Chapter 13
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"HELP SOMEBODY CALL THE AMBULANCE " Shouted Ryoma sitting in the middle of the street with Sakuno in his hands with a car to his right and blood surrounding them.
"the Ambulance is on the way…. " say the police man who was currently making the report of the accident. Luckily the police man was walking by the street and he saw the incident by his own eyes. And he had caught the guy who had hit Sakuno
The Ambulance came they rushed Sakuno to the hospital
No sooner did they reach the hospital then they took her for surgery.
Ryoma was shocked and speechless. He just sat there with not one word but he had a horror look on his face. Sakuno had just been into an accident and he was there! He was freaking there and he couldn't do anything about it…. Ryoma felt guilt. That's the only thing he could feel in that moment. Guilt.
Flash back
"is that a puppy" I heard Sakuno saying. I looked back to see her where I saw her before, in the side walk but she was not there….. when I looked around I saw her in the middle of the street walking towards a puppy on the opposite side walk. I smiled but I failed to notice the car coming in a very fast speed.
Sakuno knew the car was coming and she knew she had no time to cross the street so she stood in the partition of the street (you know the middle… where there are concrete bricks separating the opposite directing cars) but the car driver didn't slow down and his car kept driving in a weird way…. Sometimes too much to right and sometime too much to the left…. I knew something bad will happen so I ran
"SAKUNO!" I shouted and she looked back at me with a smiling face and as I was going to grab her the car hit her… it hit her…. In front of my eyes…. I saw the women I loved being crashed by a car! By damn Fucking CAR!
Ryoma called Sakuno's family and they arrived as soon as possible to the hospital….
"where…. Is SHE?" asked Kagome crying her eyes out with Natsume trying to be strong and consoling her.
"How did it happen Ryoma?" asked Ken
Ryoma didn't answer but he just sat there with his head covered by his hands. The Police officer who had witnessed everything told them what happened. Kagome shouted hearing the Incident and Natsume calmed her down.
Soon they all found themselves waiting for a doctor to come out and tell them about Sakuno's condition. Ryoma spotted a Doctor coming out of Sakuno's room and he rushed to him
"Doctor…. How is Sakuno?" asked Ryoma and he found Sakuno's family surrounding him.
The Doctor said with a soft smile "she is one lucky girl, she is very much stable but she had internal bleeding in her liver and intestine which we could fix, and the car had hit her with such a force that it has damaged some her nerves, therefore she won't be able to walk properly for one month at tops and in terms of psychiatrist she is doing fine and she may not suffer any severe trauma due to the accident which is good….. You got her to the hospital at the right time son….. you can visit her now… she conscious…."
Ken jr, Natsume and Kagome rushed to her room along with Sakuno's father. Ryoma followed them quietly. They Saw Sakuno lying on the bed with a pulse examiner by her side. She looked at them and gave them a warm smile. They all hurried up to her and started talking all at once.
Sakuno's sweat dropped. Ryoma stood next to the door of the room. He just couldn't face her.
"please….one at a time…" said Sakuno in soft low voice. Sakuno 's forehead was bandaged, her arm was in a plaster and she couldn't move her legs properly
"how can you be so reckless?" asked Ken as he shouted at her
"I wasn't thinking straight….. what happened to the driver?"
"I have pressed charges against him…I am going to make sure he will pay for hurting my Daughter" said Mr. Ryuzaki
"Oh… DADS please no! Don't please! We both are at fault….it's completely unnecessary" said Sakuno as she squeezed her Dad's hand
"but! He deserved it doesn't he?" asked Natsume
"People make mistakes…. Now I won't listen to any word against him…. If you do then I wont talk to any one of you for rest of your lives" she said with a stern face.
"you are an idiot! You know that?... " said Kagome and she started crying. Sakuno gestured her to sit next to her and he hugged Kagome
"Shhh… don't cry…. Nothing happened to me… don't you worry!" said Sakuno as she wiped her sister's tears.
Then it suddenly hit Sakuno. Her eyes opened wide and people around her got shocked.
"what happened to Ryoma? Is….. is.. He alright? Did …. He get hurt?" she said asking with a worried face.
"I am alright" he said from the door and everybody looked at him.
Sakuno's sibling found his words cold but Sakuno smiled. She knew Ryoma was cursing himself now and she knew he was worried about her deep inside. She could see it in his face. Ryoma sounded cold but not for Sakuno but for himself. Sakuno then cleared her throat and said
"if you can….. I need to talk to Ryoma alone…." She said with small smile. The others understood and they left the room. Sakuno gestured Ryoma to sit next to her
"Hi…" she said as she hid her head in his neck
"Hi to you too" he replied as he put her hair behind her neck
After that there was complete silence for fifteen minutes
"I am sorry" he said
Sakuno looked at him and saw his eyes, he was almost going to cry.
"It's not your fault, I was drunk" she said as she put her hands on his cheek
"No…. I should have kept you close to me and I shouldn't have left you alone….. I should have taken you with me….I am such an IDIOT!...I am sorry Sakuno!" he said as he this time his his head in her neck
Sakuno started crying and she said " you moron! Don't apologize….. if you love me then don't apologize!" she said and removed his head from her neck and she kissed him. He kissed her back.
"Did you get hurt?" Sakuno asked him as she examined him.
"no" he said. But Sakuno didn't believe him. She checked his hand. His blood stained t shirt and his legs and she did find a cut on his hand.
"NURSE!" she shouted not too loud so that she wouldn't over exaggerate herself.
The nurse came in rushing
"It's nothing…. Can you leave it alone?" Ryoma said as he tried to pull his hand away from her but Sakuno didn't let it go
"What happened?" asked the nurse
"He has got hurt in his hand… can you examine it?" she said and the nurse took Ryoma out of the room.
Ryoma got a small bandage for his cut and he was assured by the nurse that it will heal in two to three days. When Ryoma came back to Sakuno's room, he found her laughing and surrounded by her family. He smiled at view of Sakuno laughing and that was the only thing which was good in his day. He didn't want to spoil the mood and he was about to leave.
"Ryoma? Where are you going?" asked Sakuno
"hmm….. I think I should go back to the apartment…." Said Ryoma and Ken and Natsume frowned at his insensitivity.
Ryoma wanted to go because he knew she would much happier with her family then him. He still couldn't get rid of the guilt inside him and he was sure it wouldn't go away soon. He thought it was better for Sakuno at this time to stay a little away from him. And Sakuno knew exactly what Ryoma was thinking. She knew he would go home pack his things and leave for her safety.
Kagome also understood the situation a little and to make it comfortable she said
"hm…. We were also heading off home soon and I was wondering can you stay at the hospital and take care of her…. We can all do shift…. Ken has to back home to his fiancée and Dad I know has an important meeting tomorrow morning which I and Sakuno agree need some rest and I and Natsume will come back in the morning….. So stay with us Ryoma…. "she said she went to him , caught his hand and made him sit next to Sakuno.
Sakuno secretly thanked her wonderful sister with a blink and her sister did the same indirectly saying a welcome.
They all sat and were talking about the things that would make Sakuno happy. Ryoma slowly opened up a little bit to them and he got involved too. Sakuno felt like she was in heaven.
"Mom would have been so happy to see us all like this…" she said suddenly out of the blue.
"your mother would have dead worried about you, seeing you in the hospital bed but yes my darling she would have been happy to see us all together…." Said Mr. Ryuzaki.
Soon they all left and Ryoma was sitting beside Sakuno holding her hand waiting till she falls asleep.
Then next morning Sakuno found Ryoma sleeping while holding her hand and she just started driving her hands through his hair
For 3 week Ryoma gave all his attention to Sakuno. Doctors said that she was recovering fast which is good but she was still in a wheelchair.
Ryoma stayed in the hospital taking care of Sakuno's each and every need.
"Here you go!" he said as he bought the food tray which the hospital provides
"Can't I have something like pizza, burger or even a sushi?" she said with a frown
"You have to eat this if you want to walk "he said.
"but this food is torture! I don't like it at all!" she said refusing to eat the food
"Eat or I will feed it to you!" Ryoma said with a warning tone
"You can't do that…" she said
"You want to test me Sakuno?" Ryoma said with a smirk.
Sakuno was about to answer that question when suddenly Ryoma kissed her neck and Sakuno opened her mouth in shock and I just flash of a second Ryoma put a spoon in her mouth with food.
"I told you so!" he said with a victory smirk
"Hey! That's not fair! You caught me off guard! Baka Ryoma!" she said with frown.
Ryoma was about to say something when the Doctor called Ryoma out telling him to buy some new medicines for Sakuno. Ryoma kissed Sakuno's forehead and he said "I will right back!" and he went away
Sakuno was about to eat her lunch when she heard a phone ringing. She check her phone and it was not hers. She looked around and saw Ryoma had left his phone in the room. She picked it up and saw the caller id as "assistant"
"oh… the guy who is helping Ryoma with the exhibition…." She thought to her self
Sakuno was curious so she answered the phone
"RYOMA! Why the hell weren't you picking up my calls? And where were you for the past 3 weeks…. You were supposed to train! The exhibition in one week Ryoma! One WEEK… and you have to practice … you know you can enter the international tournament by wining this thing so why aren't you coming for practice… I heard about your girlfriend and I am sorry…. But it isn't like she died or something! I think she can spare you for a week….. Ryoma! Listen I am not going to call you again after this… its your life…. If you want to be no 1 in the world and achieve your dreams, you need to show up for practice tomorrow or you name will be officially removed from the tournament… I hope you understand Ryoma…. Ryoma? RYOMA?" And Sakuno cut the phone. She was stunned. She totally forgot about Ryoma's tournament. The one which would decide his career.
Sakuno picked up her phone and she called Kagome…
"Hello Kagome…. I need you! Come to the hospital immediately."
Ryoma was coming back with Sakuno's new medicine. As he entered the room he saw Sakuno with Kagome next to her in a stern face.
"I will leave you two alone!" Kagome said and she left the room
"Sakuno… what was all that about?"
"Ryoma…. We….. we… need to talk!" said Sakuno not looking in his direction.
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