Chapter 10: Police News
After the breakfast, Haruka got her painkiller - this time, it wasn't Novril, like Michiru had said, but some other strange medication with a name Haruka wouldn't have been able to say to save her life. She quickly swallowed the yellow capsule, hoping that it would work just as well as the Novril she had been getting earlier. "If it doesn't work well enough, just ring and you can have a second one." Michiru spoke while she watched how Haruka swallowed the capsule, grimacing when it made it's small, hard way down her throat. "And this stuff isn't something that will get me hooked?" the blonde then asked, glad that the medication was where it belonged now - in her tummy. Michiru shook her head, leaning back in her seat while she spoke. "Nope. It's completely harmless.of course you shouldn't swallow a whole package at once, but you can take two or three without any worries." "Okay." Haruka smiled at the doctor, the depressions and tears of the last night almost completely forgotten. "I would love to leave some of the capsules here for you, but it's not allowed." Michiru spoke, regret in her voice. "It's okay." Haruka assured her, leaning back in her pillow while she spoke. "It's already starting to work, I can feel it." Michiru smiled at her patient. "Good. Well, as much as I regret it, but I still have to check on my other patients. I will come back to you for lunch, if you like." "That would be great." Haruka replied, returning the aqua haired woman's smile. "Oh, but before you leave.could you make sure that one of the nurses gets a TV in here? It's getting boring, now that I'm not dozing all day long anymore." "Sure, no problem." Michiru promised while she already rose from her seat. "I will send a nurse over with the TV as soon as possible. See you later, Haruka-san." "Later, Michiru-san." Haruka replied, watching how her doctor left the room and closed the door behind her. Only a few minutes later, it opened again, and a young nurse appeared in the doorframe, rolling a small cupboard with a TV on it in front of her. "Your TV, Tenoh-san." The nurse smiled while she put the TV in front of Harukas bed, so that the blonde could look at it easily. "Here's the remote. Do you think that you can push the buttons with your hands bandaged?" Haruka nodded, causing the nurse to put the remote on the blanket, between the blondes hands. "Thanks." The pianist spoke, smiling at the nurse, who blushed slightly and waved her hand. "No problem, Tenoh-san. Ring if you need anything." Haruka nodded again, and the young woman left the room while the blonde turned on the TV, soon concentrating on the American sitcom the channel was showing. Two hours later, a soft knock from the door of her room made Haruka look away from the show she was watching now and call out "Yes please?", a slight frown on her face while she did. The door opened, and the police woman who had been here last time poked her head in. Her name was Asami, Haruka remembered while the officer almost carefully asked: "Can I come in?" "Sure." Haruka replied, slowly moving the index finger of her right hand over the Mute button on the remote control and pushing it, cutting the actor who was talking off in mid-sentence and turning the show into a silent film. "Sit down." The blonde then offered, making a vague gesture at the free chair. Asami smiled at her and accepted the offer, sitting down and looking at Haruka. "I won't stay for long, Tenoh-san. I just came here to tell you some good news." "Oh?" the pianist replied, raising one eyebrow while leaning back in her pillow. "And that would be?" Asami's smile widened when she replied, and by the time she was done, Haruka was grinning from ear to ear. "The pianist you told us about - Koji-san - admitted that it was him who sent the letter bomb to you. He didn't build it himself, but he told us who did, and we have that guy under arrest as well. The trial will take place as soon as you are fit enough to leave the hospital and make your statement in the court." Haruka nodded, not able to stop grinning - although she was aware of the fact that she probably looked like an idiot when she grinned like that. "I see that you are happy about this." Asami spoke, her smile widening a little more - soon she will be grinning like me, Haruka thought to herself while looking at the officer and nodding. "Indeed, Asami-san.it's making me really happy to hear that you got the bastard who did this to me." "Oh, it was easy." Asami replied, crossing her arms in front of her chest. "We drove up to where he lived, rang the door, and when he opened and saw us standing there, the first thing he said was You're here because of Tenoh, right?. That was almost a confession, and the little details that were still missing came out of him later that day, at the police station." "And the guy who built the bomb? Who is he?" Haruka demanded to know, hoping that Asami would tell her. "Oh, a dude everyone of the Tokyo Police knows and hates." Asami replied, shrugging. "He's willing to do as good as everything for money.you're just lucky that Koji-san didn't convince him to shoot you with a sniper rifle. If that man wanted it, you probably would be dead by now." Haruka paled visibly, but she didn't pale because of the fact that Koji had sent a man who would have no scruples to kill her if he got enough money for it; it was the realization that hit her when Asami had said those words. "No." the blonde softly replied, looking down on her bandaged hands while she spoke. "He wouldn't have killed me. Koji didn't want to murder me, he just.wanted to make sure that I will never play again. And the letter bomb was perfect for that." She let out a heavy sigh and looked up again, her eyes meeting those of the police officer. "And in the last days, I wished that the bomb would have killed me. But I'm getting better." "That's good." Asami replied softly, and her voice and the expression in her eyes showed Haruka that she meant her words with every fibre of her heart. "It would be terrible if you gave up on life, Tenoh-san. Because then, Koji would get what he wanted when he make that guy build the letter bomb and send it to you." Haruka nodded in reply, letting out a small sigh and looking down again. "Anyway", Asami then briskly spoke, as if the short demonstration of feelings she just had allowed somehow ashamed her, "I really need to get going again. I still have other things that need to be taken care of." Haruka nodded, smiling at the police officer once more. "I guess I'll see you at the trial then, Asami-san." The blonde spoke, earning a smile and a "Sure." in reply before Asami said her goodbye and left the room, closing the door behind her. Haruka leaned back in her pillow and pushed the Mute button on the remote once more, allowing the actors and actresses to speak again; she didn't concentrate on the show anymore though. If you gave up on life, Koji would get what he wanted. The voice of Officer Asami spoke in the blondes mind, and suddenly, a determined look filled the blondes eyes. And that's why I won't give up. She vowed to herself, almost clenching her fists, but deciding otherwise just in time before it could start to hurt. No matter how long it takes, and no matter how much pain I'll have to go through.I will not give up. I won't give Koji that satisfaction. Never.
After the breakfast, Haruka got her painkiller - this time, it wasn't Novril, like Michiru had said, but some other strange medication with a name Haruka wouldn't have been able to say to save her life. She quickly swallowed the yellow capsule, hoping that it would work just as well as the Novril she had been getting earlier. "If it doesn't work well enough, just ring and you can have a second one." Michiru spoke while she watched how Haruka swallowed the capsule, grimacing when it made it's small, hard way down her throat. "And this stuff isn't something that will get me hooked?" the blonde then asked, glad that the medication was where it belonged now - in her tummy. Michiru shook her head, leaning back in her seat while she spoke. "Nope. It's completely harmless.of course you shouldn't swallow a whole package at once, but you can take two or three without any worries." "Okay." Haruka smiled at the doctor, the depressions and tears of the last night almost completely forgotten. "I would love to leave some of the capsules here for you, but it's not allowed." Michiru spoke, regret in her voice. "It's okay." Haruka assured her, leaning back in her pillow while she spoke. "It's already starting to work, I can feel it." Michiru smiled at her patient. "Good. Well, as much as I regret it, but I still have to check on my other patients. I will come back to you for lunch, if you like." "That would be great." Haruka replied, returning the aqua haired woman's smile. "Oh, but before you leave.could you make sure that one of the nurses gets a TV in here? It's getting boring, now that I'm not dozing all day long anymore." "Sure, no problem." Michiru promised while she already rose from her seat. "I will send a nurse over with the TV as soon as possible. See you later, Haruka-san." "Later, Michiru-san." Haruka replied, watching how her doctor left the room and closed the door behind her. Only a few minutes later, it opened again, and a young nurse appeared in the doorframe, rolling a small cupboard with a TV on it in front of her. "Your TV, Tenoh-san." The nurse smiled while she put the TV in front of Harukas bed, so that the blonde could look at it easily. "Here's the remote. Do you think that you can push the buttons with your hands bandaged?" Haruka nodded, causing the nurse to put the remote on the blanket, between the blondes hands. "Thanks." The pianist spoke, smiling at the nurse, who blushed slightly and waved her hand. "No problem, Tenoh-san. Ring if you need anything." Haruka nodded again, and the young woman left the room while the blonde turned on the TV, soon concentrating on the American sitcom the channel was showing. Two hours later, a soft knock from the door of her room made Haruka look away from the show she was watching now and call out "Yes please?", a slight frown on her face while she did. The door opened, and the police woman who had been here last time poked her head in. Her name was Asami, Haruka remembered while the officer almost carefully asked: "Can I come in?" "Sure." Haruka replied, slowly moving the index finger of her right hand over the Mute button on the remote control and pushing it, cutting the actor who was talking off in mid-sentence and turning the show into a silent film. "Sit down." The blonde then offered, making a vague gesture at the free chair. Asami smiled at her and accepted the offer, sitting down and looking at Haruka. "I won't stay for long, Tenoh-san. I just came here to tell you some good news." "Oh?" the pianist replied, raising one eyebrow while leaning back in her pillow. "And that would be?" Asami's smile widened when she replied, and by the time she was done, Haruka was grinning from ear to ear. "The pianist you told us about - Koji-san - admitted that it was him who sent the letter bomb to you. He didn't build it himself, but he told us who did, and we have that guy under arrest as well. The trial will take place as soon as you are fit enough to leave the hospital and make your statement in the court." Haruka nodded, not able to stop grinning - although she was aware of the fact that she probably looked like an idiot when she grinned like that. "I see that you are happy about this." Asami spoke, her smile widening a little more - soon she will be grinning like me, Haruka thought to herself while looking at the officer and nodding. "Indeed, Asami-san.it's making me really happy to hear that you got the bastard who did this to me." "Oh, it was easy." Asami replied, crossing her arms in front of her chest. "We drove up to where he lived, rang the door, and when he opened and saw us standing there, the first thing he said was You're here because of Tenoh, right?. That was almost a confession, and the little details that were still missing came out of him later that day, at the police station." "And the guy who built the bomb? Who is he?" Haruka demanded to know, hoping that Asami would tell her. "Oh, a dude everyone of the Tokyo Police knows and hates." Asami replied, shrugging. "He's willing to do as good as everything for money.you're just lucky that Koji-san didn't convince him to shoot you with a sniper rifle. If that man wanted it, you probably would be dead by now." Haruka paled visibly, but she didn't pale because of the fact that Koji had sent a man who would have no scruples to kill her if he got enough money for it; it was the realization that hit her when Asami had said those words. "No." the blonde softly replied, looking down on her bandaged hands while she spoke. "He wouldn't have killed me. Koji didn't want to murder me, he just.wanted to make sure that I will never play again. And the letter bomb was perfect for that." She let out a heavy sigh and looked up again, her eyes meeting those of the police officer. "And in the last days, I wished that the bomb would have killed me. But I'm getting better." "That's good." Asami replied softly, and her voice and the expression in her eyes showed Haruka that she meant her words with every fibre of her heart. "It would be terrible if you gave up on life, Tenoh-san. Because then, Koji would get what he wanted when he make that guy build the letter bomb and send it to you." Haruka nodded in reply, letting out a small sigh and looking down again. "Anyway", Asami then briskly spoke, as if the short demonstration of feelings she just had allowed somehow ashamed her, "I really need to get going again. I still have other things that need to be taken care of." Haruka nodded, smiling at the police officer once more. "I guess I'll see you at the trial then, Asami-san." The blonde spoke, earning a smile and a "Sure." in reply before Asami said her goodbye and left the room, closing the door behind her. Haruka leaned back in her pillow and pushed the Mute button on the remote once more, allowing the actors and actresses to speak again; she didn't concentrate on the show anymore though. If you gave up on life, Koji would get what he wanted. The voice of Officer Asami spoke in the blondes mind, and suddenly, a determined look filled the blondes eyes. And that's why I won't give up. She vowed to herself, almost clenching her fists, but deciding otherwise just in time before it could start to hurt. No matter how long it takes, and no matter how much pain I'll have to go through.I will not give up. I won't give Koji that satisfaction. Never.
