A/N: I have not died, I'm back with another chapter. I'm sorry for no updates!
Haruka paced back and forth outside the hospital room Akari was currently residing in, trying his best to gather his thoughts and calm down his nerves. Makoto, Nagisa, Rei and Gou had shown up about an hour ago to visit Akari and provide emotional and physical support for Haru, however the nurses and doctors did not allow visitors at the moment, and kindly, but rather strictly, asked them to wait in the waiting room.
"Haru," Makoto called from behind him. "Here," he said, as he handed Haru a bottle of water.
"Don't need it." Haru responded, only to have his hand yanked from his side and a water bottle shoved in it.
"Yes, you do. You look dehydrated. You've been here longer than any of us. Do you want to sit down?" Makoto asked.
Haru looked to where Nagisa was sitting with Gou and nodded.
Rei approached Makoto from behind. "Do you think Akari will be alright, Makoto-senpai? She's had heart problems all her life."
Makoto shrugged. "I honestly don't know, Rei. All we can do right now is hope for the best, and pray for Akari's health and Haru's happiness."
After another couple of hours of waiting, the door finally opened revealing a doctor and a few nurses.
Haru jumped up from his seat and walked to the doctor. "Is she alright?" He asked, impatiently.
"Yes, Morioka-san is stable now, however she is unconcious at the moment." The doctor said, dejectedly. "We don't know when she will wake up, but we estimate anywhere from five to six days."
Haru sighed a breath of relief. "Thank you," he said to the doctor, before dashing into Akari's room.
He pulled a chair next to her unconcious form and held her cold hand in his.
"She's okay, right Haru-chan?" Nagisa asked, nervously.
Haru nodded. "She's okay."
"That's great news then. We'll give you two some privacy." Makoto said, motioning everyone out of the room and closing the door behind him.
He signed and leaned his forehead down to touch her cold fingers.
"Akari..." he whispered forelonely, as a silent tear made its way down his cheek. "I was so scared..."
Haru fell asleep in that position later that night, his head by her side and his fingers intertwined with hers.
Days passed and Akari showed no sign of waking up. Haru still visited her everyday, from morning to night, even negleting swim practice to be by her side.
He brought flowers some days, and chocolates other days, but today he brought a big stuffed bear to keep her company whenever he wasn't there to watch over her.
Haru sat in the same chair by her side and held her hand as he talked about his day to her, as he did every day.
"Today, I made makerel for breakfast, and I put a sunny-side-up egg on top instead of pineapple. I know you liked pineapple and makerel. I'll make some for you when you wake up."
Haru stopped to look at her face. She looked paler than usual, but her cheeks were still soft and they still had the lightest tint of pink brushed over them. Her long eyelashes never failed to intrigue him. But, behind those eyelashes hid a pair of beautiful golden eyes that he would do anything to see again.
As night approached, the door to Akari's room swung open with a bang, shocking Haruka.
But, the person on the other side of the door shocked him even more.
Immediately standing up and bowing, he greeted his future father-in-law.
Akari's father.
"Stand straight." He glared.
"Dear, you're scaring him." A woman said from behind him. "Your name is Haruka, right? I'm Akari's mother. It's very nice to meet you." She smiled and bowed lightly.
"The pleasure is all mine," Haru said, bowing.
"How is she?" Akari's father demanded.
"Akari had a heart attack three days ago and I brought her here as soon as possible. She's been unconcious ever since but doctor's say she will wake up soon." Haru informed him, looking at Akari's pale face.
"I see." He said.
"Do you know what caused the heart attack, Haruka-kun?" His mother asked.
Haru recalled the events leading up to the heart attack; Nishimura and the note, Akari's tears. However, something in his mind told him not to disclose that information to her parents.
"I believe it was because of stress from school and other activites." Haru said.
"I think your friends have arrived, Haruka-san." Akari's mother said, pointing to a group of people in the waiting room which consited of Makoto, Gou, Nagisa, and Rei. "Shall we go introduce ourselves, dear?" She asked her husband.
"You two go." He said, not moving.
"Whatever you say. Let's go, Haruka." She smiled.
Leaving Akari's mother to talk to his friends, Haruka walked to grab three water bottles and handed one to Akari's mother, and held the other two as he walked back into Akari's room.
Stopping right before he opened the door, he looked through the narrow retangular window on the door.
He watched as her father sat on the chair he sat in earlier and watched his daughter. Akari's father raised his hand, but nervously retracted it and set it back down.
Akari's father took a deep breath and closed his eyes. Then, he reopened them and stood up from his seat. Haru watched as her father leaned down, brushed her brown hair out of the way, and kissed his daughter on the forehead, before walking towards the door.
Haru quickly looked away and walked towards the group to look less suspicious.
However, he smiled a small, sweet smile as he thought of the sweet exchange between daughter and father.
Haru recalled Akari talking about her father to him, talking about how he was a strict father, and how he only hugged her once on her sixth birthday. She seemed to resent him because he always set up arranged marriages for her for the sake of his business, but Haru thought her father loved her, but just didn't know how to express it.
"Akari, please wake up soon. I have so much to share with you."
