Finally chapter two is up. It took me some time cause my exams were going on. Umm... to all major yaoi lovers who read Death Note stories with all yaoi pairings, sorry but L x Light would be the only yaoi pairing in this story. The other pairings would be :-
L/Light
L/? (Decided not to reveal her yet)
L/OC
Light/Misa
Light/Kiyomi
Kiyomi/Mikami
Sayu/Mello
Sayu/Near
Sayu/Matt
Disclaimer :- I do not own Death Note and its characters. I decided to make Trauma Team characters as some of the doctors and nurses. I don't own TT either.
They'd also be playing a major part in the story so I'll mention the pairings from TT beforehand as well :-
CR-S01/Maria
CR-S01/Tomoe
Gabriel/Lisa
Hank/Claire
Navel (Little Guy)/Naomi (Kimishima NOT Misora)
No flames for any of the pairings, please!
Chapter 2 : Family
Light's family crowded around his bed as he was being bombarded with questions regarding his condition, 90% of which came from Sachiko with a few inputs from Sayu. He brushed of their worries by telling them he was fine and he felt a lot better than he did the night before. Then he coughed. This immediately turned Sachiko's worry switch back on and she began fussing over the boy all over again, much to the said boy's annoyance.
While Light was busy cursing his luck and himself for getting sick and having his mother fuss over him to a point where it gets too damn annoying, the door to the room opened. L, who had gone for an x-ray, walked in, closing the door behind him. Seeing Light's parents there, he bowed deeply in respect.
'Hello', L greeted politely, instantly winning the older one of the two female's heart.
'What a polite little boy', Sachiko cooed, making L, who wasn't very good at socialising, blush. 'Oh my! How cute! What's your name sweety?'
'L-Lawrence Lawliet, ma'am', L replied softly, 'I'm usually referred to as L though.'
'Lawrence? You're not Japanese?'
'I am a quarter Japanese, ma'am. I was born in Winchester though.'
'Oh? You're English then? The other three quarters I mean', Sachiko said with a giggle.
'I'm only a quarter English as well, ma'am. I'm Japanese and Russian from my mother's side and English and French from my father's side.'
'W-Wow! What school do you go to?', the woman said, having an expression of awe on her face.
'I don't go to school. I can't because of my weak health. My parents got a personal tutor for me.'
'Weak health? Must be tough', her expression had now changed to one of concern and pity. It was obvious that she had taken a liking to the odd boy. 'What—?'
'Mom! Quit interrogating him!', Light interrupted, annoyed.
'Light-kun, it's quite alright', L reassured him.
'Are- are you sure? I mean—'
'It's perfectly alright.'
The whole time young Sayu was gaping at L, awestruck by his polite style of speaking and his composure when being practically interrogated by a complete stranger. She could never manage that. Before realising it she yelled out, 'Cool! Onii-tan, thish nii-tan ish sho cool! Cooler than Nea'!'
Little Sayu's words made the ears of everyone in the room perk up. 'Near?', her father and brother asked simultaneously.
'Uh-huh! He'sh an yea' older than me and he goesh to the shame nuwsewy shchool ash me! He'sh shuper cool! But thish nii-tan ish cooler!'
'Near?', L looked at the young girl, 'Is his real name Nate River?'
'Nii-tan knows Nea'?'
'Yeah, he's my younger brother. Well, he's adopted.'
'That'sh sho cool! Eto… what'sh ad-wo-pw-ed'
L chuckled softly at her attempts to pronounce the word, which led to another coughing fit. Soichiro jumped up from his seat and walked over to the slickly boy. Bending down, he placed a hand on his back, gently rubbing it.
When L stopped coughing a little while later, Soichiro asked, 'You okay?'
L looked up to see four pairs of concerned eyes directed towards him. L nodded. 'I'm fine', he said, removing the hand he had in front of his mouth when suddenly Soichiro grabbed it and took a good look at it.
'You're… coughing up blood…', he said, shakily.
'It's normal', L replied.
'Normal?!', Light and his mother exclaimed simultaneously.
'I have bacterial pneumonia. I've been infected by two different bacteria at once — Legionella and Klebsiella, the latter having bloody sputum as a symptom.'
The two adults looked at the boy in awe. Their own son was a genius but this boy was on a whole other level. The way he calmly explained his condition, one in which grown men would also panic; his using names of bacteria the two had never heard of — if they gave someone a description of just his personality, one would never even think that he's just a ten year old child and not a forty year old doctor.
'C-Come on. Lets get you to bed, shall we?', Soichiro said with an awkward smile on his face.
L nodded and began making his way to the bed, not feeling well at all. Black spots began to appear in front of his eyes. He felt his body felt heavy all of a sudden and he felt his knees buckle. Before he knew it, the ground was racing up to meet him. He prepared himself for the hard impact and he pain that accompanies it as his fading vision finally left him.
But the pain never came.
He forced his eyes to clear up as he looked on either sides of himself to find Soichiro and Light holding him up.
'Hey! You okay? L!', Light's voice sounded distantly in L's ears. His vision began to black out again as he was dragged to his bed by Soichiro.
'Sachiko! Call a nurse! Hurry!', Soichiro yelled.
Sachiko obliged and practically ran out of the room. She saw a nurse walking in the direction of the room and called out to her. She quickly ushered her in. Three children worriedly followed her.
After entering the room, the nurse made a bee-line to L's bed. Noticing L's panting, the nurse quickly placed an oxygen mask over his nose and mouth. She pressed a hand to the boy's forehead and, feeling the burning skin under her hand, pressed a button next to the bed.
'Dr. Cunningham!', she yelled into the intercom, 'This is Emma. Please come to room 202 immediately. I repeat, please come to room 202 immediately.'
The children who had come in with Emma ran towards L's bed.
'Onii-chan are you okay', one of them, a red head with goggles on his head, asked. He grabbed hold of L's hand and held it close.
L smiled at the boy. 'Don't worry, Matt. I'm fine', he weakly replied.
'Okay, coming through.'
Everyone looked towards the source of the voice. It was a tall and handsome man, who looked like he was in his late twenties or maybe early thirties with straggly greenish-brown hair and brown eyes. The man made his way to L's bed and sat down on a chair placed next to the bed.
'You okay kid?', he asked L in a kind voice. 'Need anything? Feeling pain anywhere?'
'My- My chest hurts when I breath.'
'Your chest, huh? Emma, give him more painkillers.'
'Yes sir!', Emma said and quickly left the room.
'Dr. Cunningham', a little boy caught his attention. 'Nii-chan will be okay, right?'
Dr. Cunningham smiled at the boy. 'Of course', he said, 'I am his doctor after all!' He grinned boastfully.
'Yeah Gabe… you're the best…', a blond kid said, sarcastically, making Dr. Cunningham glare at him. The kid smirked.
'C'mon kid, drink some water. It'll do you good', Dr. Cunningham told L, helping him to sit up. He then put a glass of water to his lips and helped him drink.
Meanwhile, the third kid, an Albino, began idly chatting with Sayu. It was a funny sounding conversation. There didn't seem to be much age difference between them, but Sayu still could not pronounce many words correctly while the other kid could already speak clearly. During the length of their conversation, Light and his father were busy glaring at the boy, not liking that their little Sayu was growing up so fast.
'I think we should head home now', Soichiro said, a bit too loudly than he had originally intended to. 'I also have to get to work. C'mon Sayu.'
Sayu pouted at her father. 'Can I stway? Pwetty pwease?', Sayu begged, giving her father her most adorable puppy eyes. 'Nea's hea' too?'
'Let her stay Soichiro. You can pick her up after work. Or I'll just come and pick her up if you're late', Sachiko told her husband just as he opened his mouth to protest.
'F-Fine', he said reluctantly with a sigh.
'Yay! Thwank you Papa!', Sayu yelled loudly.
'Shh!'
Sayu looked back to see who was shushing her and saw Dr. Cunningham lightly stroking L's hair. *Sleeping* L's hair.
'Sowwy', she whispered. By this time, her parents had already left after bidding their son goodbye.
'Well…', the doctor said, standing up, 'he should rest for now. Make him take the pain killers when Emma comes back with them.'
'Gotcha, Gabriel', the blond said with a grin.
Gabriel ruffled his hair. 'Behave yourself, Mello. Don't make too much noise or your brother might wake up. Matt, Near, keep an eye on Mello.'
'Alright!', the two boys said in unison.
'Why you—!', Mello said, sorry yelled. The first thing the diagnostician did was hit the boy on the head.
'I told you— keep it down! It'll be your fault if your brother is unable to sleep and recover his health!', he scolded.
'S-Sorry…', Mello said softly, looking down shamefacedly and nursing a lump on his head.
Gabriel nodded and left. The kids in the room all stared after him. Once he was out of sight, the three new comers all pounced at Light's bed.
'You're his room mate?'
'What's your name?'
'Do you play any video games?'
Before Light knew it, he was being bombarded with all sorts of different questions.
'I-I'm Yagami Light…', he introduced himself somewhat nervously, not getting any of the questions they were asking him save the name and the question about the games. Seriously, what was that about anyway?
'I'm Mail Jeevas. You can call me Matt', the red-head who asked about the games introduced himself. Pointing the blond and albino, he said, 'This in Mihael Kheel or Mello and this is Nate River or Near.'
'I'm Yagami Shayu!', Sayu yelled out, 'I'm Light nii-tan's li'l shishtah!'
The three boys grinned at Sayu.
'And we, though not by blood, are L's brothers!'
Well, second chapter is done. Please like and review. Once again, no flames please.
Those who have a Wii or DSi, you must try the Trauma Center series. It's AWESOME!
~Ryuuko