I hope I never see him with crutches ever again.

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Niall's POV

ONE WEEK LATER.

The last week has been, well, overwhelming.

I was involved in a car crash and I survived with a broken leg and two broken ribs.

The pain has been terrible at times, but Carina made all of it vanish by just being around.

That doesn't even make sense, but that's how people in love see things, don't they?

Maybe it was the doctor's visits, the nurse's constant check up visits and the medication too, but Carina's presence with me for the past week has made me feel better.

Also, my boys.

Carina said how supportive they've been for the past week and I'm just so glad that they get along really well.

Usually the girlfriends don't really get along with your best friends, but then here are my buddies and girlfriend who've got along so well.

Also, I don't really know why Carina's ex keeps visiting me everyday, but I suppose that's alright because Carina doesn't seem to be annoyed by his presence anymore.

So, as long as she's fine with him around, I'm not complaining.

"Alright, not a problem", Carina said as she swung the door open of my hospital room with Dr Quinn close behind her.

"Hello, Mr Niall. You seem to be okay enough to leave the hospital now. So, you'll be soon discharged and can visit us after two weeks or anytime in between if you don't feel well enough", he said and I smiled.

"Thanks, Dr Quinn", I said and smiled at him.

"Miss Carina, Rachel will help you with the discharge documents", he said as he motioned at a nurse who I didn't notice earlier.

"Sure", she said as she passed me a glance before exiting.

"Mr Niall, how do you actually feel?" Dr Quinn asked as he walked closer towards me.

"I feel much better than a week ago. My leg doesn't really hurt, but my ribs still do", I said as I gently placed a hand over them.

"That's alright, we'll take your leg plaster out after maybe 3 weeks. Try not to walk too much on your left. You'll have to use elbow crutches for support", he said and my eyes widened.

I felt old right now.

Isn't that what old people use?

I nodded my head and he just smiled.

"Also, our physiotherapist will come visit you after two days", he said and I nodded, again.

"Miss Carina will make sure to give you your medications on time, so that's taken care of. Let me see, am I missing out on something", he said as he stared at the wall behind me, deep in thought.

"Oh, and avoid sexual activities for another six weeks. That's until your ribs heal. You know, just incase", he said and smirked and my eyes widened.

"Yeah", I mumbled.

Six weeks. That's long.

Well, I've been longer than six weeks without any activities, but then that was without Carina.

Now that she's mine, God, it's so difficult to not-

"Mr Niall?", Dr Quinn called out and snapped me out of my thoughts.

"Yeah?".

"You've got a wonderful girlfriend. She's been through so much to make sure you're alright. A piece of advice; never lose her", he said and I smiled.

"I know, I'm lucky that she's mine", I said and he smiled too.

"Alright, take care, Mr Niall. I'll see you around", he said and walked outside the door.

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It felt so good to be back in my apartment, on my bed, with Carina snuggled up in my arms.

We got back from the hospital around an hour ago and Carina said she'd  stay with me for the next week too, because I couldn't really get things done on my own.

I can't believe that I missed Thanksgiving with my family.

Well, because I was battling for my life in the hospital.

Louis said that he called my mum and informed her about my condition. He also said that she wanted to come visit me, but he convinced her that it was nothing major.

If only mum knew that her boy would probably end up dead.

It's the first week of December now and it's started to snow.

The weather was terrible when we were getting back to my apartment from the hospital.

Carina had to turn on all the heaters as soon as we stepped in and it felt slightly better.

Also, the warmth radiating from her body made me less cold and I felt so much better.

"Carina?", I questioned as I wrapped my right arm tighter around her waist.

"Hmm?", she mumbled as she sniffed my neck.

I let out a chuckle which made her start kissing my neck.

"Why is your ex around us all the time?", I asked and she stopped her kisses on my neck.

"I mean, what's going on?".

"Uh, he, um, he just...", she stuttered and trailed off.

Carina couldn't lie to save her life and she always stuttered whenever she lied.

"He what?", I asked, slightly annoyed because she hadn't answered my question.

"Niall, when you were in the OT, the hospital used up all the blood from their blood bank and ran out of it. Dr Quinn said that you would survive for only a few more hours if we couldn't arrange for blood. We tried but didn't find anyone. And then Dr Quinn told me that there was a donor who matched your blood type. Turns out he was Mike", she said in a soft tone as her grip around my torso tightened.

My eyes widened at what she said.

"So, Mike donated his blood to me?", I asked in disbelief.

She nodded her head 'yes'.

"I thought he was the one who wanted to take you away form me. So, why did he save me?", I spoke, voicing my thoughts.

That's not really logical, is it?

Two or three months ago, Mike came back into Carina's life and told her that she shouldn't be with me, so why did he save me now? He could have just denied and walked away.

Because, he didn't want me to be with Carina, right?

"Niall", Carina whispered and I was back to reality.

She didn't speak for a few more minutes until I felt something wet on my chest.

I lifted my head slightly, only to notice that the upper part of my green T-shirt was wet with Carina's tears.

"What's wrong, Princess?", I asked as I tired to look her in the eyes.

Her grip around my torso tightened as she cried some more.

Did I say something bad?

"I'm sorry if I-"

"I'm sorry", she whispered as she interrupted me.

"What?", I asked, confused as to why she just apologised.

"Mike donated his blood on one condition to you", she whispered.

Of course, now this makes sense.

"What's it?", I asked, my voice barely above a whisper too, fearing what next she might say.

"He said that he'd donate his blood to you if I'd go back to him".

I'm pretty sure it wasn't my ribs, but I felt a pain in my chest.

It was my heart that ached at this very moment.

"And?", I whispered as I pulled her closer towards me.

"And, I agreed", she said as I closed my eyes.

"But that's not it", she said as she got out of my grip and sat upright where she lay seconds ago.

She faced me as she took my hand in hers and smiled.

She's smiling?

"Yeah, so I agreed to go back to him because I felt you were in that condition because of me and I thought that that was the only way for me to make it up to you", she said and her smiled faded.

"I told you, don't blame yourself", I whispered.

She placed her index finger over my mouth.

"Shh, let me complete. So, I went back to his place and he ranted about how sorry he was and blah blah about how much he wanted me back in his life", she said as she rolled her eyes and I couldn't help but laugh.

I kissed her finger which was still on my lips and she smiled at it, but didn't move her finger off my lips.

"And then he wanted me to forgive him. Well, I forgave him, but I also told him how much I love you and that even if I'd be with him, I'd never be able to love him because my heart will always belong to you", she said and I kissed her finger yet again.

I didn't even know when a tear escaped my eye until Carina wiped it off.

"So, he told that he'd sacrifice his love for me and let me be with you because I was willing to sacrifice my love you and be with him. So, long story short, he's understood that there can be nothing between him and I because...", she said as she took her finger off my lips.

She inched forward and kissed me.

"because...I...love...you", she said in between kisses and I couldn't help but smile against the kiss.

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A/N:

They are so damn cute.

See y'all in the next chapter.

Lots Of Love
-Carita D'Costa❤️