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The walk to Derek's room was nerve wracking. The hospital wasn't exactly quiet when he could hear crying down the hall: he hoped that wouldn't be him. Avery didn't know what was going on with himself: he was dizzy and the hallway just seemed to stretch on and on. The slimes brain was going at a million miles a hour. What if Derek's condition was fatal and he had not many days left? What if he needed surgery? What if he was in a vegetative state? What if he's paralyzed-!?
"This is his room" the doctor announced, snapping Avery out of his thoughts. Once the door was opened, TheMostMayo could see D3rlord3 on a clean white bed. Unlike his own room which had empty smoothie glasses and garbage all around. He was clean and the room smelled of medicine and cleaner. Derek had machines hooked up to his body as well as a cooling blanket to prevent fever and that made Avery's chest ache.
The slimes footsteps were almost completely silent. His feet padded next to the bed side, eyes widing at Derek.
"Derek?" Avery mumbled. Derek didn't move, he was half-lying down, half- sitting up. Avery couched a bit and saw that one of the knight's pupils were dilated while the other stay normal. D3rlord3 flicked his eyes upwards and his body jerked, eyes widened and mouth slightly ajar. His heart monitor spiked which caused a nurse to swoop in and tend to Derek. Avery was kicked out of the room feeling worse than before. What was wrong with Derek? What happened?!
After prying for information from the doctors and secretary, Avery finally found out a little bit about D3rlords condition. Derek was put on a Medication-Induced Coma. A coma meant to save his life. The doctors were still searching for the source of the knights head deteriorating.
Avery knew. He knew everything. He knew why Derek had sent that letter, why Derek protected him, and why Derek pushed him off that cliff. His only question...
Why did it have to be him? Why hadn't this gone better?
If only he didn't look behind that gate, if only he had logged of this world and enjoyed his new years. The worst part was, Avery had to keep this to himself.
What kinda doctor would believe a guy saying his friend was basically brain-dead because he looked behind a gate in Minecraft? Derek had infinite knowledge, why couldn't he use it here? Avery didn't know much about exactly what the knight knew and what he didn't but to Avery, "Infinite Knowledge" must be everything right? Surely he knew how to fix his never seen before condition? Right?
Well Avery didn’t know, and Derek wasn’t in the right condition to talk about anything they could do. The slime wasn’t sure what made him care so much. It felt like a piece of him was getting ripped out at the thought of D3lord3 dying. Didn’t he just meet this guy yesterday? In Minecraft of all places too! How come he had such… attachment?
This is what was one TheMostMayos mind as he walked through the parking lot, getting in his car and just sitting there. It was becoming early morning, he should’ve been hungry, or tired, but Avery just felt nothing. He couldn’t think of living his life while someone was fighting for their life. Someone who saved HIS life! It just wasn’t right in Avery’s eyes.
The drive was agonizing and quiet. He had spent his New Year’s Eve on Minecraft, then met a guy that put a light in his eyes no one else had, they he finds out this guy had a big chance of dying?! Before they even got to know eachother? He wanted so much, he really did. But fate didn’t like to provide him with that.
TheMostMayo opened his dorm with a slam, not exactly meaning to be so aggressive with it but he was so overwhelmed. He padded to his room, hands holding his elbows as he trembled. Tears were forming again for basically the hundredth time. Avery blinked them away, crying before he got to his room risked waking his roommates. How could you explain this situation anyway?
After entered his bedroom, and immediately flopped onto the bed. Holding a pillow to his face as he sobbed. While everyone else had a good night, partying and celebrating the new year, Avery spent it playing Minecraft and crying over a guy he barely knew. It was dawn and the slime was just falling asleep.
The time was around 2:00PM when Avery finally stirred. Thank gods it was the weekend, he couldn’t put himself through a collage lecture in this state. Blinking his eyes open, Avery furrowed his brows and groaned. Even with the sleep, TheMostMayo was exhausted, especially with last nights scene. Derek in the hospital flooded the others mind. Avery didn’t want to get out of bed, he didn’t want to be here. D3rlord was most likely going to be in a vegetative state his whole life or wake up completely different and have like half of his brain not working or something! Avery didn’t really know how this worked but all of it still frightened him. AveryTheMayo curled back into his blankets.
The only sound was his breathing and then after a few minutes, the sound of a knock on his door.
“Avery? You alive in there?” His roommate asked, a worried tone present in his voice. While Avery did often sleep in late, it never surpassed noon. His roommates knew this and to see the man, who they haven’t seen at all since yesterday during the morning, sleeping in so late… it was to say, odd.
Avery let out a small groan. “Yup…” he muttered. “Stay up too late? Hang over?” The guy behind the door asked, his brain considering that maybe the green haired dude stayed up all night partying because of new years.
Couldn’t be more wrong.
“The first one” Avery mumbled, closing his eyes again for maybe a few more hours of sleep. “O-Kay? Oh and by the way, you left your phone on the couch and some random number called” Avery’s roommate muttered. TheMostMayo looked up from his bed. “Really?” “Yeah it had nothing saved as the name. If it’s important then they’ll probably call again.” The guy behind the door said, his voice slowly getting quieter as he walked away.
Who could be calling?