"Just Friends"

Mitch... please

Jerome's POV
I wait until Connor gets into the car, then I start to drive. Trying so hard not to cry.
"Jerome why are you so upset?" Connor asks quietly. "And where's Ashley? Isn't Mitch dating her? We should tell her about Mitch"
I shake my head, the tears falling now. "I-I... you wouldn't understand. And I don't think Mashley is together anymore." I try to keep my eyes off of him
"Why?" He says quietly.
"Because... Because she walked into me kissing Mitch" I whisper and pull up to the hospital, running out of the car and into the hospital. "I need to see Mitchell Hughes" I say frantically and the secretary nods "room 8OD"
I run to his room and collapse next to his bed when I see him, all the tubes hooked up to him. He barely looks like himself. His leg is broken, he has a bandage around his head, and he isn't moving. "M-Mitch" I whimper "my M-Mitchell" I take his hand and a doctor walks in.
"Jerome Aceti?" He asks and I nod
"Yeah that's me. Why?"
"We found this letter in his pocket" he hands me an envelope, and walks out. The letter reads:
Dear Jerome,
I'm sorry, this is all so sudden. But I probably already broke up with Ashley by now... I was planning on giving you this letter after I did that. Anyway... that kiss? I really liked it. I want to do it more. I was wondering... And gods I'm so scared to ask this. Jerome Aceti, will you be mine?
Love,
Mitch
I drop the letter, and start to cry. "Of course Mitch" I whisper and take his hand again. "I don't know if you can hear me... Can someone who's in a coma still hear? Anyway... yes Mitchell. My Mitchell Hughes. I will forever be yours. And I will stay with you, be faithful to you, from now until the day I die" I curl up on the bed, and place my head on his chest. "Forever"