Chapter 4
By Miko of da Shinigami
Hotaru and the others sat outside and sipped their tea in silence. Hotaru liked the way she felt when Duo was sitting next to her, his arm around her shoulder. It was so quiet and beautiful, as if nothing could go wrong, but still, one thought was nagging her.
'Usagi.'
***
Usagi sat in bed and sighed. Soon her friend would be coming and it would be more teary smiles and words of encouragement, even though they were lies. They were so nice to her, but they shouldn't pretend to understand how it feel to sit in bed, waiting to die. They don't understand at all. They don't know what it's like to be so tired you fall asleep during conversations and drift off listening to their quiet sobs, or apologies for still being alive when she wouldn't be. She didn't want to hear it. All she wanted was to live for as long as possible without being treated like a glass doll.
The door opened and someone walked she didn't know walked in.
"Excuse me," she said.
He turned to face her and she recognized him.
"Oh," she smiled. "Hello WuFei!"
WuFei blushed slightly. "Ummmm…I think I left my jacket here."
"Oh," Usagi replied looking around. "I didn't see one."
"In that case," he spun around and was half way out the door when she stopped him.
"Wait!" she shouted.
"Yeah?"
"You—you might want to check the…ummmm…lost and found," Usagi said.
"Nah," WuFei replied. "It's not important."
"Oh," she said, downcast.
"Would you mind if I stayed for a while?" WuFei asked. "Duo should be coming with that girl and I can leave with him."
"Please stay!" she answered, her eyes lighting up.
"Okay," he replied, smiling his first genuine smile in a long time.
***
Hotaru and Duo walked quietly side by side, holding hands. The couple behind them, however, had less luck.
"You are so irritating!" Rei burst out.
"What are you talking about," Heero replied. "I am doing nothing."
"Exactly!"
Heero just sighed.
"I wish you guys would cut it out," Hotaru said quietly. "I don't want you two fight when we're in there"
They stopped.
***
"You're doing great!" WuFei said, as Usagi beat his score for the fifth time.
"Usagi!" a shout came from the doorway. Rei came in and snatched the Gameboy from her hands. "You know you shouldn't be straining yourself with stupid games."
Hotaru took the Gameboy and gave it back to a crushed looking Usagi. "Let her have a little fun. You are way too hard on her."
"Arigato Hotaru-chan!" Usagi said, smiling at her friend, and going back to her game.
Everyone started telling her about their day, leaving out certain parts about Hotaru's day. Suddenly WuFei's name was called out on the loudspeaker.
"Maybe they found you're jacket!" Usagi said.
"Hn," WuFei grunted, heading out the door. He never told them about the jacket. He don't even have one, but he knew something was wrong. He almost sprinted to the front desk. He had told them to call him down when they finished with Usagi's tests. He had a bad feeling about this. (Like Obi-wan! Help me WuFei-chan, I really need you're help! Hahaha!!)
"Hello Mr. Chang," Dr. Joushi said, smiling down at the boy.
"What's wrong with her?" WuFei asked, a familiar scowl on his face.
"Are you sure you want to-"
"Just tell me," WuFei cut in, holding back tears. The second he saw her sleeping this morning her knew that something wasn't right. Or maybe it was that he met the most amazing girl in the world, and she's going to die.
"Her body has been rejecting the chemotherapy. It's very rare, but it happens."
"What now?" WuFei said very slowly through closed teeth.
"Nothing," Dr. Joushi said. "There is nothing we can do unless we can find a donor."
"Then see if I'm one," WuFei said.
"And us!" came a cheerful voice from behind him.
"Don't touch me," Heero said. "I swear to god I will kill you if you come near me with that needle."
"He's just saying that," Duo said quickly.
"Hey" Rei said, just turning the corner with Hotaru. "You can hold my hand if you want. It's really great of you to do this for us."
To everyone's surprise, Heero blushed and turned away. Hotaru knew he would back away from that offer.
"Hey Hotaru, can I hold your hand?" Duo said, winking.
"Of course! After all, you let me hold yours the first time we met."
Duo looked confused for a second, then smiled. "Oh yeah! 'Woman with a wild grip'!"
Hotaru just shook her head and mumbled something about short-term memory.
*** Ten minutes later, WuFei was chasing Duo around Dr. Joushi's office with the huge needle, as he had been doing for the past five minutes. Wait! ::Duo and WuFei freeze:: Okay, lets start about six minutes ago. ::sudden rushing of colors:: Okay! Better.
The group was sitting in Dr. Joushi's office, the three boys wait for the pain killers to work. Before Duo can think about what he's saying, the words come.
"Ya know, everyone here has someone to hold hands with except WuFei. Poor, unloved Wu-man must be lonely."
(Back to what I was writing)
Ten minutes later, WuFei was chasing Duo around Dr. Joushi's office with the huge needle, as he had been doing for the past five minutes. The doctor came back from getting his coffee, he snatched the needle back and told the boys to sit. He did WuFei first, who was so pre-occupied with his thoughts that he didn't even wince as the needle went in a out of his arm.
Duo felt it, but he just squeezed Hotaru arm gently, not wanted to hurt her.
And Heero…he had to put forth all his effort to stop from screaming like a girl. If Rei were any other girl, she would probably have a few broken fingers.
"While we're here Dr. Joushi," Rei said after he finished. "My friend here burnt his arm pretty badly. Do you have anything for it."
"Well," he started. "I have a shot that can reduce pain and swelling and prevent it from leaving a scar." But they were both outta there at the word 'shot'.
"Well, Duo," The doctor said as Duo, WuFei, and Hotaru were leaving. "I guess you won't have to come here this weekend to get tested.
"You were going to get tested anyway!" Hotaru said, smiling at Duo while red slowly crept up to his cheeks. "Oh Duo! You're the best!" She gave him a peck on the cheek and Duo went crimson.
WuFei sighed. 'I hope one of us is a match. Usagi needs our help, and I'd give up anything for her to get another chance at life.'
**End Chpt.**
Hi Everyone! I just really wanted to thank everyone for reviewing and I'm glad you like what I've done with it so far! Thanks a bunch! You've all really inspired me to just sit and write! Thanks for you're reviews and I'm not sure but the next chapter might be the last one! ;_;! When I finish my other fics I have going I might write a sequel to this…and maybe…SilenceGlaive!!! Remember that one…boy that was a while ago…my first fic and most popular one! So keep you're eyes peeled! ^-^! Arigato Minna-chan! ^-^