Title: Hotaru's Love
Chapter: 9
Author: Ice1taru
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon.
AN: This chapter is longer than the others.
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Hotaru's Love by Ice1taru
Hotaru walked out of the ICU doors, eyes downcast, and looking as sullen as ever. Mamoru was still with Shino, who had woken up long enough to see Hotaru's worried face, and had fallen back to sleep. At least, he was sleeping and not in a concussion.
Hotaru had spent the night watching over Shino as Mamoru performed the necessary procedures and filled out what seemed like an endless amount of paperwork. It was now 7 A.M. The sun was shining, the birds were singing, and there was not a cloud in sight. But it was not a bright day, for Shino still had a long way to go in order to recover.
Satoshi was half-sitting/half-laying on one of the big couches and Lina's head was in his lap. They were both sound asleep. Hotaru cocked her head to the side and forgot her problems momentarily as she watched the two sleep. They looked so peaceful, with their clothes and hair ruffled and arms wrapped around each other. Hotaru wondered what they had done all night long when she had left them alone and laughed out loud. Oh, well, time to wake them up...
~~~
Shino woke up to the sounds of beeping and a shadow looming over him. Suddenly getting claustrophobic, Shino pushed the owner of the shadow away and looked around for Hotaru.
"Heh, are you sure you're 16? Not even I can throw people around with that much force, okay, maybe I can, but I don't usually do it, unless--," Mamoru said.
"16 and a half," Shino corrected, "And who the hell are you?"
Mamoru laughed, "I'm your doctor, kid, Chiba Mamoru" and extended his hand.
"Then, why the hell are you dressed like a damn hobo?" Shino asked roughly, looking Mamoru up and down.
Mamoru withdrew his hand and looked down at his attire, he was dressed in light blue jeans with holes in the knees and a dirty white undershirt.
"Let's see. Well, in the past 12 hours, I've delivered 3 babies, performed plastic surgery and actually, I performed surgery on you, too, pal. And unfortunately for me, I haven't had the pleasure of going home and changing so I just had to wear some old clothes from the laundry room. I mean, what kind of hospital doesn't provide clothing for its doctors?" Mamoru rolled his eyes.
"Oh, yeah? So, you do it all?" Shino questioned.
"Yeah, In fact, a lot of people call me the super doctor," Mamoru laughed at himself, that sounded so corny. 'Super doctor? Ha ha,' Mamoru thought.
"I bet they do," Shino retorted, "So, um, there was this girl here, before, her name is--"
"Hotaru?" Mamoru asked. He had been wondering when Shino would ask about Hotaru. "She went back outside like a little while ago. You really had her worried, I mean, usually, she's very quiet and never really expresses any emotion, but damn, she was crying..."
"You KNOW her?" Shino asked, incredulous.
"Well, yeah. I know her Dad and she knows my wife. She wants to be a doctor, too, and she comes here a lot to do community service and stuff. Bright kid, " Mamoru explained.
Shino arched an eyebrow.
"What?" Mamoru exclaimed.
"Nothing," Shino rolled his eyes. 'What a quack,' he thought.
~~~
"So," Hotaru said and looked at Lina, then Satoshi, and then Lina again.
"So," Lina rolled her eyes and gave Hotaru a look.
Hotaru glared at Lina.
"Fine, let's go get something to eat," Lina said, knowing Hotaru wanted to know what was going on between her and Satoshi.
"We'll be right back, do you want anything?" Lina said apologetically to Satoshi, who only responded by shaking his head and squeezing Lina's hand before letting it go.
Lina smiled at him and she and Hotaru walked towards the cafeteria.
They walked in silence to the cafeteria. Hotaru grabbed a bottle of orange juice and Lina grabbed a bottle of Pepsi.
"Pepsi? In the morning?" Hotaru grabbed Lina's Pepsi and switched it for a bottle of water.
"Girl, you crazy if you think I'm gonna drink water," Lina exclaimed and switched the bottle of water for a bottle of Gatorade.
"Gatorade? In the mo--," Hotaru began but stopped when Lina gave her another look.
"Right. So you and Satoshi," Hotaru changed the subject.
"Dude. Come ON. You know we're going out," Lina said, suppressing a smile.
"See? Now, was it hard to admit that you're WITH him? Nooooo," Hotaru said, purposely trying to sound irritating.
"Whatever, my inability to admit that I'm WITH someone, as you so kindly put it, doesn't make me a bad person, it's just weird to say 'oh, yeah, that's my boyfriend'. I mean, for all I know, people are gonna start talking shit that we got together so quick, but damn, he's hot," Lina rambled incessantly, trying to talk so that they wouldn't bring up Shino. Hotaru didn't seem as anxious as she had been when they had arrived at the hospital the night before.
"Oh!" Hotaru exclaimed as it suddenly hit her, "We're missing school!"
"No, shit," Lina grinned, "This is the prefect excuse for not going to school!"
"Yeah, but do they know?" Hotaru asked worriedly.
"Chill, I called our parents last night and your Dad called this morning, everything is fine. He called the school and told them that you, Shino and me weren't gonna be in school today."
"You, Shino, and I," Hotaru corrected.
Lina hit Hotaru upside the head and mumbled "nerd".
They paid for their drinks and walked back to Satoshi.
~~~
"Does it hurt when I do this?" Mamoru asked and poked Shino at the top of his rib cage.
"No."
"Okay, what about now?" Mamoru poked him gently in the middle of his ribcage.
"Yeah, it hurts a lot. And you can stop poking me now," Shino said and closed his eyes.
"Oh, sorry," Mamoru mumbled as he wrote something down on his clipboard, "Okay, now, I'm going to try lift your arm and see how far you can stretch it. It might hurt, okay?"
Shino nodded and Mamoru slowly lifted up his left arm and held it above his head for five seconds and slowly put it back down on the bed. He did the same thing with his left arm.
"So, your arms are okay. They only hurt when you move them. Correct?"
"Yeah." Again, Mamoru wrote something down on his clipboard, "Ugh, your arms shouldn't really be hurting. Only your ribs should be hurting. Hmm, you have a deep cut right above your heart," Mamoru commented, looking over his notes, "care to explain how you got injured again, I think the nurse was in a hurry when she wrote this down."
"I was playing hockey," Shino said, "I haven't played in like a year, but whatever. I remember I was skating towards the puck and just as I was about 4 feet away, I noticed that the ice around the puck was thin. It was slightly cracked and small pieces of ice were sticking out. I tried to stop myself but I slipped and fell onto the ice. A bunch of people were behind me and I fell onto the puck and like three people fell on top of me. The ice that I fell on was cracked and there were pieces of it sticking out and when I fell, I could feel the ice going into my ribs. Oh, and I kind of banged into the ice and my head hit the ice really hard, like, is my face purple?" Shino felt his face and flinched when he touched a bruise.
Mamoru nodded, "Yeah, like half your face is blue and purple," and wrote down some more things on his clipboard, "that's it?"
Shino nodded and stifled a yawn.
"Okay, well. You do know that you have a collapsed lung, four broken ribs, and a huge scar right above your heart, right?" Mamoru asked, looking at his clipboard, then at Shino, "And not to mention SEVERAL bruises, some that might leave scars."
Shino looked down at his chest and furrowed his brow, "Aw, damn." Almost all of his stomach and chest were covered in bandages.
"Yeah," Mamoru agreed, "a jagged piece of ice hit you about an inch above your heart. You're lucky you didn't die, you lost a lot of blood." Mamoru referred to his clipboard again.
Shino yawned. "You look tired, I think that's enough for now," Mamoru said.
"Uh huh," Shino said, and closed his eyes. Within minutes, he was asleep. Mamoru quietly let himself out and gently closed the door.
~~~
Hotaru looked at the clock. 10 o' clock. On the dot. Where the hell were Lina and Satoshi? They said they were going to get coffee half an hour ago. Knowing Lina, they were probably making out in some random janitorial closet. Great. Just great. What was she supposed to do now? Stare at the wall? She wanted to see Shino.
As Hotaru was contemplating how she was going to see Shino, Mamoru walked into the waiting room. Hotaru got up and they embraced, "Mamoru, you smell."
Mamoru pulled away, feigning hurt, "First Shino, now you? No one cares that I've been working my ass off for like 20 hours now. This is the thanks I get!"
"Sorry," Hotaru mumbled, "Speaking of Shino, can I go in and see him?"
"Oh, sorry, no. Uhh, he looked exhausted," Mamoru said.
"Aww," Hotaru whispered.
Mamoru smiled apologetically, "I tell you what. You can see him in a few hours. How about 3 or 4 o' clock. But you have to promise me that you'll go outside and get some fresh air."
"I guess," Hotaru complied.
"At a girl," Mamoru said and walked back in to ICU.
Hotaru plopped down onto the couch and had her head in her hands when Lina and Satoshi walked in, holds hands.
"We're baaack!" Lina announced.
"Oh, goody," Hotaru muttered, not looking up.
Lina rolled her eyes, "don't be mad, Taru-chan."
"Where's the coffee?" Hotaru looked up at them expectedly.
"What coffee?" Satoshi said, surprised, "Oh, you mean, the coffee. The coffee we went to get. Oh, yeah, THAT coffee," and had the decency to blush.
"Yeah, THAT coffee," Hotaru glared at them both and got up and headed towards the cafeteria.
"Where you going?" Lina asked.
"To get coffee," Hotaru muttered, "the coffee you guys were supposed to get but didn't," and glared at them both again.
Lina laughed and said, "I'll join you," while Satoshi grabbed a sports magazine off the table.
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"Oh, man, I just remembered something," Lina said as they were walking back from the cafeteria, each with a steaming cup of coffee.
"What?" said Hotaru as she took a sip form her coffee and looked over at Lina over the rim of her cup.
"DUDE!!!" Lina exclaimed, getting excited.
"WHAT?!" Hotaru asked again, getting annoyed. Lina always said 'dude' when something serious or exciting was happening.
"Amber and Ry called last night, when you left me alone with Satoshi and went to see Shino," Lina said, "They're moving here IN LIKE A WEEK."
"OH MY GOSH!" Hotaru jumped up and down, surprisingly not spilling any coffee.
"Yeah, yeah, I know!" Lina jumped up and down too, unfortunately, half her coffee spilled on the well-groomed carpet.
Hotaru snorted and stopped jumping up and down. They walked in silence for a few minutes, occasionally sipping coffee.
"Hey, why would they call so late at night? And why did you just tell me RIGHT now?" Hotaru said, stopping again.
"Uhh, coz I forgot. I mean, you were all busy and shit worrying about Shino and I didn't know when to tell you," Lina explained.
Hotaru rolled her eyes and they continued walking.
When they reached the waiting room, they found Satoshi engrossed in the sports magazine. He didn't even notice them walk in. Or when Lina sat down next to him, their hips touching. He didn't even notice until Lina leaned over and kissed him hard on the lips.
"Oh," Satoshi stuttered, "hey baby." "Hey," Lina said, "what's wrong?"
Satoshi shrugged, "My parents are gonna be here tomorrow, they gonna kill me."
Lina giggled, "you're afraid of your parents?"
"Naw, it's just that they might make Shino go and live with them. At least while he's sick. They might make him stay with them for six months minimum. My Mum is REALLY overprotective."
Hotaru tried not to imagine Shino leaving.
"Where do your parents live?" Hotaru asked tentatively.
"London."
"Oh," Hotaru looked away, "what about you?"
"What ABOUT me?" Satoshi asked, defensive.
"Dude, are you gonna move too or what?" Lina said.
"Oh," Satoshi smiled sheepishly, "naw, I get to stay here."
"Ohhh," Lina said, and kissed him.
Hotaru tried hard not to throw up and ran to the bathroom.
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AN: Hmmm, talk talk talk talk talk talk talk. Uhh, too much talking. There'll be more action next time, promise. I made Mamoru really silly, heh, and I know he's not usually like that, but for the plot to work, he had to be silly, so yeah. *Pulls out magic ball* I predict something exciting will happen next chapter, it was suppose to be this chapter, but whatever, we'll do it next time.
*~Ice1taru~*
Chapter: 9
Author: Ice1taru
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon.
AN: This chapter is longer than the others.
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Hotaru's Love by Ice1taru
Hotaru walked out of the ICU doors, eyes downcast, and looking as sullen as ever. Mamoru was still with Shino, who had woken up long enough to see Hotaru's worried face, and had fallen back to sleep. At least, he was sleeping and not in a concussion.
Hotaru had spent the night watching over Shino as Mamoru performed the necessary procedures and filled out what seemed like an endless amount of paperwork. It was now 7 A.M. The sun was shining, the birds were singing, and there was not a cloud in sight. But it was not a bright day, for Shino still had a long way to go in order to recover.
Satoshi was half-sitting/half-laying on one of the big couches and Lina's head was in his lap. They were both sound asleep. Hotaru cocked her head to the side and forgot her problems momentarily as she watched the two sleep. They looked so peaceful, with their clothes and hair ruffled and arms wrapped around each other. Hotaru wondered what they had done all night long when she had left them alone and laughed out loud. Oh, well, time to wake them up...
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Shino woke up to the sounds of beeping and a shadow looming over him. Suddenly getting claustrophobic, Shino pushed the owner of the shadow away and looked around for Hotaru.
"Heh, are you sure you're 16? Not even I can throw people around with that much force, okay, maybe I can, but I don't usually do it, unless--," Mamoru said.
"16 and a half," Shino corrected, "And who the hell are you?"
Mamoru laughed, "I'm your doctor, kid, Chiba Mamoru" and extended his hand.
"Then, why the hell are you dressed like a damn hobo?" Shino asked roughly, looking Mamoru up and down.
Mamoru withdrew his hand and looked down at his attire, he was dressed in light blue jeans with holes in the knees and a dirty white undershirt.
"Let's see. Well, in the past 12 hours, I've delivered 3 babies, performed plastic surgery and actually, I performed surgery on you, too, pal. And unfortunately for me, I haven't had the pleasure of going home and changing so I just had to wear some old clothes from the laundry room. I mean, what kind of hospital doesn't provide clothing for its doctors?" Mamoru rolled his eyes.
"Oh, yeah? So, you do it all?" Shino questioned.
"Yeah, In fact, a lot of people call me the super doctor," Mamoru laughed at himself, that sounded so corny. 'Super doctor? Ha ha,' Mamoru thought.
"I bet they do," Shino retorted, "So, um, there was this girl here, before, her name is--"
"Hotaru?" Mamoru asked. He had been wondering when Shino would ask about Hotaru. "She went back outside like a little while ago. You really had her worried, I mean, usually, she's very quiet and never really expresses any emotion, but damn, she was crying..."
"You KNOW her?" Shino asked, incredulous.
"Well, yeah. I know her Dad and she knows my wife. She wants to be a doctor, too, and she comes here a lot to do community service and stuff. Bright kid, " Mamoru explained.
Shino arched an eyebrow.
"What?" Mamoru exclaimed.
"Nothing," Shino rolled his eyes. 'What a quack,' he thought.
~~~
"So," Hotaru said and looked at Lina, then Satoshi, and then Lina again.
"So," Lina rolled her eyes and gave Hotaru a look.
Hotaru glared at Lina.
"Fine, let's go get something to eat," Lina said, knowing Hotaru wanted to know what was going on between her and Satoshi.
"We'll be right back, do you want anything?" Lina said apologetically to Satoshi, who only responded by shaking his head and squeezing Lina's hand before letting it go.
Lina smiled at him and she and Hotaru walked towards the cafeteria.
They walked in silence to the cafeteria. Hotaru grabbed a bottle of orange juice and Lina grabbed a bottle of Pepsi.
"Pepsi? In the morning?" Hotaru grabbed Lina's Pepsi and switched it for a bottle of water.
"Girl, you crazy if you think I'm gonna drink water," Lina exclaimed and switched the bottle of water for a bottle of Gatorade.
"Gatorade? In the mo--," Hotaru began but stopped when Lina gave her another look.
"Right. So you and Satoshi," Hotaru changed the subject.
"Dude. Come ON. You know we're going out," Lina said, suppressing a smile.
"See? Now, was it hard to admit that you're WITH him? Nooooo," Hotaru said, purposely trying to sound irritating.
"Whatever, my inability to admit that I'm WITH someone, as you so kindly put it, doesn't make me a bad person, it's just weird to say 'oh, yeah, that's my boyfriend'. I mean, for all I know, people are gonna start talking shit that we got together so quick, but damn, he's hot," Lina rambled incessantly, trying to talk so that they wouldn't bring up Shino. Hotaru didn't seem as anxious as she had been when they had arrived at the hospital the night before.
"Oh!" Hotaru exclaimed as it suddenly hit her, "We're missing school!"
"No, shit," Lina grinned, "This is the prefect excuse for not going to school!"
"Yeah, but do they know?" Hotaru asked worriedly.
"Chill, I called our parents last night and your Dad called this morning, everything is fine. He called the school and told them that you, Shino and me weren't gonna be in school today."
"You, Shino, and I," Hotaru corrected.
Lina hit Hotaru upside the head and mumbled "nerd".
They paid for their drinks and walked back to Satoshi.
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"Does it hurt when I do this?" Mamoru asked and poked Shino at the top of his rib cage.
"No."
"Okay, what about now?" Mamoru poked him gently in the middle of his ribcage.
"Yeah, it hurts a lot. And you can stop poking me now," Shino said and closed his eyes.
"Oh, sorry," Mamoru mumbled as he wrote something down on his clipboard, "Okay, now, I'm going to try lift your arm and see how far you can stretch it. It might hurt, okay?"
Shino nodded and Mamoru slowly lifted up his left arm and held it above his head for five seconds and slowly put it back down on the bed. He did the same thing with his left arm.
"So, your arms are okay. They only hurt when you move them. Correct?"
"Yeah." Again, Mamoru wrote something down on his clipboard, "Ugh, your arms shouldn't really be hurting. Only your ribs should be hurting. Hmm, you have a deep cut right above your heart," Mamoru commented, looking over his notes, "care to explain how you got injured again, I think the nurse was in a hurry when she wrote this down."
"I was playing hockey," Shino said, "I haven't played in like a year, but whatever. I remember I was skating towards the puck and just as I was about 4 feet away, I noticed that the ice around the puck was thin. It was slightly cracked and small pieces of ice were sticking out. I tried to stop myself but I slipped and fell onto the ice. A bunch of people were behind me and I fell onto the puck and like three people fell on top of me. The ice that I fell on was cracked and there were pieces of it sticking out and when I fell, I could feel the ice going into my ribs. Oh, and I kind of banged into the ice and my head hit the ice really hard, like, is my face purple?" Shino felt his face and flinched when he touched a bruise.
Mamoru nodded, "Yeah, like half your face is blue and purple," and wrote down some more things on his clipboard, "that's it?"
Shino nodded and stifled a yawn.
"Okay, well. You do know that you have a collapsed lung, four broken ribs, and a huge scar right above your heart, right?" Mamoru asked, looking at his clipboard, then at Shino, "And not to mention SEVERAL bruises, some that might leave scars."
Shino looked down at his chest and furrowed his brow, "Aw, damn." Almost all of his stomach and chest were covered in bandages.
"Yeah," Mamoru agreed, "a jagged piece of ice hit you about an inch above your heart. You're lucky you didn't die, you lost a lot of blood." Mamoru referred to his clipboard again.
Shino yawned. "You look tired, I think that's enough for now," Mamoru said.
"Uh huh," Shino said, and closed his eyes. Within minutes, he was asleep. Mamoru quietly let himself out and gently closed the door.
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Hotaru looked at the clock. 10 o' clock. On the dot. Where the hell were Lina and Satoshi? They said they were going to get coffee half an hour ago. Knowing Lina, they were probably making out in some random janitorial closet. Great. Just great. What was she supposed to do now? Stare at the wall? She wanted to see Shino.
As Hotaru was contemplating how she was going to see Shino, Mamoru walked into the waiting room. Hotaru got up and they embraced, "Mamoru, you smell."
Mamoru pulled away, feigning hurt, "First Shino, now you? No one cares that I've been working my ass off for like 20 hours now. This is the thanks I get!"
"Sorry," Hotaru mumbled, "Speaking of Shino, can I go in and see him?"
"Oh, sorry, no. Uhh, he looked exhausted," Mamoru said.
"Aww," Hotaru whispered.
Mamoru smiled apologetically, "I tell you what. You can see him in a few hours. How about 3 or 4 o' clock. But you have to promise me that you'll go outside and get some fresh air."
"I guess," Hotaru complied.
"At a girl," Mamoru said and walked back in to ICU.
Hotaru plopped down onto the couch and had her head in her hands when Lina and Satoshi walked in, holds hands.
"We're baaack!" Lina announced.
"Oh, goody," Hotaru muttered, not looking up.
Lina rolled her eyes, "don't be mad, Taru-chan."
"Where's the coffee?" Hotaru looked up at them expectedly.
"What coffee?" Satoshi said, surprised, "Oh, you mean, the coffee. The coffee we went to get. Oh, yeah, THAT coffee," and had the decency to blush.
"Yeah, THAT coffee," Hotaru glared at them both and got up and headed towards the cafeteria.
"Where you going?" Lina asked.
"To get coffee," Hotaru muttered, "the coffee you guys were supposed to get but didn't," and glared at them both again.
Lina laughed and said, "I'll join you," while Satoshi grabbed a sports magazine off the table.
~~~
"Oh, man, I just remembered something," Lina said as they were walking back from the cafeteria, each with a steaming cup of coffee.
"What?" said Hotaru as she took a sip form her coffee and looked over at Lina over the rim of her cup.
"DUDE!!!" Lina exclaimed, getting excited.
"WHAT?!" Hotaru asked again, getting annoyed. Lina always said 'dude' when something serious or exciting was happening.
"Amber and Ry called last night, when you left me alone with Satoshi and went to see Shino," Lina said, "They're moving here IN LIKE A WEEK."
"OH MY GOSH!" Hotaru jumped up and down, surprisingly not spilling any coffee.
"Yeah, yeah, I know!" Lina jumped up and down too, unfortunately, half her coffee spilled on the well-groomed carpet.
Hotaru snorted and stopped jumping up and down. They walked in silence for a few minutes, occasionally sipping coffee.
"Hey, why would they call so late at night? And why did you just tell me RIGHT now?" Hotaru said, stopping again.
"Uhh, coz I forgot. I mean, you were all busy and shit worrying about Shino and I didn't know when to tell you," Lina explained.
Hotaru rolled her eyes and they continued walking.
When they reached the waiting room, they found Satoshi engrossed in the sports magazine. He didn't even notice them walk in. Or when Lina sat down next to him, their hips touching. He didn't even notice until Lina leaned over and kissed him hard on the lips.
"Oh," Satoshi stuttered, "hey baby." "Hey," Lina said, "what's wrong?"
Satoshi shrugged, "My parents are gonna be here tomorrow, they gonna kill me."
Lina giggled, "you're afraid of your parents?"
"Naw, it's just that they might make Shino go and live with them. At least while he's sick. They might make him stay with them for six months minimum. My Mum is REALLY overprotective."
Hotaru tried not to imagine Shino leaving.
"Where do your parents live?" Hotaru asked tentatively.
"London."
"Oh," Hotaru looked away, "what about you?"
"What ABOUT me?" Satoshi asked, defensive.
"Dude, are you gonna move too or what?" Lina said.
"Oh," Satoshi smiled sheepishly, "naw, I get to stay here."
"Ohhh," Lina said, and kissed him.
Hotaru tried hard not to throw up and ran to the bathroom.
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AN: Hmmm, talk talk talk talk talk talk talk. Uhh, too much talking. There'll be more action next time, promise. I made Mamoru really silly, heh, and I know he's not usually like that, but for the plot to work, he had to be silly, so yeah. *Pulls out magic ball* I predict something exciting will happen next chapter, it was suppose to be this chapter, but whatever, we'll do it next time.
*~Ice1taru~*