Takano felt like crap, his whole body ached and he couldn't do a thing about it. Just lay and sleep. He could hear sounds and could see the bright lights through his eyelids but his body didn't want to fully wake up or maybe it was Takano he really didn't want to wake up.
"Oh god." Takano barely heard the sob of a girl. Most definitely An's sobs. From what he could tell there were three people in the room. Only two spoke but he would hear the shuffling steps of the third person. A sliding door opened than closed and the two who spoke were gone. The third left behind in the room remained still and quiet and Takano couldn't point out if that person was still there.
"Hey, those two seem to care a whole lot about you so don't die." the third person being none other than Ritsu made his body ache even more. Ritsu watched in shocked agony. The shocked part, okay but he didn't get why he felt so in pain. Small things like movie scenes have been playing in his mind since what happened at Emerald. The one that came up now showed the present him and the present Takano laying on his couch, Takano was sweetly kissing Ritsu's face and tightly held his hand. He shook the image off and refused to acknowledge how warm the memory really was.
That woke Takano right up. He sat up painfully and smirked with a small wince.
"Now what gave you the impression that I was dying?" Takano cracked his neck, everything hurt like hell. He figured that the truck that had hit Yokozawa and him hadn't been moving very fast considering he wasn't dead.
Ritsu jumped and scowled as another scene played through his head. This time Takano and he were in the shower where he intimately straddled Takano. They were embracing and very VERY bare. His face flushed painfully and he tried to dismiss that but it was so vivid. Each vision grew more and more real and it really made Ritsu uncomfortable.
"The fact that you look like absolute crap." Ritsu turned his back to hide the burning of his face. Takano smiled weakly and sighed.
"Hey is it really that hard to just remember or are you just that stubborn?" Takano hesitated in what he was saying. Ritsu turned around in shock as if Takano had read his mind. He didn't reply but Takano beckoned him over and for some reason he complied. When getting there he was pulled down to meet Takano's chapped and bloodied lips. Even though they weren't at their best the kiss was smooth and romantic. Ritsu winced as multiple memories flooded him in the kiss. He was being held one second and the next he was walking in the snow with Takano. He struggled against the kiss but it was only to keep his own sanity. His body reacted so well he had to force himself to try to resist it. Ritsu broke away from the kiss first and he was completely red but he looked less confused.
"Who are you? And why do you mess me up so bad?" he said a little breathlessly and Takano weaved his hand inside of Ritsu's silky (TOO silky) hair. Giggling a little at how dramatic that sounded he kissed him again praying that everything would resurface but no such luck.
"Well first things first I'm not An's boyfriend, my name's Takano Masamune, I was in love with a boy named "Oda" Ritsu..." he put air quotes around the Oda part and Ritsu made a small choking noise.
"I am in love with you Onodera Ritsu." Takano looked into Ritsu's very green eyes and cupped his cheek.
"And finally, I have been in utter agony because I have not been able to hold you in months, so hurry up and remember me!" he said in an exasperated sigh. Before Ritsu could reply though Yokozawa and An shuffled into the room. Ritsu jumped back from Takano with an embarrassed look. Takano smiled widely, the widest smile he's given since the incident. Yokozawa and An paused looking at the situation, Takano was glowing and Ritsu was blushing and turned away from Takano.
Takano stared at Yokozawa's arm which was in a flimsy cast but other than that he looked fine. An's eyes were red from the crying but she only sniffled now. She ran up to Takano and gave him a hug. An had grown considerably more emotional in the past few months and she wore her heart on her sleeve. She was beyond relieved that Takano was alright.
"We can both leave next week." Yokozawa high fived Takano with his good hand. Ritsu's blush had just started to fade when An and Yokozawa approached him.
"So brat are you finally back from lala land?" Yokozawa's words held no bite and he was smiling softly. An too had been smiling.
"Not fully, no." Takano laughed from his bed, he felt as though there was some sort of drug being pumped into this room that made them all extremely happy.
Everyone was talking again and the two caretakers were relieved to see the smile on Takano's face and they could see the hint of one ghosting Ritsu's face. The door banged open and in came running in Zen Kirishima with an angered look on his tired face.
"Takafumi!" he grabbed Yokozawa by his good arm and dragged him out of the room. Once there he held Yokozawa very carefully.
"Your on probation, we're going home." he frowned as he pulled away and he was about to start dragging him when Yokozawa halted.
"Zen I-" he was cut off by a fierce kiss of possessiveness and he nearly forgot what he was saying.
"I can't go home yet, please just wait a little longer." he panted out when the kiss was broken, he hadn't spoken to Zen in person in about two weeks.
Zen scowled, his lover was hurt and he wanted him to wait?! He shook his head and rested it on Yokozawa's shoulder.
"I love you. Please come home soon." he had decided that if Yokozawa needed more time to fix everything then he would grant him that. Zen kissed him on the forehead and then the neck but stopped himself before things got too heated.
"I...lo...love you too..." Yokozawa blushed heavily before kissing Zen passionately. Zen walked away and every so often he would look back to the hospital room tempted to drag Yokozawa with ropes home. That's hot. Zen laughed inwardly at his own depraved mind.
Stepping back into the hospital room everyone stared at him, probably due to the fact that the door didn't close all the way and they heard everything. EVERYTHING.
An just smiled and bumped Yokozawa with her elbow in a teasing manner. He had never told her about Zen but he had never needed to, she's seen it before and he knew it.
Every once in a while Ritsu would glance with an almost curious look at Takano, a motion that had not gone unnoticed by Yokozawa. Clearing his throat he stopped conversing and grabbed An's elbow then proceeded to drag her outside. His intention was to clear the room out and give the two privacy but in the process he confused everyone. He and An had obviously interrupted what could've been their reunion given a little bit more time. He wanted to see Takano happy and he wouldn't admit it but he also wanted to see the brat happy too.
Inside the room Ritsu slowly turned his face to Takano. It was quiet and another flash back hit Ritsu. This time he was lying in bed with Takano, not necessarily doing anything. They were actually just cuddling. Not that he would acknowledge that but Takano suddenly dragged him onto the hospital bed and curled his arm and leg around him. At that point Ritsu had no choice to acknowledge what he had and what he forgot. It ate at his mind that he had forgotten such an intense feeling, that he had forgotten how warm it felt. Despite himself he relaxed into the embrace and Takano smiled. No one said anything for awhile and it was peaceful, Ritsu even found himself falling asleep in Takano's arms. Of what he dreamt about he couldn't say except that it was sweet and when he woke up he had been smiling.
"Ritsu, I love you." Takano whispered in Ritsu's ear very warmly. His body shivered involuntarily and he jumped a little when Takano kissed his neck but strangely he didn't push him away or perhaps he couldn't. A gasp escaped his mouth when Takano slid a hand up Ritsu's shirt.
Crawling off the bed with a sigh he ran a hand through his hair. Tugging his shirt down and composing himself while speed walking into the bathroom. He splashed cold water on his face and neck then exited once again and stared down a smirking Takano.
"Please don't ever become a doctor, you'll harass your patients." he said sitting in the chair next to Takano, not wanting to be too close but not too far. Laughing he bent down and kissed him softly. A very light and chaste kiss that was warm but not enough to be fulfilling. It actually disappointed him more than he thought it would and he almost voiced his complaint.
He said nothing though as he really didn't mind. No, he didn't mind one bit because it felt extremely right, no matter how wrong it was.
Chapter complete. Sorry it ended with a blah but oh well. REVIEW, LIKE, FOLLOW AND MOST IMPORTANTLY KEEP SMILING! - Lonescript