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Two thuds reach their ears, reach his ears, and Takato's vision swims at the sound and the sensation. Someone groans. He breathes hard into Guilmon, and everything hurts.
"Takato!" Jenrya calls. "The phone! Call the hospital! They're breathing!"
And Takato is breathing with them.
"Okay," he stutters out. "Uh-hokay."
There's not so much peace as there is a pause, a quiet. They sit in the hospital, surrounded by the sound and the smell.
At some point, parents arrive, concerned people. Hirokazu and Kenta. Kato-san and Leomon are still nowhere to be found. But Culumon comes eventually. And there are others. Reporters. Concerned citizens. Angry people.
Ruki shouts, Jenrya glares.
Takato does nothing for a long while. Then he reaches out, grips both their hands. He tugs them down.
Both, to their own surprise, sit. And their partners stand in front of them together.
Daigo doesn't feel lonely. He almost feels safe.
He definitely has worry, but that won't go until Kato-san is here again. When Maki is right in front of him.
