Her Return, His Regret by Natie

Lora's heart dropped to her feet when Ryan's eyes closed. She panicked, her stomach churning with fear and worry. Was he dead?

She shook him slightly and called out with a trembling voice. "R-Ryan..."

Silence.

"Ryan... wake up, you're scaring me!" Lora cried out, her voice hoarse from the smoke she inhaled.

She couldn't move because of the heavy oak beam that had pinned Ryan and herself to the ground. It was supposed to fall on her but Ryan used his body to prevent that from happening and got hurt instead.

When Lora tried to move the beam, she felt a warm liquid on Ryan's back and her heart raced like a galloping horse, worry and fear creeping into her. He was bleeding heavily.

"Ryan!" She called out, tears rolling down her cheeks when she realised he had put his life on the line for her.

He was willing to die... for her.

Lora's heart clenched in pain, her tears soaking her face. She felt helpless.

Luckily, help came quickly. Firefighters barged into the warehouse with hoses and axes, tearing away the debris that had closed the way. They made quick work of putting out the fire and removing all sharp objects that were threatening to fall. "Ryan!"

"Lora!"

Lora heard familiar voices and her heart jumped with hope. She looked up and through the haze, she saw Jason and Adan running towards them with worried looks on their faces.

"Help, please! Ryan is dying!" Lora cried, her heart feeling like it was a foreign object in her body.

It hurt so bad, she wanted to cut it out of her chest.

Why did Ryan do

back and the

help Lora up,

ok?" Jason asked Lora, looking her over. He held

got hurt because of me," Lora said instead, her eyes following Ryan who was placed on a stretcher, an oxygen mask over his mouth

hurt too and you need to have a medical

Adan, I want to go with Ryan. I need to make sure he's

go alone knowing he almost died because of

the ambulance. We will follow closely behind

nodded quickly and pulled

no choice but to let her go... after all, Ryan did save her and she just wanted to make sure he was ok. However, he still wished he had

you did that! Why did you act so recklessly?"

on the wounds on his back and arms. Intense guilt crept into her Things between us had ended a long time ago, Ryan. Why did you put your

en

fathom why Ryan would save her. His words as he tried

is that why he saved her?

Ryan couldn't hear or answer

him, her heart breaking as his skin grew paler

in her mind,

in a hospital room, the smell of antiseptic

by a truck. Images from earlier flashed through his mind and he remembered the fire, his heart jumping to

The heart monitor's beeping

sharp pain that shot

lose consciousness without making sure she was out of the