"Damn!"
The white-haired teen swore while growling to his unfortunate fate, or rather, to his moronic forgetfulness.
The drops of rain splashing and sprinkling like broken glasses under the dim-lit light bulb that was positioned appropriately near the entrance of the grocery store where he had been standing to wait for the rain to subside.
For all the days, why now did he have to forget to bring his umbrella? He was definitely annoyed with himself because he was aware that this evening, according to the weather forecast, will probably rain. He grumbled to himself in self-loathing.
Hoisting his groceries on his arms that is for tonight's dinner; he coughed and arranged his green scarf against his neck to cover the chill of night.
Unfortunate as it was, he'd been standing in the entrance for nearly an hour now but the rain never stop from pouring and instead it becomes more outrage as the wind roared with it, making it hard to see the damp street. The snows where scattered all over the place whenever the droplets of water fell upon them.
The white-haired teen was pacing back and forth of the entrance and sometimes went inside the store to warm his freezing body. Even with his body covered over all with coat, gloves, and a scarf the stubborn wind still slipped inside it. Some people that come and go inside the store had offered him to join them in their brought umbrella but he decided to decline their offer because most of them were living on the different area and he doesn't want to give them trouble with his stupidity.
Furthermore, his luck somehow had fled to wherever place it gone to for the moment he wanted to buy an umbrella the store he was in had run out of their stock. Paying a cab would be too much for his flat was only a block away, a walking distance so to speak. Therefore, his options were crashed out except for one – to run off under the thunderous rain.
Silver eyes scanned his wristwatch and recognized the 9:36 written on it. Estimated time for staying was over an hour and twenty-two minutes and that is absolutely fuck.
He bit his lower lip then puffed a mouthful of air.
Decisively, he flung the hood onto his head; his groceries placed in his stomach to avoid it being wet and then ran off outside the pouring water, taking sure steps over a slippery pavement.
Not only minutes after that, the white head was utterly soaked to boot but he kept on running nevertheless. Rainfall upon his eyes making him hard to see the street, but focused he did. He was freezing. God it was cold.
He ran as fast as he could until he saw the corner where he needed to turn towards his flat. Almost immediately, without him noticing with his eyes blurry from the rain, he did no notice of the person coming in other direction. They collided with each other making the small teen staggered backward and fall on his rear.
Groceries scattered around as he gazed upward to look who he had stumbled with but he found nothing. Wiping his eyes, he looked down and was shocked to see a person lying on the cold concrete pave.
Did he collapse with just that? What the! He thought with knitted brows.
While trembling he moved closer to the body; the person wasn't moving at all.
Is that a girl?
Wait! The person's back was... familiar...
Oh no, it can't be him.
The stranger's black locks were screwed. Allen moved closer to the unmoving body. He wriggled the person to see if he was awake.
No movement.
Slowly, as delicate as he could manage the teen rolled the unsuspecting stranger on his back. Placing the guy's head onto his lap only to see the familiar face of the person he perfectly knew, and it shocked him. He really wasn't mistaken.
"Kanda!"
The nineteen year-old male noticed the other's situation. Kanda's coat was tattered and bloody all over and the rain didn't help at all since the blood had never ceased to flow.
He frowned.
What happened to him?
"Kanda! Wake up!" he slapped his face slightly.
Still not moving.
"Kanda!"
Allen was utterly scared, to the point which he didn't know what to do anymore. It never happened to him ever since he could remember. He can't think of the right solution.
What to do? Was the only question that circled on his anxious mind.
And thus remembering his mobile phone, he rummaged right away on his pocket to search for it, when found, he immediately called for help. Gladly, it was waterproof.
-o-o-c-
He managed to open his eyes even though it felt like lead and meet the white ceiling. His whole body was as if weighing tons of heavy metals and it aches in every places possible however much soft the bed he was laying.
'What happened to him?' he pondered.
With heavy lids, he surveyed his surroundings and found a sofa in the corner with a small table. He diverted his eyes to his right only to find a person sleeping on his side, one arm was splayed under the head and the other was crossed against the forearm. The person has had a very calm expression when asleep. Slowly, he lifted his arm to hold the other's hand and when he did, he gripped it as tight as his strength could last.
'This hand was cold.'
Shortly after that, his eyes slowly...slowly fluttered close.
-o-o-c-
Allen got up from his soft bed to go to the bathroom and take a shower but the loud chiming of his mobile phone made his steps faltered and pivoted to the direction of his mobile phone. Upon answering however, he checked the caller first.
"Yes, Lenalee." he answered.
"Allen, Kanda's awaken!" Lenalee squealed in happiness over the phone as she announced the good news.
"What? Really?!" Allen exclaimed in obvious delight.
"Yes. The doctor was inside to check Kanda, Lavi was inside as well. I only got out for a minute to inform you the good news." she said while sobbing. "I'm glad he's awake. Thank God." she added.
"Okay Lenalee, I'll be there in fifteen. I'll just take a shower." he then cut the call and hastily went inside the bathroom.
The day was fine. The vast blue shade shows its beauty with the clouds forming different kinds of indistinguishable shapes up in the sky.
But today was different for a certain white-haired teen that was running in haste on the damp street to the direction of the waiting cab. It seems that the weather was agreeing with his happy and yet a bit anxious emotions.
After knowing that Kanda had woken up from his one day and two straight nights of sleep made his heart felt overjoyed. Despite them being enemies, Allen didn't wish that something bad will happen to Kanda. He wasn't that kind of person.
Allen slid in and sat at the backseat of the cab then told the driver immediately his destination.
The cab ran moderately and turned to the corner where, as Allen could remember, the place he had collided with Kanda. The memories were still fresh from his mind: the tore coat and dirty undershirt, the blood, the cuts, the bruises, everything. He could even hear the splash of the water rain and the laboured breathing of Kanda on how hard it was for him to breath. Everything was very hard to forget. It is.
A day has passed since it happened but he could still feel how frightened he was at that moment. He was shivering terribly, though not in cold but in nervousness. Full of what if's questions lurked inside his head but he tried to dissipate it all and instead think properly on what was the right thing to do.
Thus, he contacted the hospital for help. Upon the ambulance's arrival and just after Kanda was brought to the ER that was then he remembered to inform Lavi and Lenalee.
-~oo~-
Thirty minutes after he called, Lenalee came.
"Allen! What happened?" she ran up to him and took the seat beside him. The worried expression that etched on her face was evident on her voice together with the confusion. "You're soaked? What had happened Allen? You're not hurt, are you?"
Worriedly, she took of her coat and put it to Allen's trembling body.
The white-haired teen turned to her when he felt the fabric on his back. He shook it off to give it back to Lenalee but the other just stared at him quite sternly with lips pursed indignantly. So he immediately changed his mind and instead opted to take off his wet coat and put Lenalee's own on his back.
"You're not cold?" he gazed at her.
"I'm not the one who's soaking. Now tell me what's happened to Kanda?" Lenalee said softly with a bit of reprimanding.
Allen shook his head and released a deep sigh.
"I...I don't know, actually. I don't know Lenalee. I...I just saw him on the ground full of blood. I don't know. Everything happened so fast." he covered his face with the palm of his hands then heaved another deep sigh.
He leaned backward against the wall, eyes closed.
"I really don't know..." his voice trailed off.
Lenalee only held his hand and did not comment. She seems to notice the exhaustion on the other's face.
Both heads circled around when the door of the ER opened and the unconscious body of Kanda emerged out of it, followed by a few doctors and nurses.
Seeing their friend's state, Lenalee tear up while Allen just stared with glossy silver eyes at Kanda whose head was covered with bandage.
The doctor said that they will need to undergo more test to Kanda.
A few minutes later, Lavi arrived. Lavi is his second cousin, but very close at that, and Kanda's his best friend. Since his father Neah and his uncle Deak were brothers and both were close like best friends as well. The redhead was the only reason why he met Kanda, well maybe, except for the fact that they all were studying in the same university.
-~oo~-
The cab stopped in front of the entrance of the hospital. He paid and got out. Pushing the glass door open, Allen suddenly saw the mopped of red hair of his cousin Lavi and is talking to the doctor. He silently walked over to them.
"Lavi." Allen called softly and hoped he did not disturb them.
The redhead turned to him then flashed a smile upon seeing him. However, the bothered expression that passed on Lavi's face didn't go unnoticed by the silver-eyed teen. He moved closer to Lavi and the doctor. If he wasn't mistaken it was Kanda's doctor, Dr. Wiki.
"We need to discuss his situation in my office." the doctor said to both of them after the white-haired teen stepped on the hearing range.
Lavi opted to nod. Allen frowned but nodded nonetheless.
Dr. Wiki allowed a smile on her face and her spectacle glinted under the light when she took a glance at Allen. She then whirled around and casually made his way to her office, making the two silent boys followed.
When inside, they took their seat across the doctor's glass table, some files piled on the side.
"What is the problem doctor?" Allen asked right away after sitting comfortably in the vacant chair.
She put the pad on her desk and settled down.
"Well base on my test a while ago, I can say that your friend is suffering amnesia."
"Amnesia?" Allen asked, eyebrows knitting together.
Lavi kept silent on the other side; waiting for her to continue.
Dr. Wiki nodded.
"It's called a retrograde amnesia, in which the person forgets the recent events or rather, some specific events that occurred to him before the accident. It is commonly associated with head injuries or traumas that trigger his brain to forget some of his important memories." she explained calmly.
"How long does it normally lasted?" Lavi asked calmly.
"I can't guarantee you with any answer. Fortunate for some it only lasted weeks or months, however other wasn't as lucky as them, sometimes they stays like that forever, it all depends on the patient." she paused. "For Mr. Kanda's case I can say it's just temporary. But for that to achieve we need to help him by slowly reminding him some of the events that happens within those moments or show him something very important to him that he had forgotten. Let me remind to not force him to remember immediately. And please try not to give him so much stress because it could possibly be the cause for him to breakdown and the reason for him to be amnesic for longer years." she drew up a small smile. She got up from her seat.
Dr. Wiki then proceeds to tell both of them the important details on how to cure Kanda. The causes of Kanda's memory loss and the things they needed to know.
Both males just nodded at her slowly, trying to swallow all the information the doctor was trying to explain to them.
Shortly thereafter they stepped out of the office to stalk off to Kanda's room.
"How can these things happen?" Allen grumbled. What will happen to Kanda now? He sighed. When a question crossed his mind, he asked. "Lavi when you said Kanda lost some of his recent memories does that mean...?" Allen asked, staring at his cousin unbelievably.
Understanding, the redhead nodded.
"Yes, he does not remember anything about us, about him coming here in London. All he says was that he lived in Japan." Lavi answered. "I have no idea what does he remember about this place. But I'm perfectly certain that the first time I met Kanda was two years ago when he transferred in our school." Lavi sighed.
"Two years?" That was...wow. "H-how about his family?" he added.
Lavi shrugged. "I don't know how to contact them. Kanda never talk about his family ever. I can't even find his phone. But I'll try to find anything valuable that might give us some information about his family on his apartment. I'll go there tomorrow." the redhead replied determinedly and gone the normally happy Lavi.
The white teen sighed dejectedly. What should they do? Why did it become so complicated?
They ceased their steps when they were outside Kanda's room.
"We need to help him remember for us to know what happen or who did this to him."
Allen nodded. "You don't need to tell me. We will find out."
"Actually, at first," Lavi continued talking. "...he doesn't trust anyone-"
Lavi and Allen suddenly looked at the door when they heard a loud noise inside Kanda's room. They tore the door open only to find Lenalee dusting the shards of glasses on the tiled floor. The short-haired girl glanced at them, startled by the sudden opening of the wood.
"What are you doing?" asked Lenalee to the both of them, she was frowning.
Lavi blinked, he then altered his gaze to the other occupant of the room whose attention was clearly not with them. Kanda was leaning against the headboard and was staring at the sky outside the window.
Not only his head was bandaged but also his pale skin was covered with plasters. However the purple bruises were still apparent. The black-haired guy didn't even glance at them when they entered.
"What happened here Lenalee?" Lavi asked while stepping inside with Allen.
"I accidentally bumped the glass on the table and it fell. Sorry!" the girl answered, face contorted slightly in playful apology. "Anyway, what did Dr. Wiki say?" he then put the broken shards on the trash bin after dusting all of it.
Lavi shrugged wearily upon recalling the doctor's words but told he did. He started on Kanda's situation, the causes as well as how to help and treat him. The girl's knees weakened in the end of Lavi's sentence. She closed her eyes for a couple of moments and sighed before settling down on the small sofa, which was placed near the wall.
Meanwhile, Allen shoved his coat off his shoulders and placed it on the armrest of the sofa.
He stared at Kanda. The guy wasn't moving since they came. Even sparing a glance at them, Kanda didn't do. The albino teen walked cautiously to him.
"Kanda." he'd spoken softly when he was beside the guy's bed, trying to get his attention. He settled on the unoccupied chair beside the silent man. The man didn't respond or even turn.
"Kanda." he tried again, voice much louder. The reaction was still the same.
The albino guy had no idea how to treat Kanda. Never had he imagine that there will come a time that Allen couldn't decide how to talk to his great enemy. It felt strange. But the doctor says not to give him stress, so he will or rather need to follow.
'For the sake of Kanda.' The teen almost laughed at the irony. For Kanda's sake? That probably will be the funniest sentence Allen could ever hear if this thing didn't occur. He allowed a small smile nonetheless.
"How are you feeling Kanda?" he managed to sit on the edge of the bed.
This time Allen was given a reply, a menacing growl. His brows knitted.
When Kanda looked at him, it seems to him that the other wanted to glare at him but no. The moment Kanda's piercing blue eyes landed into him, his angry expression altered into somewhat shock. Blue eyes widened a bit but bruised lips never open.
Somehow, upon realizing his expression, the brunette turned his expression back to normal.
Kanda straightened up abruptly as if he doesn't feel any pain at all. He lifted his arm, stretching it closer and closer to the confused white teen.
"Ai..."
Allen did not catch the word but he knew Kanda had spoken. So he waited onto what Kanda would do. Much to Allen's amazement, the raven cupped his left cheek while his other hand held his shoulder.
Allen just blinked.
'What is Kanda doing?'
Lavi and Lenalee sauntered to them, bewildered.
Kanda had spoken another inaudible sentence again. Blue irises held the silver ones. He tightened his hold on Allen's shoulder and not removing his hand on his cheek.
Suddenly the invalid pulled the startled white-haired teen towards him, wrapping both arms around the lithe body and squeezing him under his hold. It was as if the raven was afraid Allen will lose in just a snap.