CHAPTER 4
When he woke up there was a plate of breakfast sitting on table near his bed, courtesy of his last night companion. He had dreamed about Yuki, At least it seemed like dream. 'I shouldn't have left her like that at night. I should call her and maybe take her out for breakfast.'
"Baby, eat your breakfast, so after that we can go for shopping" said the woman next to him. He really hated the morning after.
"Leave. I already made plans with someone else."
"Someone else? Are you going to leave me just like that, after last night?"
"It is none of your business. Leave or I will call security"
He took out his phone to ignore her. He had turned it silent last night. There are few missed calls from both Akira and Tsukasa. Panic starts to rise when Akira doesn't pick up. There is a message too.
"But baby last night you said you are going to take me out for shopping."
For a moment Nishikado Soujiro forgot how to breathe. 'Rui and Yuki were in an accident. Come to Rui's hospital immediately." This must be wrong may be they are trying to get me back for leaving her in half way. 'I should call Akira and check up.' He thought while dialing the number.
"Honey" Whined the girl again much to his irritation.
"GETOUT" from the corner of his eye he saw the girl leaving the room.
"Where the hell are you? Come to the hospital right now. She is in surgery' Akira's screaming came out of phone made him jump out of his bed.
When he reached the hospital it is in absolute chaos, there are a lot of paparazzi in front of the hospital. Securities are trying to take the control of everything. People clutching microphone is trying are trying get his attention.
Soujiro got out of the car only to by a bunch of journalists asking him questions about accident.
"Nishikado san, this way please." Said a man soujiro recognized as akira's body guard.
"How are they?"
"Hanazawa san is fine but miss Matsuoka is still in surgery."
They entered the corridor to surgery room, and soujiro saw all of his friends are in their own world. Rui sat in floor leaning to the wall with his head in hands, Akira is talking, more like shouting in his phone, Tsukushi is crying uncontrollably and her fiancé sat next trying to console her. None of them minded him while he sat in the chair next to tsukushi.
"Media got yuki's identity; they think she is Rui's girlfriend and trying to dig everything about her." Akira said to no one.
"Call my sister; she will take care of it." Tsukasa answered in a beat.
"But the news about Rui and his lady companion's accident is already out."
"And it will remain that way. Send someone to pick up her parents."
Sound of a door opening sends everyone to alert. A group of doctors emerged from the surgery room.
"The surgery was successful but she is still in critical condition. One of the broken bones went through her lungs but the thing I am more worried about is, she had a severe head injury. We are going to monitor her for the next forty eight hours" Said the man whom soujiro assumed s the head doctor. "Matsuoka-san will transfer to the observation room in few hours. You guys try to get some rest too." The doctor said before leaving.
"I will get lunch for everyone. Soujiro come with me." Akira said after looking around his friends. They all sat in the VIP waiting room after the nurse asked them to leave the corridor of surgery room. Yuki's parents were also sat with them praying for their daughter.
Soujiro raised his head to say no but in didn't leave his mouth after realizing Akira looked determined. He followed his friend without saying a word.
"How?" Only one word left from Akira after he closed the door behind him.
"I don't know what you are talking about."
"Soujiro, we know each other since childhood so keep the lies to you and tell me truth. You two left the engagement party together and I am sure she didn't magically transport to Rui's car."
Akira said in an angry tune that it made soujiro to tell the truth.
"On the way to Yuki's house I got a call from one of friends and she heard the conversation. I didn't know what to do so I stopped the car. She thought I was telling her to leave the car, she got out of the car and walked away."
"You let her go just like that at night?"
"Yes. But"
"No buts soujiro. You wanted to leave her in street last night because if you didn't want to, I wouldn't have heard that woman's sound this morning."
"Akira."
"You are going to face the consequences of your actions. Pray that it will not cruel like you." Soujiro did not know that those words came out of his best friend is going to haunt him for the rest of his life.
Sojiro opened the door of Yuki's room. She sat in hospital bed playing with Rui's fingers and telling something to Rui animatedly. He can see his friend looked elated too. Sensing both of them didn't realize he is inside the room he cleared his throat.
Yuki raised her head to look at the stranger with a blank face.
The view unsettled him. It looks like he hadn't existed in her world as if she had never entered his life. The accident had caused a rift in their world and an impossible distance between them. He brushed her away too many times that it never struck him one day he will lose her forever. But then he'd never been much good at figuring out the cruelty of his behavior.
