Adoration: [Cole X Reader 3]

Chapter Twelve- Something Out of A Dream

I hooked my arm through Nya's and gave a shaken smile to my best friend to which she returned. A deep breath in, out. I could do this.

"Are you ready?"

I laughed, faking confidence until I had it. "I was born ready!" I exclaimed and threw my shoulders back and pushed my chin higher. She chuckled at my faux confidence, seeing right through me and shaking her head.

"You really want me to do this with you? Shouldn't it be Cole or Jay?" She mumbled as we made our way closer to the doors and the white sterile building. I nodded and elbowed her gently.

"I want you here. I haven't seen you in forever and as sad as it is, it's a girl day." I forced myself forward and in to the hospital building again. I found myself shuddering at the memory of what happened here last time I was present but a faint smile crossed my lips as I recalled how overjoyed Cole was when I woke up.

Nya shrugged and before long, I was called back. Eyes empathetic and kind, she gave my hand a squeeze before I followed the doctors back to what would maybe, and hopefully, be my final appointment.

I grumbled as Nya slapped on a cold slimy face mask onto me as we sat awaiting my test results in my frequented hospital room. I had just finished slathering her face with the green paste and now she was forcing the same fate upon me. She huffed and grabbed my chin, pulling me closer. "Sit still! You're like a toddler." She laughed despite herself and I crossed my arms over my chest.

"Am not! At least I'm not as bad as Jay."

"Jay hates me for all the face masks I've put him through."

I smiled and winced against the cold mask she slathered on and then sat back. I breathed a sigh of relief and stopped as my heart fell as I glanced over my hands. "Could you paint my nails? They look so gross because of the treatment..." I trailed off and held them in front of her to which she tilted her head and narrowed her eyes at me.

"It'll chip instantly."

I sighed, understanding what she was saying. "I'm not a ninja anymore, Nya. I'm not going to be punching bad guys anytime soon." I clenched my eyes shut and I felt her take my hands and pull them close to her.

"How are you holding up?"

I slouched, not knowing how to answer the question. "I'm really done with this. I'm really tired of feeling weak and useless and... like a burden." Nya dropped my hand and slowly looked up to meet my eyes.

"You are not a burden, Y/n." She said suddenly, all jokes abandoned.

"It sure feels like it. I know... I know. You all say I'm not, but I sure do feel like it. I have to watched like a child," I forced my eyes away from hers as they burned, "and be protected rather than protecting. I mean, this isn't new to me. Jay always tried to protect me before I took Cole's place on the team but now that I know how to protect..." my voice faded into nothing and I took a deep breath in.

Nya fell silent for a moment before launching herself onto me and into a tight hug. The side of her face was smooshed against mine and I wrapped my arms around her, letting the tears fall. "I'm so sorry..." she breathed as she pulled away from me, taking my hand in hers again. "It's all just so horrible. Once this is all over, I'll convince Jay to let you protect him." She chuckled and I did too, heart light if only for a moment.

Our gazes met at a knock on the door and I scrambled to snatch my phone from the table beside me, knocking it onto the floor in the process. Nya was quick to swoop down and snag it before tossing it into my hands as we faced the doctor.

He held back a laugh at seeing us with our faces covered in green and I smiled before holding up a hand. "Hold on, let me call my husband first."

I held the phone a few inches from my face to keep it clean of the mask. The dial tone rang before he answered with a click.

"Hey, the doctors here."

"Okay. Just know I love you, okay? Put me on speaker."

I nodded as if he would see and set my phone down to put it on speaker. I smiled to the doctor and he pulled a chair over before the two of us. "We have your MRI results." Nyas hand found mine and she gave a supportive squeeze and met my eyes with a smile.

Before us, he flipped through a few pages of scrambled words and letters which I did not understand. "Thanks to the surgery completed last week, the cancer was reduced a considerable amount and coupled with your treatment this week and last," he looked up to meet my eyes with a smile and my heart leaped from my chest, "your cancer is completely gone."

I was knocked to the side as Nya tackled me, rocking back and forth as Cole yelled at the team over the phone. "Oh my gosh." I breathed and dug my face into Nya. "We did it!" I cried and cried and cried, her holding me and Cole repeating "I love you, I love you," over the phone over and over again. I could hear the rest of the team screaming and going wild in the background and I shook, barely unable to believe it.

"Are you sure this isn't a dream?" I asked Nya and she shook her head rapidly.

"I'm pretty sure, even if it was, I'd never want to wake up."

"Me either. I did it. I really did it!"