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*sorry for any English or grammar mistake*
Their ride to the hospital was torture to everyone. Asami kept calling, whispering Akihito's name hoping that he would wake up, but he didn't. The young man between his arms groaned in pain nearly all the way and gasped for air every now and then. Asami's heart squeezed in his chest and Feilong felt it from the man's expression as he tried to get Hana back to sleep between his arms. She woke up when he carried her and hurried to catch up with Asami. Tao also tried his hardest not to cause trouble to anyone, he fought to hold his tears but they would fall on his face without noticing and he would quickly remove them with his hand. No one dared to lift their eyes from the young man.
Kirishima was the one who called the doctor treating Akihito. He was there guarding the penthouse's door when they rushed out and he saw his boss carrying his husband between his arms. He right away called Suoh to get the limo ready fast and called the doctor as he rode the elevator with everyone.
The limo stopped at the emergency entrance and Asami hurried inside with Akihito between his arms with everyone behind him. The doctor was standing there waiting for him with a medical team and a stretcher. When he saw a limo, they hurried to take the young man. "He just fell unconscious, and his pulse was irregular." Asami spoke as he put Akihito on the stretcher.
He watched them put the oxygen mask on his husband's face and the doctor gave his team orders to follow. Soon, they entered a room and didn't allow Asami to go in. Instead, he watched everything through the glassed window. He saw them enter the IV in his right hand, blood samples taken and the doctor listening to Aki's heart with the stethoscope before a nurse closed the curtains to block the view. Asami closed his eyes. He finally thought that everything was going to be fine, everything was going to be alright. Akihito has finished his treatment successfully and even the doctor cleared him. Was it Leukemia again or he just passed out from tiredness? He didn't even want to think about it.
'No, he will live.'
Feilong's voice brought him back again from his thoughts. He looked up and saw him carrying the now sleeping Hana on his shoulder. "Everything's going to be alright." Fei tried to calm him a little even though he knew it wouldn't do anything until the older man hears something good from the doctor, but the Chinese man wanted to help anyway. He saw many expressions and emotions he never saw before on his face during their ride. It was clear the Asami was a different man with Akihito. He was more human and more vulnerable in front of his boy.
Asami did not speak; he just took Hana from Feilong's hands, carried her and waited. All of them including Kirishima and Suoh waited for about twenty minutes before the doctor finally got out of the room. Both men saw the unease look on the doctor's face but no one spoke until they stood in front of each other.
"He is stable now, and will be under our observation for a while. I don't want to say anything until the blood test results come out, but I'm afraid it's a relapse. But we'll wait for about half an hour until the results confirm it. If I'm correct and sure I do not want to, we'll discuss our further treatments for Takaba-san. You may wait in the room, he's resting now and I'll come back as soon as possible. Excuse me."
The doctor said and left, leaving the two men and young Tao speechless. It was impossible. Both Asami and Feilong nearly cried in happiness when the doctor cleared Akihito. But this, it was unthinkable. They never thought about this happening.
Kirishima and Suoh were standing there behind them not far away and they heard everything, their hearts hurt from the possible threat. But deep inside, they wished that it would be wrong. When their boss gave them a look, they hurried to him. Asami gave Hana to Kirishima, giving a glare and Suoh as well. A glare that told them to protect her with their lives and the look on their faces told their boss that they got the message. Both men and Tao moved into Akihito's room where they found him sleeping soundly in the bed. He looked peaceful but tired.
Asami approached him and sat on the edge of the bed. Feilong gave him privacy and waited outside with Tao and closed the door behind them. He also took the chance to call his men to come to the hospital. The older man brushed Aki's left cheek with his right hand. "Akihito" He whispered and waited patiently for a response but Akihito was deep asleep. He exhaled and prayed nearly for the first time in his life for this to be a lie. For it to be anything else but this again. It was a long fight and he was glad it was over: he did not want to witness it again. To see him suffer once more.
Time passed in a blink of an eye while the older man was drowned by his own thoughts, but they were interrupted when there was a knock on the door. The doctor with Feilong and Tao entered the room and Asami stood up from the edge of the bed and looked them. Everyone waited for the doctor's report and Asami glared at him for keeping them waiting. The doctor drew a breath and exhaled softly as he looked at the results in his hand, and at that moment it wasn't good news.
"I'm afraid my diagnosis was correct. It's a relapse. The best solution we have now is bone marrow transplantation instead of high doses of chemotherapy again since the relapse happened too quickly."
The news fell on the older man like thunder, even though he felt it earlier but refused to believe it and held on to that hope even though it was so small that everything was going to be alright. Feilong looked at the floor with sadness then turned his gaze towards the bed to be shocked. Akihito was a wake. His sleepiness was disturbed when there was a knock on the door and when he felt the bed shift slightly as Asami stood up from it. They all were focused on the doctor's talking and didn't notice Akihito turn his head towards them. Even the doctor hadn't noticed him from Asami pricing and cold gaze.
He was laying there on the bed with no emotions on his face, just looking at the doctor. And when the doctor noticed his gaze, he continued. "Do you have any brothers or sisters, Takaba-san?" He asked looking at the young man who shocked his head left and right as a reply to him. "Well, in that case we'll have to look for a bone marrow donor similar to your genetic makeup. There are other ways for the treatment, but like I said for a relapse this quick, this is the best option we got from the others." He finished looking at everyone in the room as he finally rested his gaze on Akihito who whispered "I understand." And fell into silence.
"Doctor, may I speak with you outside?" Feilong spoke as he took Tao's hand and walked outside. He understood Akihito needed time to kind of absorb the shock and he also felt the looks Asami gave him from the corner of his eye to leave the two of them alone for a while. When the door closed, the older man finally turned around and looked at Akihito in the eyes. Right then, the young man's eyes swelled with tears and fell on his face, still got no emotion shown on his face. As Asami walked towards the bed, Akihito tried to remove his tears with his hands but they kept running down his cheeks. "Why won't they stop? It's strange!" Aki laughed. Then when the older man finally sat on the bed and looked at Akihito with softness in his eyes. Akihito broke and fell into his arms, he began to cry. Asami let him cry his heart out and didn't say a word as he embraced Akihito. When Aki finally calmed down, the older man spoke.
"It's alright, Akihito…it's alright." He said as he moved his left hand on Aki's back up and down to calm him down and the boy's tense body to ease a little but Aki's hold around Asami tightened.
"Ryuichi…." He whispered and kept quiet for a while. Asami waited for him patiently to continue. But when he did, Asami's hold around him tightened. "Please…..don't leave me" Aki spoke and ended with a sob and chocked in it. In return, Asami raised his chin up to look into teary Hazel eyes. Their eyes spoke instead of their mouths. 'I'll never leave you'. Slowly their lips met each other tenderly.
Outside, Feilong stood talking to the doctor with Asami's guards who came minutes later the first time he came out from the room. Suoh was the one who called them. "How are we going to find donors? Is it going to take a long?" He spoke as he narrowed his eyes towards he doctor.
"Well, yes. A while I'm afraid, until we find a suitable donor. But in the meantime, we'll be keeping Takaba-san here with us for a while, to give him high doses of chemotherapy. When we find a suitable donor, we will start our processes until the day of the transplantation." The doctor declared.
"I want to be tested as well." Feilong spoke with a firm tone and the doctor nodded in understanding then excused himself. Fei wanted to help Akihito as much as possible, he wanted him to live. He never understood how the young man found his way to his heart. 'Through his fighting spirit, I guess' He thought. Tao was still standing there behind him. The boy understood Fei's action, and he himself wanted to do the test, but Feilong wouldn't allow it. Thinking it would be too dangerous for a small boy.
Feilong and Tao stayed outside. Ten minutes later Fei's men arrived and stood beside their boss, guarding him and Asami's men guarding the room. The air around them dropped 10 degrees below when anyone walked by them. Soon after, Asami walked out of the room. The young man slept like a baby in his embrace and the older man wanted him to rest as much as possible. They had another fight soon.
"How's Akihito-kun Asami-san? Is he alright? Can I see him?" Tao spoke after he ran towards the older man. Asami took a second or two, then he looked down at the young boy and spoke. "He's sleeping." was the only thing he said. Asami stopped in his tracks after he started to walk away to make a phone call to check on his daughter "Are you going to do the test too, Asami-san? Fei-sama volunteered." Tao spoke.
When he stopped, his head turned around and looked at the Chinese man with cold eyes. Fei understood the unspoken words and told Tao to stay with his men who stood to guard Akihito's room along with Asami's until they come back.
Both men entered the rest room and Feilong stood at the door way as Asami stood not far from him and talked on the phone. Everything was alright and both Kirishima and Suoh got home safely with his daughter. Asami told them to keep their eyes open and ended the call. He still stood there not saying anything, and Feilong understood his expression when they looked at each other's reflection in the mirror. "I don't need your permission, Asami. I might ask for it if it included your business, but not in this."
Deep inside, the older man understood the man's action. He knew that he loved Akihito and was doing this to help him. To tell the truth, Asami himself thought about the idea when the young man slept between his arms to enter the test and by some kind of a miracle he would match Akihito and save him. Still, Asami said nothing. He turned around and walked away passing Feilong as he left the rest room.
To Be Continued
*An update! Not much i know T-T but please forgive me! I got a writer's block and could't write for daaaaays! i'm good now i guess :D What do you think minna? Plese, tell me tell me. Thaank you soo much Jonathan, Riri-kun and Bannaman for your help! You guys totally rocks and thank you again :) *bow* Will be waiting for comments! they make me happy XD and sorry for any mistake after my edit. I promise i'll do more next time*
