broken | harry lewis

final

vik pov
i woke up at 7am, and i felt strange. my phone became to vibrate.
josh zerkaa
i hesitantly answered, expecting a prank call. yet the hairs on my neck stood up when i heard a familiar voice.
"vik we're waiting for you at simon and jj's quick." the voice echoed through my head. no words were uttered from my mouth, until an angry josh hung up.
i jumped out of bed, excitement filling my body. i then was faced with the realisation that josh is dead. he killed himself months ago. this is just some sick joke. but what if it's not?
i scurried to my car where i sped over to jj and simon's flat. i was too eager to take the lift so i stumbled up the stairs. i stood outside the door, knocked twice, expecting no answer.
but the door handle moved, i heard the unlocking of the door and was stunned by the sight of jj, frustration sending daggers through his eyes.
"vik you're late." the sound of jj's voice made vik feel dizzy, the room became to spin and then
black.

"is he okay"
"i don't know get some water"
"shake him"
"no wait that'll make it worse"
"he probably ran all the way here out of fear of being late"
laughter filled the room. except one giggle stood out to vik. it was a distinctive sound, one that vik knew awfully well. harry?
he sprung up, six worried faces glaring down at him, all confused.
"bro are you alright" simon said
"yeah you look like you just ran a marathon" ethan said
"you look like 2014 ethan after going up the stairs" harry said, and all the boys broke into laughter.
"wait am i in heaven" vik asked, with a slight tone of worry in his voice.
"dude you fainted, you didn't get shot in the head" tobi chuckled.
"so wha-" vik started, before noticing harry staring off into the distance, as though his body was in the room but him mind was elsewhere.
"harry, are you okay" vik asked
harry snapped back into reality. he looked as though vik had asked him to marry him. he was shocked that someone cared.
"says the guy who just fainted" he laughed, seeming slightly more..happy?
"i must have had a dream."
"do tell" josh said intriguingly
"right you won't believe this but.. harry killed himself which led each of us to do the same."
there was a pause of silence until the boys broke into laughter. all except one. harry smiled, yet looked insanely concerned by vik's accuracy of the dream he wished was a reality.
"harry wrote each of us these letters which he sent before he..you know.. then we all were depressed and then josh went, then jj, simon next, and then i- you know so i don't know about tobi and ethan, but it was pretty crazy. you know i woke up thinking you were all dead ha ha.." vik said all in one breathe, then everyone's attention went to harry. he looked worried, scared even. he went to his back pocket, and pulled out seven letters. one to them all, and six to each individually.
"i was going to leave them here, and.." harry trailed off.
the six boys stared in shock and concern.
vik jumped up and hugged harry. followed by josh, then jj, simon, tobi and ethan.
"please don't" josh softly spoke.
"life without you would be like.. like soup without a spoon" jj said, as the other boys laughed.
"great eulogy jj" ethan said
"don't you mean analogy" vik questioned
"what i-" ethan started as the boys broke into a flood of giggles.
"i didn't think you guys cared about me" harry said, tears filling in his eyes.
"of course we do!" tobi exclaimed
"you're our brother and you mean everything to us." simon said
"another group hug?" jj pleaded
the boys hugged once more, and harry felt loved, as the letters in his hand soon left needless.
"wait.. there was also something in my dream about harry and simon being in a relationship. imagine that!" vik said, as the boys laughed, and harry and simon smirked to each other.