Breathe : skephalo

Chapter twenty-seven : decorations

Third-person pov

The two sat with Darryl for about an hour, just listening to their drugged up friend talk nonsense about how they were both muffins and how if they didn't save rat the big cake of evil was gonna make the other rat an angle and take over the muffin kingdom.

The dull hospital room was mostly filled with laughing form both zak and Isaac, and with each time they would laugh the more Darryl got to talking.

It continued like that till a nurse came in, interrupting them. since she had to give Darryl a new dose of pain medication, this dose almost immediately made Darryl tired, his words slurring more and more as he slowly gave in to his tiredness.

When the two heard the steady light snores of their friend they decided that Isaac would leave and tell the other guys Darryl was fine and take them home, they had all been through a nightmarish few hours which would take a toll on anyone.

Isaac hugged zak goodbye before making his way out the room and toward the waiting room, where he found the three all asleep.

Zak moved his chair closer to Darryl's bed, sitting down he looked at the sleeping form of his boyfriend, his lips curved in a small smile at the boy, though with how broken up he is, Zak still found the man beautiful.

He gently laid his head on the extra mattress Darryl wasn't using and closed his eyes, he finally felt calm again after all that's happened, he had his Darryl right beside him, alive.

It was about two am when the nurse came back to check up on Darryl, she opened the door to see them both sound asleep. She couldn't help but smile at the sight before turning the light off and returning to where she came from.

The next day Issac came back and the day went mostly like the night before, Darryl was still getting the hard pain meds and babbled non-stop about the previous nights things.

The day after that they were finally allowed to bring the other boys to the hospital, Darryl, as the day before was still all fucked up on his, in his words, " special reliever".

A week went by with Zak staying by Darryl side no matter what, Darryl had finally been taken off the strong pain medication and was now back to himself, Zak had tried one night to ask about the gunshot wound he swore he saw, but before he could even start Darryl's soft snores filled the room.

They had gotten the news that Darryl would be able to go home in a few days since he had already shown signs of improving. his stitches above his eye was already taken out, but he would have to come back to take his stitches out from his arm and leg soon.

The rest of his days in the hospital was spent with the guys coming over after school and zak refusing to leave Darryl side no matter how many times Darryl asked him to go to school.

The day he was discharged from the hospital the guys came to pick the pair up, Darryl had gotten a new cast two days before which he was able to walk in since he wasn't able to use churches.

The car ride home was filled with singing and laughing from all of them, well by all of them, it was really Tyler, Isaac, Zak and Darryl. Since Adam and Michael, we're home getting the surprise they planned for Darryl ready.

Tyler parked the car in the newly shovelled driveway, Darryl immediately took notice to the Christmas decorations following up to the front door, lit up snowmen and reindeers as well as other animals were placed thoughtfully up the walkway.

Darryl's face lit up at the sight, Christmas has always been his favourite holiday, even since his first life.

The group made their way in where they were met by Adam and Michael holding a welcome home cake as well as from what he could see the house decorated with lights, elves, fake snow and more.

Darryl's cheeks started hurting from his much he was smiling, Adam and Michael had immediately put down the cake and dragged him into the living room where they had put up the Christmas tree.

Everything was so beautiful.

He tried decorating last Christmas, but it never looked like this. He always felt something was missing.

They all knew Christmas was still over a month till but this was a special occasion, they had all been through so much the past months, moving, feelings, panic, hurt.

They spent the rest of the night drinking wine, eating cake and most of all watching Christmas movies.

Tyler and much had fallen asleep throughout the second movie and soon enough did Isaac and Adam too, Zak and Darryl both designed on turning off the tv since they both were starting to feel very much tired themselves after the third movie.

It was already one am when they woke up the others and said goodnight before walking to their separate rooms, Tyler and Michael went to theirs, Isaac and Adam went to adam's and Darryl and zak went to the master bedroom.

Feeling the warmth of the covers Darryl let a sigh escape his lips at the feeling of finally being home in his bed, the hospital beds aren't the worst but they sure get depressing after more or less two weeks just staying in them.

He felt the covers being lifted before a zak curled up beside him, laying his head gently on Darryl still bandaged chest, though the pressure did not hurt him.

Darryl let a small smile form as he brought his not broken arm up to zak hair, running his fingers through the soft black hair he loved. He listened to Zaks breath getting heavier, as he soon fell asleep him too.

He was gonna make sure to never leave them again, he was gonna let them get hurt, even if that meant he wouldn't come out of it alive.

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Just a happy chapter, happy for the time being.

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