this story was requested by Kammy0348 i hope you enjoy this story!! and sorry it took so long to write it was hard for me to get some motivation 🫣

so basically the story is: all of the myagi do and cobra kai students are in the laser tag arena and y/n goes to find demetri but instead has to watch him get his arm broken by hawk

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i was hunkered behind a plastic block, my eyes filling with tears and hiccups escaping my mouth. i slap my hand to my face in an attempt to conceal myself, as i don't want anyone to find me here. i made a mistake coming here and i wish i could've left before it was too late. sam had convinced everyone from myagi do to come to the laser area to fight people from cobra kai. i knew it was a bad idea but i had to go to protect my friends, and even with me tagging along was 7 against 13. but now im stuck here behind a box, hiding from them and hoping they leave before they find me or anyone else to do some serious damage.

i shuffle around and readjusted my seating position on the ground. apparently that made too much noise and someone from cobra kai had found me. i hear them exclaim something, knowing that they found me. i hear quiet footsteps coming my way and in a moment fight or flight, i stood up quickly and socked the kid in his jaw. i could tell that had done some damage as he fell right to the ground, hopefully it wasn't too bad of a punch. i don't want to get sued by his parents.

i take a deep breath and regain my composure. i step over him to go to find sam and demetri and get out of here. even though it was her idea, i knew she regretted it since just a few moments earlier she was crying. no judgment from me but.. i kind of am. i look around the darkened room in search for the both of them but as i look around the corner, i see a group of cobra kai kids surrounding demetri.

i'm scared to confront the group since there's so many of them, so i stand back and watch it all unfold. if anything crazy happens i'll step in and protect demetri and hope that might fix something. i can't hear them but i can make out a few words like "backstabber" or "weak" coming from hawk but i can't hear or lip read a full sentence.

hawk steps towards demetri, and i become more cautious and alert. he grabs demetri's arm and wrestles him to the ground. demetri is yelling for help but all i can do is watch, forget the fight or flight mode i was just in a minute ago. i just freeze unable to move my body, i can't react or go to help him.

hawk lets go of his arm and replaces it with his leg, but one arm grips his shoulder and one is pressed down on his back. i know how this is going to end and i am not ready to watch my best friend get his arm broken. i've seen it happen before with my old friend group from 5th grade. demetri tries to wiggle out of his grasp, bht hawk tightens his hands and lowers his foot, putting more pressure on his arm and elbow. i hitch my breath. i can't stand to see this happen so i emerge from the shows of the laser arena and stare hawk in the eyes. tori starts walking towards me wanting to fight but the others hold her back, wanting to see how this plays out. hawk looks up at me.

"what are you doing here? Just run along home and don't pay any mind to this," hawk sneers, a grin on his face.

"why don't you come over here and make me?" i barked back. he chuckles to himself and takes a look back at his friends. my arms are crossed trying to come off as confident but i'm really freaking out on the inside. i look down at demetri and see he's staring at me with pleading eyes. eyes that scream 'help me'. i try to contain myself and not break down in front of everyone. i keep my composure and take slow, rhythmic, deep breaths. "why are you trying to break demetri's arm? to prove a point? i think you've gone far enough, unless you want to end up in juvie for a year."

"demetri is a backstabber. i'm getting vengeance on him on behalf of all of cobra kai," hawk hissed back at me. his friends behind him all nodded in agreement like that was some amazing reason.

"vengeance or revenge? those are two totally different things. and i think breaking demetri's whole fucking arm is too far for a little review. are you and your business that insecure that a single 1 star review tanks the whole company?" i argued. i relax my arms as a power pose in hopes it intimidates them, while im in reality shorter than all of them. "that's the dumbest reason i've ever heard!"

"i have a right to be angry." hawk starts to put more pressure on demetri's arm and a small yelp comes from his mouth in pain. i want to run over to hawk and break his nose but that would only cause a big fight. trying to convince hawk to step down is a better way, but if there's no other option it might have to come to a fight or getting demetri's arm broken.

"do you? do you really? all you do is whine about demetri leaving cobra kai and him 'turning his back on you' but you are the one who turned your back on him. you are a backstabber and a liar, and a bitch. and anyone in this building with a right mind would do the same to betray you. i would too if i ever joined," i retort. "what the hell is wrong with you these days? you used to be best friends with demetri! you used to be those nerdy 'binary bros' that you always talked about to me."

hawk blushes in embarrassment, looking down at the ground and avoiding eye contact with anyone. i continue, hoping his fragile ego breaks and he runs away.

"last time i checked. no one else gave a fuck about you other than demetri. he's the only one who didn't make fun of you for your scar. i mean.. hell, half the people you hang out with tease you for your appearance," i pause and take a deep breath in. "demetri never even acknowledged it. and for your small ego breaking because of his honest review about a company you go and break his arm? what the fuck is wrong with you these days? i just-" i try to get my point across but hawk interrupts me, taking his hand of demetri's back and waving it back and forth.

"shut up! just shut up already. god, bitch. you just ramble and yap all day don't you? i was about to fall asleep just hearing you."

i look at him in shock that he would say something so rude and sexist at the same time. if i could go back in time and tell eli what hawk had just said i think he'd have a heart attack and die. i don't have anything else to say to him. my heart starts beating faster and faster knowing what's about to happen. i don't have any time to intercept hawk before i hear a loud snap coming from in front of me.

demetri screams in pain and i run over to him, pushing hawk to the side and grabbing dem's unbroken hand. i see hawk and his friends walk away through the doors, exiting the laser tag arena like he didn't just break someone's arm.

i kneel next to dem and lift him up onto my lap. "everything is going to be alright, okay? i'm going to call an ambulance and we are going to get some help."

i dial 911 as a tell demetri to take deep breaths. i explain everything that happened and our location. when im done talking i don't hand up my phone but put it down next to me as i try to comfort dem. we take deep breaths together, but my sobs sometimes interrupt the breathing exercises we are doing. seeing your best friend in pain is the worst think anyone can experience.

"everything hurts..." demetri groans in pain. i could tell this was a struggle for him, but i told him to keep breathing as we wait for the ambulance to get here.

"i know, demetri. i know. please just keep calm for me. can you do that?" i quietly explain to him. he nods his head and lays his body on top of me, his head resting on my shoulders. i say a few quick prayers in my head to keep him safe while we lay here. "breathe. just breathe, please don't cry."

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i waited in the lobby of the hospital with my mom and sam. she was on her phone pretending not to be nervous but i could tell she was heartbroken, and so was i. i was so anxious to see him after what hawk had done to him. my heart was racing and my leg was jittery, i hope he's okay. the last time i saw him he was being drove away in an ambulance to the same hospital im at right now.

i hated the smell of the doctors office but i would sit here for days if it meant i could see demetri. i just want to see him okay for once. just once in his life.

every time the door to the emergency room opened, i jerked my head up to see if it was the nurse telling us we could go see him. but it never was. hours ticked by and i couldn't get some rest. my mom was dead asleep snoring next to me, but when i shut my eyes to sleep i had to force them open to see if anyone would come through those doors.

the last person to come through was sam's mom, who was yelling at her, but i couldn't even pay attention to as i was too focused on the doors. she had started crying in her moms hugs and i don't blame her, i really wanted to cry too but i held it in for a reason i didn't know; it's not like i was putting on a show or anything. i just wanted to stay strong for demetri. but in reality i just wanted to curl up into a ball and die.

a nurse came out through the doors looking at us and i knew she was here to tell us we could see him. but before she could, i jumped up and ran through the doors, sprinting through the halls. i heard my name being yelled but i didn't pay attention to them. i just wanted to see demetri. when i got to his room, i stopped in my tracks and realized this electric and bouncing-off-the-walls energy probably wasn't good for someone who just broke their arm and needed some quiet after a long night.

i knocked on the door and waited until i heard a faint 'come in' to which i stepped in a saw demetri sitting up on the hospital bed, his arm in a cast with no signatures on it.

"thereee you are. hi. hi dem, how are you feeling?" i softly say, i try to be comforting. my voice is shaky and and im so scared for him.

"not very good, i just got my arm broken," he jokes. i chuckle to myself knowing that he's doing better now that he's making small jokes. i grab a sharpie out of my bag and write 'get well soon' and name on it, dotting my 'i's with a heart and drawing a cute cat next to the message. it took up almost half of the cast but that doesn't matter.

i grab his unbroken free hand and give it a reassuring squeeze. "has anyone from cobra kai talked to you at all? and by 'anyone' i mean hawk."

"no not yet, and im not excited to either. i'm definitely going to stay away from them for a while."

"that's good. and that's probably for the best, just for a little while. how are you feeling by the way?" i added, even though i knew he was still in a lot of pain i was slightly hoping that it was a lot better than before. or maybe that he's completely healed already and that he can just rip off the cast and go home.

"well i don't know." demetri answered. his responses are short and not at all helpful to my scrambled mind and worried thoughts.

i sigh in defeat, letting go of his hand. i'm about to walk out the door to go home but remembered i had a small gift for him that i bought in the lobby. i take out a small dried flower, a get well soon card, and his favorite chocolate bar. his eyes lit up and he immediately started eating the candy.

"you didn't deserve this, demetri. no one deserves this. i'm sorry that hawk did this to you. i could tell as he walked away a small part of him regretted it. so hopefully soon he'll apologize. if not, fuck him. i hope you enjoy my small gift.

"thank you so much, y/n," he says with a full mouth of candy. he smiles, revealing his sweet smile. i give him a quick kiss on the cheek and walk out of the room.