Chapter 21: Was it a Dream?
Comments: Wow, I've never gotten so many death threats at one time in my entire life! I kid, I kid. I don't think they were really going to kill me. They would have to find me first and, believe me, I am not an easy person to find. I ruled at Hide & Seek! Once again, forgive me for 'hurting' Edward.
Mood Song: Blow Me Away by Breaking Benjamin
Note: Not even the same anime but I gotta do it. HAPPY BIRTHDAY SASUKE, YOU ASS!
Miracles.
I always believed they were reserved for children and the devoutly religious.
So I wouldn't exactly call the refrigerated truck, that passed by at that precise moment, a miracle but simply a stroke of pure luck.
The gathering was dead silent as the initial sound of a body smacking tin echoed loudly. It took me all of five seconds to recover and sprint to the truck, scrambling up the hood to the roof with energy I didn't think I possessed.
He looked to be dead at first and my heart plummeted but he surprised me by emitting a short, rasping cough. Blood trickled out the edge of his mouth. I wiped it gently away with my thumb.
"Edward, can you hear me?"
I was relieved when he let out a low moan and gripped my uniform with his automail hand. By this time, the ambulance was there and they lifted him off the roof of the truck onto the stretcher.
His fingers never left my shirt.
The ride to the hospital wasn't long but it seemed like we couldn't get there fast enough. They inserted an I.V. into his arm and I saw him wince in discomfort.
I smiled wryly to myself. Even in this state he dislikes needles of any sort. I gripped his hand tighter in mine.
They rushed him into the hospital and only then did his arm fall limply at his side. "Roy…don't leave…me," he murmurs before his head rolls listlessly to the side.
"Sir, you're going to have to wait in the lobby," a nurse intercepts me before I could follow into the room they were rolling him in.
Reluctantly, I obeyed. I don't think that poor linoleum ever saw that much foot traffic.
Author's Note: This chapter didn't seem to come out the way I wanted. I'm feeling sickly so chapters may be coming slower.
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