I know, I know it's short.. and late.. well.. I'm incredibly sorry.
Anyway..as you know I don't own them...
So on with the story...
Next days, weeks even, for Ren passed in a haze of pain and unconsciousness.
He was aware there were doctors and nurses and people he knew coming to see him, but they were all just shadows in dreams.
The first visitor Ren had after waking up finally was Yankumi.
He apologized for not being careful enough, Yankumi called him an idiot, and that was that.
Ayaka came to see him, with Ami and Nana. The girl climbed carefully into the bed next to Ren, attached herself to him and refused to leave. It took Ami and Yankumi a full hour to coax her into leaving.
Ren wasn't surprised to see most of his old friends. Apparently it had occurred to them he couldn't avoid them there.
He was allowed to go home two weeks later. But the doctors said he still had to take things easy for a while. Ren on his own would have probably gone back to work the next day, but he changed his mind – after Yankumi was finished with her lecture. Something about the threat to be shot on sight, makes one not so eager to return to work.
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" You know he came to see you every day." Kamiya said. He'd come over for a cup of coffee. Since the shooting Kamiya and Kura had wormed their way back into Ren's life. And he liked it. These days he didn't need to look at them to remember Yamato, so seeing them didn't hurt as much. And he remembered what life was like with real friends to look out for you.
" It doesn't matter." Ren answered, but his voice gave away his doubts.
" He really cares about you, even if he is a jerk at times."
Ren looked away not wanting to hear what Kamiya had to say, and yet for some reason not able to walk away.
" Maybe you'll consider giving him a second chance? It's not like it can get any worse, is it?"
" Besides now I know a lot more ways to end it all." Ren's voice was dripping with sarcasm.
" Maybe this time you won't think of things like that. You two could be happy together."
" Yes, and we could be miserable together. The fact that we might have feelings for each other does not mean we'll automatically be happy." Ren said quietly.
" Why?" Kamiya sounded surprised.
" Neither of us is good at dealing with problems, and being together is definitely going to create them. Besides do you really think someone's gonna leave Aya with me if we're together. You know how hard it was for me to get custody in the first place." Ren's voice turned harder.
" You've both grown and changed, besides I'm willing to bet everyone would do what they can to help you keep Aya."
Ren didn't say anything, quietly sipping his coffee.
Over the next few days he thought a lot about Kamiya's words. And a big part of him wanted to believe it. Believe that they had both changed enough for them to actually have a chance together.
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One morning, about a week after Ren got home from the hospital, Yamato was at his door.
" May I come in?"
Ren simply opened the door wider and stepped out of Yamato's way.
" What do you want?" He asked following Yamato into his kitchen.
" To talk. Please just listen to what I have to say." Yamato looked broken.
