Mistaken – By RoyLover (AtoSae) Saeki's POV
NOTE: Well, Saeki's fainted so…I guess it's going to be 3rd person POV…
Disclaimer: Characters belong to Prince of Tennis except Himeko - OC character
-Chapter 10-
A day had passed since Saeki passed out. Fuji was really starting to worry if he was going to be okay. After all, he had been breathing in and out with a lot of pressure, and his condition right now hasn't gone any better. Instead, Saeki was getting worst and worst. This frustrated and worried Fuji so much because he didn't want to lose Saeki. Saeki was like…his brother; an older brother to him.
"Ah…hn…Keigo? Keigo, hold me…" Saeki mumbled. "I'm so cold…"
"Kojirou…" Fuji said to himself, his blue eyes revealed to the world.
"Keigo…I'm so cold…I feel as if…I'm drifting away from you…" he mumbled yet again, but this time, he was actually shivering.
Fuji held Saeki's hand, thinking as if to hold him, it would bring him away from death down the path in front of him. Yet, for some reason, Saeki continued to shiver, calling out his lover's name over and over. The beige haired friend felt so useless being that he was unable to comfort or help his best friend. All he could do was watch his friend suffer from this sickness and a broken heart. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Fuji stood up from the chair beside Saeki's bed and walked up to the door to answer it. Opening the door, it revealed Bane.
"Saeki…is he going to be alright, Fuji?" Bane asked, now at Saeki's bedside.
Fuji looked toward the ground, replying in a low voice, "I don't know, Bane…I don't know if Kojirou's going to be fine…The doctor told me that he doesn't have a high chance of surviving this…"
The two both tilted their heads downward, discouraged about their friend's condition. Saeki was suffering so badly, but, yet, both of them were unable to do anything about it.
"The doctor also told me that Saeki was going to wake up tomorrow…You think I should get everyone here by tonight so when he wakes up, he'll see us all?" Fuji asked Bane.
"Yeah. I don't want to let Saeki feel so alone in this world anymore, and I'm not going to take any of his excuses of him being alright, either. Because of that…he's like this…" Bane said boldly.
"I know…" Fuji said quietly.
"Well, Fuji, meet me over at my house. That's where I'm going to have everyone staying until you come to get us, okay?" Bane told Fuji.
With a nod from Fuji, Bane walked out of the small home of Saeki's. Once again, Fuji was watching Saeki suffer from a shattered heart. It hurt Fuji to know that he was unable to help his friend, and it hurt even more that he let things come to this. He should have stopped this when he saw it coming.
"Damn! Why is it that I can't do anything right for Kojirou anymore?" Fuji yelled at himself, slamming his fist on the top of the drawer beside Saeki's bedside. "I failed to help you…That's why you're like this now…"
"Syusuke…everything's alright. It's just that…Keigo…" Saeki's voice said softly.
The beige hair friend's eyes widen, turning his head to face Saeki, only to see tears streaming down the side of his head from his closed eyes, wetting his hair.
"But…everything's going to be alright…just like you said…Syusu…" Saeki said finally, not another word leaving his lips.
Gently, Fuji patted Saeki's forehead and then gently wiped away his streaming tears. Strangely enough, Saeki had said that in his sleep. Fuji suddenly reached into his pocket, pulling out his cell phone and dialed a number, and then putting up against his ear, waiting for whoever it is to pick up. Suddenly, a voice was heard through the small, mobile phone Fuji held.
"Hello?" the voice answered.
"Atobe?" Fuji said sternly.
"Who's this?" Atobe questioned.
"Saeki…"
"Saeki?"
"No! Saeki…Saeki needs you! Kojirou needs you badly! Keigo, please, what happened…It wasn't his fault!"
"Who the hell is this!"
"Fuji."
"Ah, Fuji…I see…"
Fuji could see him grin and run his fingers through his hair even though he wasn't here, face to face.
"What Kojirou was trying to tell you AGES ago about what happened to Himeko…is true!" Fuji yelled.
"How the hell do you know! You weren't there!" the voice of Atobe's hollered back.
"I know I wasn't, but, no matter what, I know Kojirou will always tell you the truth! Never will he lie, especially to you!"
"Do you know the condition Himeko was in! She needed someone to be at her side so badly!"
"So badly that you would even hate the one you were going to share the rest of your life with!"
Fuji almost thought time froze because there was a long silence between him and Atobe. The only thing he heard was Saeki's raspy breaths…
"Saeki?" Atobe laughed sarcastically over the phone, the silence broken. "He's never been of great importance to me, that low life."
Hearing that angered Fuji so much that he had to clench his fist tightly to release the anger without breaking something in Saeki's room. After taking a deep breath, Fuji hollered in anger, "SAEKI'S DYING BECAUSE OF THE PAIN YOU CAUSED HIM! He's not going to make it! Not after all the grief you forced him to go through! Atobe…Kojirou…is dying…"
It surprised Atobe to know that. He was in shock, and he felt pain shot up in his chest, too, but then he ignored those feelings right when he heard Himeko called his name. "Got to go…my wife calls me. Later, Fuji," Atobe said and hung up.
Taking a deep breath, Fuji placed his mobile phone in his pocket and brought a hand to take hold of his forehead to ease the pain he felt right at the moment. Everything was going horrible, and he had no control of anything…anything at all.
After a long time of watching over Saeki who continued to stay asleep, Fuji's cell phone vibrated, surprising him enough to send him jumping off his chair in an instant. Quickly, he grabbed his cell phone out of his pocket and answered it. "Hello?"
"It's Bane…I got everyone here so come pick us up!" Bane told Fuji quickly.
"I'll be on my way right now!" With that, Fuji hung up and walked toward the door, only turning back to take one last look at Saeki. "I'll be back, Koji, and with everyone, too. Don't die on me, okay?" Fuji said to his sleeping friend and took off.
"What is it, my dear?" Atobe asked to his beloved beautiful wife.
Holding up a stunning gold ring that held a sparkling emerald with a folded paper held in the other hand, Himeko told Atobe, "I received this ring from Saeki through the mail…The letter told me that it was to me from you and that you just gave the ring to the wrong person …"
"WHAT?" Atobe exclaimed. "Give me the letter," he demanded.
"Ah, okay…There's a part written for you, anyways…" Himeko informed and handed the letter to her husband.
Taking it from her, he read on the letter:
Dear Himeko,
Here's a ring for you. It's really from Atobe, but he just gave it to me by accident. This ring was truly yours in the first place so I'm just returning it. It is the right thing to do, after all. Well, I wish you a happy life with your husband. Best of luck to the both of you. Sorry I didn't say that sooner.
Saeki Kojirou
P.S. I know you're reading this, Keigo…Well, take cares. I'm sorry I wasn't able to be perfect enough for you…and I'm sorry for what I had did to Himeko, whatever it was. Well, take good care of Himeko. You love her a lot, after all. And even after all the harsh things you've done to me, I forgive you. I know you won't forgive me, and you're probably going to get mad at me more for giving the ring to Himeko, but it was for her in the first place, right? I mean, during our relationship, you were cheating on me with her, right? Don't deny it, Keigo…I saw you two kissing deeply before, but I forgive you. Besides, I'm alright now. You don't have to worry about me…Just pretend I never existed in your life. I know you'll be happier with her then…But no matter what the distance is between us, physically or mentally, I'll always love you, Keigo…I just wanted to let you know that, even if you don't care.
Right after Atobe finished reading the letter, he quickly crumbled it up and threw it into the trash bin, yelling out in anger, "Damn, Saeki! You're so stupid!" He, then, promptly sat on his lazy chair and slammed his fist powerfully onto the end table beside him. "Stupid idiot! What on earth is he thinking!" Rubbing his eyes from anger, Atobe sighed deeply to himself, feeling very guilty and hurt about how he had treated Saeki all this time...
"Oh, Keigo…" Himeko looked toward the ground, her eyes narrowing. "You still love him…more than me, don't you?" she asked quietly.
"No, no…You got it all wrong, Himeko. Don't think like that! I love you more than anything!" Atobe told his wife.
She shook her head, looking away from Atobe. "You still love Saeki…You always had. I know I'll never ever…get to feel or be treated the way Saeki used to be by you…and that's because I can never replace Saeki…No one can…"
"Himeko–"
"Just let me talk for a moment!" After taking a deep breath, knowing Atobe was listening to her now, she confessed, "Okay, maybe it was wrong of me to have not told you that it was Saeki who saved my life…No, it WAS wrong of me. I was just being greedy and selfish, wanting you to myself, and I hurt Saeki so much because of that…Atobe, this relationship we share…It had always been wrong in the first place…"
"You mean…you lied to me? Then you tell me that this relationship was wrong? After all this time, you kept quiet and watch me hurt and torture Saeki?" Atobe shook his head, sighing. "Himeko, I never thought…How can it…Himeko, do you not know what you just did? Saeki's dying right now…He's dying because of my action that YOU CAUSED!"
"What?" Her eyes widen, surprised and sad, filled with guilt. "He's dying?"
"Give me the ring, Himeko…" Atobe demanded, danger heard in his voice.
"But–"
"GIVE ME THE DAMN RING, HIMEKO!"
Biting the bottom of her lip, she handed the ring to Atobe. Snatching it from her, he ran off, taking out his cell phone to call and get a jet ready to fly back to Japan. He needed to return the ring…no, his love to Saeki…before it was too late.
"Gosh, when did morning time become a rush hour!" Bane exclaimed.
The streets were packed with cars, one right behind and in front of the other. Traffic was bad, jammed and packed. All that was needed was a right turn…
"Ah, Fuji, it's our turn to turn right!" Bane told Fuji.
Fuji nodded and started to turn the wheel of the car to the right in the interception when a speeding truck came right at them.
"The truck! It's going to hit us!" David hollered in horror.
"Fuji!" Bane called out to Fuji.
"Damn! Kojirou…I'm so sorry…" Fuji said, tears slipping out of his eyes as he saw the truck coming closer and closer to them in slow motion, hearing everyone screaming in horror. Before he knew it, he heard a loud crash, feeling his body spin crazily, and instantly fell into darkness…
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Chapter 10 done! Finally, ATOBE'S reaction to SAEKI'S RING GIVEAWAY! (And that is just so sad that I'm killing off everyone who cared for Saeki so much… I'm too evil…) I promise you, the next chapter's going to be REAL sad…:cries on her own: Gosh…This story really is sad…
Yep, told you this was going to be a long chapter. :sweat drops: