Warnings: dunno
Pairings: ex-perfect, imperial, fuji/marui
Chapter 04
He didn't know how long they had been sitting there under the oak tree. At some point Fuji had stopped crying and just kept on holding on to Marui's jacket. It was wrinkled and stained with tears.
The sky was getting dark and the temperature was dropping very fast now. Marui knew they should be going to somewhere dry and warm. He already felt the shivers running through his body.
He looked down on the smaller boy he held in his arms. All those times he had seen him play, Fuji had looked so fierce, so full of life, so strong. But now he just looked so fragile, like a piece of porcelain, ready to break. Or maybe it was already broken, he didn't know.
Carefully he tried to wrench Fuji's fingers from his jacket, they really had to go somewhere else. "Come on, Fuji", Marui muttered. "You need to let go. We need to get going".
"Yes!". He finally managed to get a hold of Fuji's wrists. He stood up and thereby trying to pull up Fuji. He felt heavy and was wobbling on his feet. His face had paled in the last couple of hours.
Marui felt Fuji's temperature. His forehead was feeling hot, while the rest of his body shivered from the cold. Marui knew a fever was forming.
Fuji coughed again. 'This isn't good, we really have to get going. Or we will both catch a cold'. Marui's mind was swirling with thoughts. He draped Fuji's arm over his shoulder and proceeded to make the first steps forwards. But Fuji didn't move. It was as if his feet were glued to the ground.
"Come on. Please Fuji. Once we're somewhere dry you can collapse all you want. But right now we have to move, otherwise it will turn out nasty." "For both of us". He refrained from saying the last part, but he did mean it.
Finally Fuji gave in and move his feet, trying to walk in to the direction that Marui was leading him. For a couple of moments it went well, until Marui felt his body been dragged down. He tried to steady himself, but was forced on the ground none the less. Quickly he turned his attention towards Fuji.
Fuji was sprawled on the ground, his arms along the sides o his body, his eyes closed. Not the normal natural closed eyes, but something else, like he was forced to lose his eyes. His breathing was shallow and maybe a bit shaky.
Marui set down beside him and turned him on his back. Softly he shook Fuji's shoulder, but nothing happened. He shook a bit harder, but still nothing happened. Marui was starting to panic right now. Here he was, in the middle of Tokyo with an unconscious boy in front of him and he had not a single clue of where to go.
"Oh come on Bunta. Think. Think!", Marui told himself. "You're a tensei after all. What can you do in a situation like this?". Marui was desperately thinking, when suddenly his pocket started vibrating. He quickly grabbed his phone and looked at the caller's ID; Yukimura.
"Moshi, moshi".
"Ah, Marui-kun. I was just wandering how you're doing. You just walked away like that this afternoon.".
"I-I'm fine Yukimura-buchou. I-I have arrived safely here. There's is nothing to worry about".
"Are you sure? You seem to be stuttering quite a bit". Marui's face turned red.
"N-no, everything is fine. It's just… well… I don't know!" He was starting to lose his cool. It was impossible to lie to Yukimura.
"What's wrong Marui-kun?". Yukimura's voice sounded demanding.
"Buchou, what would you do if you found someone unconscious in a park and you have no idea where that said person lives. He just lays here. And he doesn't moves, because he's unconscious. And I've absolutely no idea were he lives!". Marui would have knocked his head to the wall if there was one, he started to ramble.
"You're saying that you're in Tokyo, in a park, with an unconscious boy in front of you?". Yukimura sounded disbelieving.
"Yes! Please tell me you've got a solution, because I think I'm starting to lose it here."
"Okay, first, calm down Marui-kun. Right now you're only making things worse. After that, I suggest you call an ambulance.". Marui went silent for a moment.
"Thanks buchou.".
He closed his phone and took a deep breath. He felt indeed a little bit better. Maybe it wasn't such a bad idea after all. He grabbed his phone once more and dialled the emergency number. He quickly explained the situation to the lady at the other end of the line. She promised to send a team over as soon as possible.
For the next ten minutes, Marui was waiting nervously till the ambulance came. He wished they would hurry up, because every second longer, would only make things worse. He knew he was acting overly dramatic, but he couldn't help it. Finally he heard the sirens of the ambulance and he let go of the air he was unknowingly holding.
Fuji was laid down on a stretcher and loaded into the car. In fifteen minutes he was driven to the hospital were they took him in for examination. Marui was left behind in the hallway. The only thing he could do now was sit and wait until the called him to tell him what was wrong.
A/N: Okay, I know it's lame, but I needed a chapter to finally get him to the hospital. And after working on it for like three days (with writing, deleting, writing, deleting and finally hoping this would be good enough) I ended up with this. I'm not entirly happy with the outcome, but what I've got planned next will sure be better.
BTW: The next chapter can take some time, since I'm down with a fever at the moment. But I will make sure to work on it between my naps.
R&R (Everybody gets a digital lollipop)
p.s. I am in serious need of something lighthearted. Please give me a pairing and I write something fun, because drama is nice and all, but I need some humour to get over my fever. ^_^