Chapter 13: In the Hospital
"That's horrible," said the second doctor in a quiet, shocked voice. "He was so young."
"Yes, the little boy was only six, I believe. It's going to be horrible for his family," said the other doctor.
They both continued walking down the hall, talking in hushed whispers.
Téa looked at Seto. "It wasn't Joey," she said in a half-relieved, half-guilty voice. She felt guilty because she was glad that it wasn't Joey that was dead, instead it was the little boy.
"It wasn't Joey," Seto repeated, stating it in an eerily calm voice.
"He's not dead," Téa sighed.
"Why don't you find him and see if he's okay?" Seto suggested gently. "I know it's going to bother you if you don't know his condition."
"Yeah, I'll do that," said Téa. "Because it would bother me. You know me too well," she finished with a small smile on her face.
Téa got up from her seat and planted a small kiss on Seto's cheek. "Sorry I have to keep leaving you all alone," she apologized.
"I'm fine," Seto reassured her. "Now hurry."
"Okay," said Téa. She hurried out of the room, just avoiding a collision with one of the nurses. Soon she found herself standing at the front desk.
"Excuse me?" she questioned politely.
"Yes?" answered a woman, looking up. She appeared to be in her mid-30's, horn-rimmed glasses lining her eyes. Wavy brown locks framed her round face.
"Do you have a Joey Wheeler listed?" Téa asked.
The woman looked at Téa suspiciously then typed the name into the computer. She quickly skimmed what little information she had.
"Yes, we do. He was just brought in not too long ago, actually. He's in room 210, but I don't think they're allowing visitors at-'' The woman was cut off by Téa.
"Thanks…" Téa quickly glanced at the woman's nametag. "Susan." Téa took off to find Joey before Susan could protest.
She walked down the hallway, muttering to herself. "207, 208, 209… 210." She stopped in front of the room, the door slightly ajar.
Téa pushed it open and walked in. 'Where are all the doctors?' she thought.
Joey was lying on the bed, the bright light illuminating his pale skin.
He looked absolutely horrible. His right arm was in cast, while his left eye was darkened. There were also small cuts and bruises all over his face. But those weren't enough to produce the amount of blood she saw. Where had it come from?
"Joey?" she whispered softly, hovering over him. She reached her hand down and brushed a blonde lock out of his eyes.
And almost had a heart attack when he opened his eyes and gazed at her.
"Joey!" Téa yelped. She quickly clamped a hand over her mouth.
"Téa?" Joey said weakly, squinting at her. "What are you doing here?"
"It's a long story," she told him, letting out small sigh. "I'll explain later. How are you feeling?" She kneeled down to be level with his face.
"Sore," Joey replied. "And my head hurts like hell."
"I saw you being wheeled down the hall, and you were covered in blood. It scared the shit out of me. But now, as I look at you, I don't see blood anywhere, save for the cuts on your face and arms," said Téa.
Joey gave her a small grin. He forced himself to sit up, wincing as he did so. He then lifted his shirt up part way.
Téa stared at the sight before her. A large gash danced across his stomach. It had already been stitched up.
He lowered his shirt and looked at her. "I got that from a rather large chunk of glass from the windshield."
"Does it hurt?" Téa asked him.
"A little, but they gave me pain killers," Joey replied.
"I'm so glad you're okay," Téa sighed.
"Yeah, me too." Joey threw her a lopsided grin. "So, why are you here, anyway? Major coincidence that you were here when I was brought in from my accident."
Téa got up and sat down on the edge of the bed. "Seto's here."
Joey's eyes widened to the size of saucers. "You mean Kaiba? Snotty, jerk 'I'm so rich' Kaiba? Why the hell is he here?"
Téa shot him an annoyed look. "He's very sweet," she said defensively.
Joey snorted. "Whatever you say. Anyway, why is he here?"
"I don't know, Joey. They can't find out what's wrong with him," said Téa.
"I see," commented Joey.
Téa explained the little 'spells' Seto had been having recently.
"Hmm," said Joey. "Maybe it's from lack of sleep. Even I know that Kaiba doesn't sleep much."
"I'll say," agreed Téa. "But could that possibly be it? Oh, I don't know."
Joey looked straight at her and said, "Everything will be fine, Téa. Now you should get back to Seto. He's probably wondering why you've gone so long."
"Okay," said Téa hesitantly. "Will you be okay? Where is your doctor?"
Joey smiled. "I'll be fine. Someone will come in soon."
Both turned their heads at the sound of footsteps coming down the hall.
"Hurry, leave," said Joey in a whisper. "I don't think you're supposed to be here." He gave a small chuckle.
"Alright. I'll visit you later, Joey." Téa got up and left the room, walking in to a doctor.
"What were you doing in there, miss?" the doctor questioned, raising an eyebrow.
"Erm, nothing," said Téa, hurrying away from him.
She quickly walked back to Seto's room. He was sitting up, reading a novel. He put it down as soon as Téa came in.
She was startled to see that he was dressed in his regular clothes.
"Hey, Téa," said Seto. "I can go home." He grinned.
"That's great. Did they finally figure out what's wrong with you?"
Seto shook his head. "No, but I'm supposed to come back on Wednesday for a checkup." He let out small sigh. "Did you find Joey? How is he?"
"Yes, I found him, and he's fine," said Téa smiling. "I said I would visit him later."
"I'll go with you," said Seto, hopping out of his bed.
"Serious? That's really nice of you, Seto," said Téa hugging him.
"I know. Now let's get out of here. I hate hospitals," said Seto.
They walked up to the front desk where Susan was still hard at work. "I'm signing out," said Seto, getting her attention.
Susan glanced over at Téa then said to Seto, "Please state your name."
"Seto Kaiba," he answered.
"Alright, you're signed out," said Susan. "Have a nice day." She looked at Téa again.
Téa giggled, holding onto Seto's arm, guiding him out of the hospital.
"What's so funny?" said Seto once they were in the parking lot. Seto's limo pulled up as soon as they set foot on pavement.
They climbed in. "Oh, nothing," answered Téa.
"If you say so," said Seto, scratching his head.
The limo drove them to the Kaiba mansion. They got out and walked inside.
"That was a fairly quick trip to the hospital," commented Téa glancing at her watch. "It's only 2:00. We were there for four hours."
"Yeah, well, four hours felt like an eternity," said Seto hanging up his coat.
"So how about we visit Joey at 6:00? Then I have to be getting home," said Téa. "After all, today is Sunday. It was a nice weekend though," she finished with a smile.
Seto nodded. "Sounds like a plan. I'll take you home after we visit Joey. I'm gonna miss you," he said smirking.
"Oh, please. I'll see you at school tomorrow," replied Téa. "And that reminds me, I should probably call Yugi. I think they sent him home after his little fit earlier. Poor guy."
"Do you know what happened to Bandit Keith? It sounds like he tried to hit Joey on purpose," said Seto, pouring himself a glass of juice. "Want some?" he asked Téa.
Téa shook her head. "No thanks. Yeah, it does sound like he tried to hurt Joey on purpose. I hope that bastard rots in hell."
"Strong words from a lady," Seto smirked.
Téa rolled her eyes. "Yeah, sure."
Seto put his arm over her shoulder and guided her into the gigantic living room. "Let's relax, shall we?"
Téa's eyes sparkled. "Of course. Do you have any board games?"
"Tons. Mokuba loves them," said Seto.
"Let's play one," Téa suggested. "I like Snakes N' Ladders. Do you have that one?"
"Why wouldn't we?" Seto set his glass down on the coffee table. He walked over to a rather large cabinet and opened the doors. He pulled out Snakes N' Ladders and set it up on the table.
"I'm really good at this game you know. So you better watch your back," said Téa.
"Oh, sure," replied Seto.
Relaxing for the first time that day, Seto and Téa began playing a nice game of Snakes N' Ladders.
Téa won.
Afterwards, the couple cuddled together on the couch, watching a movie.
Both were content and happy and nothing could ruin their moment.
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! although I wish I did. Kazuki Takahashi does. ^^;
A/N: -stares at chapter- Okay, I don't know what you thought, but I thought it was kind of weird. oO; It feels like my style of writing has changed. Hmm… Interesting.
I wonder when I'll ever finish this fic? Lol. –ponders- ^^;
Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Thank you to my reviewers! –huggles them- I love you guys!
Well, thank you to my reviewers, except The Anti-Fangirl. You're comment pissed me off. 'Sweet little lovey-dovey fangirl?' Yeah, sure. And I am by no means whatsoever wasting my talent. If you don't like fan fiction go read original fiction. And by the way, I do write original stories. I just don't post them. 'Lovesick obsession?' Not even close, pal. Please don't leave a review like that on one of my stories again. Anyway, now that that's cleared up…
oO; I was listening to Yu-Gi-Oh! music while writing this chapter. ^-^ Right now Shuffle is playing. Good song! Download it! Lol.
This chapter has actually been done for a long time, but I couldn't access ff.net, or I was getting 'server too busy.' Anyway, hopefully it works this time.
Anyway, that's all for now! Hopefully I'll have the next chapter done soon! Please review! ^_~ Until next time, folks!
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