Ok, ok, so I'm deciding to update. Hmph.
Rena woke to a foreign room of white, unable to make sense of what happened. She felt warmth beside her, and looked over to find the familiar face of Syaoron sleeping with his head on the edge of her bed. The memory of that day came rushing back and shock took her, and then fear. She burst into tears and screamed, waking the boy beside her. Without him realising it she'd smashed a vase to the ground and had already brought a very sharp shard across the veins in her wrists before bringing it to her throat.
He quickly slapped it out of her hand, the bloodied shard falling to the floor, and held her wrists tightly where blood was gushing out. She was kicking and screaming, struggling against him.
"Just let me die!" she screamed over and over.
Doctors and nurses came running in along with Sora, who was horrified by the site she was seeing. Syaoron had fallen in tears, watching as Rena was quickly sedated. He took his hands away from the girl's wrists, allowing the doctors and nurses to take over, and stared at the blood on his hands. He was completely shocked by what had happened; he had never thought that Rena would do such a thing.
Sora rushed to his side, tears streaming down her face. She brought him into her arms, cradling him as he cried.
"I'm sorry…" she whispered.
It was three o'clock in the morning when Syaoran woke to the phone ringing. He looked at the number and noticed it was his sister calling, "Why the hell is Sora calling at three in the morning?" he muttered irritably as he answered the phone.
"Hello?"
"Sorry to call you at such an ungodly hour in the morning, but I thought that I should call as soon as possible…" Sora answered. She almost sounded as if she'd been crying.
"Hold on, what's going on? Are you crying?" He asked. He knew Sakura was listening beside him, and confusion had entered her tired eyes.
"It's Rena…she's woken up…" Sora's voice grew tight.
Syaoran didn't understand why his sister was so upset; Rena waking up was good, right?
"Well that's good, right?" He replied.
"She…when she woke up, she…" Sora couldn't finish her sentence.
Syaoran knew that something had happened at the hospital.
"What? What is it?" He asked quickly.
"Sakura can't know. Rena tried to commit suicide."
Syaoran could hear his sister crying on the other end of the line.
"Well? How is she now?" He demanded. If Sakura knew of what her sister had attempted, she'd be devastated.
"She's asleep for now, but I can't say the same for your brother. He's devastated..." Sora answered.
"I'm not surprised…" he murmured. He wondered exactly what had happened earlier that morning.
"Don't bring Sakura here yet; at least not till tomorrow…" Sora pleaded.
"Alright, take care of him ok?"
"I will; I've got to go, the doctors want to speak with me." Sora hastily hung up, and Syaoran set his phone down on the draws beside his head.
He didn't know what he should tell Sakura who was lying patiently beside him.
"That was Sora, right?" Sakura asked as he rolled over to face her.
"Yes." He answered, brushing some of her hair out of her eyes.
"Did something happen?" she asked.
"I'm not going to keep it from you; Rena woke up." He said. Sakura's eyes widened.
"When?" She asked.
"Sora didn't say, but I'm guessing from the phone call it wasn't all that long ago," he lied, "she's sleeping now, so perhaps we should go see her tomorrow."
Sakura smiled. She was glad that her sister had finally woken up, "I'd like that." She said.
"Sakura…" he said, wanting to tell her more, but at the same time he didn't want to. She'd find out tomorrow anyway, so perhaps she didn't need to be graced with the information so soon.
"What is it?" She asked.
"Please…be prepared for what you might see…" he answered quietly, pulling her close.
Sudden shock entered her eyes, and she knew that he knew something else. Tears leaked out of her eyes, and she seemed to understand straight away.
"I understand. I'm just glad that she's awake now." Sakura whispered.
"Get some sleep." He said softly, and kissed her forehead. She closed her eyes and allowed herself to fall asleep in his arms, not fully aware of what her sister had attempted earlier that morning.
When Sakura woke, she called in to tell the school that she wouldn't be coming in due to family business. She desperately wanted to see her sister, but was scared of what her condition would be like. She didn't eat much for breakfast, just a piece of toast.
"You need to eat more." Syaoran urged.
"I'm not really hungry…" she mumbled.
"Please, I don't want you feeling ill later." He pleaded.
Not wishing to upset him, she at a piece of fruit as well. He was satisfied with that, and he would make sure that she'd eat something later as well. They were picked up by Yuui to be taken to the hospital; he'd been asked by Sora to pick them up as she was too tired to drive.
Once they got to the hospital, Sakura felt herself become nervous. Syaoran slipped his hand into hers and gave it a comforting squeeze. They entered Rena's room, and she felt tears run down her face upon looking at her sister; her wrists were bandaged tightly, and there was a pad of gauze on her neck. Her eyes were blank, staring at the wall in front of her. Syaoron sat with his face buried in his hands which were now clean of her blood. Sora was standing beside him, her expression sad. Yuui walked over to her and gave her a comforting hug, but it did little to quell her worry.
Sakura walked over to her sister's side and sat on the edge of the bed, taking her hand into her own.
"Rena…?" she spoke quietly, but received no response.
She just continued staring at the wall in front of her.
"Oh god… What did he do to you?" Sakura whispered, unable to control the tears that fell down her face.
She finally understood what had happened earlier that morning, and the true meaning behind the warning Syaoran had given her. She turned to him and cried while he held her.
Sora, Yuui, Syaoran and Sakura sat outside in the foyer for a bit, talking.
"I can't believe he did this to her." Sora growled.
Sakura said nothing; she simply stared at the floor in front of her, thinking. She despised Kei for what he had done to her sister. He had finally achieved his goal in breaking her, but Sakura couldn't help thinking that there was something else he had in store for them.
"Sakura, do you need some time off?" Yuui asked her.
"I'm sorry, but I think I'm going to have to take you up on that offer. I'm in no state to teach right now." She answered quietly.
"That's fine. But in return, you need to take care of yourself." He replied. She nodded.
Syaoran could easily tell that Sakura was thinking about something serious, "What are you thinking about?" He asked her.
"It's Kei… He's achieved his goal in breaking my sister, but I can't help but think that he's got something else in store for us. I can't let him win, Syaoran." She whispered.
"Sakura, what are you planning?" he said, beginning to feel alarmed.
"It's simple, really… I'll just have to erase her memory…" she began.
"But my powers are limited. I can only erase up to three weeks, and even then I can't erase it completely. I'm still burdened with the memory." She explained.
"No."
Syaoran flat out refused.
"I can't let her suffer!" Sakura cried.
"You've suffered enough! Don't you think that once she's had her memory erased, she's going to be able to tell that you're suffering?" He questioned.
"At least she'll be back to being herself though!" Sakura argued.
"I won't let you." He growled.
"Won't you at least think about it?" Sora asked.
"Shut it Sora." He snapped.
Sakura was furious. "This is my decision and mine alone." She hissed.
"We're going home." He said, standing up and grabbing her wrist, pulling her behind him.
On their way past the room they passed Syaoron, and he did not look pleased. Syaoran didn't make eye contact with him as they passed one another, and Sakura noticed the anger in his brother's eyes as she briefly looked up, the anger directed towards Syaoran.
Well now…
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