CHAPTER 3

OKAY GUYS I HAVE A OC IN THIS CHAPTER. THE AUNT, NANOMI SHIROHI. THANKS FOR READING THIS FAR.

NANOMI'S POV:

It's been a while since I've had some time to myself. It's been just under 2 years since I took in my two nephews. They're just so cute. I've loved them ever since they were babies. A set of twins my amazing sister gave birth to. My little sister was young when she got married and young when she died. I look down into my tea. "Look sis, 3 upright sticks. How unusual." I leave the past in the past and start thinking about the future. Those boys are under my care, I gave them a chance to go out tonight. I mean they are nearly 16, I should be able to trust them a little. They best not come home drunk or they'll get an arse whooping.

I've noticed something though. Something that worries me just a little. The relationship between the boys has been strained of late. I'm not too sure what's happening between them but I'm sure I'll be able to make them talk to me if not to each other.

I stand up fast when I hear the commotion at the door. It was Misaki and his friend Sumi attempting to get through the door. Sumi throws Misaki on the sofa as I walk into the main room. "What the hell happened? He better not be drunk Sumi otherwise you'll be getting it too." He looked at me with tears in his eyes. I stopped my ranting and went to Misaki's side. "What happened?" I ask trying to calm the other teen down.

"Someone slipped something into his drink. I don't know what it was but I figured he would be better off with you than waiting hours in the hospital."

Shit, I know I'm a Doctor but diagnosing unknown drugs is not my department. I'm usually in major injuries. I won't let my nerves show. I need to focus on Misaki.

"The best thing we can do for now is treat the symptoms. I'll call an ambulance and he should be seen straight away."

I continue to order Sumi about, getting cool towels and ice to get his temperature down. Once Misaki was comfortable I finally have a chance to ask Sumi some questions. "Now, tell me what happened, do you know who did this?" Sumi's face changes. He looks directly at me, like he feels sorry for what he has to tell me.

"Takahiro did." I don't reply. I don't know how to react to something like that. "He followed us to the party and spiked Misaki's drink with something. I have no idea what it was, I tried asking but he refused to tell me."

"Okay," I say quietly, "I'll talk to Takahiro. If you're sober enough can you go with Misaki to the hospital?"

"I didn't drink anything, so I'm fine to do that." He replies. I need to find a way to get Takahiro to talk to me. I know they weren't getting along, but I never thought either of them would go this far. The ambulance arrives in good time, I tell Sumi to go with Misaki to the hospital while I wait for Takahiro to come home and tell me what the drug is.

TAKAHIRO'S POV:

I drank a lot. My image was ruined by none other than my own brother. I know I should go home but I can only imagine the carnage waiting for me. Sumi would have explained that it was me who drugged Misaki and my Aunt would obviously take my brothers side over mine.

She always had a soft spot for him, so did my parents. When ever anything happened they would always take his side over mine. He was the one who asked them to come home quickly. He was the one who fell sick the day they left for that party. He was the one they rushed home for.

They died because of him. I'll hate him forever.

I start making my way home, my mind riddled with scenarios of what may happen once I return. It makes me want to stay out longer, but I know if I don't deal with it tonight, I'll just have more to deal with tomorrow. I have to go home.

It's about half one in the morning and I'm outside the front door. I take my time making my way back with the hope that my Aunt would have given up waiting for me and gone to bed. However, I don't think she's even in. Her car isn't in the drive and all the lights are out. Why? Where is she at this time in the morning? I use my own key to get in, switch on the main room lights and see the note left on the coffee table.

'Takahiro, I've gone to the hospital with Misaki. Make your way over when you see this. If I don't see you, you're dead.'

Damn it, he probably came home all over dramatic, not wanting to admit he was wasted, and got Aunt scared enough to call an ambulance. Whatever, if he thinks I'm going to fall for his victim act he really doesn't know me all that well.

I have a shower, get a change of clothes then make my way to the hospital. I decide to call a taxi as my legs are tired and the first signs of a hangover are starting to show.

It doesn't take long to arrive at the AE department of the hospital. I make my way in were I see my Aunt waiting for me by the main inner doors. "Where the hell have you been?" Great she's starting one of her rants. "I was waiting for you at home but it got so late, I had to check Misaki was okay and send Sumi home."

"No need to get your knickers in a twist, I told you I was going out tonight." I say half heartedly. I really don't have the energy to deal with her overprotective ways.

"Fine, but I would have expected you home before this time. Now, tell me the truth, did you spike Misaki's drink? And don't you dare lie to me because I'll know." She would as well. I've never been able to lie to this woman. It's like she has a built in lie detector, she'll kill me if she thinks I'm lying too.

"I thought he needed to loosen up a bit." I state, without looking at her. I can't. I know what I did was wrong but I really thought he could use it. I didn't give him anything that could hurt him, just a small amount of ecstasy.

She slaps me. Hard. She's pissed and there's nothing I can say to calm her down at this point. I don't think I quite deserved that though. "WHAT DID YOU GIVE HIM?" She screams, drawing attention from others near us. She never been one to easily control her emotions.

"It wasn't anything to hurt him, and it was a low dose." I say with my head down.

"Oh, I didn't realise you were a doctor." She says sarcastically. "What was it?"

"It was ecstasy." She takes a few steps back and looks at me directly in my eyes.

"Well, thank you for telling the truth. I have to speak to the doctors, they couldn't identity what it was." She's disappointed in me, there's no mistaking that.

NANOMI'S POV:

I leave Takahiro where he is and make my way to Misaki's hospital room. There are two nurse's and one Doctor with him, I approach the Doctor. "Hey," I say calmly, "I found out the drug in his system. It's ecstasy." He looks at me confused.

"We tested for that drug and it wasn't in his system. Whom ever told you that is either lying was sold this drug on the assumption it was ecstasy. But I can tell you now it isn't. Also, whatever he was given he is having a severe allergic reaction to it. If we can't get his heart rate to slow down, we're going to have to stop it and jump start it again. If it gives up on it's own there's a high risk of him not coming back."

I stay quiet while he tells me this but I can't stop the tears from coming, he tries to comfort me but it just turns my tears into wailing.

"I didn't realise how bad it was. Is my little Misaki going to die?" I can't stop now. He can't die, he's just a baby. Not my little man, please.

"Look." The Doctor starts again, handing me a tissue. "The risks are very high at the moment, but we are going to do everything in our power to bring them down. Whatever he was given is an accelerant, which is why his heart is so fast and his temperature so high, we need to treat those symptoms first. The allergic reaction he is having to the drug needs to be treated also. We had to install a tracheostomy tube where is throat had swollen to allow air to reach the lungs and the skin irritation needs a antihistamine cream. We have induced a coma due to the amount of pain he was in and to try and slow his heart rate. As I said before, the risks are high. We can't chance him going into cardiac arrest."

I calm down a little and looked over to Misaki, covered in tubes and hospital blankets. "Okay," I say actually understanding the jargon, "I have to tell his brother what's happening." He nods as I leave, the walk down the corridor to Takahiro is painful. How am I suppose to tell him all this? How would he feel? He shouldn't have done it, no. But he didn't know what he was buying. He's only 15. What do I do?