Chapter 10

The Morinozuka's arrived at Eri's hospital room right as a nurse was exiting.

"You can't go in there." She stated as Satoshi tried to push past her.

"Why not? I'm Satoshi Morinozuka, I can go into any hospital room I want. I have to see her!" Satoshi started.

"Satoshi, chill. Hi, I'm Haurhi Morinozuka, Eri's future sister in law. Could you please tell us why we can't go in and see her?" Haurhi said as Takashi clamped a hand down over his brother's mouth.

"Oh, no! All of you can go in except Sato-kun. This is the trauma ward. No one under the age of 18 is allowed to enter the room. It's the policy." The nurse replied to Haurhi. Haurhi said her thank yous and the nurse took her leave.

"I am seeing Eri, not even you can stop me, Taka-bro." Satoshi warned once his brother unhanded him.

Takashi just showed a tiny grin. Satoshi took this opportunity and darted for the door that separated him and the girl he loved. Takashi made to stop his brother before his wife put a hand on his chest. He looked down at her with a quizzical look.

"He's in love and the one he loves is in there. Do I need to remind you of all the crazy and stupid things you did for me?" Haurhi asked her husband. He just sighed and watched his brother disappear behind the wooden door.

At the sound of the door closing, both of Eri's parents looked up, revealing their tear stained faces. Satoshi paid them little to no mind as his eyes and body darted for the broken figure on the bed. She had tubes and casts everywhere. She had an oxygen mask on and was staring straight at him. The way she looked at him broke his heart. It said, 'Why did you forget me?'

"Eri, I'm so sorry. I tried. I won't leave you ever again." Satoshi choked as he sank to his knees grasping her hand.

She just stared at him with a quizzical look.

"What's wrong? What did they do? How did they find her?" Satoshi questioned the parents, never taking his eyes off the girl.

"Th-they found her unconscious in some woods a couple of hours ago. She was… is badly beaten and has a few broken bones. They were surprised that she was still alive when they found her." Ayame choked out before breaking into fresh tears.

"I'm not that bad mom. I'll be fine." Eri interjected with a forced smile.

"I know honey, I know." Ayame replied.

Playing my part is much easier than I thought it would be. I had Marino hit me on the head with a rock to render me unconscious, then leave an anonymous tip to the police. Piece of cake. Here goes nothing:

"Satoshi, don't feel bad. I'm so glad your safe. I was so worried that whole time. Are you hurt? What happened to you?" I pretended to actually care. No wonder I'm best in the business.

"I'm fine. I'm just so happy that you got away from that place. Did Herioshi try anything after I escaped?" Satoshi questioned, not really sure if he wanted to know the answer.

"Um… Well… The night you left he kinda…um… Tried to do some stuff to me but don't worry I didn't let him and let's just say he wasn't that happy about it. But I'm fine for the most part. I can't wait until I can get all these stupid tubes out though." I said with a small smile at the end.

"That son of a bitch! I'm going to kill him!" Satoshi yelled with a hard mask covering his features.

"No! It's fine, really. They said that I'm going to be out of her soon." I stated. Man, you have no idea how hard it is not to just reach over and finish the job right now, but I kept my head, never letting the smile on my face faluter.

As the visit went on, my smile only grew and grew. Everyone seemed to think that it was because of Satoshi and company, but in reality, it was because I had just killed him 33.5 ways in my head with more coming.

The rest of the visit went in a similar fashion and the Morinozukas returned home, much to a certain teen's dismay. The hospital had to give him some sedatives, but that's another story.

When they arrived at their home, Satoshi was still out like a light so Takashi carried him to his room and tucked him in. As he was shutting the door, he almost ran into his wife.

"I'm so glad she's safe. Now maybe we can rest a bit." Haurhi spoke with an exasperated sigh.

"Mmhhmm." Takashi responded while raising his eyebrows.

To the average person, this would be just a hum, but to the gentle giants wife, she knew what he really was saying.

"Maybe, now that we don't have to worry about getting a call that Satoshi is freaking out and needs to be restrained again." She spoke with a smile.

The corners of Takashi's mouth turned up a bit as he leaned down to kiss his short wife, happy that they were finally going to have some alone time after what felt like forever. He grabbed her hand as he released her from the kiss and led her away to their house a little bit down on the main estate, where they stayed, undisturbed until the next morning. Both emerging with smiles on their faces.

AN/ Ok, I had to put the Haurhi and Takashi thing in there. I just ship them so much it hurts. And yes, they did do married people stuff. *wink * *wink *