Fake Feelings: Banana Bus Squad

I Can't Tell You How Much I Love You (61)

Ohm P.O.V 

Something bad happened. Something really, really bad. It was the night of the party, and so many of us were drunk. The few that were sober decided to drive everyone home before the sun came up. Moo was the first one to take charge, taking home Terroriser, Panda, Basically, and Scotty. Kryoz, surprisingly, was also sober and took home Smitty. He said that he didn't want to put up with the bullshit of the rest of them. Lui was the other one, and he took his boyfriend, Mini and Wildcat.

That left Cartoonz with me.

Yeah, I got drunk. Me. I guess I was a little bit upset about the boys leaving and had a few too many shots. I could barely stand up without my fiancé's side. All I remember from there is that he took me into the back seat of the car, strapped me in and took the wheel. After that he screamed loudly and woke me up. When I looked into the front seat he snapped off his seat belt and threw himself into the back seat, covering my entire body. It happened so quickly...

"Is that everything that happened?" The detective asked me. I looked down at my fingers, sliding the ring on and off, keeping myself from crying anymore.

"Yes sir, that is all I can remember. Now can I please go see him?" 

"You have to wait for the doctor to say that you can go." He picked up his file from the table and walked to the door. "Call the number I gave you whenever he wakes up. There is another emergency across town that I have to attend to. If my wife answers ask for Freddie." He turned around and looked at me with a sympathizing stare. "Hey, Ohm right?" I nodded my head. "Well Ohm, it's going to be okay. He looked like a strong fellow. You guys are going to be just fine." And then he exited the room with a hopeful smile. I clenched my fists and curled my legs up into my chest. 

~Small flashback~

"SHIT!" I heard Toonz scream. I fluttered my eyes open and squinted as I heard honking and tires screeching into the ground. Toonz flung himself backwards. "BABE GET DOWN!" The entire weight of his body was forced onto me as I felt myself fling backwards when the car was abruptly stopped. There was cars behind us with their horns blaring. My ears were ringing as I opened my eyes to a blood stream, not coming from me. My bandana was knocked crooked in the chaos, it was absolutely soaked in red. 

"Toonzy?" I asked wearily. When he didn't respond I shot upwards and flipped him over in my lap. I screamed in terror. His right eye was impaled with large pieces of glass. His face was torn to shreds and blood was giving a constant flow down his right cheek. I tried to move but my legs were trapped. It was only then that I realized the roof was caved in and the front of the car was crushed. I felt my chest pumping hard, and for the first time in a long, long time, I didn't feel his heart beat back. 

~End of flashback~

"OHM!" I heard multiple people scream. I looked up from my frightened position to see all my friends running into the room. Each of them joined in to give me a group hug. Most of them were crying heavy tears, squeezing me tightly and letting out small noises of despair. I heard loud choruses of small hope filled words. But none of them gave me any comfort.

"Have you seen him?" Delirious quieted the room with his question. "Also, give him some room to breathe guys." The crowd backed up, watching me intently. I noticed a few weird stares but I paid no attention to them.

"They haven't let me see him." I looked back down at my ring. The beautiful colors shined off each other.

"Your eyes are nice Ohm." I heard Moo compliment. I immediately reached up to my face and covered my eyes.

"Damn it!" I yelled. I felt someone put an arm on my back. Suddenly I remembered that I had taken off the blood soaked bandana and placed it in my back pocket. Probably a bad idea, but in the moment after the police brought us here I was scared and didn't want them to take it.

"Ohm everything is going to be okay."

"Oh god." I muttered reaching into my pocket and standing up. The room filled with collective gasps as I pulled out the absolutely blood soaked piece of cloth. I threw it into the corner of the room and covered my head. At that moment the doctor walked into the chaos. He watched me throw the bandana and immediately retrieved it. 

"Who's blood is this?" 

"His." I groaned, tears flowing from my red eyes. They stung streaming down my face. He examined it and walked over to me. He placed a hand on my shoulder and began to explain the situation. 

"We had to stitch up his right eye and he broke two fingers on his left hand. His neck and legs were badly scratched, but there wasn't anything else broken." I let out a relieved sigh. "He hasn't woken up from the meds we put him on, but he should be up any time now. Which means, you can go see him." I gave the doctor a shocked look. 

"Really?" I questioned. He gave a smile. 

"Follow me." I walked out of the room with the doctor, some of my friends tried to come with us but Delirious stopped them with a small sentence of,

"Give him some alone time."

I was grateful for that. To be honest I don't know what I am going to say or do once I am in that room and see him. I feel like it has been days since I last saw his face, or felt his warm touch. As I followed the doctor he led me to an elevator that took us up to the third floor, as it was extending upwards the doctor attempted to talk to me. 

"You know he saved you right?" 

"I know." I smacked the side of my head lightly. "He's always been like that, trying to protect me in any way possible."

"You guys really are close. You are lucky we had his file here. We would have never been able to heal him this fast without knowing he was with an ability." I tilted my head.

"What does that have to do with anything?"

"People with established abilities can take larger amounts of medicine and stronger stuff that normal people can't. He was so, so, lucky. In fact, if he didn't have those powers he would have died during procedures."  I gulped nervously. The elevator doors opened and I was led down a long hallway to room 158. A sign on the door said occupied do not disturb. The doctor opened it and I was greeted with a dimly lit room in a rather drab place. In the center of the room was him. He was hooked up by large tubes, a mask was on his face and that's when I saw it. Large black stitching sealed his right eye shut in the shape of an X. 

"Oh my god. Oh my god." I rubbed my eyes again and ran over to my fiancé. I held his hands that were now cold and brushed his hair back with my cracked hands. 

"I'll give you some time." And with that he left, the door closing with a small creak. I kneeled down next to him, looking over his barely moving chest.

Signs of life, but not too healthy.

"You're so stupid." I told him. "Save me? Save yourself first you idiot." I clenched my fists and let the tears continue to roll. "I love you. I have always loved you so much." I placed a hand on his cheek, tracing it up to his non stitched eye. "I am so sorry." I took another look at the injured one. It didn't look too painful. It kind of looked like thin black tape crossing over the eye. I touched his silky hair and smiled as I remembered his real touch. I took a moment to take a deep breath and calm my adrenaline filled heart when I heard a rustle under the sheets of my fiancé's hospital bed. "Huh?" I questioned, lifting the white blankets slightly. When they were off Cartoonz's red tail slithered out from the bed. I gave it a tired look. 

His tail always did have a mind of it's own.

"Hey little bud." I told it. The tail flicked in my direction and I moved closer. It wrapped itself around my wrist the arrow on the end of the tail tickled my fingers. I smiled. I smiled the biggest grin I ever have produced in my entire life. Then, I began to cry. Just when I thought I couldn't love this man anymore he does this. Unconscious and injured, he can still make me smile. 

And that's the best thing in the world.

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Don't worry guys I won't kill Cartoonz. Also, remember chapter 16? Yeah, this is what was missing. I was planning it from that point to now lol.