Title: Hotaru's love
Chapter: 11
Author: Ice1taru
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon.
AN: So, right now, I have writer's block. I'm back to not knowing where this story is going... Dammit, guess I'm going to have to free-write, even though I've been doing that all along...
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Hotaru's Love by Ice1taru
Hotaru walked outside of the hospital and around to the parking lot. She needed to get away from Shino. She felt so embarrassed after what had happened. Imagine how awful it would have been if Lina and Satoshi had caught them kissing. Ew. Her cell phone rang, "Hello? ...Oh, hey, Lina-chan."
"Dude! Where are you? Damn, you almost kissed Shino. Congrats, but uh, shouldn't you stick around so that maybe you guys can finish what you started? By the way, I'm sorry. I kinda... salted your game, haha."
"..." Hotaru stared at the parking lot. Yup. This was the parking lot.
"So, anyway. Where are you?" Lina asked, still laughing.
"Oh, in the parking lot," Hotaru answered, now just walking around, looking for Lina's car.
"Oh, good. I thought you went somewhere," Lina said, relieved.
"Err.. Yeah," Hotaru said, "Lina-chan. I have to think. I'll talk to you later."
Hotaru walked around the parking lot for at least half an hour, just thinking.
~~~
Hotaru briskly walked past the nurse standing by the ICU doors and entered Shino's room.
He was asleep. There was a new tube attached to his arm. She guessed that they had given him more pain medication and he had fallen asleep. Hotaru groaned inwardly and brushed some stray hair away from Shino's face. He looked so peaceful. He was hugging the teddy bear to his chest. She smiled at this and walked back to the waiting room. She didn't want to disturb him while he slept.
When Hotaru reached the waiting room, she wished she had stayed with Shino. Lina and Satoshi were cuddling on the couch. It was irritating to see them so happy, they had hooked up so fast. She wished she could do that with Shino. She always froze and didn't know what to do when he was around.
"Eww, you guys are like a married couple," Hotaru said.
"Eww, no, we're not!" Lina protested, still in Satoshi's arms.
Hotaru stuck her tongue out at her. Lina rolled her eyes and kissed Satoshi.
"I mean, you guys are like always kissing and.. STUFF in public, where's the excitement? The.. The... the MYSTERY!" Hotaru declared, waving her arms around dramatically.
Lina and Satoshi both rolled their eyes at her and continued making out. Hotaru took this cue as a chance to go back to Shino, even though she had just seen him five minutes ago.
~~~
To Hotaru's delight, when she entered Shino's room, he was wide-awake and watching tv.
"Hey," Hotaru said, walking over and kissing him on the cheek.
"Hey," Shino replied and wrapped an arm around her waist as she sat down next to him on the bed.
"Shino, we need to talk," Hotaru began.
"Yes, yes we do. But first," Shino leaned over and kissed Hotaru softly on the lips, "Now, what were you saying?"
Hotaru stared off into space, "Uhh... uhh, wait. I had it, it was on the tip of my tongue..."
"Well, maybe I can find it," Shino kissed her again.
"Mm, your hands are warm," Shino said, as they pulled away.
Hotaru stared in shock at Shino's face, "Oh my gosh!"
"What? What?!" Shino asked urgently, "What's wrong?"
"Your-your face! It's not purple anymore!" Hotaru gasped and touched Shino's other cheek. It instantly healed. His whole face was now back to it's normal color.
Shino laughed, "What's wrong? Are you feeling okay? What are you talking about?"
"But, but but but..," Hotaru began.
"Relax. Calm down," Shino said, bringing her hand to his lips and kissing it softly, "Just calm down."
Hotaru dug into her purse with her other hand, pulled out a mirror, and handed it to Shino.
Shino stared at himself in the mirror. He let go of Hotaru's hand and touched his face. He was speechless.
Hotaru watched him in a stunned silence. She gently took off the bandage that was located right above his heart.
"What are you doing?" Shino asked, looking down in awe as Hotaru placed her hand over the wound and it healed.
"That tingles," Shino grinned, looking up at Hotaru.
Hotaru blushed and looked at the door. She pulled her hand away from Shino as Lina and Satoshi walked in.
"We thought we'd check in on you two crazy kids," Lina giggled.
Satoshi rolled his eyes and looked at Hotaru, "Naw, we were just looking for you coz the Doctor said he was gonna come in and check on Shino and we thought that maybe you might want to be here when he did. But I guess you beat us to it."
Hotaru laughed nervously, ready to run out of the room again. But this time, she couldn't. One, Shino had his arm around her and two, Mamoru walked in.
"Hey," Mamoru said as he walked over to Shino. He was dressed differently. He had finally gotten a chance to go home and change, "Uhh, what happen to your bandage?"
"Well, Doc. Mamoru, may I call you Mamoru? It's a funny story, really. I mean, you might not even believe me once I tell you," Shino put his hand behind his head and laughed.
"Wait. Hotaru? Did you try to heal him?" Mamoru asked.
"Err, yeah," Hotaru attempted an apologetic smile.
"Hotaru, what did I tell you about trying to heal people? You know you're going to be weak later."
"But I wanna help Shino!"
"No, how many times have I told you to not touch people when your hands get warm? Huh? HUH?"
Satoshi, Lina and Shino watched in silence as Hotaru and Mamoru bickered.
"You never let me do anything!" Hotaru protested, beginning to cry, "I just wanna help!"
Shino "aw"ed and put his arms around Hotaru, who felt instantly better.
"Look, Hotaru. Damn, you could've hurt yourself. What were you thinking? Do you remember what happened last time you tried to "heal" someone?" Mamoru asked, trying not to get angry.
"I was THINKING that I wanted to HELP Shino," Hotaru sniffed and wiped away tears, "I remember what happened last time, but I was okay, not like I hurt anyone."
"You didn't hurt anyone but yourself," Mamoru growled but softened his tone, "Hotaru, you have a gift. Unfortunately, that gift comes with consequences. STOP TRYING TO HELP SHINO!"
"Stop yelling at her," Shino glared at Mamoru, who glared back. They glared at each other for what seemed like hours, until Lina finally broke the silence, "What DID happen the last time Hotaru tried to heal someone? Hotaru, you never told me you got tired after you healed people. You're keeping things from me!"
Lina ran out of the room because tears were threatening to spill out of her eyes.
"Lina, wait!" Hotaru ran outside after her.
There was silence in the room.
"Well, let's see what she did to you," Mamoru broke the silence, sighing.
He walked over to Shino and performed the regular check-up, going over all of his injuries, asking what hurt and what didn't, and occasionally scribbling on his clipboard.
~~~
"Lina-chaaaan," Hotaru stopped to catch her breath. They were in the parking lot now and Lina was quickly walking to her car when she heard Hotaru call out her name again.
Lina stopped and turned around, "Dammit, Hotaru, I'm supposed to be your best friend. Why didn't you tell me it hurt when you healed someone? I thought it didn't affect you! No wonder you're so weak! You could be such a healthy person if you didn't go around trying to help everyone!"
Hotaru sighed, "You're right, Lina. You are my best friend. That's why I didn't tell you. Because I didn't want you to worry about me."
"No, you should've told me so that I could've help you," Lina walked over to Hotaru.
"Help me? How?" Hotaru laughed bitterly.
"I don't know. But I could've been there for you," Lina smirked, "That's what friends do, they support each other."
Hotaru sighed again, "Lina.. What.. What was I suppose to do? All my life, I have been surrounded by sick people. Mamoru... Well, when I was little, my Dad was always working and would bring me to the hospital and Mamoru's wife, Usagi, would take care of me. I would go with her to little kids' rooms because she liked to cheer people up and when I ever saw someone hurting, my hands would get warm and I would touch the person and they would instantly feel better. I like to make people feel better. I can't stand to see someone in pain, Lina, it tears me up inside."
Lina didn't know what to say. She was having mixed feelings right now.
"Let's just go inside, okay? We'll talk about this later," She finally said, "But don't think that I will forget about this, because I won't."
"Okay," Hotaru smiled and they walked back inside, arm in arm.
~~~
"Yay, you're back!" Shino wrapped his arms around Hotaru and buried his face in the crook of her neck.
Hotaru noticed that Lina, Mamoru, and Satoshi were oddly missing. She could've sworn Lina had walked in to the room behind her.
"Just don't touch me with your hands coz like, if what Mamoru says is really true, then I don't want you to heal me. I can heal the good old- fashioned way. Besides, I've been through worse," Shino mumbled lazily.
Hotaru smirked, "It's okay. Shino. I wanna help, besides, I've been getting stronger lately. And... And-and I can't stand to see you in pain."
"You know, this speech would be so sweet and wonderful and all that good stuff if you weren't gonna hurt yourself," Shino laughed, trying to lighten the moment.
Hotaru suddenly grinned and kissed Shino on the lips. Shino, completely taken by surprise, kissed her back but didn't notice when Hotaru tried to slip the bandages off his ribs.
"Dammit, why are there so many bandages?" Hotaru growled, pulling away and giving all her attention to Shino's ribs.
"Uh huh, trying to be sneaky, are we?" Shino grinned, pulling Hotaru hands away from his ribcage.
"TRYING being the operative word here," Hotaru mumbled, giving in and looking up at Shino.
Hotaru sighed and leaned her head against Shino's chest. She could hear his heart beating. She rested one hand over his heart and the other on the bandages on his ribs, hoping that she could heal him without taking them off.
It worked. Shino moaned and rested his head on Hotaru's, "that feels good..."
Hotaru sweat dropped and ripped off the bandages, "Aha! See? See? Do you not feel better now?"
As Hotaru threw away the bandages, Shino looked down at himself. He couldn't even remember having the accident yesterday. He couldn't even remember the pain. It was a miracle.
Hotaru sat down on Shino's lap, "Umm, I guess you're wondering about my 'healing powers'."
"Heh, Well, Mamoru told me all about them," Shino responded, taking her hands in his and running them over some bruises on his stomach, "Damn, that's NICE."
All his bruises were gone.
~~~
"Mamoru, what would you do if.. Hotaru tried to.. Uh, "help" Shino again?" Lina asked cautiously.
"Aw, don't worry! I'm sure Hotaru won't do anything like that," Mamoru said offhandedly as he sipped some coffee. They were all in the cafeteria, trying to not worry about Shino, and Hotaru.
"Er, well. I... don't know. She seems determined to help him," Lina began.
Mamoru rolled his eyes, "She doesn't have the guts."
"Heh, I wouldn't be to sure about that. She's been getting.. Aggressive.. Lately."
"Just coz you're her best friend doesn't mean that you're the only one that knows her."
Lina grinned, "Believe me, she's changed."
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Mamoru walked into Shino's room, hoping that Hotaru wasn't there.
She wasn't.
"Where's Hotaru?"
"Hmm, she said something about getting something to drink," Shino said, examining the flowers that Hotaru had brought him.
"Well, I guess I'm out then?" Shino asked, looking up expectantly.
"Yeah, I guess," Mamoru said, looking at Shino's bandage/wound-less body.
"Great," Shino smiled, putting on the pink t-shirt that Hotaru had brought him. Dammit, he hated pink, but Hotaru had insisted that Valentine's Day was coming up and that he just HAD to wear something pink. Shino had refused, saying that real men didn't wear pink, but Hotaru had told him that if he didn't wear it, she wouldn't be his girlfriend. And of course, Shino didn't want that.
Even though they both knew that they were now a couple, he didn't feel like pushing her. Besides, he could wear Satoshi's black jacket over the t-shirt as soon as he came back into the room. Unfortunately for Shino, Satoshi was nowhere to be found at the moment.
"Oh, wait. You still have a collapsed lung, don't you? Can you breath alright?" Mamoru said, all of a sudden.
"Actually, Hotaru took care of that as well," Shino grinned.
"How?" Mamoru asked and regretted it immediately, He didn't want to know, "Never mind."
"Okay, whatever, suit yourself," Shino said, still grinning.
Mamoru rolled his eyes and walked outside with Shino in tow.
~~~
"Hey Bro, lemme hold your jacket," Shino asked Satoshi as they were all getting into Lina's car.
"Why?" Satoshi asked.
"In case you haven't noticed, I'm wearing a PINK shirt," Shino mumbled so that only Satoshi could hear.
"It's dark, no one can see you," Satoshi said.
"Still."
Satoshi rolled his eyes and handed over the jacket.
Thanks," Shino said, ecstatic.
~~~
They reached Satoshi and Shino's apartment in about five minutes since it was close to the hospital. Lina was eager to talk to Hotaru. Shino was eager to talk to Hotaru. Satoshi was eager to go to sleep.
"Well, see you tomorrow," Lina leaned over and kissed Satoshi, who was in the passenger seat. There was silence from the backseat.
"Hmm, Shino? Wake up," A sleepy Hotaru said to a sleepy Shino.
"Mmm?" Shino mumbled.
Hotaru gently nudged Shino, "We're here."
"Umm," Shino leaned over and kissed Hotaru goodbye.
"Night," Hotaru sighed happily.
"Night," Shino smiled and got out of the car.
The boys made their way into the building and Lina drove off into the night.
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AN: I guess this is a big chapter. Shino and Hotaru finally kiss and Shino's healed. See? Miracles CAN happen. You just have to believe.
*~Ice1taru~*
Chapter: 11
Author: Ice1taru
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon.
AN: So, right now, I have writer's block. I'm back to not knowing where this story is going... Dammit, guess I'm going to have to free-write, even though I've been doing that all along...
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Hotaru's Love by Ice1taru
Hotaru walked outside of the hospital and around to the parking lot. She needed to get away from Shino. She felt so embarrassed after what had happened. Imagine how awful it would have been if Lina and Satoshi had caught them kissing. Ew. Her cell phone rang, "Hello? ...Oh, hey, Lina-chan."
"Dude! Where are you? Damn, you almost kissed Shino. Congrats, but uh, shouldn't you stick around so that maybe you guys can finish what you started? By the way, I'm sorry. I kinda... salted your game, haha."
"..." Hotaru stared at the parking lot. Yup. This was the parking lot.
"So, anyway. Where are you?" Lina asked, still laughing.
"Oh, in the parking lot," Hotaru answered, now just walking around, looking for Lina's car.
"Oh, good. I thought you went somewhere," Lina said, relieved.
"Err.. Yeah," Hotaru said, "Lina-chan. I have to think. I'll talk to you later."
Hotaru walked around the parking lot for at least half an hour, just thinking.
~~~
Hotaru briskly walked past the nurse standing by the ICU doors and entered Shino's room.
He was asleep. There was a new tube attached to his arm. She guessed that they had given him more pain medication and he had fallen asleep. Hotaru groaned inwardly and brushed some stray hair away from Shino's face. He looked so peaceful. He was hugging the teddy bear to his chest. She smiled at this and walked back to the waiting room. She didn't want to disturb him while he slept.
When Hotaru reached the waiting room, she wished she had stayed with Shino. Lina and Satoshi were cuddling on the couch. It was irritating to see them so happy, they had hooked up so fast. She wished she could do that with Shino. She always froze and didn't know what to do when he was around.
"Eww, you guys are like a married couple," Hotaru said.
"Eww, no, we're not!" Lina protested, still in Satoshi's arms.
Hotaru stuck her tongue out at her. Lina rolled her eyes and kissed Satoshi.
"I mean, you guys are like always kissing and.. STUFF in public, where's the excitement? The.. The... the MYSTERY!" Hotaru declared, waving her arms around dramatically.
Lina and Satoshi both rolled their eyes at her and continued making out. Hotaru took this cue as a chance to go back to Shino, even though she had just seen him five minutes ago.
~~~
To Hotaru's delight, when she entered Shino's room, he was wide-awake and watching tv.
"Hey," Hotaru said, walking over and kissing him on the cheek.
"Hey," Shino replied and wrapped an arm around her waist as she sat down next to him on the bed.
"Shino, we need to talk," Hotaru began.
"Yes, yes we do. But first," Shino leaned over and kissed Hotaru softly on the lips, "Now, what were you saying?"
Hotaru stared off into space, "Uhh... uhh, wait. I had it, it was on the tip of my tongue..."
"Well, maybe I can find it," Shino kissed her again.
"Mm, your hands are warm," Shino said, as they pulled away.
Hotaru stared in shock at Shino's face, "Oh my gosh!"
"What? What?!" Shino asked urgently, "What's wrong?"
"Your-your face! It's not purple anymore!" Hotaru gasped and touched Shino's other cheek. It instantly healed. His whole face was now back to it's normal color.
Shino laughed, "What's wrong? Are you feeling okay? What are you talking about?"
"But, but but but..," Hotaru began.
"Relax. Calm down," Shino said, bringing her hand to his lips and kissing it softly, "Just calm down."
Hotaru dug into her purse with her other hand, pulled out a mirror, and handed it to Shino.
Shino stared at himself in the mirror. He let go of Hotaru's hand and touched his face. He was speechless.
Hotaru watched him in a stunned silence. She gently took off the bandage that was located right above his heart.
"What are you doing?" Shino asked, looking down in awe as Hotaru placed her hand over the wound and it healed.
"That tingles," Shino grinned, looking up at Hotaru.
Hotaru blushed and looked at the door. She pulled her hand away from Shino as Lina and Satoshi walked in.
"We thought we'd check in on you two crazy kids," Lina giggled.
Satoshi rolled his eyes and looked at Hotaru, "Naw, we were just looking for you coz the Doctor said he was gonna come in and check on Shino and we thought that maybe you might want to be here when he did. But I guess you beat us to it."
Hotaru laughed nervously, ready to run out of the room again. But this time, she couldn't. One, Shino had his arm around her and two, Mamoru walked in.
"Hey," Mamoru said as he walked over to Shino. He was dressed differently. He had finally gotten a chance to go home and change, "Uhh, what happen to your bandage?"
"Well, Doc. Mamoru, may I call you Mamoru? It's a funny story, really. I mean, you might not even believe me once I tell you," Shino put his hand behind his head and laughed.
"Wait. Hotaru? Did you try to heal him?" Mamoru asked.
"Err, yeah," Hotaru attempted an apologetic smile.
"Hotaru, what did I tell you about trying to heal people? You know you're going to be weak later."
"But I wanna help Shino!"
"No, how many times have I told you to not touch people when your hands get warm? Huh? HUH?"
Satoshi, Lina and Shino watched in silence as Hotaru and Mamoru bickered.
"You never let me do anything!" Hotaru protested, beginning to cry, "I just wanna help!"
Shino "aw"ed and put his arms around Hotaru, who felt instantly better.
"Look, Hotaru. Damn, you could've hurt yourself. What were you thinking? Do you remember what happened last time you tried to "heal" someone?" Mamoru asked, trying not to get angry.
"I was THINKING that I wanted to HELP Shino," Hotaru sniffed and wiped away tears, "I remember what happened last time, but I was okay, not like I hurt anyone."
"You didn't hurt anyone but yourself," Mamoru growled but softened his tone, "Hotaru, you have a gift. Unfortunately, that gift comes with consequences. STOP TRYING TO HELP SHINO!"
"Stop yelling at her," Shino glared at Mamoru, who glared back. They glared at each other for what seemed like hours, until Lina finally broke the silence, "What DID happen the last time Hotaru tried to heal someone? Hotaru, you never told me you got tired after you healed people. You're keeping things from me!"
Lina ran out of the room because tears were threatening to spill out of her eyes.
"Lina, wait!" Hotaru ran outside after her.
There was silence in the room.
"Well, let's see what she did to you," Mamoru broke the silence, sighing.
He walked over to Shino and performed the regular check-up, going over all of his injuries, asking what hurt and what didn't, and occasionally scribbling on his clipboard.
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"Lina-chaaaan," Hotaru stopped to catch her breath. They were in the parking lot now and Lina was quickly walking to her car when she heard Hotaru call out her name again.
Lina stopped and turned around, "Dammit, Hotaru, I'm supposed to be your best friend. Why didn't you tell me it hurt when you healed someone? I thought it didn't affect you! No wonder you're so weak! You could be such a healthy person if you didn't go around trying to help everyone!"
Hotaru sighed, "You're right, Lina. You are my best friend. That's why I didn't tell you. Because I didn't want you to worry about me."
"No, you should've told me so that I could've help you," Lina walked over to Hotaru.
"Help me? How?" Hotaru laughed bitterly.
"I don't know. But I could've been there for you," Lina smirked, "That's what friends do, they support each other."
Hotaru sighed again, "Lina.. What.. What was I suppose to do? All my life, I have been surrounded by sick people. Mamoru... Well, when I was little, my Dad was always working and would bring me to the hospital and Mamoru's wife, Usagi, would take care of me. I would go with her to little kids' rooms because she liked to cheer people up and when I ever saw someone hurting, my hands would get warm and I would touch the person and they would instantly feel better. I like to make people feel better. I can't stand to see someone in pain, Lina, it tears me up inside."
Lina didn't know what to say. She was having mixed feelings right now.
"Let's just go inside, okay? We'll talk about this later," She finally said, "But don't think that I will forget about this, because I won't."
"Okay," Hotaru smiled and they walked back inside, arm in arm.
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"Yay, you're back!" Shino wrapped his arms around Hotaru and buried his face in the crook of her neck.
Hotaru noticed that Lina, Mamoru, and Satoshi were oddly missing. She could've sworn Lina had walked in to the room behind her.
"Just don't touch me with your hands coz like, if what Mamoru says is really true, then I don't want you to heal me. I can heal the good old- fashioned way. Besides, I've been through worse," Shino mumbled lazily.
Hotaru smirked, "It's okay. Shino. I wanna help, besides, I've been getting stronger lately. And... And-and I can't stand to see you in pain."
"You know, this speech would be so sweet and wonderful and all that good stuff if you weren't gonna hurt yourself," Shino laughed, trying to lighten the moment.
Hotaru suddenly grinned and kissed Shino on the lips. Shino, completely taken by surprise, kissed her back but didn't notice when Hotaru tried to slip the bandages off his ribs.
"Dammit, why are there so many bandages?" Hotaru growled, pulling away and giving all her attention to Shino's ribs.
"Uh huh, trying to be sneaky, are we?" Shino grinned, pulling Hotaru hands away from his ribcage.
"TRYING being the operative word here," Hotaru mumbled, giving in and looking up at Shino.
Hotaru sighed and leaned her head against Shino's chest. She could hear his heart beating. She rested one hand over his heart and the other on the bandages on his ribs, hoping that she could heal him without taking them off.
It worked. Shino moaned and rested his head on Hotaru's, "that feels good..."
Hotaru sweat dropped and ripped off the bandages, "Aha! See? See? Do you not feel better now?"
As Hotaru threw away the bandages, Shino looked down at himself. He couldn't even remember having the accident yesterday. He couldn't even remember the pain. It was a miracle.
Hotaru sat down on Shino's lap, "Umm, I guess you're wondering about my 'healing powers'."
"Heh, Well, Mamoru told me all about them," Shino responded, taking her hands in his and running them over some bruises on his stomach, "Damn, that's NICE."
All his bruises were gone.
~~~
"Mamoru, what would you do if.. Hotaru tried to.. Uh, "help" Shino again?" Lina asked cautiously.
"Aw, don't worry! I'm sure Hotaru won't do anything like that," Mamoru said offhandedly as he sipped some coffee. They were all in the cafeteria, trying to not worry about Shino, and Hotaru.
"Er, well. I... don't know. She seems determined to help him," Lina began.
Mamoru rolled his eyes, "She doesn't have the guts."
"Heh, I wouldn't be to sure about that. She's been getting.. Aggressive.. Lately."
"Just coz you're her best friend doesn't mean that you're the only one that knows her."
Lina grinned, "Believe me, she's changed."
~~~
Mamoru walked into Shino's room, hoping that Hotaru wasn't there.
She wasn't.
"Where's Hotaru?"
"Hmm, she said something about getting something to drink," Shino said, examining the flowers that Hotaru had brought him.
"Well, I guess I'm out then?" Shino asked, looking up expectantly.
"Yeah, I guess," Mamoru said, looking at Shino's bandage/wound-less body.
"Great," Shino smiled, putting on the pink t-shirt that Hotaru had brought him. Dammit, he hated pink, but Hotaru had insisted that Valentine's Day was coming up and that he just HAD to wear something pink. Shino had refused, saying that real men didn't wear pink, but Hotaru had told him that if he didn't wear it, she wouldn't be his girlfriend. And of course, Shino didn't want that.
Even though they both knew that they were now a couple, he didn't feel like pushing her. Besides, he could wear Satoshi's black jacket over the t-shirt as soon as he came back into the room. Unfortunately for Shino, Satoshi was nowhere to be found at the moment.
"Oh, wait. You still have a collapsed lung, don't you? Can you breath alright?" Mamoru said, all of a sudden.
"Actually, Hotaru took care of that as well," Shino grinned.
"How?" Mamoru asked and regretted it immediately, He didn't want to know, "Never mind."
"Okay, whatever, suit yourself," Shino said, still grinning.
Mamoru rolled his eyes and walked outside with Shino in tow.
~~~
"Hey Bro, lemme hold your jacket," Shino asked Satoshi as they were all getting into Lina's car.
"Why?" Satoshi asked.
"In case you haven't noticed, I'm wearing a PINK shirt," Shino mumbled so that only Satoshi could hear.
"It's dark, no one can see you," Satoshi said.
"Still."
Satoshi rolled his eyes and handed over the jacket.
Thanks," Shino said, ecstatic.
~~~
They reached Satoshi and Shino's apartment in about five minutes since it was close to the hospital. Lina was eager to talk to Hotaru. Shino was eager to talk to Hotaru. Satoshi was eager to go to sleep.
"Well, see you tomorrow," Lina leaned over and kissed Satoshi, who was in the passenger seat. There was silence from the backseat.
"Hmm, Shino? Wake up," A sleepy Hotaru said to a sleepy Shino.
"Mmm?" Shino mumbled.
Hotaru gently nudged Shino, "We're here."
"Umm," Shino leaned over and kissed Hotaru goodbye.
"Night," Hotaru sighed happily.
"Night," Shino smiled and got out of the car.
The boys made their way into the building and Lina drove off into the night.
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AN: I guess this is a big chapter. Shino and Hotaru finally kiss and Shino's healed. See? Miracles CAN happen. You just have to believe.
*~Ice1taru~*