LOVE BINDS

CHAPTER 1: A Very Tough Day

"Toushiro…" Momo groaned and opened her eyes. At first, her vision is kinda blurry but after a few minutes her vision clear out. She blinked a few times realizing she was staring at the white ceiling. She turned her attention elsewhere. She saw a certain familiar blonde haired woman who was talking with a man at the door. He wore a long-sleeved white coat with a stethoscope hanging on his neck. "A d-doctor…? Then…I must be…on the hospital…" Momo thought as she looked up on the ceiling again. "But…why am I here?" She heard someone mentioned her name.

"Ah! You're awake, Hinamori…" Momo turned her head where the voice came from.

"Rangiku-san…" Momo mumbled. The said woman approached her bed and sit on the chair beside her.

"How are you feeling now…?" Rangiku asked with a hint of concern and worry in her voice.

"Ano… I felt weird…But I'm fine…" Momo replied. "Umm, why am I here in the hospital, Rangiku-san?" Rangiku tilted her head in confusion.

"You don't remember what happened?" Rangiku asked. "The bystanders that saw the accident, found you lying on the ground, unconscious with a little girl beside you earlier… "

"Accident? Earlier?" Momo felt confused as she tries to recall what happened. Then it finally dawned to her. As she remembered what happened earlier, her heart began to beat fast.

"W-What happened to…Toushiro?" Momo looked at Rangiku with teary eyes. "Please say that he's okay…" Momo thought. Rangiku looked down for awhile before looking up to Momo with a sad look in her eyes. "No…Rangiku-san…Please…"

"Hinamori…" Rangiku began. "I'm sorry to tell you…but…Toushiro is…" Rangiku hesitated for a moment.

"Rangiku-san…P-Please…tell me.." Momo pleaded as her vision began to get blurry because of her tears. Rangiku took a deep breath.

"Toushiro is… He is…dead." Rangiku finally said. Momo gasped hard and her eyes widened upon hearing it. "No way… It can't be… He can't be dead… No…" She clutched the bed sheets as she breathes heavily. Suddenly, Momo's parents came in.

"Ah, Momo, dear, you're awake—" Momo's mother was cut off when Momo yelled.

"You're just lying, Rangiku-san! I don't believe you!" Momo yelled as she tossed the blanket that was wrapped around her and jumped out of her bed. She quickly ran out of her room.

"Momo!" Her mother called for her. When she was about to follow her, her husband caught her arm, and shooked his head.

"Hinamori!" Rangiku called for her as she followed her. Momo paid no heed on her calls and continue to run on the hospital hallways. She's going to prove that it's not true. That Toushiro is fine. She ran past a certain room where she caught a familiar white hair. She stopped abruptly and walked back to the room where she saw that familiar white hair. She looked inside of that certain room and she saw Toushiro's grandmother who was crying beside the bed. "N-No…" She slowly approached the bed. She saw a body covered in a white blanket. It covers the whole body and the face, only the hair is left uncovered. Momo reach for the blanket with her trembling hands and gulped. She carefully pulled the blanket to uncover his face. She gasped loudly when she saw who it was. "T-To..Toushiro…." She gently reached for his face with her already trembling hands. She gently caressed his face. He has few bruises and wounds on his face due from the accident. Momo clutched the sheets as her tears flow from her eyes to her cheeks. She tilted her head downwards making her tears fell on Toushiro's pale face. Rangiku, who was leaning on the door's frame, looked at the crying and grieving girl.

"Hinamori…" She mumbled as she felt eyes began to water too. Momo got on her knees with her head buried on her arms that was still clutching the bed sheet. Toushiro's grandmother decided to approach Momo and gently wrapped her arms around her and hugged her tight. She caressed her soft raven hair while saying some comforting words to her.

After somewhat 2 hours, Momo finally calmed down. She was now sitting on her hospital bed while hugging her knees to her chest. She was just staring blankly on the white bed sheet. Her eyes are red because of crying. Momo's parents together with Toushiro's grandmother were busy talking to the doctor about Toushiro. Rangiku looked at her sympathetically. She decided to break the silence.

"According to the people who witnessed the accident, you ran across the road to save that little girl from the speeding car… And they said that, Toushiro came to your rescue and push you out of the way so the car wouldn't hit you and the little girl. But unfortunately, he was the one who got hit by the car… He saved you and the little girl…Coincidentally, I was on the city to go shopping when I noticed the commotion and I saw you being carried by medics to place you inside of one of the ambulances. When I heard what happened, I immediately called your parents and Toushiro's grandmother. The doctor said that you fainted because of shocked… Witnessing that accident is too much for you, so that's why you fainted… And for Toushiro…The doctor said that he was dead on arrival… His ribs broke and went inside of his body. The broken ribs pierced his left lung and his heart… And that was the cause of his…death…" Rangiku explained while trying to avoid her tears from spilling. She noticed Momo flinched upon hearing the last word. "Hinamori…." Rangiku called out her name. There's no response. Rangiku inwardly sighed. "Hinamori… You need to rest… You look tired and horrible…" Rangiku said in a concern and worried tone. But still, no response from the raven haired girl. Rangiku sighed.

"Rangiku…" Rangiku looked behind her and saw Momo's mother.

"How was it, Hinamori-san?" Rangiku asked.

"The doctor said we can take Momo home, as well as Toushiro's body. My husband was just paying the bills…" Momo's mother said.

"I see…" Rangiku turned her attention again to the raven haired friend. Momo's mother looked at Momo with a sad look in her eyes.

"Mrs. Hinamori…" Momo's mother turned around and saw the doctor on the door with a nurse behind him. "If you don't mind, I want to give your daughter a soporific drug… She needs some rest…"

"I see…" The doctor nodded and approached Momo with the nurse following him from behind.

"Ms. Hinamori… I'm sorry but you need some rest…" The doctor said. Momo didn't respond to him as well. The doctor motioned for the nurse. Rangiku approached Momo and hugged her tightly.

"Hinamori… you worked out yourself too much today… You need to rest for now…" With that said the nurse got the syringe and injected a soporific drug to Momo.

"N-No… I don't….want…to…" Momo began to feel drowsy and after a few minutes, she was now sleeping peacefully.

"Thank you so much, doc… I'm really sorry to bother you… I know that you're also busy with your other patients…" Momo's mother said.

"It's okay, Mrs. Hinamori… This incident is very shocking for her… She really need some sleep since she had been staring blankly elsewhere… " The doctor said.

"Yeah… It's a very tough day for my daughter…"

To be continued…

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Ahh, finally, an update! Hmm, so for the beginning of this story, it genre is very dramatic… But later on next chapters, it will be less dramatic… Well, if you're a little confused about the story, there are some few surprises on future chapters so stay tuned… Well, I'll give you a cue: The other genre of this story is supernatural… If you didn't know what I meant, review on this chapter and I'll reply you…

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