Roxas and Riku both got up, but the nurse cleared her throat, eager to dismiss one of them.
"I'm sorry, but he can only see one person a day and he selected Riku." The nurse smiled and waved Roxas away. Her expression hard to read as to if that was her favorite part of her job.
"I'll wait out here for you." Roxas said as Riku started walking down the white hall.
"I'll try not to be to long." Riku said without turning back
"I know how these things can be."
Riku opened to door to see Sora reading a magazine. His right arm in a cast with a sling carefully slung over his shoulder, both his legs were in casts with Roxas' name drawn on them with a sharpie. Sora's face was bruised a nasty purple and blue colour.
Riku wanted to run over and embrace him, but he refrained for he thought he might injure the poor boy even further. He smiled and shook his head.
"I can't believe you thought you could hide this." Riku walked closer.
"Jeez, I thought you might have snuck Roxas in here. I've been pretending to be asleep every day. The nurse thinks it's funny. I made up that one person rule so he would have to wait outside"
"Nice." Was all Riku could say. His eyes traced Sora's small body and he sighed.
"What is it?" Sora smiled.
"You are…so silly." Riku reached over to Sora's nightstand and grabbed a black sharpie. He leaned over to Sora's leg and wrote his name very large with a smiley face next to it.
Sora smiled and spoke "My face hurts." He took his bruised arm and moved it across to hold Riku's hand.
"Well look at it." Riku laughed. He exhaled and looked down at his poor Sora. "Would it be alright if I lied down next to you?"
"Yes." Sora almost jumped. He scooted over so Riku had room. Riku closed his eyes as he fell back and started singing.
"Yes it's hard love, but it's love all the same, not the stuff of fantasy, but more than just a game." Sora joined in and soon they were smiling and laughing, correcting each other and trying to remember the true lyrics.
Soon enough it came time for Riku to ask the question he'd been wondering, "What happened?"
"I drove past a police car and I tried to put my bright lights on, but I missed and leaned forward trying to correct my mistake. The policemen pulled out and I didn't notice so when I did I tried to slam the brakes, but I slammed the gas instead."
"Head on collision." Riku finished as Sora paused. There was an awkward silence as Sora recollected his accident. Riku kissed Sora's forehead and told him sweet words.
Roxas was waiting for Riku, "How is he?"
"He's…alright." Riku shrugged. Roxas sighed and smiled.
"This has been the first time he's been awake." Roxas said as they headed out to the car.
"Really…" Riku opened the car door and slid in the passenger seat. Roxas noticed that Riku didn't want to talk so he turned up the radio.
R&R
