The Person He Can't Live Without
Kaoru's world ended.
Kaoru stood quietly and watched, there was nothing else he could do. He could no longer save the person who meant every thing to him. All he could do was wait.
Kaoru was in the hospital waiting for the doctors to save his twin brother Hikaru. On a hunting trip Hikaru was shot in the chest. Kaoru refused to think about his brother not making it. He tried to think of something else but that only brought on something worse. The images of what happened. He finally decided to let images corrupt his because that was easier to mange than the thought of never being with Hikaru again.
The images came.
Hikaru was walking just in front of Kaoru. They heard the short ring out and Hikaru was on the ground. Kaoru paused for a moment letting the sound of the shot bounce around in his head. The next thing Kaoru saw was his brother's limp body and more blood than he ever wanted to see again. He could remember how he rushed to his brother and held him begging him to keep his eyes open. Praying that each breath would not be his last. Everything else went by in a blur. Tears and sadness was all that followed that scene. Kaoru let more tears come. He didn't care anymore all he wanted to do was be with Hikaru.
Kaoru was being shaken a wake by a nurse. He vaguely remembered falling a sleep. The nurse had sadness in her eyes. Kaoru began to fear the worse. "I-i" the nurse began. "I'm sorry, your brother, he is not going to make it. I think it's best if you said your goodbyes now".
The words bounced around in his head jumbling up and playing back. Kaoru slowly rose from the floor and walked stiff and expressionless to his brother's hospital room. "Hospital" room he thought to him self, "more like death bed".
Kaoru stood over Hikaru's body. A bandage around his chest was soaked through. His chest barley rising and falling. The heart monitor beeped slowly, the only thing that really showed he was alive. Kaoru sat down in they chair next to the bed and rested his forehead against his dying brother's arm. "It should of been me" he whispered. "I should of been the one shot not you." He let out a sigh. "Please" he begged. "Don't leave me alone. I cant live without you". Tears flowed from his eyes and dripped down his cheeks. "I love you, Hikaru". Time stood still for all but a moment as Kaoru placed a soft kiss upon Hikaru's lips.
The heart monitor beeped once and then the world was full of silence. Kaoru watched as his brother's rose and fell for the last time. Kaoru collapsed. Every this he had ever truly loved had just been taken from him. He slammed his fist down on the mattress. "No brother you cant leave me"! Kaoru's voice then got quiet. "I cant live without you".
Kaoru woke up shaking. Sweat covered and confused he gasped for breath. Hikaru opened one eye. "Are you alright brother?" Hikaru asked concerned about the fact that his brother was shaking. Kaoru looked around realizing he was not in a hospital but in his room and Hikaru was right besides him. Kaoru said nothing he simply began to cry. Hikaru wrapped his arms around Kaoru. "It's ok" he said. "It was only a dream". Kaoru fell a sleep in his brother's arms feeling safe knowing he was with the only person he had ever truly loved.