More than just a friendship. A grofflin fanfic

Chapter 18: Hospital day 2

Kinda long chapter but everything gets sorted out here. I actually thought there was more drama here but I think it's in the next hospital visit... later on in the story... anyways, a little angst at the beginning but some fluff at the end to sooth your heart :) enjoy

(Btw I didn't check for misspellings so sorry abt that)

~Lin's POV~
I looked at him and it broke my heart, not only because I hate seeing him hurt but because I did this to him. I'm the one to fault... If it wasn't for me he would be fine right now. I hurt him.. I broke my own promise of never letting anything hurt him... I don't deserve to be with him if I can't even keep him safe...
"Lin... Hi" he said and tears rolled down my face
"Groff... I'm sorry..." I tell him
"It's not your fault babe. The other person was drunk and didn't pay attention, it has nothing to do with you" he said but even though I wanted to say something, my energy was too low so instead of speaking I just shook my head
"Lin.. please don't blane it on you. Please" he said and I kept cursing myself in my head. I shookmy head again
"It was... my fault... I wasn't careful..." I managed to say and he looked at me
"No it wasn't Lin. Stop blaming yourself and cursing yourself because I know you're doing it right now. I know you. But this wasn't your fault okay?" He said in a serious tone looking at me. I just sat there quiet
"Okay?" He asked again. I nodded.
"Lin. I love you" he told me
"I love you more" i said and he smiled weakly. But even if I told him it wasn't my fault, I was still blaming myself... for breaking that promise. If he wasn't with me he would've been fine. Safe. Not in a hospital bed in crucial pain. And I need to fix this..
-time skip to 3 days later-
~Groff's POV~
Lin has been really quiet and weird lately. I don't know what to do or say, I know he keeps blaming himself for what happened and I can't do anything to chage his mind, once he starts believing something, nothing will get his mind off that idea.. and I know it can get him hurt.. they let me out yesterday and Lin was getting out today so I went to pick him up after going home to take a shiwer this morning. He signed the papers and got on the car with my help.
"Lin, what's going on? And don't say 'nothing' because I know something is bothering you" I told him and he looked down
"Jonathan..." he started saying and I immediately knew it was something bad because he never calls me jonathan... "When we started dating I made myself a promise of never letting anything bad hapen to you and never let you get hurt and protect you at all costs, and I broke my promise. Because of me you were in a hospital with broken bones, stitches, and pain. And it's my fault" he said and I sighed
"Lin, don't start saying it's your fault" i said but he interrupted
"Let me finish... If you were not dating me.. this would've never happened. You'd be fine right now. No pain, no nothing, this is all my fault EVEN if you say it's not" he said and his hands were shaking...
"Lin, Imma stop you right here okay. I love you with all my heart, but you're so damn stubborn, this wasn't your fault. A random guy who was drunk and high ran into us. It was his fault not yours.. and if I wasn't dating you I wouldn't have been safe, I would be dead by now... but we're not getting into that right now... This. Wasn't. Your fault." I said cupping his face with my hands.
"I'm sorry" he said and started crying
"Don't be sorry. You did nothing wrong" I said and kissed his lips. After I got him a little more calmed I started driving home. He said he was going to take a shower so while he did that I started doing dinner. I was done with dinner and he wasn't out yet... I got worried and rushed to the bathroom. I knocked and he didn't answer. I knocked again... nothing. I opened the door which luckily was not locked and he was in the corner of the shower floor curled up crying. I rushed over and turned off the water. I went down to the floor and hugged him. His crying only got worse when my arms were around him.
"I'm sorry" he said through muffled crying
"Oh Lin, you did nothing wrong... it's okay" I said and he seemed to calm down a little bit. And his breathing started getting even which meant he wasn't sobbing anymore
"Now you're all wet..." he told me and I smiled
"I don't care. I just wanna be here with you" I said and he pulled me closer
"How do you not hate me?" He asked me
"Lin, I could never hate you. I love you so much. I was so scared when I didn't see you when I woke up... I wasn't, I'm nit, and I'll never be ready to lose you, or hate you... okay? So stop blaming yourself for something that wasn't your fault" I told him
"I love you groff. I love you so much" he told me
"I love you too Lin" I said and he looked up at me
"I can get a little stubborn sometimes huh?" He asked me and I nodded
"Just a little bit. But I don't care I like you like that" I told him and he smiled. I kissed him and took off my wet shirt carefully so I didn't hurt my chest with the stitches.
"I'm sorry for getting you wet.." he said blushing
"Why are you blushing so much?" I asked him giggling
"I'm not..." he said and we chuckled
"You're feeling emotionally better now?" I asked him and he nodded with a smile
"Good. Now let's shower" I said and he chuckled softly
"What?" He asked
"Yeah, since I'm already here why not" I said and turned on the water again to the right temperature
"You're crazy" he told me and I smiled. I stood up and helped him stand up too. He started blushing hard.
"I love you and every part of you" I said locking eyes with him. He pulled me closer and kissed me. I was still wearing jeans and I remembered I never took my phone out of the back pocket...
"Shit..." I say and he looked confused
"What?" He asked concerned
"My phone is in my back pocket" i say and he laughs
"Isn't it waterproof tho?" He asked me
"I don't think it's waterproof when it's cracked.." I said taking it out my pocket. He giggled and pulled me into a hug again. I then started pulling down my pants and boxers and threw them somewhere in the bathroom floor.
"You're cleaning up the wet floor" he told me and I giggled. We took a showe... or well we helped each other out... and put on pinamas and went to eat the dinner I made earlier.