Wufei pulled up in the hospital car park. The three boys climbed quickly
out of the car, barely taking a moment to stretch or yawn, even though
their journey had been more than seven hours long due to horrendous traffic
jams. Heero immediately headed towards the entrance to the hospital.
Duo hesitated slightly, knowing that he would have to face Quatre soon. He looked at the cars around them, but couldn't see any limousines or suave cars that would indicate that Quatre had already arrived. Mind you, it was a very long journey to the hospital, much further for Quatre than it was for the other boys. Quatre probably wouldn't arrive until late evening.
Duo felt a hand squeeze his and looked around to see Wufei comforting him. Duo smiled happily, Wufei always seemed to be able to sense what he was thinking. They had clicked quite well really in such a short time. Duo wondered if.
His thoughts were interrupted as they entered the hospital and caught up with Heero. He stood talking to a short male nurse who looked thoroughly disapproving.
"What do you mean you can't tell me?" Heero asked hotly.
"I'm sorry sir, but I'm not permitted to tell you where your friend is staying with proof of your identification and relationship to the patient." The man replied.
"Heero, what's going on?" Duo asked, joining him.
"They won't tell me where Trowa is!" Heero growled. Duo turned to look at the male nurse.
"I'm sorry sirs." The man said as calmly as possible. "But you have to understand that it is hospital policy to only admit family and friends permitted by the patient. Mr Barton hasn't approved your name, so I can't tell you where he is."
"You must be able to tell us something about his condition though." Duo said, stepping in front of Heero to stop him flinging himself at the nurse in anger.
"I wish I could help sir. But I have to respect the privacy of my patients. May I also add that visiting hours have finished, and only close family are permitted to visit now." He sighed. "I truly wish I could help you, but I'm not permitted to." With that the man walked away to deal with someone else.
"Damn it!" Heero kicked the wall and slid onto a chair, cursing.
"Don't worry Heero." Duo said kindly. "We'll check into a hotel tonight, and visit first thing in the morning. We'll get someone to go and ask Trowa is he wants to see us."
"What if he is too ill to understand?" Heero said angrily. "I have to see him today."
Duo sighed and looked to Wufei for inspiration. Wufei shrugged his shoulders. He was as stumped as Duo.
"Excuse me?" They looked around to see a girl standing near them. She was fairly pretty, with shoulder length red hair that curled softly around her round face. A spattering of freckles over her nose and cheeks offset her fair complexion and pinkish cheeks. Her deep brown eyes sparkled even though there were dark bags under her eyes and she looked extremely tired.
She was quite short, standing shorted than all of the boys. She was also very slender and willowy. She seemed even more fragile because of her clothing. She wore big black boots that looked several sizes too big, and gold tights on her legs. She also wore a huge brown jacket that swamped her and fell past her hands. This was wrapped around her and a flash of gold was visible under the collar.
"Yes?" Duo asked, quite shocked by her strange appearance.
"I couldn't help overhearing your conversation." She said.
"Bet you could." Heero muttered sourly, still smarting from the revelation that he couldn't see Trowa.
"My name is Rosie, I heard you talking about Trowa Barton. Are you friends of his?" She asked.
"Yes. My name is Duo and this is Wufei. We know Trowa quite well. But this is Heero Yuy, he and Trowa were very close.still are." Duo said.
"Then I think I can help you." Rosie said. "Especially because you are here Heero." Heero looked up at her and surveyed her intently. "Will you come with me?"
"Why?" He asked suspiciously.
"I thought you wanted to see Trowa." Rosie said. "I'm a friend of his. I was just about to visit him too."
"You won't be allowed." Heero said hollowly.
"Yes I will." Rosie replied. "Trowa asked for me."
"Why would he ask for you?" Heero asked, but Rosie wasn't listening.
"If you don't want to see him I don't have to help you." She said shakily, and they could all hear a wobble in her voice. Obviously she didn't like standing here talking to them when they were acting so suspiciously.
"Alright, we'll come." Heero grumbled. He thoughts that this girl was playing a cruel joke. How could she be allowed to see Trowa?
"We'd be grateful of your help!" Wufei interjected, hoping that the girl would dismiss Heero's rude behaviour, and luckily she did.
"Follow me." She said. She led them through the labyrinthine passages of the hospital without saying another word. Heero watched her suspiciously, but said nothing. None of them really paid attention to where they were going because they were wondering whom this girl was. Eventually she stopped outside a door.
"This is Trowa's room." She announced. Heero looked through the window on the door door, and sure enough he could make out a Trowa shaped lump on the bed inside.
"Trowa." He said, making for the door, but Rosie blocked his way.
"I have to go and see him first." She said firmly. "He may not want any more visitors." Heero started to protest but Duo placed a warning hand on his shoulder. Heero nodded in understanding. He knew that this girl had gone against normal hospital rules to lead them to Trowa. "There's a window over there." She pointed to a window in the wall. Heero, Duo and Wufei walked over to it and looked in, whilst she entered the dimly lit room.
They looked into the room. As the girl walked over a head appeared from the pillows. It was unmistakably Trowa's, but the usually slick hair was tousled and uncombed. His face was pale and there were bandages on his cheek. A hundred tubes and sensors wound off of his body and fed information into a whirring computer, which occasionally printed out a piece of paper.
Heero's eyes filled with tears to see Trowa like this. All thoughts of who the girl was were pushed out of his mind, until she reached Trowa. Rosie leaned over him and kissed him lightly on the lips. Trowa lifted a hand covered in sensors and tubes slowly pumping medicine into his body and stroked her face tenderly. She smiled and so did Trowa, albeit weakly.
Heero leaned against the window sadly. All hopes of he and Trowa getting back together evaporated in his mind. He could tell from the way that Trowa and Rosie interacted that they were more than friends. He could also tell from the look in Trowa's eyes that he loved her, Trowa had never look at Heero with such love.
They three boys watched as Rosie said something to Trowa. Trowa nodded now and again, glancing towards the window. Rosie stood up and walked over to the door, she opened it and beckoned the three boys in.
Duo hesitated slightly, knowing that he would have to face Quatre soon. He looked at the cars around them, but couldn't see any limousines or suave cars that would indicate that Quatre had already arrived. Mind you, it was a very long journey to the hospital, much further for Quatre than it was for the other boys. Quatre probably wouldn't arrive until late evening.
Duo felt a hand squeeze his and looked around to see Wufei comforting him. Duo smiled happily, Wufei always seemed to be able to sense what he was thinking. They had clicked quite well really in such a short time. Duo wondered if.
His thoughts were interrupted as they entered the hospital and caught up with Heero. He stood talking to a short male nurse who looked thoroughly disapproving.
"What do you mean you can't tell me?" Heero asked hotly.
"I'm sorry sir, but I'm not permitted to tell you where your friend is staying with proof of your identification and relationship to the patient." The man replied.
"Heero, what's going on?" Duo asked, joining him.
"They won't tell me where Trowa is!" Heero growled. Duo turned to look at the male nurse.
"I'm sorry sirs." The man said as calmly as possible. "But you have to understand that it is hospital policy to only admit family and friends permitted by the patient. Mr Barton hasn't approved your name, so I can't tell you where he is."
"You must be able to tell us something about his condition though." Duo said, stepping in front of Heero to stop him flinging himself at the nurse in anger.
"I wish I could help sir. But I have to respect the privacy of my patients. May I also add that visiting hours have finished, and only close family are permitted to visit now." He sighed. "I truly wish I could help you, but I'm not permitted to." With that the man walked away to deal with someone else.
"Damn it!" Heero kicked the wall and slid onto a chair, cursing.
"Don't worry Heero." Duo said kindly. "We'll check into a hotel tonight, and visit first thing in the morning. We'll get someone to go and ask Trowa is he wants to see us."
"What if he is too ill to understand?" Heero said angrily. "I have to see him today."
Duo sighed and looked to Wufei for inspiration. Wufei shrugged his shoulders. He was as stumped as Duo.
"Excuse me?" They looked around to see a girl standing near them. She was fairly pretty, with shoulder length red hair that curled softly around her round face. A spattering of freckles over her nose and cheeks offset her fair complexion and pinkish cheeks. Her deep brown eyes sparkled even though there were dark bags under her eyes and she looked extremely tired.
She was quite short, standing shorted than all of the boys. She was also very slender and willowy. She seemed even more fragile because of her clothing. She wore big black boots that looked several sizes too big, and gold tights on her legs. She also wore a huge brown jacket that swamped her and fell past her hands. This was wrapped around her and a flash of gold was visible under the collar.
"Yes?" Duo asked, quite shocked by her strange appearance.
"I couldn't help overhearing your conversation." She said.
"Bet you could." Heero muttered sourly, still smarting from the revelation that he couldn't see Trowa.
"My name is Rosie, I heard you talking about Trowa Barton. Are you friends of his?" She asked.
"Yes. My name is Duo and this is Wufei. We know Trowa quite well. But this is Heero Yuy, he and Trowa were very close.still are." Duo said.
"Then I think I can help you." Rosie said. "Especially because you are here Heero." Heero looked up at her and surveyed her intently. "Will you come with me?"
"Why?" He asked suspiciously.
"I thought you wanted to see Trowa." Rosie said. "I'm a friend of his. I was just about to visit him too."
"You won't be allowed." Heero said hollowly.
"Yes I will." Rosie replied. "Trowa asked for me."
"Why would he ask for you?" Heero asked, but Rosie wasn't listening.
"If you don't want to see him I don't have to help you." She said shakily, and they could all hear a wobble in her voice. Obviously she didn't like standing here talking to them when they were acting so suspiciously.
"Alright, we'll come." Heero grumbled. He thoughts that this girl was playing a cruel joke. How could she be allowed to see Trowa?
"We'd be grateful of your help!" Wufei interjected, hoping that the girl would dismiss Heero's rude behaviour, and luckily she did.
"Follow me." She said. She led them through the labyrinthine passages of the hospital without saying another word. Heero watched her suspiciously, but said nothing. None of them really paid attention to where they were going because they were wondering whom this girl was. Eventually she stopped outside a door.
"This is Trowa's room." She announced. Heero looked through the window on the door door, and sure enough he could make out a Trowa shaped lump on the bed inside.
"Trowa." He said, making for the door, but Rosie blocked his way.
"I have to go and see him first." She said firmly. "He may not want any more visitors." Heero started to protest but Duo placed a warning hand on his shoulder. Heero nodded in understanding. He knew that this girl had gone against normal hospital rules to lead them to Trowa. "There's a window over there." She pointed to a window in the wall. Heero, Duo and Wufei walked over to it and looked in, whilst she entered the dimly lit room.
They looked into the room. As the girl walked over a head appeared from the pillows. It was unmistakably Trowa's, but the usually slick hair was tousled and uncombed. His face was pale and there were bandages on his cheek. A hundred tubes and sensors wound off of his body and fed information into a whirring computer, which occasionally printed out a piece of paper.
Heero's eyes filled with tears to see Trowa like this. All thoughts of who the girl was were pushed out of his mind, until she reached Trowa. Rosie leaned over him and kissed him lightly on the lips. Trowa lifted a hand covered in sensors and tubes slowly pumping medicine into his body and stroked her face tenderly. She smiled and so did Trowa, albeit weakly.
Heero leaned against the window sadly. All hopes of he and Trowa getting back together evaporated in his mind. He could tell from the way that Trowa and Rosie interacted that they were more than friends. He could also tell from the look in Trowa's eyes that he loved her, Trowa had never look at Heero with such love.
They three boys watched as Rosie said something to Trowa. Trowa nodded now and again, glancing towards the window. Rosie stood up and walked over to the door, she opened it and beckoned the three boys in.
