Chapter Twenty-One: Turned on a Dime

Mitsuki Takahashi was sitting on a bench at the school, reading a book. It was a few weeks after the end of winter break for Yagami High school. Haru Tsukamato happened to be walking beside her. He figured to say hello. He stood in front of her, "Hi." She looked up and gave a smile, "Hi, Haru." Haru sat down by her, "So how was your winter break?" She then got even higher spirited, "Something great happened with my dad and my step mom." She seemed really excited, so Haru was interested, "You have a step mom?" Mitsuki nodded, "Yeah, I call her Ayumi since she isn't my real mother. But anyways, she recently just got pregnant. The doctor doesn't know if it is a boy or girl yet. But already me and her are thinking of names for the baby." Haru smiled, "What were some of the names?" She smiled, "Well. We figured if it was a boy it would be named Hotaru, she picked that one. But if it were a girl, it would be Tenma. I picked that name; I always thought Tenma was a pretty name. But Dad already has a girl name for it; I guess I have to save Tenma for a different time." Once all was silent, they heard the sound of footsteps quickly running towards them, "Guys!" It was Akemi Immoto. Haru stood up in alarm, "What is it?" Akemi gasped, "Bad news!"

It was bad news, Haru would have never guessed what it was until he saw it. Haru stood in a room at Yagami Hospital a few minutes after Akemi broke the news. Haru couldn't bear to look, so he sat down and covered his eyes. Once he looked back, he started to weep. He stood up and walked over to the bad and sat on the stool beside it. There were flowers on the side table from Akemi, Mitsuki, and Akio. Haru sat his down on the table as well. The doctor stepped in. Haru quickly looked up at him, "What's going to happen to him?" The doctor sat on his stool, "Well, he was badly injured in a car crash. He had broke both of his arms, his left leg, and is severely bleeding in his jugular." Haru began to sob, "Oh God!" He looked back up, "Will he live?" The doctor spoke, "If those are the only injuries he had suffered, he should be able to recover if we quickly patch up his wound on his neck. We got the glass fragments out of his neck and stopped the bleeding as well. All we need to do is patch up his arms and left leg." The doctor paused for a second and then continued to speak, "I'll leave you with him." The doctor left the room. Haru looked back at all the times he spent with the person lying in the bed. He took him for granted, and now here he is, hoping he will not leave this world. Haru sat down by his injured long time friend, Katashi Yamashito.