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"We managed to stabilize him, but I'm afraid he had lost a lot of blood and his heart has weakened from it. We're trying our best, we slowed his heart to nearly 5 beats per minute trying to let it rest and also there's not much blood in his system at the moment, we also put him in a coma for at least a month. He's on blood transfusion right now. I'm not promising you anything; his chances are slim that he will be able to make it. Pray for him."
The doctor said and left. He had to be honest and tell him the truth, no matter how much it hurt.
When he entered the room, Akihito's face was white as snow, hooked up with the life support machine with tubes all around him. Double IVs in his right hand giving him blood transfusion and nutrients. He was at the edge of death, so fragile and breath taking scene. Asami slowly walked for the first time in his life on unsteady feet, his control power over himself was slipping away with each step he took and each passing second until he stood close to Akihito's side.
The young man's chest was barely moving up and down with his slow breathing. The older man suddenly felt light headed and tried to hold on something but found nothing but a chair behind him. He sat on it with a little thud and held his head between his hands as he felt a little dizzy. The ache behind his eyes threatened him, but he kept his eyes shut.
'Fight for me, please.'
The first two days passed and the doctor told Asami that the young man's chances are a little better than before, and with each passing day his chances would get even higher.
Asami never left him a single day, and his life literally moved into Akihito's room. He worked through his laptop and only went to Sion in case of emergencies, other than that Kirishima was there handling everything. Of course after 2 days Suoh was able to identify the snipers that went after his boss and was able to catch one of the remaining two, the second Asami heard the news he increased the guards on Aki's room and went to the warehouse where the damn sniper would be getting the most painful punishment he ever had.
He would live no matter what happened to him through his punishment; Asami would make sure of it. He tortured him over and over again until he got the information he needed about the one who put the order on him. And even when he was finished, he fed him to the dogs and enjoyed the scene and the screams that felt like music to his ears. He killed them all; he made them pay so dearly, so much for what they have done to him. The sky rained blood that day.
A month passed and the young photographer was still in coma. The doctor said he was getting better and the sound of his beating heart when he checked it was better than before and the ECG confirmed it, but they had to keep him like that for another month just to make sure. He was afraid if they made his heart beat normally again so soon, the young man's heart would beat irregularly and stop.
The older man wished a million times and whispered into Akihito's ear to wake up and open his eyes for him to see, but his pleading was never answered. Oh how much it happened, Asami's mask falling and crashing into pieces. How much he crushed himself showering and allowed the salty tears to fall from his eyes. How much he hid them with the running water on his face. Life was nothing without Akihito
Nearly a month later the doctor and two nurses including Asami were standing there in Akihito's room all around him. The doctor's tests finally gave him the chance to wake Aki up; they were working on Akihito removing the life support machines from him, clearing his system from the coma drugs to get him up making his heart to beat regularly on its own.
Asami was standing there all the time watching them working on the young man, his heart ached in pain again as he thought he was the reason for this. 'It's should've been me taking those doses of drugs, turning his body to the side to check on the bullet wounds and bandage them again. It's should've been me who laid there on that bed, helpless to the world. It was supposed to be me' Asami thought.
As they removed the life support tube from Akihito, everyone stood there as they waited and focused their sight on Akihito's heart beats on the heart monitor as the drugs they injected him remove the effect of the other drugs that caused the coma. The older man stood there as he tried to control his increasing heartbeat, any small mistake would be the end. Seconds then minutes passed and nothing wrong happened, and Aki's heart beat returned in the normal range. The doctor told Asami that the young man would be under observation for a week, and it would take a few hours until he wakes up.
They checked Aki's vital signs one last time then excused themselves and left the older man alone with Akihito. No one would ever be able to tell how much Asami's heart jumped in happiness in his chest, his boy fought for both of them and never let go. Asami sat on a chair close to the bed and took his husband's hand in his and kissed it over and over again, then he kept looking at Aki's sleeping face but time passed and Asami fell asleep still holding the young man's hand.
Aki's eyes fluttered as he tried to open them, it felt like he has been asleep for a long time. It was really hard to move, it felt like his right arm was trapped in something and couldn't move. He tried to lift his left arm but only succeeded to twitch his fingers, it felt like lead and made him tired even more. He tried to speak but only managed to part his lips; he felt the darkness was trying to consume him again. He fought it and whimpered in process that caused Asami's eyes to shoot open and look at the young man whose eyes were still closed. "Akihito?" Asami whispered with a little sleepy voice as he brushed his thumb on Aki's left cheek as he tried to control his pounding heart.
Akihito heard the whisper from far far away, he knew the owner of that voice '…Asami' he thought. He tried to speak but his throat burnt like lava and felt so raw. "A...uh…." It was the only thing that came out from Aki's mouth as he tried to talk. "Don't speak now, you'll just tire yourself. Hold on." Asami spoke gently and took the glass of water from the table next to him. He looked for a straw around but found none, Asami drank some water and held it in his mouth; he held Aki's neck from behind and raised his head a little so that he wouldn't choke. The older man closed Akihito's lips with his and slowly allowed the water to run into Aki's mouth, not wanting him to chock from it.
Akihito drank greedily but weakly, the water felt heavenly running inside him. Asami felt his need and did it again. And when they were finished, Asami put the glass away and stared at Aki's calm face waiting for him to open his eyes." Akihito…." Asami spoke gently again as he kept brushing his right thumb on Aki's left cheek, waiting to see that fire again in his beautiful Hazel eyes. It felt like forever since the last time he saw those pair of beautiful eyes.
Aki's eyes fluttered as he tried to open them. The room was quite dark but you still can see everything around, Asami made sure of it as he waited for the young man to open his eyes once again.
And when they did, they were out of focus at first looking everywhere weakly, but they finally rested on melted golden eyes full with raw emotions and concern. Happiness and joy he rarely saw before Asami put on his mask. The mask that held and made Asami Ryuichi.
"…..Ryu…" Aki whispered with a hoarse voice. It hurt a little to speak but not like before, he hadn't spoken in two months so it felt a little strange. "You're…safe, I'm…glad…." And he gave a weak smile to the older man.
Right there, Asami couldn't hold himself any longer and took the young photographer's face between his hands and bent downward until their lips brushed each other but he never broke their eyes from each other. "It was supposed to be me. It was meant for me." Asami wasn't able to control his trembling hands here anymore as he closed his eyes, not wanting this to be a dream and Aki felt it all.
"Sshhh…., I'm right here." Aki said as he tried to lift his hand and put it on Asami's cheek to comfort him but managed to touch the hand that cupped his face. 'It must have been pretty bad I guess…' Aki thought while still trying to comfort Asami with his touch. Minutes passed away and they just remained like that taking comfort from each other's presence. But Aki fell asleep during the process, his body still needed to recover and Asami understood that, so he gave it to him and the steady beeping sound of his heart told Asami everything's going to be alright.
Three weeks later, Akihito was able to return home once again. Literally Asami carried him all the way from the limo to their bed and put him there to rest. His back muscle hurt like hell when he tried to move the first time and the tears fell on his face. The doctor advised him to move to train his muscles again, and transformed him to a Physical Therapy doctor that would deal with his training.
Akihito watched Asami undress. How much he missed that sight in front of him, he smiled and blushed in happiness and Asami saw it but never spoke. And it was Akihito who broke the silence.
"Hey, Ryu. Where were you taking me that day?" Aki spoke as he tried to rest his back on the bed as he looked at Asami's reflection in the mirror, and he swore in his mind he that he saw tension and fear on Asami's face like every time anyone mentioned the day of the accident, but it was covered quickly with his mask. However, Akihito was able to read the older man's expressions better than before and know how he feels.
"We were going to a wedding." That was the only thing Asami said and stood there for a second to think.
"A wedding!? Omg, don't tell me it's Feilong's!" The idea shocked Akihito and made him to move forward, suddenly putting tension on his back that made him hiss from the sudden pain and close his eyes.
The older man saw it and moved to embrace his boy and to massage his back to relieve the pain. "Ours. Akihito." He spoke and felt the boy's body tense under his hold. Slowly, Akihito broke their embrace and looked at Asami with widened eyes. And to make it even worse for the surprised boy, the older man slid a silver ring on his finger. The two identical rings he kept with him all the time, then he bent down and kissed the ring in Aki's finger.
The young photographer was speechless and his mind couldn't process anything just happened in front of him. When Asami looked in his eyes, Aki's eyes welled up with tears of joy and happiness and he hugged the older man sobbing. And when he finally calmed down, he looked again into molten golden eyes and smiled with tears on his face. "Ryuichi!" Aki said and looked down at Asami's hand to see the other identical ring resting in the older man's hand. Waiting. He took it with trembling fingers and held Asami's left hand in his right and slid the ring on his finger and kissed it like his husband did to him.
Then Akihito hugged Asami again and cried his joy in his husband's chest. "I love you! I love you Ryuichi! I love you more than anything!" And when he again calmed down he looked up to see a rare smile on Asami's face and softness he never saw in his eyes. Then slowly he reached up to kiss his husband's lips.
"Forever, Ryuichi. I'm yours and you're mine. Forever."
THE END
*Hi there everyone! Missed you like hell! :P Here's the omake that i promised you with. And A huge Thank you for Ladyfeather for her great assistant with me for the beta. I admit i tire her a lot with my bad writings but i'll do my best to learn like i promised her ^^. The original one shot was completed with the beta work. if you want to go back and read it. a scene was changed but it did not affect the story :D Please please please please review and comment! your words really encourage me to write more and dance in happiness! I'll be updating god's punishment soon i hope! if not, a new story in coming up ^^ please wait for it. Thanks for reading and sorry for any mistake after my editing.
