He's gotta have some major Deja vu, I feel bad for him.

"Jeremy... I understand if you need to leave" I say, looking at him.

He looks at me, shaking his head. Jake and Michael suddenly realizes what I mean, Y/N looks really confused, which I can't blame her. "No, no... I can handle it" he says, putting a hand on the rail on the foot of the bed. "Wait, wait... what are you guys talking about? What happened?"

The guys and I look to each other, wondering if we should tell her. "Should we tell her?" Jake asked, stuffing his hands in his pockets. We all nod our head, agreeing. Y/N looks like she's going to go crazy.

"Y/N... have you heard of a SQUIP? Super Quantum Unit Intel Processor"

She shakes her head no, the guys and I collectively told her about everything. Her expression on her face, is a little confusing to me. "Guys, I... I don't know what to say. I'm really sorry about everything that happened... should I give you guys a minute" she said, getting up.

We all nod, she leaves along in the room. The guys look around the room, looking back to me. "I think... this might be the same room" Michael said, sitting in the chair, feeling my hand. Jeremy and I immediately nod our head. "Yeah... yeah, I think so" he said, looking at the empty bed across the room.

"Hey... Jeremy" I start to chuckle.

"Yeah?" he turns to me.

"The ladies will get to love the real Richard Goranski... and the dudes... oh my god, I'm totally bi"

Jeremy starts to laugh, and keeps laughing for a while. "Wow, I think that was the exact words you said" he said. I gave a little "mhm" and nod my head. Michael starts to laugh too, probably remembering that I asked about him right after that. Jake doesn't know what happened in the hospital room a few months back, but I'm sure someone had to tell him.

But man, they're so much Deja vu in this room. Some memories, good and bad. The SQUIP and the burn marks, I still feel guilty about burning Jake's house and everything. But, I guess he broke his legs by saving me. Sometimes I wonder, why does he still want to be friends with me even though I burnt his house down.

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It's been about 3 hours, doctors said I could go home in a little bit. An adult has to sign some papers since I'm not 18 yet. Worse part is I don't have an adult to sign papers, my mom is across the country and my dad drinks all the goddamn time. Well, I do have an older brother but I'm not sure where he is.

Suddenly, Y/N and her dad enters the room. I sit up in my bed, hugging Y/N. "Hey... I overheard that you could leave soon" she says, sitting on the bed. I nod my head, smiling. "Yeah, I just need an adult to sign some papers. Before you ask, my parents can't sign them because of some personal reasons"

"What kind of personal reasons?" chief asked.

"Dad!" Y/N raised her voice.

"Y/N, its okay... um, my mom is across the country somewhere and my dad is an abusive alcoholic. I have an older brother, but I'm not sure where he went" I confessed.

A nurse came in, holding a clipboard. Chief looked at the papers and signed them, which was a surprise to me. I looked back to Y/N. "Why did he signed them? He doesn't even like me-"

"I'm signing the papers because you need a male role model in your life... and, well, your father was a bad one" chief said, handing the pen back to the nurse, looking to us.

"I, um... thank you, sir"

"Just call me chief"

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Getting home, Y/N's family let me stay there as I heal. Now since Y/N doesn't live in the apartments anymore, I feel lonely. But, I feel like their family should be doing this for me. I can and have been on my own and independent for a long time. Spending time in the L/N household, things aren't bad. The only bad thing for me is that I get to sleep on a couch, but at least its super comfy.

Y/N sits on the other side of the couch, turning on the tv. I look over to her, setting down my book. Yes, I, Richard Goranski, read sometimes. "Can't sleep either?" I ask. She nods her head as she changes the channel. "I try to sleep, but its like my body doesn't want me too" she said.

I look to the tv, watching the channels change every few seconds. Finally, she finds something and kicks her feet on the table. "How's your side?" she turns my way. "Hurts like hell" I chuckle.

"Hey... I just want to thank you for letting me crash her for a few days"

She scoots closer to me, putting her head on my shoulder. I put my arm on hers and my head on top of hers. "Were just looking out for you" she says, letting out a tiny yawn. I hug her, tightly and put a grin on my face. Saying nothing, I grab a blanket and covered ourselves, stop from being cold, and soon enough falling asleep.