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When he finally breaks the kiss, he wraps one hand behind my neck for support and places the other oninto my eyes What I see behind his makes my heart stop ain I fucking promise you that No one will ever hurt you" His eyes e on my head "Fuck," he breathes "I’m so sorry Shit Co his face into o of me, and truthfully, I never want hi me in the fountain as the water splashes down around us It’s cold So dah He just holdsht nowand he’s right This right here is all I need: hi away from my neck, he rests his forehead tohands "Tell rab his hands as he rubs his thu forto happen to you, Royal" I rip his wet hair and pull it out of his face "Tell me that I’ll never lose you," I whisper "Then I’ll tell you that I’htens and he turns his face to the side, as if to hide it from me

"Royal" I pull his face back to ainst his He sucks in a small breath, but stays where he is "Can you pro heavily, he crushes his lips againstet you back inside and changed All that ht now is that you’re taken care of I’et sick because of me"

He quickly wraps his arainst hi breath, I wrap ainst the side of his as he carries me past Jax and Blaine and back into the warm hospital

He asks Jax wherethe door behind us, before undressing

The nurse coives o That’s what I tried telling you as you were rushing pastthere dirty and wet "There’s instructions on what you need to do over night I’ll just let you read it yourself since y’all see her a weak smile "Sorry about the puddle"

She looks down at the floor where e puddle "Mwith his head for the boys to follow "I have a pit stop to ood with that, Blaine?"

Blaine squeezes his shoulder "Hell yeah I’m always down"

After Royal helps me into the backseat of Blaine’s truck, he closes the door and walks over to talk to Jax

"Hey," I say to Blaine as he jumps in the driver’s side "Should I worry about this little pit stop?"

Blaine grins "Nah This is going to be good Trust me"

Royal jumps into the truck a fewme into his arms "Get comfortable, but I need you to stay awake for a while" He leans in and kisses the top of my head "Can you do that?"

I squeeze his hand and bury my face into his chest "Yeah, I’m fine I’m not tired yet"

"Good," he whispers

The drive back into town is quiet I’ it’s due to ive a reason for my head to hurt even