Don't leave me [krums and hoh]

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@jill9
Irina Rose Krum
@daniel
@ripley
@tatiana

Magdalena had stopped crying an hour ago. Not because she was fine, but because she honestly didn't have anymore to shred. Her makeup had run and cheeks stained. She'd pulled a chair up right to the bed, holding one of his hands in both of hers with her forehead pressed against them. She hasn't moved since she stopped crying. Just sat there, refusing to respond to any of the healers. They said he would be okay. That he'd heal... Right now it didn't feel like it. They'd healed her own nose when they brought Nikolai in, but she didn't care. She still wore the same outfit, the front stained with his blood. She'd refused to change or let them help her with that. She wouldn't leave his side right now.

Honestly, she didn't think she could leave his side actually. She desperately wanted a drink, to feel nothing rather then her heart hurt so much. But she couldn't. And the only thing stopping her was being able to hold his hand like this, waiting for him to wait up...

[Irina Rose Krum]

Nothing. Irina Krum felt nothing.  The day had started off well enough, mostly because she had spent most of it with Dan.  They had been saying goodbye in the entrance hall before seventh year curfew when Parvati Patil-Macmillian had come dashing down the stairs, looking distressed.  She then relayed the news; her brother Niko had been stabbed in a club and he was at Saint Mungos' and she and her sisters needed to leave right away.  Irina's legs had betrayed her; they gave way from underneath her, but Dan had caught her before she hit the cold stone floor.  She knew she should have felt emotions like sadness, anger, but instead she felt numb.  Mind-numbing shock.  Her vision had come true.  While Parvati had said her sisters needed to come, she had asked Dan to take her right away.  They had traveled via Floo Powder; stepping out of the fireplace at Saint Mungos, Irina had grabbed onto Dans' hand and squeezed it tightly.  


They walked together until they got outside his ward, where Irina stopped short.  "I-I don't know if-" she stammered, the first words she had spoken since they had heard the news.  She turned to him, eyes shining even though her mind still felt numb.  "If..if it gets to be...too much," she started.  "I-I'll understand if you need to step away.  There's a great coffee place about six blocks from here, and I think we'll be here for awhile," she finished.  Making Dan a game plan was helping stave off the emotions she knew were going to eventually surface.  Taking a deep breath, she gave him a small smile and she walked through the double doors.  Immediately she stopped short as she saw a girl with long, dark hair.  The girl from the vision.  "Who are you?" the words escaped Irina before she knew what she was saying.  She bit her lip but looked determinedly at the girl, waiting for an answer.

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When the words came out of Parvatis mouth everything is slowed down. Irina looked as if she would pass out, and Dan caught her just in time as her knees buckled. Then he felt a surge of panic. He felt nothing from Irina, nothing. No emotions at all. No sadness, anger, desperation, despair? Nothing. He started to shake afraid of what that might mean, maybe she was even dead. But then she spoke, about going ahead of the other girls, and he nodded gladly helping her up as the two of them headed through the fireplace together.

They arrived at the hospital, and hurried their way to the door where Niko was being kept, but Irina stopped. Her emotions were a little stronger now, and that actually made Dan feel a little better. That numbness and nothingness that came from her earlier was enough to make his heart stop beating. Now, he could start to feel what she was feeling, and it was actually comforting. Comforting to know she was feeling something. She spoke about understanding if he needed to leave, about a coffee shop down the street, and he nodded. "Don't worry about me, Ri.. I'll do what I have to. Right now, let's worry about Niko."

He stepped into the room, and stumbled a little, because of the overwhelming sense of grief, dread, and hopelessness that came from it. He looked up for the source, and he made eye contact with the girl with the brown hair. Irina spoke, asking who she was, and Dan put a hand on her arm. "No, Irina. Let her be." He took in a deep breath. Tearing his eyes away from the girl,. He could feel that her emotions or drowning her, and that meant they were drowning him too. He took a few steps back, to lean against the far wall. He looked to Irina, gesturing for her to move forward without him.

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@daniel , @magdalena , Irina Rose Krum , @ripley , @tatiana
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The pain he was feeling was slightly numb. There wasn't much more of a way to explain it. His side hurt, even his head hurt, but Nikolai could feel the drugs and medications they had given him. He felt it through his entire body, which is where he assumed the numbness came from. However, where the stab wound was, had a slight pinch to it, like an ongoing pain that he didn't know how to get rid of. And obviously, neither did the St. Mungo's staff as it was still occurring. His sarcasm to himself was something that kept him going, mostly so he didn't break down.

After about an hour he had woken up. But, he kept his eyes shut, pretending to sleep. Niko wasn't sure if he could face Magdalena. Why had he been stabbed? Did he actually tell her he loved her, and did she hear him? Some of the night was a blur, but Nikolai remembered the touch. He would always remember the unwanted touch. It was shocking, piercing to him to feel those hands on his arms. But the last thing he saw was Magi, beautiful Magi. And now she was right there with him, holding onto his hand. It had startled him when he first woke up, but with a small peek, he had realized she was not even looking at him.

The doors opened. Who would that be? Nikolai listened intently, counting along the moments of the beep on the monitor to the footsteps of the people walking in. Ah, Irina. The last time they had spoken, they fought. And then there was Dan's voice. At his tone Nikolai felt a small pang of guilt for his best friend. He missed him... He loved him. And although he was still wary of him doing anything with Irina, he just wanted Dan to hold him. Yet, he kept his eyes shut, waiting to see what would occur.

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Tania could barely breathe—literally and figuratively—as she walked through the corridors of the hospital, her hand running along the wall to help keep herself upright. She didn’t want to think about how her older brother had been stabbed, nor did she want to think about how he was probably in a bed, surrounded by Healers who were working to save his life. It was probably just a small wound, she told herself, and Healers could fix something like that in no time at all, couldn’t they? It wasn’t like the stitches and operating theatres that the Muggles had.

Being kidnapped from school was no longer the most frightening possibility to her; it was what she was living. Unlike the nightmares that had kept her unable to sleep all summer long, this was real. She tried to take her mind off of the lime green robes of the Healers passing by her. Were any of them responsible for Nikolai’s care? Glancing over at her sisters and Daniel every so often was the only thing she could do to keep herself from losing control. They were there, and their parents would come, too, she imagined, as soon as they could.

Unable to think of anything to say, Tatiana followed Irina onto the ward. It was quiet, which only made her thoughts louder. Blinking and swallowing her tears, she held open the double doors and made her way inside. Fixated on her eldest sibling, who was in the bed before her, she wanted to gasp but couldn’t make a noise. She had just seen Nikolai. Never in a million years would she have thought that something could happen to him.

Daniel was trying to calm Irina. Tania, herself, could barely take her eyes off of Nikolai to try to be of any comfort to Ripley. He looked so peaceful there, and she could see the rise and fall of his chest to know that he was still breathing. She recognized the young woman at Nikolai’s bedside, but all she could do was blink at her. She was the Ollivander girl who had been a few years ahead of her and Ripley. “Mag—” she hesitated, not even sure if that was the girl’s name. Trying to offer the former Hufflepuff a smile to make up for Irina’s confusion, Tania only felt tears rolling down her cheeks.

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@jill9
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Irina Rose Krum
@daniel
@ripley
@tatiana

Magdalena didn't know how long she sat there, desperately holding his hand with her forehead pressed against their joined hands. For a moment, she almost wondered if she'd forgotten how to move and breath. She just felt.... frozen. As if turned to stone. Unable to move or do anything. Just sit here, silently begging he woke up. She'd promised him.... Promised that she would never hurt him. She'd promised.

She'd broken that promise.

This was all her fault. She knew who had done it, even though she hadn't seen their faces. There was only one option. Those men. The ones that had been... following her since the day she and Nikolai met. They'd hurt Nikolai because he'd been with her. Because she loved him, and that meant they couldn't claim her like they wanted. She felt like she was drowning at this realization. If she'd stayed away... If she hadn't fallen in love with him he'd be fine. He wouldn't have gotten hurt.

Magdalena didn't move when the door opened. Didn't even twitch or act like she'd heard it open. Even when someone demanded who she was, she didn't speak. She did raise her head just a little, looking to the door. No tears came, but it was obvious she'd been crying from the tear stains. She recognized Irina, but obviously Irina didn't recognize her. She didn't feel anything at that. She couldn't feel anything over that overwhelming hopelessness and guilt that was drowning her. But Tania.... Tania seemed to recognize her for a moment. Tania even tried to smile. Magdalena's expression didn't change. Instead she just looked away, putting her head back on the bed and closing her eyes.

[Irina Rose Krum]

Irina looked over at her Dan when he told her to let the girl be, opening her mouth in protest. She stopped short when she saw his face; this girls' emotions were clearly getting to him. It was strange though; he had been fine when they'd been together this whole time.  Maybe this girl was responsible for Niko's current condition, but it was evident that she really cared.  Nobody could make Dan back up against a wall without feeling some strong emotions.

As Tania said the girls name, Irina frowned, as though trying to remember the girl.  When she looked at Rina, the connection was made.  She had been a Hufflepuff, one who graduated with Niko last year.  But she had never seemed to be all that connected with her brother; he had certainly never spoken of her before.  Without saying another word, she quickly cast a look back at Dan before edging closer to her brothers bed.  He looked so innocent just lying back in his bed asleep.  Irina felt her shoulders start to shake, and tears began to form at the corner of her eyes.  "What's his prognosis," she squeaked out sharply, directing herself towards Magi again.


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Even without his ability Dan could that this girl was broken. He couldn't even stand to look at her. He was glad when Irina dropped it, and waited against the wall for an answer on Niko's situation. Tan seemed to know who this girl was, but Dan didn't look at Tania either. He could feel her emotions easily. This room was like a death trap for him... But he held his ground. Well, his wall. He needed Niko to be okay, and didn't to be right here when his best friend woke up. Even if he was cowering from all the emotions, hiding in back, he still needed to be here. He secretly wished he was alone with Nik, but he knew that was selfish. Family first. And that girl... Who Dan had no idea about. What was her relationship to Nik?

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Oh, Tatiana. His beautiful sister. If it was up to Nikolai, which obviously it wasn't, he wouldn't have let the two youngest in the room. It would be much too hard for them to process, let alone accept. She had begun to speak Magdalena's name, but she stopped short, and that's when he felt Magi move slightly. Nikolai assumed she only moved a small amount as she didn't speak and it was only for a few seconds. He was curious as to why she wasn't talking.

More footsteps, and then they stopped. He felt a huge presence lingering around him and it was quite uncomfortable. Niko knew he'd have to speak soon, he didn't want anyone getting too close to him and risking another panic attack to occur. Irina squeaked some words out, and Nikolai wanted to laugh. It would hurt his side, and it would give him away so he chose not to.

There was no more sound. No one spoke, no one moved. Nikolai inhaled deeply through his nose, but made sure it was quietly. Slowly but surely, he opened his eyes. He took a quick glance at his sister's, before glancing at Magdalena, and then letting his eyes rest on Dan. A few tears welled up in his eyes; from pain, but also from sadness. He gave Dan a sad smile.

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When she saw that even Irina had lost control of her emotions, Tania felt her legs begin to wobble beneath her. She didn't know if she wanted to remain upright, and she knew that she didn't have the strength of mind to keep herself from panicking. If she were to drop to her knees, she thought to herself, she would cause a scene. In turn, causing a scene would only cause more chaos and confusion for her family and Dan—not to mention the Ollivander girl.

By the time that she had made the decision that she didn't want to fall, Tania's legs had already hit the floor, folded beneath her body. Somewhere beyond her flood of tears, her knees ached, and—for that split second on her way down—she could have sworn that she had seen Nikolai's eyes open. She thought about trying to get up again, but she didn't know if she could take it.

Instead, she stared at the foot of her brother's hospital bed, sniffling and sobbing and coughing (once the sobs had become too much). He had been fast asleep; there was no way that he could have woken up so suddenly.

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@jill9
Irina Rose Krum
@daniel
@ripley
@tatiana

Irina was still demanding answers from Magdalena. Answers that she couldn't give. She wasn't even sure if she could speak yet. He was still unconscious. They said he'd be fine but.... but.... she just couldn't believe it right now. She couldn't bring herself to be optimistic. So, she chose silence. She'd lost control of everything tonight. At least she could control that. And maintain her sanity. Even when she heard Tania's sobs, and collapse she didn't move or say anything.

She felt him move ever so slightly. Just that deep breath. But it was enough to make her eyes open wide, her head raising enough to see what was happening. His eyes opened. He was awake. Magdalena felt her own breathing stop from relief. She thought she'd run out of tears, but when he looked at her, she was proven wrong as a few tears streaked down her cheeks. Unable to stay looking at him any long she turned and pressed her forehead against his hand that she held, silently holding back the tears. She wanted to tell him she was sorry. Sorry that she got him mixed up in all this. Sorry that he got hurt. Sorry that she was so much trouble. And yet.... no words came out.

[Irina Rose Krum]

Still no answer from the girl; Irina wanted to reach out and shake her. This was her brother after all, she needed answers. Looking hard at Magdalena she realized that the girl couldn't speak because she was too far gone in her own self.  Rina remembered in her vision the girl had screamed right along with her in agony.  Did...did Niko have a girlfriend?  If he did it had to have started recently; and what a way to begin.

When Tania collapsed onto the floor, Irina dropped down immediately to be by her little sisters' side.  She wished their parents were here; they were always the best at this.  She put her arms around Tania and held her close.  "Shhh," she whispered, rocking her sister gently and stroking her hair the way their mother would.  She held her like that for a few minutes, watching Niko the entire time.  He opened his eyes and had looked at them each in turn.  She noticed that his vision lingered on Dan with a sad sort of look in his eyes.  She gave Tania an extra squeeze, then stood up.  "I'm going to go find a Healer to see about a Calming Draft, and if they have any information," she declared, her voice sounding stronger.  She swept towards the exit of the room, pausing  hen she passed Dan.  Automatically, her hand reached out and she squeezed his arm lightly before heading out to find someone to help both of her siblings.

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When Tania hit the floor, Dan pressed harder against the wall, unable to go her. Thankfully, Irina was level headed.

Something drew Dan's eyes to Niko... Something resembling... Amusement? What? Then Nik's eyes started to open and Dan pushed off the wall, just a little, stopping short when Nik made eye contact with him. As Nik's eyes started to moisten, so did Dan's, and he nodded, just once, as Nik smiled. He smiled back, just a little, enough to acknowledge that he saw Nik's smile too. He almost rushed forward, but he didn't know what Nik really needed right now. Clearly he needed this girl, and she needed him. That was the only clear thing to him right now. He could feel her emotions toward his best friend. Even in that tiny glance Niko gave her, Dan knew what Nik felt for her too. It was enough to make anyone smile, even in this horrible situation.

Finally, Dan lifted a hand to give Nik an awkward little wave and the next moment Irina was heading out to get help, catching his arm as she left. He glancedanced to her briefly and nodded before she was out the door. Then his eyes were back on Niko.

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@daniel & @jill9 & @tatiana & @magdalena & Irina Rose Krum

sitting on the end of the bed by nik's legs rip rested a hand over one of her brothers feet. she hadn't been yelled at by anyone to move yet so she figured she was in the clear and allowed to sit there. she had rushed to the hospital with her sisters when they had been given the news and had been sitting in the same spot since they had entered the room, her eyes on her big brother. she swallowed when he opened his eyes and she leaned forward a little. "nik?" she said softly, hearing the sobs from tania behind her. she bit her lip but couldn't will herself to turn around to look or see if she could help. if she saw tania's tears as well as heard them she'd loose control of her own, the ones that were threatening to fall behind her eyes.

occ - so y'all gonna wait for me to post when it's rips turn next? or just run away with it again.

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As soon as Nikolai opened his eyes, he saw Tatiana fall. His eyes widened and he tried to sit up, but the pain in his side caused him to yell and fall back onto the bed, holding the bandage on his torso. Damn thing. "Ana! Get back up here, darling. I'm alright." Niko didn't want them hurting or upset because of him. He was okay, he was hurt, but he was okay. And he knew Tatiana wasn't going to continue to do so well with all of this. This was a moment when Niko wished he wasn't so afraid of touch.

Even when his eyes landed on Magi's, she was crying. She didn't look so good, but Nikolai wanted to tell her he wasn't angry. He wasn't upset with her. He just wanted to kiss her like they had been that night. He wanted that happiness back, that love. Instead of speaking to her, he kept quiet, but managed to twist his fingers around her own, and he have Magi's hand a small squeeze to let her know he was okay.

Irina didn't even say anything to him, Her piercing blue eyes locked on his green ones, and then she was gone, getting a healer. Nikolai was curious to see if she was still angry with him, but he'd rather her help Tatiana first either way. His eyes immediately saw Ripley, and he forced a small smile when she spoke his name. "Hi, Ips." Nik had come up with nicknames for his sister's when they were all born, he wanted to be different and he wanted to have a unique name for all three of them.

Dan smiled, and if Niko recalled, he had a bit of wetness in his own eyes. Nikolai knew it wouldn't be right to want to request to just be alone with Dan, but it was what he wanted. He wished he could show him that, show him longing for just him. Dan held up a hand in a wave, and Niko couldn't help but chuckle, which turned into a grimace as the pain resurfaced.