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Knock Knock. Who's there?
Chapter 13
"Huh?" I woke to the metal curtain rings scrapping against it's rack in the celing. The nurse let the morning light into my Grandpa's hospital room.
"Good morning young man." She smiled and came to take my grandpa's tempurature and pulse.
"How is he?" I rubbed my eyes. I don't think I slept very well. Ow. Crick in the neck!
"He's just fine." She nodded to me. "I'll see if I can arrange for some breakfast. How does that sound?"
"Really good." I smiled back. She left and I took the opportunity to stand up and walk around a little to work the stiffness out of my muscles. I massaged my neck, but it didn't seem to be working.
"Can I help?" Nagoya-san appeared behind me. I jumped when I felt his hand on my shoulder. That hand was the same hand that touched Kagura-san, I blushed.
"No...It's alright." I tried to fake it. "See." I bent my neck this way and that. Big mistake. "Ittii!" Something pinched hard. I held my neck as an odd heat radiated from the sore muscle.
"Let me take a look at that." The doctor took my hands away and massaged my neck. That felt really good. The tightness was relaxing and my pain was melting away. Oh, yeah. I have got to learn this trick. "Better?"
"Much better." I sighed, I was over reacting, yeah. He took his hands away but blinked, noticing something on my neck.
"Hey, what's that?"
"Huh?" I stiffened. The hicky!
"That mark on your neck?" he pointed. I covered it with my hand.
"It's nothing!" If this blushing keeps up, I might as well be red for the rest of my life. How did every one manage to make me feel embarassed? "Really." I assured him when he raised an eye brow at me.
Then he smirked. Darn him. I know what he was thinking. A hicky. It's not...well it is, but that was none of his...Or was it? It was his son that...No! It was none of his buisness. I nodded to myself.
"Here we are." The nurse beamed as she brought in a tray of food.
"Oh, you brought breakfast. How thoughtful, Nurse Quan." Dr. Nagoya smiled.
"Should I bring another?"
"No, thank you I've eaten." the blue haired doctor looked at me. "My patient can't eat before the operation. Okay?"
"Oh." I looked at grandpa, wondering if he was hungry. She set the tray down and smiled at me. She really liked smiling, which was a good thing because she was very pretty. I smiled back timidly.
"Thank you, nurse." He nodded and she left.
"Nagoya sensei?" I picked at the food.
"Yes?" He put his hands in his pockets.
"Will my grandpa be alright?" We covered this yesterday, I know, but I just had to hear it again.
"We'll see in a few hours."
"Hours?" Wait, was grandpa going in to surgery now? I wanted to talk to him. I wanted him to tell him that no matter what happens, I love him and I'm proud of him. This was too fast.
"In a few hours," he looked at me, those eyes filled with a different, but similar confidence to Chiaki's, "I'll be operating. He's all yours till then." He smiled before he left.
"Grandpa." he was starting to wake up. He was surprised to see me of course, but he was also glad to see me. We talked about our worries mostly in the short time we had, but I got to tell him some important things.
"I knew for weeks that I'd be needing surgery." Grandpa told me. That made me a bit angry. Why didn't he tell me?
"But..." I gripped my fists. "I didn't know." I said quietly.
"I'm sorry." his old face half smiled at me. "I know how important this time in your life can be. School, friends, learning about the world and more importantly, yourself. I didn't want to make things anymore complicated than they already are for you."
"But you're not a complication, you're my grandpa." I told him. "And I...I love you grandpa." I wanted to cry. No. You're a man, hold it back.
"I love you too, Yamato-kun." He patted my hands. "That's why this is going to be nothing at all. Don't you worry about me. Alright?"
"Yes sir." I nodded.
"Alright then." he nodded back smiling as if he was going into a board meeting. But it was more serious than that. I rubbed my eyes several times after they rolled him into the emergency room.
"Don't worry." Kagura came up beside me, "Nagoya sensei is highly skilled. He'll cure you grandfather, kitto." he winked.
I just looked at him as he smiled at me. He had total trust and faith in Chiaki's father. For a breif moment, I had a sense of the kind of relationship Nagoya sensei and this man had. They loved each other. I hoped, secretly, as I nodded, to feel even something like that some day. Something real.
Knock Knock. Who's there?
Chapter 13
"Huh?" I woke to the metal curtain rings scrapping against it's rack in the celing. The nurse let the morning light into my Grandpa's hospital room.
"Good morning young man." She smiled and came to take my grandpa's tempurature and pulse.
"How is he?" I rubbed my eyes. I don't think I slept very well. Ow. Crick in the neck!
"He's just fine." She nodded to me. "I'll see if I can arrange for some breakfast. How does that sound?"
"Really good." I smiled back. She left and I took the opportunity to stand up and walk around a little to work the stiffness out of my muscles. I massaged my neck, but it didn't seem to be working.
"Can I help?" Nagoya-san appeared behind me. I jumped when I felt his hand on my shoulder. That hand was the same hand that touched Kagura-san, I blushed.
"No...It's alright." I tried to fake it. "See." I bent my neck this way and that. Big mistake. "Ittii!" Something pinched hard. I held my neck as an odd heat radiated from the sore muscle.
"Let me take a look at that." The doctor took my hands away and massaged my neck. That felt really good. The tightness was relaxing and my pain was melting away. Oh, yeah. I have got to learn this trick. "Better?"
"Much better." I sighed, I was over reacting, yeah. He took his hands away but blinked, noticing something on my neck.
"Hey, what's that?"
"Huh?" I stiffened. The hicky!
"That mark on your neck?" he pointed. I covered it with my hand.
"It's nothing!" If this blushing keeps up, I might as well be red for the rest of my life. How did every one manage to make me feel embarassed? "Really." I assured him when he raised an eye brow at me.
Then he smirked. Darn him. I know what he was thinking. A hicky. It's not...well it is, but that was none of his...Or was it? It was his son that...No! It was none of his buisness. I nodded to myself.
"Here we are." The nurse beamed as she brought in a tray of food.
"Oh, you brought breakfast. How thoughtful, Nurse Quan." Dr. Nagoya smiled.
"Should I bring another?"
"No, thank you I've eaten." the blue haired doctor looked at me. "My patient can't eat before the operation. Okay?"
"Oh." I looked at grandpa, wondering if he was hungry. She set the tray down and smiled at me. She really liked smiling, which was a good thing because she was very pretty. I smiled back timidly.
"Thank you, nurse." He nodded and she left.
"Nagoya sensei?" I picked at the food.
"Yes?" He put his hands in his pockets.
"Will my grandpa be alright?" We covered this yesterday, I know, but I just had to hear it again.
"We'll see in a few hours."
"Hours?" Wait, was grandpa going in to surgery now? I wanted to talk to him. I wanted him to tell him that no matter what happens, I love him and I'm proud of him. This was too fast.
"In a few hours," he looked at me, those eyes filled with a different, but similar confidence to Chiaki's, "I'll be operating. He's all yours till then." He smiled before he left.
"Grandpa." he was starting to wake up. He was surprised to see me of course, but he was also glad to see me. We talked about our worries mostly in the short time we had, but I got to tell him some important things.
"I knew for weeks that I'd be needing surgery." Grandpa told me. That made me a bit angry. Why didn't he tell me?
"But..." I gripped my fists. "I didn't know." I said quietly.
"I'm sorry." his old face half smiled at me. "I know how important this time in your life can be. School, friends, learning about the world and more importantly, yourself. I didn't want to make things anymore complicated than they already are for you."
"But you're not a complication, you're my grandpa." I told him. "And I...I love you grandpa." I wanted to cry. No. You're a man, hold it back.
"I love you too, Yamato-kun." He patted my hands. "That's why this is going to be nothing at all. Don't you worry about me. Alright?"
"Yes sir." I nodded.
"Alright then." he nodded back smiling as if he was going into a board meeting. But it was more serious than that. I rubbed my eyes several times after they rolled him into the emergency room.
"Don't worry." Kagura came up beside me, "Nagoya sensei is highly skilled. He'll cure you grandfather, kitto." he winked.
I just looked at him as he smiled at me. He had total trust and faith in Chiaki's father. For a breif moment, I had a sense of the kind of relationship Nagoya sensei and this man had. They loved each other. I hoped, secretly, as I nodded, to feel even something like that some day. Something real.