10. Iron Man

"Harold, nice of you to join me in time for Iron Man. I just so happened to be watching it a third time as you arrived." Niall smiles when I walk through his door. "Quintessential Timing." I smile too, walking over and pulling the chair next to his bed. "You know you can sit on the bed. Just a more comfortable solution." Niall shrugs and eyes me from the corner of his eye, hinting that I could sit on the bed if I want to. If I sit on the bed, that would be too fast and forward, right? I mean we don't even really know each other still and I'm going to share a bed with him the first movie he invited me to watch in his hospital room?


I shouldn't even care. So with that being said, I sit down next to Niall once he's scooted over some. He controls the telly to go all the way to the beginning of the movie, and his emotions start over; beginning with excitement.


"Do you like Robert?" Niall turns to me, eyebrows furrowed in curiosity and arms crossed. I shrug, turning my lips upside down. "He's okay. I've only ever seen him in Iron Man." I say. Niall says, "Okay."


"Are you hungry?" I ask. "Do you want me to go get us some food or something to drink?" Niall looks at me with a smile and chuckles in a giggle sort of form. "Harry, relax. Let Roberty Downey Jr. save the world knowing you aren't stressed about sitting and watching a film. Besides, I have lollies." Niall then opens a drawer on his bed table and pulls out two lollies of the same colour and flavour; cherry red. I grin and thank him for it, holding the candy in my and while Niall rips off the wrapper and sticks lolly in his mouth. I wanted to wait to eat it when I'm not around Niall, but I actually was quite hungry and wanted to eat it so I did. But slowly and not loud and gross like I would if I were to be alone.


After the movie, Niall looks at me for my opinion. All I can look at are his oxygen tubes tucked into his nostrils. Not in an offensive way, but more of a curious way. I wonder how it feels to have oxygen put into you through your nose. "It was good. Funny, too." Niall holds his hand out to me, with an abundant no-tooth smile, motioning towards my rubbish from the lolly he gave me. I put the stick into the wrapper and place them both in the palm of his hand. "Thanks." Niall tosses them in the bin next to his bed. "You're welcome."


I stand up, having to wee since half the movie was watched. "I have to use the toilet." I tell Niall. "Okay." I skiter out of the room and down the hall to the mens restroom to release myself. When I'm done, and after I've washed and dried my hands, I look at myself in the mirror, fixing my hair and shirt. Check my teeth, look at my eyes to see if they are red, and apply chapstick. And then, do I return to Niall.


A nurse is attaching Niall to some sort of machine instead of a tank or oxygen machine when I step into his room. I get another no-teeth smile from Niall and he says, "Have a nice wee?" To which the nurse attending to him turns to me and says, "Sorry, no more visitors for Niall. He needs to sleep and take his medication." The first thing I do after hearing this is look at Niall, who's making a face at the nurse behind her back. He stops though when she turns back around. "Okay, um, I should be getting home anyways. I have cat food to pick up." Niall huffs, smiles, and waves to me. "By Harold Ed." I look at Niall with sort of a confused, what-the-hell sort of look. "Harold Ed?" I repeat. He says, "Yeah. Harold Ed. See you next time." Harry waves, gives one last look at the nurse, and leaves for the pet store to buy some cat food for LahDann.

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