His Psychotic Love
Chapter 7: Forgotten Promise
"Your daughter is fine," the doctor repeated this sentence again. "It was just a sudden stop of heartbeat and that was all. We have managed to save her just in time. Rest assured, Ma'am."
Yuka heaved a sigh of relief and sat down on a bench. Hotaru and Ruka looked relief too and they sat next to each other. There was complete silence among them.
I hope so but you know what?
All of these happenings are because of the two of you.
If you two weren't her friends, Natsume will not have threatened her.
She would not be hurt like she is in now.
All of a sudden, a nurse came out of a room and approached Yuka.
"Natsume Hyuuga is all right too. His head has already stopped bleeding," the nurse spoke with a slight concern shown on her face. "It must be hard on him as well. Seeing his friend's heartbeat suddenly stopped must have frightened him."
"Is he still in that room?" Yuka asked while pointing at the room where the nurse had just came out from.
The nurse nodded and then, dismissed herself. Yuka walked into the room with Hotaru and Ruka, and the first thing they saw was a boy with bandages wrapped around his head staring into space. He looked dazed and oblivious to his surroundings. Hotaru gritted her teeth and stomped towards him. She grabbed his shirt and slapped him across his face. However, he did not flinch at all. He was completely out of this world.
Ruka pulled Hotaru away from Natsume and glared at her. Yuka just stood there next to Natsume, looking very emotionless. Natsume was still not responding.
"Natsume-kun, you tried to kill Mikan, right?" Yuka hissed.
This time, Natsume finally looked up at her and stuttered, "N... No... I... I...did not..."
"Liar!" Hotaru screamed and Ruka quickly covered her mouth with his hand.
Yuka stepped forward and touched Natsume's forehead.
"I see," Yuka mumbled and she put her hand back to her side.
"He is obviously lying! Mikan won't die that easily. It must be him who tried to kill her!" Hotaru removed Ruka's hand from her mouth and shouted angrily.
Natsume shook his head with tears in his eyes and laughed, "As if I would! I would never kill her. It just that..."
"What is it?" Ruka interrupted suspiciously.
Natsume looked at him and smiled. His hands went around his own neck and his thumbs were on his throat. Then, he did an action of pretending to twist his own neck and laughed again.
"You strangled her! I knew it!" Ruka said loudly and was ready to punch Natsume until Hotaru stopped him.
"I was just playing around," Natsume chuckled. "But she survives, doesn't she?"
This time, Yuka slapped Natsume which made him shock. He touched his swollen cheek and looked at her.
"Let me tell you this. Mikan is no longer indebted to you! So, please stop harassing her anymore!" Yuka cried with tears finally came out from her eyes as she kneeled in front of him.
Natsume covered his ears and chanted, "I don't understand what you are talking about. I don't understand what you are talking about. I don't understand what you are..."
Yuka pulled his hands away from his ears and begged, "Please! I beg you! My daughter will still be your friend. You don't need that excuse to bind yourself to her. You two need to be freed! Please let her go, Natsume-kun!"
"No! No! No!" he shrieked. "If I do that, Mikan will die! I will be lonely again! I can't do that! We need each other so much! I..."
He stopped his ranting and panted.
"I... I..."
Suddenly, his head dropped and hung so low that his chin could touch his chest. He had stopped moving and everything became quiet. Yuka lifted up his head and realised that his eyes were already closed. He was still breathing and somehow, he fell asleep. His brain had shut down by itself. After all, Natsume was very tired.
Yuka gently put his head down and straightened up her body. She turned to face Hotaru and Ruka and gave them a smile.
"I hope what I have just said will turn the tables around," Yuka whispered softly and the two children looked at each other before giving her a nod.
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Mikan slowly opened her eyes and noticed that she was staring right at a bright fluorescent light on the ceiling. She covered her eyes with her right hand. The hand on her face accidentally touched something rough on her forehead. Removing her hand from her eyes, she began tracing the material.
She saw a small mirror situated next to her bed so she stretched out her left hand and grabbed that mirror before looking at her image. She was shocked to find her head was all wrapped up with bandages, even her hair could not be seen at all. She looked like a bald mummy.
She put the mirror back on the small table and tried to sit up but was a little difficult to do so as her back felt pain.
"Where is Mum?" Mikan groaned. "Where am I?"
She looked around frantically and spotted a few buttons at the side of the bed. One of them was labeled 'Position upwards' so she pressed it curiously. The bed jerked and she began pressing the button continuously until she was in a sitting position. She glanced around the room and realised she was in a hospital ward alone.
While touching the bandages on her head, she tried to recall whatever had caused her to be in this state. She just could not remember it at all. All she could remember before she fell into unconsciousness was that she was trying to stop Natsume from doing something. She pondered hard and finally gave up. She pulled the covers away and noticed that her left ankle was also bandaged. She sighed deeply. How she wished that she could walk out from this uncomfortable bed and return home to see her mother.
Suddenly, she heard noises coming from outside the room. Mikan quickly pulled back the covers and started jamming onto the 'Position downwards' button but it was too late. The door slid open and revealed a doctor and two nurses.
Both parties stared at each other for a few seconds until the doctor spoke, "Gosh! You have woken up earlier than I have expected. How are you feeling now?"
Mikan shrugged and replied, "I'm fine, but my head and back hurt a lot."
"What about your left ankle?" a nurse asked as she began to inspect the enormously huge bandaged feet.
"I can't move it so I can't feel a single pain," Mikan answered. "What happened to me before I came here?"
"You fell down from a building," the doctor said while recording something down on his clipboard. "Well, it seemed to be an accident while having a fight with your friends. Can't you remember it?"
Mikan looked at him and questioned again, "How long have I been here?"
"Three days ago," he quickly replied. "Anyway, you are quite lucky. People with severe head concussion will usually take a long time to wake up or may even result in a long-term coma. Some people may suffer from amnesia, be it permanently or temporary."
Mikan touched her head again and the doctor laughed, "I'm sure that you could still remember your name, your family members and the things about yourself and your daily life."
Mikan nodded and blushed.
"I think I am all right after all. I know that my name is Mikan Sakura and I live with Mum. I love reading manga and drawing," Mikan listed out loudly with a large beam on her face. "I love my friends as well."
The doctor and nurses were delighted to find that Mikan was fine, in terms of mentality. They excused themselves from the ward and left Mikan alone again to report the good news to her mother and her three friends.
Upon hearing the good news, Yuka rushed into Mikan's ward, together with Hotaru, Ruka and Natsume behind her. When she slid open the door, she saw Mikan was peeling a red apple with a small knife. Mikan looked up and stared at them with a grin.
"Hello!" Mikan greeted.
"Mikan! You are all right! I'm worried sick for you!" Yuka cried as she rushed to give Mikan a hug.
"Mum, I'm peeling the apple," Mikan mumbled and Yuka immediately let her go with a laugh.
Hotaru ran to the side of the bed and said happily, "Mikan, I miss you so much! I am super glad that you have finally awakened."
"Same here," Ruka said as he took the apple and knife away from her hand. "Let me help you with the apple."
Mikan smiled at him and said in a rather happy tone, "Thank you."
Then, she saw Natsume at a corner, looking down on the floor.
She called out to him, "Natsume, are you okay?"
Natsume looked up at her. She was smiling at him. It was not a normal smile but it was a smile which he had not seen for years; a smile which she used to carry before all her friends turned against her.
"Mikan, are you really all right?" Natsume asked as he moved towards her but Hotaru stopped him.
"Don't come any nearer to her before you try strangling her again," Hotaru hissed.
Mikan laughed, "It's okay, Hotaru. Natsume won't do that, will he? Anyway, he is our friend, isn't he?"
There was silence until Ruka spoke up, "He is not my friend and will never will. Mikan, do you know this Natsume guy here tried to kill you because he still believes that you owe him your life despite having you to save him and even made you land up in here?"
"I owe him... my life?" Mikan mused and started laughing. "That's funny. Since when?"
There was silence again. Everyone was staring at Mikan with widened eyes and Natsume was the only who kept shaking after hearing that. For some reason, he wanted to cry. He really wanted to kill her. He could not believe that Mikan was making a joke out of their promise.
Hotaru patted Mikan's shoulder proudly and proclaimed, "Mikan, you're right. You don't owe anyone your life."
"Yeah, I don't remember owing him anything, except for the pocket money which he lent me during our 4th Grade but I did return him afterwards. We are great friends, right? Yes, Natsume?" Mikan said and smiled at Natsume.
"Wait! I saved your life the last time and I became handicapped because of you. You owe me a lot, Mikan!" Natsume practically shouted at her which made her shock.
"Natsume, what you have just said, is it all true?" Mikan said with a worried look plastered on her face. "Like I said, I don't remember you saving my life at all. Neither did I remember saving your life too. As far as I could remember, you are born handicapped. Am I right?"
At this moment, Yuka grabbed Mikan's shoulders and queried worriedly, "Mikan, are you seriously all right? What happened to you? You are definitely not yourself at all!"
After gently removing Yuka's hands from her shoulders, Mikan looked at Yuka's pale face and then gave her another smile.
"What are you talking about, Mum?"
Hi guys, thanks for reading up to Chapter 7.
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Note: Have anyone of you read 'Unsolved'? Chapter 2 is already up! If you haven't read that story yet, please do read and review it. I hope you won't mind about the names of the characters at all. Hmm... I'm a little tempted to convert it into GA version. -.-
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