Finally, I have finished the next chapter!
Sorry for the wait, I honestly didn't know where to continue the story, but I have a plan now that I can (hopefully) stick to :D
CHAPTER SIX
A constant beeping was all that broke the silence. The still air in the room felt suffocating and compressing. Numb. A dull ache. Both pressing down against his arms with occasional stabs of pain.
The hazy fog clouding Blaine's mind left him disorientated, confused as to where he was and what was happening. He had felt like this before, but without the pain. The numbness is familiar, and so is the ache, but the severity of the pain is new.
As his mind slowly began to clear, the pain increased and the silence started to disappear, forming into voices and distant echoes. The voices he heard, he couldn't make out who they belonged to, but he had a feeling that he didn't know them anyway.
He tried to force his eyes open, wanting to know where he was, but they felt like lead, weighing down on his lashes. He could feel the cold sheets under his fingers, the dryness of his mouth and the softness behind his head, and as his senses came back to him, he felt his eyelids lighten.
Slowly he forced them open, a blinding light spearing directing into them. A white room came into focus as he tilted his head to the side. His whereabouts became known the second his eyes landed on the machines beside him, wires and small tubes running from it and linking to him. It was then that he realised he had a mask covering his mouth and nose.
Glancing down, he found that there was a thin tube running from the machine to his hand, connected with a piece of white tape. Flashes crossed his vision. A sharp blade. Red. Lots of red. Mr Hummel's voice, begging him to stay awake. His heart beat began to speed up, thumping against his chest as the panic set in.
This was wrong. It was all wrong.
He wasn't meant to be in this room. He wasn't meant to be here. Or anywhere. He wasn't meant to be. He tried to pry the mask and tubes off, but he couldn't move his arms. Much like his eyelids, they felt like lead. However, this time, it felt as if an outside force was pressing down against them.
In his disorientated panic, it took Blaine a few moments to realise that his arms were actually tied down. Flex-cuffs were wrapped around his forearm, sitting between two white gauzes.
Blaine struggled against the bindings with no such luck. All it did was cut into his already sensitive skin. He felt the pain this time, not the release like he did before. His legs weren't strapped down so he pulled them up, bending them at the knees. He sat up, careful not to move too fast.
He was overwhelmed with varying emotions. He was angry that he had woken up, sad that he was so lonely and frustrated because right now he had no control. He felt the familiar sting behind his eyes, warm droplets following soon after, splashing down his cheeks.
He pulled his knees closer and rested his head against them as his body shook lightly, voices and footsteps growing louder outside the room.
"What do you mean we can't see him?" Sebastian was speaking calmly, but Kurt could tell that he was using all the self-control he had to refrain from yelling.
The dark haired nurse gave them all a sympathetic look. "I'm really sorry, but I'm not authorised to let you in until his family gives permission."
Kurt was surprised that the poor girl didn't crumble under the glares that were being directed at her. Nick and Jeff had joined Sebastian and Kurt at the hospital. After they had caught wind of what had happened to Blaine, they had instantly fled from school, having Kurt call the principle so teachers know not to expect Blaine, Jeff or Nick.
"That's ridiculous, why can't we see him?" Sebastian complained. "We're the closest thing to a family that he has."
Kurt could tell that the nurse was genuinely sympathetic for Sebastian, who was almost to the point of an emotional breakdown. "Look, I don't agree with it either, but we are under strict instructions that you can only see him if you are family."
"Please, you have to let me see him." Sebastian's voice was broken, sad and so completely broken. "He's in here because of his parents. I'm his boyfriend, I'm all he has."
The three boys around Sebastian each held their breath, thinking that Sebastian could have just made it even harder to see Blaine. They relaxed as soon as the nurse gave Sebastian a warm smile. "Okay, follow me, I'll let you in."
The five of them all made their way through corridors, turning multiple times before the nurse stopped in front of a door.
"I'll let you in, but just you for now." She told Sebastian. "If he is up for more visitors, then the rest of you can come in, but try to keep things light and short, he won't be in a good way when he wakes up."
Just as she slotted her key into the door, the distinct sound of patient alarms went off and she immediately swung the door open. Ignoring her original instructions, Kurt, Nick and Jeff followed Sebastian into the room.
"Blaine?" Sebastian approached his best friend slowly, not wanting to startle him. He edged closer and closer until he was close enough to place a hand on Blaine's shoulder. He didn't flinch away, but his head shot up and Sebastian was met with wide, tear-filled eyes that could make anyone's heart break. When his eyes landed on Sebastian, Blaine immediately went to throw his hands around the taller boy, but he again found them tied down.
He began to panic again, this time more frantic than before. He pulled at his wrists, the flex-cuffs digging in but not giving way. "Hey, hey, Blaine." Sebastian leaned forward and cupped Blaine's cheeks, soothing him with a soft voice. "You're okay, just relax, everything is going to be okay."
Sebastian's calming was ineffective on Blaine, who continued to fight against his restraints. "Please, can you get these things off of him?"
The nurse looked reluctant and hesitated when Sebastian asked, but when he insisted that Blaine would be fine and he would restrain him if he needed to, she reached out to release the cuffs.
Blaine immediately pulled his arms back and wrapped them around Sebastian's middle while Sebastian held onto Blaine's head, resting it against his chest. He rubbed soothing circles onto Blaine's back as the boy clung to him.
Kurt watched on from the side, his heart breaking once again at the sight of the broken boy. Blaine's head turned, his eyes sorting out the rest of the bodies in the room. Shocking himself, and Kurt, Blaine's face lit up in a warm smile when his eye landed on his teacher.
If Kurt hadn't been looking, he wouldn't have heard it, but since he was looking directly at Blaine, there was no mistaking what was said.
"Thank-you, Kurt."
Hope you enjoyed that :D
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