--part 10--
a miracle that keeps him alive
The two were walking towards the park nearby. The leaves of the trees on the sides of the path were now red and orange, and some were already falling, piling up on the edges of the road.
"Rukawa... means flowing river, right?"
Rukawa shrugged. He didn't care enough about that name to know the definition to it. "I don't care about it."
"Oh..." That word was the only word that she could think about that time. "Kaede... means maple tree..." She paused and looked at the sky. "You got a beautiful name, Rukawa-kun..."
Rukawa looked down with his bike on his hands, the red-colored bicycle. He let out a heavy sighed. "So what? Nobody cared anyway... It's just a name of a guy..."
Haruko tranced around the park and kicked the dry leaves with her feet. It flew through the breeze heavenly, dancing in a mellow rythm around the air. She didn't want to continue with the talk, for she kne w that it'll be quite hard to argue with him about things which she's not clear about yet. "So, Rukawa-kun.... What do you want to talk about?"
Rukawa held back his answer and parked his bike, leaning it against a light pole in the corner of the park. He bit his lips and gulped, not knowing what to say or how to explain it to her. Deep inside he knew he needs help, but he just say it in words. It's too painful to reminisce the time.
"You don't need to say, I can understand... I already knew the circumstances," she paused, "You're afraid to see Sendoh-san, right? Afraid to see the happy-go-lucky Sendoh lying in coma at the hospital. I know, it doesn't suit him at all." Akagi Haruko walked to a stone-carved bench and sat on it. Rukawa only followed her slowly from behind. He didn't take a seat beside her, instead he just stood right before Akagi's little sister. He was stunned to found out how fast she could comprehend his situation. Probably because she's a girl, girls share stories a lot.
Rukawa lowered his head, his green-shaded raven hair flowing in the air, played by the winds of autumn. "I still can't face the fact, I guess... I still think to myself that Akira can still play, still smile, and still say out my name..." He looked up, the sky was so clear, crystal clear and bright.
Haruko signaled to him to take a seat beside her, so that he won't be worn out by standing up for a long time. Rukawa obeyed her and take the vacant spot of the stone bench. "Rukawa-kun... Did you know that he miraculously survived and kept on holding on?" Rukawa's eyes snapped wide, he turned his head, facing towards her, staring at her soft skin of her face. "Last time when me and Oni-chan went to his hospital together with Koshino-san, the doctor was shocked to see that Sendoh-san's still capable of living. He was suprised, and he said to us that no one could possibly survive with a very low heart condition like that. Fujiwara-san, the doctor said it was a miracle." She then turned her head and looked at Rukawa's beautiful and deep blue eyes. "Perhaps it's your love binds around him and supported his life. You kept him alive Rukawa-kun..."
"My... love?"
She nodded gleely and smiled wide. "Therefore, if you want him to last longer, you should go. In that way you'll support his survival, and if God's really merciful, who knows he'll give a blessing and cure him back. I can't say it's guaranteed, though." She chuckled, very happy that she could at last have a talk with the man of her dreams.
"Akira..." He went silent after that. He began to think to himself. Akira... Is it true that my love's been there to support you and give you faith? But... Living like that with wires plugged around you is painful... It hurts so much, doesn't it? He closed his eyes.
"So, Rukawa-kun... You'll be going, right? I believe Sendoh-san's waiting for you..." She stood up and dusted her skirt.
Rukawa only nodded, he's still depressed with the thoughts. "You're going to school?"
She shook her head. "I don't think so... I think I'm late for an hour or so..."
"Then where will you be going to?"
Haruko looked down. "Truly I don't know... If I go back to my house, Mom will kill me... And if I go to school... I think it'll take another hour to walk to there... Ohhh... What should I do..?"
Rukawa fetched his bike and sat on the saddle, holding the bike down with his foot on the ground and another on the paddle. "Then... Why don't you come with me, Haruko-san...?"
Did he just call her Haruko-san? Haruko was disbelieved, but still, she was flying around in the air with pink hearts all over the air around her, circling her head, and her eyes turned to red hearts. "... If it is okay with you..."
"Of course... You're the one who gives me inspiration and motivation..." He turned to her and smiled, "Arigatou, Haruko-san..."
a.n: okay, now we're looking at Haruko, flying in the air, wings behind her back.
Haruko sat on the hind saddle of the bike, and her arms clinging around Rukawa's waist, eyes turned to hearts. Everybody that passed by looked at them. What a couple, they thought, beautiful girl, gorgeous stud. *a.n: don't kill me...* Then at last they reached Yukishiro hospital. Rukawa jumped off the bike and chained it on the parking lot. He entered the hospital with Haruko on his tail and walked over to the receptionist.
"Can I help you?" The receptionist asked. She was still young, perhaps at her mid-twenties. Her hair was dyed blonde and it was quite wavy. It was long, and hanging to her back.
"Umm...." He cleared his throat before begin speaking. "Can you please tell me Sendoh Akira's ward number?"
She smiled, "Okay, please wait for a while." She ran the search on the hospital's database computer. Then she looked at him, "It's in the emergency unit, fifth floor, west wing, number 35."
Rukawa bowed in gratitude, and followed the signs that said Emergency Unit. When they reached the E.U, he looked around and searched for a lift or stairways. "That's the lift, Rukawa-kun...." Haruko pointed her index finger towards the stainless door just on the corner of their left side. He entered the lift and hit the 5th floor button.
When they exit the lift, Haruko bumped onto a nurse, who was making her way into the lift. "Oh sorry, miss!" She bowed to apologize.
The nurse shook her head and instead, she offered them for help. "How can I help you, you two?"
"Aah... Can you show us Sendoh Akira's ward? I believe it's on this floor and it's on the west wing..." Haruko answered straight.
Her eyes narrowed and she looked at them, studying the figure with curiousity. "Are you guys his friends?" They only nodded. "Well, I can show you, follow me." She escorted the couple through the hall, and stopped before a door with an iron sign writed 35 on it. "Sorry, but only one can enter at a time."
"You go first, Rukawa-kun...." Rukawa nodded and made his way into the ward.
a.n : did i've make a mistake on d names? I've edited them :) Neways, hehe this chapter kinda sucked, rukawa doesn't sound like himself and i completely lost my idea to what's gonna happen during haruko n rukawa's conversation. U see, this is the edited version of Story of Us, I lost the original file. ~__~ what can i do... so... hm... let this be the temporary for now... I promise I'll edit this chap as soon as i got the original file
a miracle that keeps him alive
The two were walking towards the park nearby. The leaves of the trees on the sides of the path were now red and orange, and some were already falling, piling up on the edges of the road.
"Rukawa... means flowing river, right?"
Rukawa shrugged. He didn't care enough about that name to know the definition to it. "I don't care about it."
"Oh..." That word was the only word that she could think about that time. "Kaede... means maple tree..." She paused and looked at the sky. "You got a beautiful name, Rukawa-kun..."
Rukawa looked down with his bike on his hands, the red-colored bicycle. He let out a heavy sighed. "So what? Nobody cared anyway... It's just a name of a guy..."
Haruko tranced around the park and kicked the dry leaves with her feet. It flew through the breeze heavenly, dancing in a mellow rythm around the air. She didn't want to continue with the talk, for she kne w that it'll be quite hard to argue with him about things which she's not clear about yet. "So, Rukawa-kun.... What do you want to talk about?"
Rukawa held back his answer and parked his bike, leaning it against a light pole in the corner of the park. He bit his lips and gulped, not knowing what to say or how to explain it to her. Deep inside he knew he needs help, but he just say it in words. It's too painful to reminisce the time.
"You don't need to say, I can understand... I already knew the circumstances," she paused, "You're afraid to see Sendoh-san, right? Afraid to see the happy-go-lucky Sendoh lying in coma at the hospital. I know, it doesn't suit him at all." Akagi Haruko walked to a stone-carved bench and sat on it. Rukawa only followed her slowly from behind. He didn't take a seat beside her, instead he just stood right before Akagi's little sister. He was stunned to found out how fast she could comprehend his situation. Probably because she's a girl, girls share stories a lot.
Rukawa lowered his head, his green-shaded raven hair flowing in the air, played by the winds of autumn. "I still can't face the fact, I guess... I still think to myself that Akira can still play, still smile, and still say out my name..." He looked up, the sky was so clear, crystal clear and bright.
Haruko signaled to him to take a seat beside her, so that he won't be worn out by standing up for a long time. Rukawa obeyed her and take the vacant spot of the stone bench. "Rukawa-kun... Did you know that he miraculously survived and kept on holding on?" Rukawa's eyes snapped wide, he turned his head, facing towards her, staring at her soft skin of her face. "Last time when me and Oni-chan went to his hospital together with Koshino-san, the doctor was shocked to see that Sendoh-san's still capable of living. He was suprised, and he said to us that no one could possibly survive with a very low heart condition like that. Fujiwara-san, the doctor said it was a miracle." She then turned her head and looked at Rukawa's beautiful and deep blue eyes. "Perhaps it's your love binds around him and supported his life. You kept him alive Rukawa-kun..."
"My... love?"
She nodded gleely and smiled wide. "Therefore, if you want him to last longer, you should go. In that way you'll support his survival, and if God's really merciful, who knows he'll give a blessing and cure him back. I can't say it's guaranteed, though." She chuckled, very happy that she could at last have a talk with the man of her dreams.
"Akira..." He went silent after that. He began to think to himself. Akira... Is it true that my love's been there to support you and give you faith? But... Living like that with wires plugged around you is painful... It hurts so much, doesn't it? He closed his eyes.
"So, Rukawa-kun... You'll be going, right? I believe Sendoh-san's waiting for you..." She stood up and dusted her skirt.
Rukawa only nodded, he's still depressed with the thoughts. "You're going to school?"
She shook her head. "I don't think so... I think I'm late for an hour or so..."
"Then where will you be going to?"
Haruko looked down. "Truly I don't know... If I go back to my house, Mom will kill me... And if I go to school... I think it'll take another hour to walk to there... Ohhh... What should I do..?"
Rukawa fetched his bike and sat on the saddle, holding the bike down with his foot on the ground and another on the paddle. "Then... Why don't you come with me, Haruko-san...?"
Did he just call her Haruko-san? Haruko was disbelieved, but still, she was flying around in the air with pink hearts all over the air around her, circling her head, and her eyes turned to red hearts. "... If it is okay with you..."
"Of course... You're the one who gives me inspiration and motivation..." He turned to her and smiled, "Arigatou, Haruko-san..."
a.n: okay, now we're looking at Haruko, flying in the air, wings behind her back.
Haruko sat on the hind saddle of the bike, and her arms clinging around Rukawa's waist, eyes turned to hearts. Everybody that passed by looked at them. What a couple, they thought, beautiful girl, gorgeous stud. *a.n: don't kill me...* Then at last they reached Yukishiro hospital. Rukawa jumped off the bike and chained it on the parking lot. He entered the hospital with Haruko on his tail and walked over to the receptionist.
"Can I help you?" The receptionist asked. She was still young, perhaps at her mid-twenties. Her hair was dyed blonde and it was quite wavy. It was long, and hanging to her back.
"Umm...." He cleared his throat before begin speaking. "Can you please tell me Sendoh Akira's ward number?"
She smiled, "Okay, please wait for a while." She ran the search on the hospital's database computer. Then she looked at him, "It's in the emergency unit, fifth floor, west wing, number 35."
Rukawa bowed in gratitude, and followed the signs that said Emergency Unit. When they reached the E.U, he looked around and searched for a lift or stairways. "That's the lift, Rukawa-kun...." Haruko pointed her index finger towards the stainless door just on the corner of their left side. He entered the lift and hit the 5th floor button.
When they exit the lift, Haruko bumped onto a nurse, who was making her way into the lift. "Oh sorry, miss!" She bowed to apologize.
The nurse shook her head and instead, she offered them for help. "How can I help you, you two?"
"Aah... Can you show us Sendoh Akira's ward? I believe it's on this floor and it's on the west wing..." Haruko answered straight.
Her eyes narrowed and she looked at them, studying the figure with curiousity. "Are you guys his friends?" They only nodded. "Well, I can show you, follow me." She escorted the couple through the hall, and stopped before a door with an iron sign writed 35 on it. "Sorry, but only one can enter at a time."
"You go first, Rukawa-kun...." Rukawa nodded and made his way into the ward.
a.n : did i've make a mistake on d names? I've edited them :) Neways, hehe this chapter kinda sucked, rukawa doesn't sound like himself and i completely lost my idea to what's gonna happen during haruko n rukawa's conversation. U see, this is the edited version of Story of Us, I lost the original file. ~__~ what can i do... so... hm... let this be the temporary for now... I promise I'll edit this chap as soon as i got the original file