"He's falling into unconsciousness again," the doctor said. I heard him but his words were jumbled in my mind, they merged into one, swimming in a deep pool of black. I was swimming with them, trying to catch them, but they disintegrated as my fingers wrapped around them. A face appeared, black eyes, black hair, pale, soft skin. It was Wufei.
I opened my mouth to cry out, but no sound came. "Wufei!" I managed to choke out. "Wu... fei..." my voice was faltering, I was drowning in this sea as black as ink. Now I was falling, endlessly, trying to grasp at the walls around me, but they were too smooth for me to grab onto. I scrambled with even more effort, but the walls only seemed to move away from me.
Suddenly I hit the ground with a thud. I felt as though every bone in my body was cracked, as though my very soul had jumped into my body with a force like nothing I'd ever felt before. It jolted through every part of my body, and then I opened my eyes again.
"Thank God you're awake!" Quatre breathed a sigh of relief.
Now there were seven pairs of eyes on me. Or were there more? I mumbled something that not even I could understand.
"You called my name," Wufei said, moving closer.
I swallowed and looked at Trowa and Quatre, their hands now intwined. I looked at the nurses and the doctor, then decided I didn't care what they thought. "Wufei..." I said.
He looked at me expectantly, a look of questioning in his eyes.
"Come here."
He walked over to me, looking confused. I looked at him and began to grin even though I still felt dead inside. "Would you kiss me, Wufei?"
Wufei looked taken aback. I feared he'd run out of the room, that was the last thing I wanted to happen. "Please..." I whispered.
Before I knew it, he had reached forwards to my face and his soft lips were on mine. I inhaled deeply, feeling a new sense of life rush through me, as though I were taking Wufei's life source. I opened my eyes just a crack, and noticed the nurses and doctor looking at me strangely, but I didn't care. I closed my eyes, and put my arms on Wufei's back.
I ran my fingers through his hair gently, softly removing the rubber band tying it up neatly. His hair felt like silk in my cold fingers, and my hands slowly ran down to his warm cheeks. I parted my lips and let my tongue brush his. He put up no resistance, and I felt his tongue within my mouth. He was warm, soft, gentle, everything I needed to feel, and I never wanted to pull away.
His lips moved to my cheek and he ran his lips over my cold skin. I felt his warm, hurried breath on me, and it excited me even more. I raised my hands to his scalp again and held his hair once more, letting my grip loosen after I whispered a 'Thank you'.
He remained bent over me, then straightened up slowly, glancing at the other three pilots for a moment. Heero raised an eyebrow, and Quatre's eyes shined. Trowa was as silent as ever, but his one visible eye seemed to show that inwardly he was grinning.
Heero walked to the door and called in the nurses and doctor, who had decided to leave us alone for a moment. They re-entered, and I grinned sheepishly. Whatever life I seemed to have gained from Wufei left my body again. I wanted to wrap the blankets around myself as tight as possible, to stop the life from leaving me, but there was nothing I could do, and I felt the weight of my body like never before, felt as though I were sinking into the mattress.
"I'm tired..." I mumbled, feeling my eyes drooping once again.
The doctor swiftly appeared beside me, and opened my eyelids, but I felt as though they were rolling back, my sight switching to a place I've never seen before. This time the sea wasn't black, there was no sea at all, just nothingness. Just white. I looked around, turning to and fro trying to find someone. But there was noone there.
The white blurred suddenly and something came into view. I felt I was floating, I felt my spirit floating above my body. There I was, I could see myself down there, lying on a bed, surrounded by people... one dressed in blue jeans and a green tank top, one in beige jeans and a green polo neck, one in white, and one in white and brown. There were two women in blue and white, and a man in white. I reached out to them, to myself on that bed, but no-one felt me. My hands caressed Wufei's hair, but he didn't move. They were looking at me, while the doctor and nurses tried to wake me up.
"You won't wake me," something inside me said. "You can't wake me now."
"Yes they can," I answered.
I shook my head, what was this? Jumbled words from the scene below wafted to my ears.
"He's fallen... coma... now... death..." I heard, not able to hear everything.
Now there was a different voice. "Can't... save..."
And yet another voice. "Something... save... know... questions..." It was Wufei.
"You question me Wufei? You question my actions?" I said, knowing he wouldn't hear. My gaze was on myself, as I lay there still. They were connecting machinery to my body.
"Save me. You've got to save me," I thought, the words hurried and panicked within me. "SAVE ME!"
The doctor turned to the monitor that showed my heartbeat. "Slow..." I heard him say.
I turned to the monitor and saw that the heartrate was indeed slow and irregular.
"Disease... messes up... nervous system..." more words wafted up to me. All eyes were on the monitor, mine included. My heartbeat kept slowing down, and I willed it to quicken.
"Brain scan," were the words I heard next.
"Brain scan?" I thought. I moved quickly, and fell into my body. The body jerked, but didn't awaken.
We were taken to a radiography room, and they laid the body onto a special table ready to be placed into the scan machine. Soon after, we were returned to the ward, and reconnected to the equipment there. More words, but they were clear now because I was in the body. "The disease has affected his brain badly, and a full recovery is impossible."
I opened my mouth to cry out, but no sound came. "Wufei!" I managed to choke out. "Wu... fei..." my voice was faltering, I was drowning in this sea as black as ink. Now I was falling, endlessly, trying to grasp at the walls around me, but they were too smooth for me to grab onto. I scrambled with even more effort, but the walls only seemed to move away from me.
Suddenly I hit the ground with a thud. I felt as though every bone in my body was cracked, as though my very soul had jumped into my body with a force like nothing I'd ever felt before. It jolted through every part of my body, and then I opened my eyes again.
"Thank God you're awake!" Quatre breathed a sigh of relief.
Now there were seven pairs of eyes on me. Or were there more? I mumbled something that not even I could understand.
"You called my name," Wufei said, moving closer.
I swallowed and looked at Trowa and Quatre, their hands now intwined. I looked at the nurses and the doctor, then decided I didn't care what they thought. "Wufei..." I said.
He looked at me expectantly, a look of questioning in his eyes.
"Come here."
He walked over to me, looking confused. I looked at him and began to grin even though I still felt dead inside. "Would you kiss me, Wufei?"
Wufei looked taken aback. I feared he'd run out of the room, that was the last thing I wanted to happen. "Please..." I whispered.
Before I knew it, he had reached forwards to my face and his soft lips were on mine. I inhaled deeply, feeling a new sense of life rush through me, as though I were taking Wufei's life source. I opened my eyes just a crack, and noticed the nurses and doctor looking at me strangely, but I didn't care. I closed my eyes, and put my arms on Wufei's back.
I ran my fingers through his hair gently, softly removing the rubber band tying it up neatly. His hair felt like silk in my cold fingers, and my hands slowly ran down to his warm cheeks. I parted my lips and let my tongue brush his. He put up no resistance, and I felt his tongue within my mouth. He was warm, soft, gentle, everything I needed to feel, and I never wanted to pull away.
His lips moved to my cheek and he ran his lips over my cold skin. I felt his warm, hurried breath on me, and it excited me even more. I raised my hands to his scalp again and held his hair once more, letting my grip loosen after I whispered a 'Thank you'.
He remained bent over me, then straightened up slowly, glancing at the other three pilots for a moment. Heero raised an eyebrow, and Quatre's eyes shined. Trowa was as silent as ever, but his one visible eye seemed to show that inwardly he was grinning.
Heero walked to the door and called in the nurses and doctor, who had decided to leave us alone for a moment. They re-entered, and I grinned sheepishly. Whatever life I seemed to have gained from Wufei left my body again. I wanted to wrap the blankets around myself as tight as possible, to stop the life from leaving me, but there was nothing I could do, and I felt the weight of my body like never before, felt as though I were sinking into the mattress.
"I'm tired..." I mumbled, feeling my eyes drooping once again.
The doctor swiftly appeared beside me, and opened my eyelids, but I felt as though they were rolling back, my sight switching to a place I've never seen before. This time the sea wasn't black, there was no sea at all, just nothingness. Just white. I looked around, turning to and fro trying to find someone. But there was noone there.
The white blurred suddenly and something came into view. I felt I was floating, I felt my spirit floating above my body. There I was, I could see myself down there, lying on a bed, surrounded by people... one dressed in blue jeans and a green tank top, one in beige jeans and a green polo neck, one in white, and one in white and brown. There were two women in blue and white, and a man in white. I reached out to them, to myself on that bed, but no-one felt me. My hands caressed Wufei's hair, but he didn't move. They were looking at me, while the doctor and nurses tried to wake me up.
"You won't wake me," something inside me said. "You can't wake me now."
"Yes they can," I answered.
I shook my head, what was this? Jumbled words from the scene below wafted to my ears.
"He's fallen... coma... now... death..." I heard, not able to hear everything.
Now there was a different voice. "Can't... save..."
And yet another voice. "Something... save... know... questions..." It was Wufei.
"You question me Wufei? You question my actions?" I said, knowing he wouldn't hear. My gaze was on myself, as I lay there still. They were connecting machinery to my body.
"Save me. You've got to save me," I thought, the words hurried and panicked within me. "SAVE ME!"
The doctor turned to the monitor that showed my heartbeat. "Slow..." I heard him say.
I turned to the monitor and saw that the heartrate was indeed slow and irregular.
"Disease... messes up... nervous system..." more words wafted up to me. All eyes were on the monitor, mine included. My heartbeat kept slowing down, and I willed it to quicken.
"Brain scan," were the words I heard next.
"Brain scan?" I thought. I moved quickly, and fell into my body. The body jerked, but didn't awaken.
We were taken to a radiography room, and they laid the body onto a special table ready to be placed into the scan machine. Soon after, we were returned to the ward, and reconnected to the equipment there. More words, but they were clear now because I was in the body. "The disease has affected his brain badly, and a full recovery is impossible."