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"saki-san...?"
saki had already almost lost consciousness and was about to fade out when the voice came. and it only grew louder.
"saki-san!!, saki-san!! don't loose conscious, wait I'll call for help" said the voice, saki could not even open her eyes to look at the source and with that she lost all consciousness.
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(faintly opening her eyes)
"huh..." she said with her eyes still half closed
her body felt a lot comfortable, where she was sleeping.
'a bed?' she thought to herself and started opening her eyes
the first thing she saw was a ceiling, and a fan hanging on it
"where am i?.." she said in a low voice and turned her head to the right
she way equipments on her bedside,
they were medical equipments, she then turned her head to the left and found even more medical equipments all were attached to her
"is this a hospital?" she had regained most of her conscious and began sitting up when suddenly
"aaahhh!!" she screamed as she felt pain on her lower stomach and her pregnant belly
suddenly a nurse opened the door to the room and rushed in after hearing the scream
"what're you doing don't get up, you're still not completely healed!" said the nurse to saki
"ho..how did i get here?" asked saki confused as to why was she here.
"you were brought here by your husband, when you got here you were on the verge of dying, he said that you accidentally took alot of drugs" said the nurse
'husband..?' thought saki while confused but then she suddenly remembered
"my baby!!, hows my baby?" asked while touching her pregnant belly.
"your baby is unhurt, but mam you should take better care of yourself, and not hurt yourself like this" said nurse and then continuing
"you've been out for 2 days, your husband has been here all this time, even though we told him that you're alright now and just resting a bit, he was indignant on staying here until you awake"
saki was still a little confused
'husband?, was it hayato her face beamed with happiness
'he came back for me!, i knew that he loves me' thought saki to herself while forming a bright smile on her face
suddenly the door opened and a person walked in
he was a man, he was tall around 5'10- 5'11, his complexions weren't bright but not dark either, he wore a suit and jacket and had a small suitcase, he was a slightly chubby around the waist and on face, he was not fat but very close to a fit person, dark hair and blackish eyes.
judging from his clothes he must be a blue collar worker, he seemed to be one of those respectable suitboot worker class of the country
"oh!, there you are Mr.tarounoshi" said the nurse with that she took the note pad on the table besides her and checked on it something and with that she spoke
"it seems your wife is alright now, even though there seems to be an unusual stress on her body, but other than that, she and your baby is healthy" said the nurse
"oh, thank you nurse, for your hospitality" said the Man
saki was in a trance, not being able to understand what was happening here, why was the nurse referring this person as her husband, was she in the right ward?
she was about to ask nurse about what was going on but then the man saw her confused and asked the nurse
"may i have a private discussion with my wife, if you don't mind?" asked the man to the nurse
" not at all, i was just leaving to take these reports to the doctor, go ahead please, I'll be leaving now" with that the nurse walked out of the room
and as the door closed the man suddenly panicked and ran upto saki's bed
she was frightened by him, but she knew that she'd be safe in the hospital so she remained calm but cautious and looked at the the person in a serious demeanor.
as the Man approached her bed he asked almost in a panicking manner
"are you alright saki-chan?, how do you feel right now?" asked the man
"who the hell are you!?, why was the nurse saying that I'm your wife? and how the hell did you know me?"
"oh, you don't remember me?, I'm yasitoki tarounoshi, you can call me by tarou if you want though" he said scratching the back of his head and continuing " we used to attend the same high-school class, that is until you left the school.."
she was still a little confused, of course she didn't know who this guy was, it had been ages since she dropped out of school.
"saki san... if i may ask, what happened to you..?" asked the guy "can you please tell me why you left highschool?" asked tarounoshi curious and worried about her.
saki dropped her face, looking at her own hands, remembering once more her own life, everything that she did, and couldn't help but feel a failure in life.
"you really want to know..." asked saki, giving him a chance to get out of this uncomfortable situation he was forced in because of her.
" tarou-san you should go.., don't get involved with me.., I'm not a good women I've done horrible things in life, thing that if i told you you would hate me for it or despise me as a person.." she said wanting to keep him out of her miserable life.
tarou stood there in silence for a few moments, saki was still looking down not wanting to see eye to eye with him but then she noticed him leaving by the corner of her vision.
*thud*
she heard the sound of the door closing, she raised her head seeing that tarou was not in the room
she couldn't help but feel that he would stay, she wanted someone who could be there for her, someone who would hear her, her pain, anguish, resentment,her life.
she looked distant while looking towards the wall tears starting to well up in her eyes, she closed her eyes, thinking about what she was going to do now
* creaaaaaak*
she suddenly opened her eyes, after hearing the sound, and saw taronoshi.
he came in, closed the door, picked up the chair that was near the door, places it beside her bed and sits on it dropping his little suitcase on the ground.
"but you left, why did you come back?" asks saki confused
"oh that, i had just gone outside to call my boss and tell him that i won't be coming to office tomorrow and i also spoke to the nurse to give us privacy for some more time.." he looks at her eye to eye and then makes a serious face "I want to hear it, and then i will decide myself wether i despise you or not"
she is taken aback by his statement, she sighs, smiles a little and starts telling him everything
how she never had a friend in highschool
how she met hayato and fell in love with him
how she got addicted to drugs
her being slut shamed in highschool
her getting kicked out of her house
her leaving school and living with hayato
her doing prostitution for hayato
being kicked out by hayato
living on the streets and finding out she's pregnant
doing prostitution to save money for her kid
getting her money stolen and being beaten and getting tortured by a group of couples
regretting her life and doing drug overdose to commit suicide
and waking up at the hospital today
AN hour had passed
"and then i woke up here.. and the rest you know." finished saki crying and sobbing up over how many wrong decisions she made in her life.
"even though i am thankful to you for saving me and my child, It would have been better if you would've rather let me die there than wasting your money on me.." said saki.
tarou was just sitting there with his head down looking distantly at the floor, taking it all in.
"see.. i told you that you'd hate me and despise me after i tell you everything, there's still time, you should go and not get involved with me, I'm not a good person, you should leave." said saki after seeing tarou.
after a moment a silence tarou spoke
"do... do you have somewhere to go after getting out of the hospital?.." asks tarou
saki had no answer, she knew that after she got out of the hospital she was going to be living in the streets again, she also knew that she can't have the baby now that she has lost all her money, she was thinking of probably getting overdose again after getting out of the hospital to end her life once and for all, she didn't want her child to live like she had, suicide was her only option now, but she couldn't tell it to tarou so she decided to remain silent.
tarou after not hearing any answer knew what she was probably going to do so he spoke again.
"i go to work at 7 am every morning.." says tarou
saki looks at him confused.
"I don't like to be Disturbed when I'm sleeping in on a Sunday.." her eyes widen, she had somewhat grasped onto what he was saying but still decided to listen to all that he has to say before she replies
"you'll probably need to learn how to cook and clean around the house when I'm not home.." he says.
"you won't be allowed to do any drugs, and drinking and smoking is forbidden until the baby arrives.., you should probably never smoke again if you care for your child.." says tarou
"i will bring home food, i will teach you cooking and household chores.." he continues without waiting for her reply
" and after your delivery I'll get you a job in a company it might not be high in salary but it would be respectable.. and when you would be independent you can leave.."
there's no doubt in her mind, she knew what he meant, he was asking her to live with him.
'why..., why does he want me to live with him, i don't have anything good to offer, I'm pregnant, it's not even his responsibility to take, then why is he saying this stuff' she thinks to herself
"do you agree.." he asks finally still looking down
she shivers a bit looking at his kindness, but then she breaths looks at him and answers
"why..., why are you doing this for me, I'm not even your responsibility to take, you would get nothing by coning me, I'm broke,i lived in the streets, I'm a whore for most people, you can get a good women for yourself, then why are you trying to help a whore.., why are you trying to help me.." she is sobbing while saying this, saying this harsh reality that she has lived through.
he rubs his eyes with his sleeves before lifting his head to look into her eyes.
" I don't know..." he says to her while giving her a genuine smile
she just looked at him for a few moments, not being able to understand why is he helping her, she decides.
"okay..." she says.
' i don't know if he's a con man or not but looking at my current situation it's not like i have anything to lose...' she thinks to herself
" I'll talk to the doctor and ask him when you'll be discharged " he gets up and starts walking towards the door,
just as he's about to open it saki tries to thank him but he turns before she can speak, he looks her in the eye
"thank you..." says tarou and leavs the room
saki is struck over what just happened, why did HE thank her, she was the one who was being helped it's usually the one who was helped who thanks the one who's helping, she was confused and tired so she let it go and closed her eyes again to sleep.
some time later the door opens again
tarou walks in, saki opens her eyes and sees him coming besides her, he bends and picks up his suitcase.
"the doctor said that you can be discharged tomorrow, it's late right now, so i will go home to clean up the house.., I'll come to visit tomorrow morning" says tarou
"okay... " says saki, she was tried from all that had happened in the span of the last few hours
"you should rest for now.." says tarou and gives her a smile and turns around to walk out the door
saki wants to say something to him at least thank him, but she was too tired and fell asleep as soon as she closed her eyes.
' I'll think about it tomorrow..'
THE END
this is the end of the first chapter, when i finished the manga i was literally dead inside for some time, i couldn't accept the ending of the manga so.., I'm changing it. I don't know how many chapters this story will have, it might be just this one or it might go up to 50.., but i feel like i needed to write this.
thank you for your time