Soooo umm, this is my first JackxCarly fic......I'm not sure what the shipping is for sure but whatever. I hope you guys enjoy, even though I don't think it's that good.
For those keeping up with the japanese version of 5D's, I'm fully aware of what's going on.
Stay My Baby
Chapter 1
Carly's POV
I couldn't believe that I woke up. The doctors told me that it had been two years since I've been in the hospital. I don't remember much of what happened the last time I was up and breathing, but at least I remembered the essentials. My name, where I was born, who my relatives were, and so on. I also remembered what happened before I got to the hospital. I was technically undead. I was a Dark Signer. Before, I was killed by Divine trying to help someone I deeply cared about. As I continued to be undead or whatever I was, all the evil I was surrounded by kept consuming me. This wasn't who I was. This other girl was not Carly. To make a long story short, I ended up losing to Jack and instead of turning to dust, I just fainted.
Right now, I was lying in my hospital bed staring at the T.V. mounted on the wall in front of me. Being in a hospital was no fun, especially being an ex-comatose patient.
"Well, I talked with Dr. Takahashi and he said you'll be let out by the end of the week. Isn't that great?" My mother asked, sitting beside me.
While she was explaining to me how I might leave the hospital soon, I thought about what I was going to do when I got out of the hospital. First, I was going to find Jack. That was one thing I was really nervous about. What if he forgot about me? Did he even visit me when I was here? Worst of all, did he find another girl to love?
"Oh, yeah. Mom, can I ask you something?" I asked, sounding like myself when I was about five.
"Anything sweetie." She responded, happily.
"I want to know if it's possible for two people to stay together forever, even if there's obstacles." I told her, modestly. I didn't want her to get the idea that I had a boyfriend or anything, I just really wanted to know.
"Well, honey, if there's someone who's willing to love you just for who you are and nothing else, then yes. I honestly believe with that two people can stay together forever." Mom explained, patting my cheek, "Get some rest. You'll be coming home soon."
"Mom, I live in an apartment, remember?" I questioned, not really sure how I remembered. Heck, I was in a coma for a long time.
"I know. That's what I meant." She smiled, heading to the doorway, "I'll be back. I have to get something at home."
"Okay." I mumbled, dozing off back to sleep. Hopefully my first dream I've had in a while won't turn into a nightmare.
The following morning came a little too quick for me. Staring at the digital HD clock on the wall, it was about quarter after nine. Today I started physical therapy to help me start moving my muscles again, since it was from having them lying down in a hospital bed for two years.
"Good morning, Carly. The doctor wants to see you for your physical therapy." The nurse said, brightly.
"Okay. Thank you." I replied, while I slid into the wheelchair they provided me.
It was really a pain in the butt that I could walk like I used to. To be honest, my arms worked a lot better than the other parts of my body. I wish I could be like the Bride off Kill Bill and use my willpower to move my limbs, but that would take hours. While the nurse was pushing my wheelchair, I passed by this room that had another girl who was in a coma like I used to be. From my own experience, it's pretty sad to see your family looking down on you and wondering whether or not you'll even wake up.
"Good morning, Carly." Dr. Takahashi said, interrupting my thoughts, "Are you ready for your therapy?"
"I guess." I sighed, hearing come out as a partial laugh.
"I promise that after a little bit, you'll be walking before you know it." He replied, writing on his clipboard, "Now, I want you to try and push yourself up from your wheelchair."
Doing as I was told, I tried to push myself out of my wheelchair. It was really difficult and frustrating because I kept falling back in my chair. After pushing myself up so many times, I felt myself break a sweat. It took me a little bit, but I finally got out of my chair and was wobbling.
"Try to walk as far as you can." The doctor said, while he wrote some more on his clipboard. As I started to walk, I thought some more about Jack. I knew deep in my heart that I missed him. The last I saw him, he held me close to him, trying to protect from anything and everything. Not paying attention to what I was aiming to do, I fell right on my knees.
"Great. You're doing a lot better." Dr. Takahashi added, helping me off the ground.
Jack's POV
There's not a day that goes by that I don't miss her. At first I visited her everyday since I cared so much about her. That is until we got together. For the last two years, I was dating Mikage Sagiri, my old secretary when I was the King. Now, she's just my girlfriend, I guess. After we started going out, she implied that I not go visit Carly at the hospital anymore since she and I were dating. To be honest, I went to visit Carly in secret and didn't care if she knew or not.
I'm not going to even lie, I felt like I prisoner in our relationship. Mikage gets so possessive whenever we go somewhere it just get's so annoying. I'm not going to say she completely pushes me around, but she kind of implies certain things that she wouldn't say directly. There are times when I go visit Yusei and Ruka for at least seven hours or so. Right when I get back home, she's always asking me where I've been and what I was doing. I hate getting questioned when I'm a grown man. I'm completely capable of taking care of myself, with or without a woman in my life.
Speaking of visiting, I was over at the Twins mansion. Well, technically its the penthouse of their apartment building. My younger cousin, Suzuki, happens to be Ruka's best friend and lives in the same building.
"So, tell me about this Mikage chick. What's the bitch like?" Suzuki asked, resting her feet on my lap.
"Watch the language. She's all right." I sighed, rolling my eyes.
"Okay, hypocrite, I can tell you're lying. Is she really that bad?" Suzuki questioned, reading my mind.
"Yeah. She's like one of the fucking Domino police. She's constantly bugging me about where I go and who I see. Most of all she's just so.......," I explained, losing my train of thought.
"Possessive?" Suzuki guessed, sipping her vitamin water.
"Yeah." I muttered, sighing with disgust.
"Didn't you say something about how she didn't want you to visit Carly?" Suzuki asked, crossing her arms.
"Oh yeah. Apparently when we started going out she didn't want me to visit Carly in the hospital because she thought it was technically cheating on her." I growled.
"But really, you're being stupid by listening to her. I mean, yes you want to avoid conflict, but Mikage may sound possessive because she's that into you." Suzuki pointed out, plainly.
"What do you mean?" I asked, cluelessly. I was dead serious that I didn't understand her.
"Well, she saw how much you loved Carly when you two were technically together, so it's in her instinct now to be possessive because she thinks that by you visiting Carly at the hospital that you apparently care more about Carly than you care about her. But other than that, yeah she has problems." Suzuki replied, yawning.
"Why do you girls like analyzing people's relationships?" I asked, while she started laughing. I missed spending time with her. She's family and no matter what Mikage or anyone else thought, I was going to spend as much time with Suzuki as possible.
"Hey, whatcha doin?" I heard Ruka, coming from upstairs, "I heard talk about that bitch you're going out with, Jack."
"She's not a bitch, she just acts like a bitch." I told her, as she sat in between and my cousin.
"Seriously, if she comes over here like she did last time I'm gonna slam the door on her face." Suzuki mumbled, hearing the doorbell two seconds later.
"I'll get it." I heard Yusei say, coming from the kitchen.
"No, don't, it's Mikage." Ruka whispered, as her and Yusei tip-toed to the door. I noticed that they were laughing as they looked through the peep hole in the door.
"Are you two gonna answer it?" Suzuki asked, trying not to laugh.
"No. She needs to go home." Ruka muttered, still laughing with Yusei.
"What are you guys doing?" Aki questioned, following Rua, also known as the brat, down the stairs.
"Leaving Mikage outside the door." Yusei laughed, as their telephone rang.
"I guess, I'll answer it." Ruka said, going to the phone.
"No, let's make fake voices." Rua added, as him and his twin answered the phone. I had to hear this. I already felt in my gut that this was going to be funny, even though Mikage would piss a bitch when I left.
"Hello?" I heard, Mikage ask, probably waiting impatiently. Before I knew it, Ruka and Rua were sexually moaning in the phone while Yusei, Suzuki, Aki, and I were literally rolling on the floor laughing to death.
"Guys, seriously, I know it's you so can you just let me in?" Mikage questioned, sounding snooty. I could not help myself, I just had to keep laughing.
"Yeah, uhhhh, Rua!" Suzuki yelled, joining in on the pranking.
"Okay, you all are so immature. Open the door." Mikage sighed. I could hear the annoyance in her voice. It was the tone she had before she completely went off. Ruka took the phone from her brother and hung up the phone.
"Okay, let's let her in already." Aki said, after Yusei helped her from the ground from all the laughing they did.
"No, let that bitch stay outside." Ruka responded, straightening out her dress.
"Ruka, watch your language." Yusei reminded her, opening the door.
"It's about time." Mikage said, putting her purse down near the door.
"Hello to you too." Yusei replied, rolling his eyes. It made me feel better that I wasn't the only one who rolled my eyes at Mikage twenty-four seven.
"So how's life been treating you, Mikage?" Aki asked, changing the subject. It was really strange that the only female that Mikage got along with was Aki. I used to hate her guts because I thought she would murder Yusei in his sleep, but I guess like I've said before she's okay.
"Ah, it's been okay." Mikage replied, sweetly. A little too sweet. When she wanted to, Mikage could be really keniving when she wanted to. She toyed with people's thoughts and manipulated certain people to try and check up on me.
"I guess it's okay being a psycho." Ruka muttered, as Suzuki slapped her in the arm.
"Well, I just stopped by for a visit. I'll see you guys later." I interrupted, as everyone remained quiet. As long as I could remember, everyone knew I always used that excuse to keep the conflicts from starting with Mikage.
"Bye, come back soon." Suzuki told me, as I gave her a hug.
"Be careful, the psycho may pounce on you for giving him a hug." Ruka mumbled, as Aki intervened.
"You need to keep your comments to yourself, young lady." Aki told her, dragging Ruka upstairs.
"I still can't believe you let them do that to me. You could have told them to let me in." Mikage complained, as I stopped at a light.
"It's really not that big a deal. They were just kidding, they're teenagers give them a break." I replied, patiently.
"Still, you could have done something. It's like you just ignore me all the time. It's like you have to find a way to get away from me, like I'm a problem." Mikage argued, sourly.
In reality, what I wanted to tell her is that she alone is my problem and that I'm freaking sick of her. Since I wanted to stay away from that I just kept driving. Once we got to our apartment, she ran upstairs and slammed the door to our bedroom. Plopping myself on the couch, I take my locket out of my pocket. It was the locket she got me before everything went wrong.
Carly, please wake up soon. I love you, I thought, flipping the locket open to stare at her picture.
Carly's POV
"Ah! It's so good to be out of the hospital and on my feet again." I said, stretching my arms. It's finally been a week that the doctor said I was free to go. I was oober excited to get back to my life and especially to get back to Jack.
"I know, you were really looking forward to it." My best friend, Madeline said, as we climbed into her car. The last thing my doctor suggested to me was that I stay over a friends place just for one night before I go home.
"I can't wait to see Jack. I miss him so much, Maddie." I told her, putting my seat belt on. It felt great to have my contacts now. Everyone told me that I looked so much better without my glasses, I finally decided to get rid of them.
While she was driving, I thought about what I would tell him. I loved him and I knew he loved me. I remember his hug before I fainted, and I still felt his touch on me.
"Hey, Carls, is that.....?" Maddie questioned, as we stopped at a light near the park. At first, I didn't see what she was talking about, but then I had to do a double take before I could materialize what was going on.
"Jack?" I asked, watching something that made me want to puke my guts up. There he was, sitting on the park bench, making out with Mikage, his old secretary. I didn't know how to remotely respond. I had nothing to say.....I was absolutely.....speechless.
"Oh my God, Carls, I'm so sorry honey." Madeline said, as I noticed the light turn green.
"Just drive." I muttered, while she pressed the gas.
"I cannot believe him. He was willing to risk his life to try and save yours and then he kisses another girl. I always knew he was pig." Madeline sighed, tapping her fingers against the steering wheel.
"I thought he was different too." I whispered, resting my head against the seat. While I was getting wrapped in my own thoughts, I noticed that we were at Maddie's condo complex. It was a super fancy complex but since she was editor in chief of Rendevous magazine, I pretty much expected it.
After I grabbed my stuff, I dashed into her house and ran up to her guest room. Slamming the door, I sank to knees and started bawling my eyes out. That sort of thing hurts really bad. To just see someone who said that they truly loved you sitting on a public park bench kissing another girl, it's just sick. I was in a coma for two years all to look forward to seeing him by myself for nothing.
"Come here, honey. Once you freshen up, we'll go out later and we can find other guys." Madeline muttered, rubbing my back as she held me.
That was the problem. I didn't want another guy, I wanted Jack. Ever since we met weirdly at the hospital two years ago, he's changed my life, as he claims that I changed his. Seems like that's a lie at this point. I really don't want to see him right now, at all.
"I guess. It'll be nice to have fun." I said, smiling to cover my sadness.
Jack's POV
Right now I was in the elevator at the hospital. I decided while Mikage was over her sister's house I would visit Carly very quickly before she came back home. I knew nothing had probably changed since the last time I saw her but I honestly liked coming. Everytime I come I get to look at how beautfiul she is even though she's in a coma.
Turning to her room, I go in and notice that she's not there. My heart immediately started racing at that point. Was she dead?
"Oh, hi, Mr. Atlas." The same nurse greeted, coming in with her clipboard again.
"Is Carly dead?" I asked, as my stomach was twisting and turning into knots.
"No one told you, did they? Carly was discharged from the hospital this morning." She told me, as I sighed in relief. Thank God she wasn't dead.
"Do you know who she happened to be with when she left?" I questioned, not trying to sound like I was stalking anybody.
"Oh, she was with one of her friends. I don't know her name exactly. Sorry I couldn't be of much help." The nurse said, smiling.
"Thank you." I muttered, leaving the room.
As I started my car, I thought about the situation at hand. The good thing is Carly is alive and out there somewhere. The worst case scenario is that I'm with Mikage and we happen to run into Carly. I didn't know what I was going to do. I'm still in love with Carly, but now I'm dating Mikage. Crap. I guess once I thought about it, I only got with Mikage to fill the empty spot in my heart where Carly used to be. A day in my life......man it sure sucked.
Carly's POV
Since I needed to take my mind off of what I just saw this morning, I decided to go with Madeline to go shopping. Apparently in my bank account I have a crap load of money and didn't know where it came from. I knew Maddie and my mom had kept up my bills until I got out of the hospital. Anyway, I tried my hardest not to think about watching Mikage stick her tongue down Jack's throat, but it just made me want to scream and rip her head off.
"So, do you like this dre.....Carly, are you moping again?" Maddie asked, snapping me out of my thoughts.
"No I was just uhhh.....looking at these new pairs of jeans." I lied, picking up a pair of dark wash skinny jeans.
"Carls....those aren't even your size.....at least I don't know if they are." Maddie replied, second guessing her statement. I knew why she had. She probably thought that I lost weight when I was in a coma, which I did. I used to be about 135 pounds and now I'm like 118.
"Anyhow, that's not the point. The point is that you won't stop moping about Jack." Maddie added, putting the jeans back on the rack.
"I'm sorry, it's just that I can't believe out of all the girls to replace me, he'd pick Mikage. I mean, she's so desperate. I really think he's dating her out of pity." I rambled, looking at a rack of dresses.
"That's what I thought. I think he's with her to fill the gap where you were." Maddie said, putting a shirt over her arm, "Ooh, you should get that dress."
"This one?" I questioned, holding out this chalk white strapless dress.
"Yeah, it definitely fits you....or some sort of bright color. Continuing with this whole Jack dating that slut situation, I think you should just avoid him." Maddie said, while I grabbed a grey floral print dress before heading to the cashier.
"I can't avoid him. My mom told me that he came to visit me in the hospital everyday. He's going to eventually figure out that I was discharged from the hospital." I explained, taking my credit card out my purse.
"Oh, shit, Carls, it's Mikage!" Maddie gasped, as I turned around quickly. It was her. Shit!
"Okay, take my credit card and pay for my stuff while I go hide." I spat, before running to the fitting rooms.
While I was hiding in one of the dressing rooms, I observed what was going on since I was able to see straight towards the register. Mikage just seemed to have grabbed some random crap and headed to the register......weirdo.
"Hi." Mikage said, smiling at Madeline.
"Oh, hi." I heard Maddie say, "I'm paying for these for my friend, Carly."
"Wait, I know a girl named Carly. She used to be a friend of my boyfriend." Mikage gasped, while I could tell that Maddie was inwardly rolling her eyes.
"You mean, Jack Atlas?" Maddie asked, raising a brow.
"Yeah. How did you.....," Mikage started to question before Maddie interrupted her.
"Lucky guess." Maddie muttered, smiling while the woman behind the counter handed her our shopping bags. Before she could signal me, I slipped out of the dressing room and ran to the back of the store behind Mikage so she wouldn't see me.
"Gosh, that was close. I think she was almost on to you." I sighed, as quickly walked away from the store.
"I know, I almost blew it when I asked her if it was Jack." Maddie murmurred, as we started laughing. While we were focusing on getting away from Mikage, unfortunately, Jack was sitting on a nearby bench near another store. He hadn't changed. Still tall, blonde, incredibily hot, and no longer my soon to be boyfriend. Sigh.
"Hide your face." I whispered, as we quickly walked past Jack on the bench. Before we completely passed him, I think he did a double take as if he knew it were me hiding my face.
"Wait....where's my phone?" Maddie asked, as we both gave each other the same look, it was on the ground right next to Jack's foot.
"Hey, girl! You dropped your phone." Jack said, walking towards us.
"Go." Maddie whispered, as I quickly walked into the store. While I was busy making my get away, I heard her saying thank you to him before she came back.
"Really, we have to do a better job sneaking away from people." I told Maddie, just before we got outside, "What did he say?"
"Well, he didn't say anything, but I could totally tell he was checking you out as you walked away." Maddie replied, as we put our shopping bags in the backseat of her car, "It looks like wittle Jacky is still enjoying some eye candy."
"I am not eye candy." I argued, shocked at her comment. This was a normal thing for me. I was always told that I was very beautiful in my own way. Some people said without my glasses (which I already got rid off), some say with certain outfits, excetra.
"Carly, you are pretty. There's no doubt about it." Maddie said, ending the conversation.
"I wish he thought so." I mumbled, sadly.
"Carly, Jack does think you're beautiful. Yeah, it may seem really suckish right now because he's with an older woman who used to be his secretary, but things can always change. You just have to keep hoping they do." Maddie explained, while she started driving down the freeway.
"If he thought I was beautiful then he would have waited for me. Not replace me with some bitch, who by the way, had the nerve enough to barge into my apartment a couple years back because she was so mad or jealous that Jack was staying with me." I replied, looking out the window, Why did you replace me, Jack?
Jack's POV
"So let me get this straight. You saw this brunette at the mall while Mikage was shopping?" Yusei asked, smirking. At first, I thought he looked uncomfortable because his jeans were too tight.
"Yeah. She was with this other blonde chick. I mean, she kind of reminded me of someone I knew." I told him, lying on one of the living room couches.
"I'm surprised Mikage didn't walk up on you getting a load of some other girl's ass." Yusei laughed, texting on his cell phone.
"You're letting this King title get way too far in your brain." I commented, reminising my days as the King.
"At least I wasn't the einstein that purchased a touch screen phone and took it back the next morning." Yusei argued, still texting.
"It didn't work. They have a freaking 30 day return policy." I pointed out, plainly.
"Hey, we're back." Ruka said, as she and Suzuki shut the door behind them.
"Where have you two been?" I asked, as Suzuki lied on top of me like a toddler.
"We just went to the store. I got you something to drink." Suzuki replied, resting her head on my chest as her hair fell in my mouth.
"Blah! Get your hair out my mouth." I mumbled, moving it out of my face.
"Really, Suzuki, I wouldn't lie on Jack. Mikage might throw another bitch fit again." Ruka said, sarcastically.
"Didn't Aki and I tell you to watch your language?" Yusei questioned, glaring at Ruka.
"Yes, we did. Now, I'm implementing something fun that goes for everyone. For every swear word you say, you put money into the jar. Whoever can say the least, gets the money." Aki explained, setting the glass jar on the coffee table. That wasn't a bad idea, except I'm known for cussing a lot.
"Come on, you guys know I cuss twenty-four seven." Ruka whined, plopping herself in another chair.
"Yeah, which I don't need to mention you picked up the habit from Jack." Aki said, while everyone stared at me.
"Aww, shut the fuck up." I replied, realizing what I did. Crap.
"Cough up the cash." Yusei smiled, while I handed him a five dollar bill, "Ooh lunch."
"It's for the jar, not for you to spend." Aki told him, snatching the bill from his hand.
"Yeah, its not for you to spend." I repeated, smirking at him.
"Shut up, you a.....oh, I see what your trying to do." Yusei said, catching himself.
"Good boy." Aki muttered, patting his head. I shook my head at how Yusei responded grinning like a kid in a candy store.
"So have you visited Carly today?" Ruka asked me, putting her feet up.
"I did actually, but she was discharged from the hospital early this morning." I told her, yawning. I needed some sleep really bad.
"That's great. I was really hoping she'd wake up." Aki added.
"Yeah, now this gives me a chance to meet her since you could not stop talking about her." Suzuki told me, trying to lift herself off me.
"Hold on, I want to see if I can lift you." I told her, grabbing her by her sides.
"Why are you trying to bench press me?" Suzuki asked, plainly.
"Yeah, you're not the King anymore." Rua said, making me want to get up and choke him.
"Be nice, Rua." Suzuki muttered, underneath her hair.
"I cannot remotely see because of your mass of hair. Why don't you get it cut?" I questioned, getting annoyed with her hair in my face.
"I don't wanna cut it." She replied, while I still kept bench pressing her.
"I'm gonna cut while you're sleep." I said, as a wad of her hair got in my mouth.
"No, don't." Suzuki whined, getting off of me.
"It is really long if you think about it." Ruka agreed, texting on her iPhone.
"What about yours? It's like halfway down your back when it's not curled." Suzuki argued, messing with a strand of her best friend's hair.
"I just grew mine out. Yours has been that way for like three years." Ruka told her, moving her hand.
"Mine would look bad with it cut." Suzuki mumbled, holding her hair.
"You look like an Indian with your hair so long." Aki pointed out, sitting on Yusei's lap.
"Yes! That's what I was trying to say a couple days ago." Yusei agreed, still texting.
"Ewww, now all your drool is on my ends." Suzuki whined, pushing her hair back.
"It's not my fault in kept falling in my mouth." I replied, sitting up from my lying position.
"We should go out, I'm kind of bored." Ruka said, randomly.
"I wish I could but Mikage's probably heading home right now." I responded, looking at the time on my phone.
"Are you really going to give a rats butt what she thinks all the time? You're a grown man who has a life, so she just needs to get over herself." Suzuki growled, menacingly. I never heard her do that unless she was seriously irritated by something or someone. In this case, it was Mikage.
"You know, her always checking up on you all the time is a sign that she doesn't trust you." Ruka added, as everyone got quiet. It was really weird that everyone became quiet by that comment.
"I think Ruka hit the nail on the head, even though the rest of us have been avoiding the fact." Aki muttered.
"She does bring up a good point. If Mikage can't learn to trust you, then you two obviously need to break up, that's if you've confronted her about it already." Yusei explained, raising his eyebrows at me. I didn't really say anything because I've never since we've been dating confronted her about it.
"You haven't said anything, have you?" Ruka asked, putting her phone down.
"Not really. I've just never said anything because I never wanted to hear her complain more on top of the complaining she does all day everyday." I replied, sighing. I knew it wouldn't do me anymore good to not say anything. Everyone was right. In a sense, I was letting Mikage control my life.
"Just try to talk to her calmly, and if it doesn't work, at least you know you tried to be civil with her." Suzuki told me, summing up the conversation.
That's exactly what I was going to do. Get off my ass and confront her like a man and not like a little bitch.
Well, that was a long first chapter. Just mostly background. Next time, Jack confronts Mikage about her trust issues with him. Will the plan of being civil go well? On an attempt to have a fun night out, Carly randomly runs into Jack and Mikage. Will this meeting open up a new can of worms for Jack? Will this give an excuse for Mikage to be nervous? R&R plz.
~Cherriez
