Never Coming Back

WARNING: Murder, death, angst

I told him I'd take a bullet for him.

I never believed I really would have to.

But here I am.

Bleeding out on the concrete.

The world seems to be bending, through the pinhole I can see.

At least I saved him.

I turn my head to the side, even that hurts.

"Virge? Virgie, oh I'm so sorry, what do I do, what do I do, how do I help you, what do I do?" Patton screamed, tears flowing.

"Sunshine. It's okay."

"No, no it's not, you're bleeding, you just got shot for goodness sake it's not okay!"

I can hear shouting.

I lift my head up to see Roman and Logan screaming at Janus... Who was holding a gun.

What happened? Oh yeah...

Janus cocked the gun, tears streaming down his face.

"I'm not kidding. I will do it, stay away from me!"

"Janus, kiddo, it's okay. Just put the gun down-"

"Stay. Away. From. Me."

"Janus-"

"STOP!"

"Kiddo, please listen to me-"

Janus shook his head. "I warned you." He squeezed the trigger as I jumped forward.

Shoved Patton out of the way, to the ground.

Felt a stabbing pain in my chest.

And watched as the world began to bend and Patton began to cry and I began to bleed.

"Sunshine, look at me."

Patton stops fussing over my chest for a moment and looks me in the eye.

"It's okay, Sunshine."

Patton shakes his head slightly and I place a hand on his cheek.

"I love you."

Patton was in full sobs now. "I love you too Virgie."

I gently pull his face down towards mine, kissing him, one last goodbye. "I love you so much Sunshine."

My hand falls to my chest as my vision goes white.

I stand from the side of my boyfriend and look at Janus. "You killed him." My voice is barely audible, but Janus hears it. "You killed him."

"Patton, I-"

I cut him off, moving towards him, no longer crying. "You killed him. You tried to kill me. You looked me in the eye and shot a gun at me and if Virgil hadn't jumped I would have died. And you killed him. How could you? How COULD YOU?" I throw my hand out, gleaning some small satisfaction from the crack I hear as his nose snaps. Janus' hands fly to his face, attempting to stem the blood flow as Roman takes my arms and holds them, in case I try to hit him again. But I don't.

I turn and bury my face into his chest and hold him as I relapse into sobs. Roman hugs me tight and I hug him back, imagining it was Virgil holding me.

And then it hits me.

My boyfriend, the person I loved more than anything, is dead.

Killed by one of my best friends.

One of my best friends shot and killed my boyfriend.

And he's never coming back.

I give up and let myself sink to the ground in tears.

He's never coming back.