Duet
by Zandrellia - zandrellia@excite.com
Usagi has a school project where she has to sing but
she also needs a male counter part. Who will it be
and what will happen?
***
Mamoru groaned an awakened to hear the click and whirr
as a bright light flashed by. Opening his eyes he saw he
was in a hospital and someone was taking an x-ray of his
chest.
He knew better than to move so he just lay there and
waited as the attendants changed the slide for the next
x-ray. A man came up wearing blue scrubs and he began to
adjust the range of the picture again when he noticed
that Mamoru was awake.
"Good afternoon Mr. Chiba. I'm glad to see we're feeling
a little better!" He smiled and finished the
adjustments. "Now you hold still and this will be over
in a few moments."
Mamoru watched him go somewhere behind his vision range
and he sighed. -Ouch.. that hurt. I wonder how Usagi is
doing.-
The machine began to make the whirring noise again as it
prepared to take the picture. The flash came and the
attendant came again. "Ok. We're all done here."
A nurse came up and smiled. "I promised your girlfriend
that we would take very good care of you. You must really
be worth a lot."
"Why do you say that?" He asked as he attempted to sit
up and she reached over to help him. It took a while for
him to stand, even with the help, but he was strong and
had been through worse pain before.
"She wouldn't get an examination for injuries. All she
could do was sit next to you and hold your hand. I think
she believes this is somehow her fault." She helped him
to sit into a wheelchair and adjusted the braces for his
feet.
He felt the slight jerk of the break being let up and
they were on their way back to his room. "Is she all
right?"
"She seems all right. I'm not a doctor but I didn't see
anything physically wrong with her other than a couple
bruises. The only problem right now is emotional. She's
just distraught about your condition and no one can blame
her."
"Could I see her before we go to my room?" He pleaded in
his best 'sick-little-boy' voice.
She smiled and pushed him over to a door. Reaching out
she opened it and pushed the chair in. He was shocked at
what he saw.
Usagi was sitting there in a hospital gown and staring
out at the city below through a window to her right. Her
hair was down and he could see that she had bathed. She
smiled as she saw Mamoru and he returned the favor.
The nurse pushed the break down as she stopped the chair
right next to Usagi's bed. "I'll come back in a few
moments."
"Thank you." Mamoru smiled at the woman as she left the
room, closing the door behind her. He then turned back
to Usagi.
-Is this what that woman calls all right?!- The whole
left side of her face was swollen and bruised terribly.
Her arm was a sickening shade of purple and her slender
legs were spotted with blue and black marks with a few
red scrapes. "Oh Usagi.. I'm sorry you were hurt."
"Whatever happened to Usako?" She smiled when he blused.
"I..nothing.. I just didn't think you would want me to
call you that. Since you don't.. you know." Suddenly the
large white tiles on the floor were so very interesting
to him.
"Don't what? Love you? I never said I didn't."
He looked up at her sharply and she gasped at the fire
within his eyes. "You never said you did either."
She sighed and closed her eyes for a moment to think of
the right words to say. "I.. I just wanted to.. to.."
"To what, Usagi? Change my mind?" He frowned when she
nodded without opening her eyes. Reaching over he gasped
in pain but pulled her hand into his own. She immediately
moved closer so he could be comfortable again.
"Usagi.. I have been in love with you since we first
met, and that's a long time. Please believe in me like
you want me to believe in you." She opened her eyes and
smiled down at him.
"I believe in you Mamo-chan. I always have." She leaned
closer to him, their lips were mere centimeters apart
and then.. the nurse burst into the room.
"Time to go Mr. Chiba!" She walked over and realeased the
brake, pulling him away. She acted as if she hadn't even
seen what she was interrupting.
"But.." Usagi and Mamoru both said in protest as the
woman pushed him through the door and out of the room.
Usagi sighed. Could things get any worse?! And tomorrow
was Friday! Laying back she thought of the music test
she had tomorrow and wondered if she would be able to
sing with Mamoru.
***End Part Eightteen***
by Zandrellia - zandrellia@excite.com
Usagi has a school project where she has to sing but
she also needs a male counter part. Who will it be
and what will happen?
***
Mamoru groaned an awakened to hear the click and whirr
as a bright light flashed by. Opening his eyes he saw he
was in a hospital and someone was taking an x-ray of his
chest.
He knew better than to move so he just lay there and
waited as the attendants changed the slide for the next
x-ray. A man came up wearing blue scrubs and he began to
adjust the range of the picture again when he noticed
that Mamoru was awake.
"Good afternoon Mr. Chiba. I'm glad to see we're feeling
a little better!" He smiled and finished the
adjustments. "Now you hold still and this will be over
in a few moments."
Mamoru watched him go somewhere behind his vision range
and he sighed. -Ouch.. that hurt. I wonder how Usagi is
doing.-
The machine began to make the whirring noise again as it
prepared to take the picture. The flash came and the
attendant came again. "Ok. We're all done here."
A nurse came up and smiled. "I promised your girlfriend
that we would take very good care of you. You must really
be worth a lot."
"Why do you say that?" He asked as he attempted to sit
up and she reached over to help him. It took a while for
him to stand, even with the help, but he was strong and
had been through worse pain before.
"She wouldn't get an examination for injuries. All she
could do was sit next to you and hold your hand. I think
she believes this is somehow her fault." She helped him
to sit into a wheelchair and adjusted the braces for his
feet.
He felt the slight jerk of the break being let up and
they were on their way back to his room. "Is she all
right?"
"She seems all right. I'm not a doctor but I didn't see
anything physically wrong with her other than a couple
bruises. The only problem right now is emotional. She's
just distraught about your condition and no one can blame
her."
"Could I see her before we go to my room?" He pleaded in
his best 'sick-little-boy' voice.
She smiled and pushed him over to a door. Reaching out
she opened it and pushed the chair in. He was shocked at
what he saw.
Usagi was sitting there in a hospital gown and staring
out at the city below through a window to her right. Her
hair was down and he could see that she had bathed. She
smiled as she saw Mamoru and he returned the favor.
The nurse pushed the break down as she stopped the chair
right next to Usagi's bed. "I'll come back in a few
moments."
"Thank you." Mamoru smiled at the woman as she left the
room, closing the door behind her. He then turned back
to Usagi.
-Is this what that woman calls all right?!- The whole
left side of her face was swollen and bruised terribly.
Her arm was a sickening shade of purple and her slender
legs were spotted with blue and black marks with a few
red scrapes. "Oh Usagi.. I'm sorry you were hurt."
"Whatever happened to Usako?" She smiled when he blused.
"I..nothing.. I just didn't think you would want me to
call you that. Since you don't.. you know." Suddenly the
large white tiles on the floor were so very interesting
to him.
"Don't what? Love you? I never said I didn't."
He looked up at her sharply and she gasped at the fire
within his eyes. "You never said you did either."
She sighed and closed her eyes for a moment to think of
the right words to say. "I.. I just wanted to.. to.."
"To what, Usagi? Change my mind?" He frowned when she
nodded without opening her eyes. Reaching over he gasped
in pain but pulled her hand into his own. She immediately
moved closer so he could be comfortable again.
"Usagi.. I have been in love with you since we first
met, and that's a long time. Please believe in me like
you want me to believe in you." She opened her eyes and
smiled down at him.
"I believe in you Mamo-chan. I always have." She leaned
closer to him, their lips were mere centimeters apart
and then.. the nurse burst into the room.
"Time to go Mr. Chiba!" She walked over and realeased the
brake, pulling him away. She acted as if she hadn't even
seen what she was interrupting.
"But.." Usagi and Mamoru both said in protest as the
woman pushed him through the door and out of the room.
Usagi sighed. Could things get any worse?! And tomorrow
was Friday! Laying back she thought of the music test
she had tomorrow and wondered if she would be able to
sing with Mamoru.
***End Part Eightteen***