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Ness was just your average waiter. Sure he was a little homosexual about that cute security guard that comes around but otherwise his shifts were pretty normal. He was closing up shop when there was a knock at the door.
“I’m sorry we’re clo- Mike?”
Miike looked like hell. He had scratch marks on his face and multiple lacerations on his legs, and a stab wound on his shoulder.
“Shit!” Ness panicked. “Let’s get you to the back. I have first aid there.”
Mike then slumped and ness hurried to catch him. As he was near dragging the man to the back mike tried to show something on his phone.
“Call vanessa… please.” Mike whimpered.
Ness took the phone and called the number mike had told him to. He set mike down and put the phone on speaker.
“Mike?” The voice, vanessa, spoke.
“Hello. This is ness, mike’s friend. He showed up at sparkies with lacerations all over his body and what looks like a stab wound. He told me to call you please call the police or something like it!”
“Shit. Mike. Im on my way stay on the phone.” Vanessa said, he could hear sirens. “Have you stopped the bleeding?”
“I think so, but I think he is in shock.” Ness turned to mike. “Mike. can you hear me.”
“Ness?” Mike groggily responded.
“Yes sugar, its me.” Ness smiled through the tears he didnt notice were there. “Can you stay awake until the ambulance gets here.”
Mike nodded slightly. “Tell me about your theories.”
Ness started rambling about whatever came to mind trying to keep mike awake. Vanessa got there a couple minutes later. He noticed the cop uniform and felt relieved. She took over checking in on mike and Ness just slumped on the ground. The ambulances got there moments that felt like years later. Mike was ushered inside one and taken to a hospital. Ness was sat on the trunk of a police car, covered in blankets.
Then ness realized. Abby.
“Miss vanessa! Mike’s sister! Is she safe?!”
“She is being babysat right now by a friend of mike’s.”
“Oh thank goodness.”
“Ness, I need to ask a couple questions.”
Ness explained the situation top to bottom, Vanessa humming along the explanation. He was driven home by her, and left to process the situation. His sleep was not good that night.
The next morning Ness tried to go to the hospital to see if he could check on mike. He got there and coincidentally spotted Vanessa trying to do the same thing. She spotted him and said something to the nurse. She then motioned him over and gave him a visitor pass. Ness appreciated not having to deal with the bureaucracy that was hospital visiting.
“Thank you.” He said.
“I owe you, for basically saving mike.” Vanessa said
They headed towards mike’s room where abby was sitting on the floor playing with some toys the nurses had given her. She looked up and spotted ness. She got up and hugged him.
“Ness!!”
“Abby how are you doing dear.”
“I got to skip school hehe!”
“You know school is important for your brain to grow smart.”
Ness looked up and saw mike in his bed, bandaged up, but alive. Mike smiled at him and abby and motioned him over. Abby let go of him so he could approach him. Ness sat down next to the bed, Mike looked at him apologetically.
“I’m sorry about yesterday, are you alright?”
“AM I- Mike you were the one who got stabbed!”
“I’m fine.” Mike
Ness sighed. “What exactly happened.”
“Someone broke in, they thrashed the place. They were looking for me, i dont know why. They said it wasnt personal, someone wanted me killed. They accidentally bumped into bonnies guitar while i was running to the back door, so i got out alive. I didnt know where else to go. I’m sorry.”
Ness’ theorizing brain started working, then he remembered the conversation he eavesdropped at the diner earlier that day.
“Holy shit!” Ness. “Vannessa, hear me out!”
He explained the diner encounter to vanessa and mike.
“But thats just a theory…” Ness shrugged.
“JANE THAT BI-”Mike looked at abby, motioned for her to cover her ears. “THAT BITCH!!!”
Vannessa looked shocked to her core. “I cannot believe this. Mike, you are now under my protective custody, you too ness, until i can get a warrant out for her you are all under risk.”
Abby squealed. “Does that mean a sleepover!!!”
“Yes Abby.” Vanessa pat her head.
“Can you call into my work to tell them that cause i need a nap after all that.” Ness rest his head in mike’s hospital bed. Mike blushed but thats no one’s business.
Vannessa went outside to call the police district and Ness’s work, as well as abby’s school. Mike was moved to a bigger room that could accommodate the four, and extra police were stationed at the hospital. Ness was sat near mike’s bed playing snake on his phone,when mike gently held his spare hand. Ness looked up and lost the game immediately.
“Thank you for saving me…” Mike said looking away from him.
“No problem sugar.” Ness said
Mike gently took his hand and kissed his knuckles. “I love it when you call me sugar.”
“I-i” Ness stuttered.
“Y’know… Almost dying made me think about how i never got to properly ask you out.”
“Wh-what!” Ness blushed.
“I’ve been trying to flirt with you for months.”Mike locked his fingers with ness’. “You never took the hint, so ive been planning to properly ask you out.”
“Oh sugar…” Ness had nothing but affection in his eyes.
Mike in an act of courage held ness by the nape of his hair.
“Can I?”
“Please.”
And then they were kissing. Ness swears this is the best and worst 24 hours of his life. Mike ran his hand through his hair and ness grabbed his waist. They had to breathe eventually so they parted resting their foreheads together. Ness tried for another kiss but then he yawned so softly that mike internally swooned.
“Get up here sleepyhead.”
“But you’re injured.”
“I’ve gone through worse, cmon.
Ness took his place in the hospital bed, careful to not to rip any stitches. Mike hugged him tight. Ness could feel himself getting sleepier and sleepier. Vanessa came back from the station to the two cuddling in mike’s hospital bed.