Heartaches
Chapter 28
By Kellyq
As soon as the three were out of the room and at the parking lot, Trudge grabbed Yusei by the shirt. "You've got some explaining to do, slut!" he growled, referring to last night's incident.
"Trudge!" Mina scowled harshly, "leave Mr. Fudo alone right now! You don't need to make it worse by yelling at him!"
The officer scuffed and let go of Yusei's shirt and turned his back on them. The tension in the air spiked.
"Jack ..." Yusei finally said. His soft voice got Jack's attention, and he knew that his boyfriend wasn't happy about what just took place. "We're going to have to resort to another way of helping Kiryu."
Mina and Jack studied him for a moment. Trudge glanced over his shoulder and sighed, knowing that Godwin was right about not paying any attention.
"Fine, I'll help anyway I can," Trudge grumbled.
When Crow heard what happened, he went straight to the hospital. He ran down the hallway and stopped outside Kiryu's room, and let out a sigh of relief. Kiryu was fine. He watched Martha tell a couple of nurses to place him in a wheelchair and one of them was Carly. The other was Akiza. Martha laid a blanket over Kiryu's lap.
"How is he?" Crow asked Martha as he walked in.
Kiryu smiled when he recognized his friend and reached out to lace his fingers with Crow's. He glanced at Kiryu and forced a smile.
The blue-haired teen smiled back. "Kiryu. Crow. Friends," he shared, eyeing everyone, letting go of Crow's hand. "Yus!"
They turned their heads to see Jack, Yusei, Mina, and Trudge standing there. Kiryu shifted a little and put his good arm on the armrest, and he tried to stand. Akiza noticed this and helped support Kiryu while Carly gazed at Jack.
"Carly," she said in a coaxing voice, snapping the young woman out of her thoughts. "Can you help me, please?"
She flinched lightly and turned her attention back to what she was doing. Carly took a gentle hold of Kiryu to help him sit back down. He didn't want to sit down. Kiryu wanted to hug Yusei. The spiky-haired teen noticed this and walked up to hug his friend. Akiza helped Kiryu move his now healed arm that was slightly bent, around Yusei's shoulder as Kiryu managed to put his good arm around Yusei.
Trudge and Jack watched and for the first time, they both understood, understood where Yusei was coming from. The spiky-haired teen slowly helped sit Kiryu down in the wheel chair.
"So, what's the plan?" Yusei asked Martha.
"I'm going to have someone keep Kiryu occupied until we change the layout of the room," she explained. Yusei nodded his head, moved out of the way so that Martha could wheel Kiryu out of the room.
"I can do that," Carly gestured, hoping that if she offered something, Jack would be impressed.
"I'm going to have Akiza look after him," Martha said, declaring her decision.
Carly nodded her head as her thick spiral glasses shined. Behind them, a lot of emotions showed in her green eyes. Kiryu watched her for a moment, reached out, and took Carly's hand and swung their arms back and forth.
"Carly! Carly!" he sang out happily.
Martha smiled and placed her hand on Kiryu's shoulder to get his attention. He glanced at her. "Kiryu, Akiza here," she started to explain, pointing to the cheery red-haired woman. "She's going to take you outside, okay?"
Kiryu eyed Akiza for a moment and unconsciously tightened his grip around Carly's hand. "Carly! Crow!" he ordered shaking his head in disapproval.
"You want them to be with you right now?" Martha asked. Kiryu nodded his head. She sighed. "Okay, I guess they can do that."
After Kiryu was bundled in warm shirt, Crow wheeled him out followed by Carly. The morning air was crisp and damp, but the sun was out. The three made their way to a bench. The two made sure that Kiryu was facing them before they sat down.
Kiryu glanced at them. "Friends?" he asked pointing at both of them.
Carly and Crow were shocked at first. Carly was the first to regain her composer and smiled. "I don't know your friend here," she informed, pointing at Crow.
Kiryu smiled, shifted a little and took Crow's hand, lacing their fingers together. "Crow. Friend."
Crow chuckled. "We know each other by name, but if you want me to tell her that I'm friends with Yusei, and Jack, then I'll do that."
Carly gasped. "Y-you're friends with Jack - Jack Atlus?"
Crow made a face and Kiryu decided to mimic it. "Well, yeah. He's a childhood friend of mine. Why?"
Awkward tension hung in the air. "Well ... I ... wanted ... you see," Carly stuttered. "I looked Jack up on the net and I couldn't find him ..."
As soon as she said that, Crow burst out laughing.
"Of course not! Jack would rather have things confidential then share his personal life!" He explained, after calming down.
"Most men do," came Misty's voice.
They turned their heads to see her walking up. It took a moment for Crow to recognize her, and when he did, he kept his mouth shut. He wasn't in the mood to deal with her.
"Uh ... hi, Misty," Carly uttered, watching the older woman walk behind the bench and stop right beside her.
Misty bent down to one knee and took Carly's hand. "Has Mr. Pitts caused you anymore trouble?"
"Uh ... no – no he hasn't, and thanks for the help," Carly answered.
Kiryu eyed the whole scene. "Friends?"
Misty ignored him. Carly thought it was rude so she spoke for her. "She's a friend. Misty, this is Kiryu ..."
"I know," the older woman answered, sparing the crippled teen a glance. Misty let go of Carly's hand, rose to her feet. "I came out to really tell you guys that the room is ready."
"Great!" Crow said, getting to his feet. Carly did the same as Crow walked behind the wheelchair and wheeled Kiryu back inside, followed by the others.
To Be Continued...
