This Heart Beats for Only You
Masaomi's Ending
"Are you sure you don't want me to come with you?," Yuusuke asks. He had a bad feeling about Ema walking on her own to her Miwa and Rintarou's apartment, since it was half an hour away and Ema had never went there alone before, one of the brothers usually drove her, but they all happened to be busy that day.
"I'll be fine, Yuu-kun, don't worry about me! I know where to go and I'm always careful!," Ema reassures.
Yuusuke sighs, he knew she'd try to stop him if he told her he'd take the day off of work to take her, and he didn't want her to think that he didn't trust her either: "Alright fine, but be careful!," he warns.
Ema nods and hugs her brother. "See you later, alligator!" Ema waves.
"After a while, crocodile!," Yuusuke shouts.
"Real soon, Daniel Boone!," Ema calls out.
"Get fucked, Daffy Duck!," Yuusuke yells.
They laugh, as the elevator doors close.
The couple had invited Ema over to celebrate, since she had just graduated the day before. After taking two buses, Ema steps off at an intersection. She stood on the sidewalk, carefully looking from side to side: the coast was clear and the light was green, she could cross. She takes a couple steps. Suddenly she hears a car speed towards her, but before she could react, it was too late.
Masaomi hears commotion at the emergency entrance, an ambulance had just arrived. He drops his clipboard and shouts: "I'll take it!"
He jogs to the patient, but when he saw who it was, his heart dropped: on the gurney laid Ema, the woman he loved, covered in her own blood, with a neck brace around her neck. The world began to close in on him, the sounds around him muffled, he started feeling dizzy, but a voice quickly brings him back to Earth: "I can take it!," another physician shouts.
Masaomi grabs his arm, stopping him from approaching Ema, he says, growling through his teeth: "No, I'll take it." The physician takes a step back, putting his hands in the air.
Masaomi rushes to Ema's side, he caresses her cheeks with his hand: "Ema? Ema? Can you hear me?," he panics.
Ema slowly opens her eyes, ever so slightly: "M-Masaomi-san?," she places a hand on his forearm, and smiles softly, "It's you..."
Her eyes close again. "No, no, no, no, no, stay with me, Ema! Nurse!," Masaomi shouts.
Nurses rally around Masaomi and Ema, they attach a heart monitor to the girl: her heart is beating very slowly. Masaomi's eyes widen: "Ema-chan, stay with me!," he begs.
As the Masaomi and the nurses clean and stitch up her wounds, Ema slowly regains consciousness: "M-Masaomi-san?," she says breathlessly.
Masaomi shifts his gaze onto Ema: "Ema-chan!," he breathes, feeling relieved.
He caresses her hair, Ema places her hand on his, and whispers: "I love you."
She closes her eyes, her body falls limp, a loud single beep is heard throughout the hospital. No... Masaomi's heart stops, his body freezes in shock. A nurse presses a large blue button, causing a piercing alarm to go off, but Masaomi doesn't hear it. He stumbles back, a nurse catches him: "Dr Asahina!"
Masaomi wakes up from his daze and shakes his head vigorously. He rushes to Ema, the doctor starts to perform CPR on her. Other physicians enter the room, but Masaomi doesn't slow down one bit.
Another physician places pads onto Ema's chest. "I'm going to shock!," he announces, Masaomi reluctantly stops performing CPR. The physician looks around: "Clear?" Masaomi nods. An electric pop is heard, Ema's body jolts. No pulse.
"Chest compressions," Masaomi orders. A nurse begins to perform CPR on Ema.
After a while, the other physician shouts: "Shock!" The nurses take their hands off of Ema. They shock her again. No pulse.
Masaomi jumps in and starts doing chest compressions himself.
Minutes go by with no improvements, sweat and tears drip down from Masaomi's face, he was exhausted after performing CPR for almost ten minutes, but he doesn't slow down one bit. He couldn't hear or see anyone or anything around him, all he could focus on was saving the love of his life, the woman who'd just declared her love for him. He was desperate, he had to save her, he had to, or he might as well go with her.
The other physician places a comforting hand on Masaomi's shoulder: "Dr Asahina, she's go-"
"NO, SHE'S NOT!," Masaomi cries out, not stopping the compressions.
"Dr Asahina-," a nurse starts, but she stops when she looks at the heart monitor: Ema's heart had begun to beat again.
The other heath specialists in the room look at the monitor, exhilarated. "Dr Asahina, her heart is beating again!," the other physical calls out.
Masaomi's attention shifts to the heart monitor. "She's alive..," Masaomi breathes.
He sighs a breath of relief and collapses to the ground, a nurse takes over for him. Another nurse helps him up: "You did it, Dr Asahina!"
Masaomi smiles weakly: "I did."
About five hours later, Masaomi went to visit Ema in her room. He knocks gently on the doorframe. "Ema-chan?," he says.
Ema slowly opens her eyes, she rubs her face, she asks: "W-where am I?" Masaomi runs to her, wrapping his arms tightly around the girl.
"M-Masaomi-san?," Ema questions softly.
"I thought I'd lost you...," Masaomi says, tears pouring down his face.
Ema smiles lightly and hugs him back. "Thank you for saving my life...," she pulls away from the doctor and brushes his bangs out of his face, "I'm not leaving you, not now, not never," she promises. She peers down shyly: "I-I-"
Before she could finish her sentence, Masaomi crashes his lips against hers, Ema's eyes widen, but she doesn't hesitate to kiss him back. She melts into Masaomi's warm lips and tender embrace, despite being very much alive, she felt as though she was in heaven.
Masaomi pulls away, still with tears in his eyes, he says: "I love you... I love you so much, Ema-chan." Ema blushes, she starts to cry too. They embrace each other tightly. He wasn't going to let her slip away again, not on his watch.
Flashforward (Eight years later)
"MOMMYYY! KAITO STOLE MY CUPCAKE!," Yua (4), her youngest, whines.
"Kaito, give your cupcake back to your sister," Ema orders, glancing at her eldest.
"But she ate my cupcake!," Kaito (6) argues.
Ema raises an eyebrow: she hadn't seen Yua eat anything since they'd come home.
She shifts her gaze onto her husband, who was sitting in the living room... eating a cupcake. She glares at him, Masaomi doesn't take long to notice her. His eyes widen, cupcake stuffed in his mouth. He quickly shoves the rest of the cupcake in his mouth. Ema giggles at her adorably mischievous husband.
Ema places a hand on her son's shoulder: "I'll buy you another one tomorrow, Yua."