Okay, due to some error my chapter seemed to have just vanished,so I'm
reposting. My computer is still in for repairs: sniffle: so the part I had
written is missing but I will post it as soon as I get my computer back and
look it over. Alright, lets do this. I'll get all this stuff up and you
enjoy. Any questions?vvv
Daylight streamed into the windows, following the afternoon sun down untill late evening shadows played against the sterile white. Ryo sat propped up against the bed staring out the window, occasionally shifting his gaze over his shoulder to the still boy next to him. Worry lines creased his brow, his fingers pulling absently at the borrowed jeans. It had been hours since he had woken up, and apparently many more before that, but Rowan still lay as he had, not moving, barely seeming to breath. He sighed heavily, hoping in the back of his mind the sound might disturb his friends deep, comatose like sleep, but Rowan didn't move. Ryo's finger hovered over the nurse call button for a second before dropping to the covers. They had both been checked and rechecked over the course of the day and by all means Rowan should be awake. All he could do was wait.
" Come on Ro, I know you're a heavy sleeper but this is rediculous." He stared hopefully at his friend, but to no avail. Rowan slept on. " I need you Ro."
Ryo levered himself out of bed and padded over to the window beside him. The sun had began to set behind the tall buildings of the city, cascading over him and turning his dark skin a golden hue. The red of his borrowed shirt and the tan of his skin seemed to match the vision outside. But Ryos' eyes were searching the city below him as it was washed in the eveing light. He knew where the hospital was in Shinjuku, he been there on occasion, and this was not the city he should have been looking at from any of the windows. Confusion played across his features as he scanned the buildings for anything familier. He knew it was futile though, none of the writing was even Japanese. It only confused him more. Sally, for the few times she had checked on him, had only spoken in a fluent Japanese. He stared into the coming twilight with wide sorrowful eyes. Hope that somehow the heavens Rowan loved so much would answer his unspoken thoughts welled in his chest.
The door crashed open behind him.
Spinning quickly Ryo faced the young man who strode to a stop beside the foot of Rowans bed, midnight black eyes lit with a fire that was unquenchable. He opened his mouth to speak, but was interuppted with Sallys hurried entrence.
" Wufei!" She sprinted over to the tall man til she was nose to nose with him. " What do you think you are doing? No, don't answer that," She held up a restraining hand, " I already know. And I know you know you have orders to stay away from this case."
" I'm tired of waiting for Une to make up her mind about all this." He nearly roared. It was appanent this wasn't an new argument. By now Ryo was working quickly to put everything together, but was coming up with only loose ends. Rowan, the city, and now the strange uniform he noticed the young man wearing. Sally had always been in civilian clothes, though she seemed slightly uncomfortable in them. He couldn't place the uniform with any department he had seen before, though it didn't appear they were even in the same country. He was really beginning to wish Rowan would wake up, for even more reasons now.
" One of them is still unconious for heavens sake!" Sally guestered to the bed they stood in front of and Wufeis eyes followed. His eyes flickered over Rowans still face for a moment, the anger seemed to deflate out of him, leaving the barest flicker to keep lit the fire in his soul, but as his eyes found Ryos' again that fire flared a little.
" I can stil_"
He was cut off when a young man, unnotticed til then,stepped forward to Ryo.
" Duo Maxwell." He held out his hand. " You'll have to forgive our resident hot head over there. He gets a bit stressed." It was obviously meant to be teasing, but all the humur seemed drained from it, the young mans vioce too quite to fit him. Even through all that, Ryo couldn't miss the warmth in his eyes or guesture. He firmly took the hand offered him.
" Ryo Sanada."
Duo released the warm grip and walked softly over to the motionless figure on the bed. It was then that Ryo notticed the man on the other side of the bed, a picture of Sage bounced in his mind for a second eliciting a sharp pang of longing. He would give anything to see his friends right now, to have Kentos rucus laughter wake Rowan, even if they all got a pillow to the head for doing so, to have Sai's quiet calm and Mias resiliance, White Blaze and Yulies unwavering faith.
" And who's he?" Duo poked at the bright blue hair that was spread about the pillow. Ryo had to hold back a chuckle as he caught Sallys eye roll out of the cornor of his eye.
" His name is Rowan, my brother." The words slipped out of his mouth so esialy he didn't realize he had said them right away.
" Hmm." Duo turned to them, unconiously still fingering Rowans hair. " Well, since we're already aquainted...sorta...will you answer some questions for us?"
" Alright..." Ryo hopped back up onto the foot of his bed while Sally pulled two chairs up. He assumed one to be for Wufei but she offered it instead to the boy who reminded him of Sage. Wufei looked indignent but didn't say anything, he leaned instead against the foot of Rowans bed. Sally smiled as brightly as she could.
" Shall we begin?"
Wind lashed rain drops against the window, falling from the cloudcover effectivlly hiding the stars of the night sky. Sais' sprits were quickly sinking, dropping every minute their was no sign of Ryo and Rowan. He looked forlornly up at the coulded sky and something Rowan had told him struck in his memory. ' The stars are always there, just hidden beyond the clouds'. The window blurred for a moment before a dettermined look shone brightly from suddenly clear sea eyes.
Daylight streamed into the windows, following the afternoon sun down untill late evening shadows played against the sterile white. Ryo sat propped up against the bed staring out the window, occasionally shifting his gaze over his shoulder to the still boy next to him. Worry lines creased his brow, his fingers pulling absently at the borrowed jeans. It had been hours since he had woken up, and apparently many more before that, but Rowan still lay as he had, not moving, barely seeming to breath. He sighed heavily, hoping in the back of his mind the sound might disturb his friends deep, comatose like sleep, but Rowan didn't move. Ryo's finger hovered over the nurse call button for a second before dropping to the covers. They had both been checked and rechecked over the course of the day and by all means Rowan should be awake. All he could do was wait.
" Come on Ro, I know you're a heavy sleeper but this is rediculous." He stared hopefully at his friend, but to no avail. Rowan slept on. " I need you Ro."
Ryo levered himself out of bed and padded over to the window beside him. The sun had began to set behind the tall buildings of the city, cascading over him and turning his dark skin a golden hue. The red of his borrowed shirt and the tan of his skin seemed to match the vision outside. But Ryos' eyes were searching the city below him as it was washed in the eveing light. He knew where the hospital was in Shinjuku, he been there on occasion, and this was not the city he should have been looking at from any of the windows. Confusion played across his features as he scanned the buildings for anything familier. He knew it was futile though, none of the writing was even Japanese. It only confused him more. Sally, for the few times she had checked on him, had only spoken in a fluent Japanese. He stared into the coming twilight with wide sorrowful eyes. Hope that somehow the heavens Rowan loved so much would answer his unspoken thoughts welled in his chest.
The door crashed open behind him.
Spinning quickly Ryo faced the young man who strode to a stop beside the foot of Rowans bed, midnight black eyes lit with a fire that was unquenchable. He opened his mouth to speak, but was interuppted with Sallys hurried entrence.
" Wufei!" She sprinted over to the tall man til she was nose to nose with him. " What do you think you are doing? No, don't answer that," She held up a restraining hand, " I already know. And I know you know you have orders to stay away from this case."
" I'm tired of waiting for Une to make up her mind about all this." He nearly roared. It was appanent this wasn't an new argument. By now Ryo was working quickly to put everything together, but was coming up with only loose ends. Rowan, the city, and now the strange uniform he noticed the young man wearing. Sally had always been in civilian clothes, though she seemed slightly uncomfortable in them. He couldn't place the uniform with any department he had seen before, though it didn't appear they were even in the same country. He was really beginning to wish Rowan would wake up, for even more reasons now.
" One of them is still unconious for heavens sake!" Sally guestered to the bed they stood in front of and Wufeis eyes followed. His eyes flickered over Rowans still face for a moment, the anger seemed to deflate out of him, leaving the barest flicker to keep lit the fire in his soul, but as his eyes found Ryos' again that fire flared a little.
" I can stil_"
He was cut off when a young man, unnotticed til then,stepped forward to Ryo.
" Duo Maxwell." He held out his hand. " You'll have to forgive our resident hot head over there. He gets a bit stressed." It was obviously meant to be teasing, but all the humur seemed drained from it, the young mans vioce too quite to fit him. Even through all that, Ryo couldn't miss the warmth in his eyes or guesture. He firmly took the hand offered him.
" Ryo Sanada."
Duo released the warm grip and walked softly over to the motionless figure on the bed. It was then that Ryo notticed the man on the other side of the bed, a picture of Sage bounced in his mind for a second eliciting a sharp pang of longing. He would give anything to see his friends right now, to have Kentos rucus laughter wake Rowan, even if they all got a pillow to the head for doing so, to have Sai's quiet calm and Mias resiliance, White Blaze and Yulies unwavering faith.
" And who's he?" Duo poked at the bright blue hair that was spread about the pillow. Ryo had to hold back a chuckle as he caught Sallys eye roll out of the cornor of his eye.
" His name is Rowan, my brother." The words slipped out of his mouth so esialy he didn't realize he had said them right away.
" Hmm." Duo turned to them, unconiously still fingering Rowans hair. " Well, since we're already aquainted...sorta...will you answer some questions for us?"
" Alright..." Ryo hopped back up onto the foot of his bed while Sally pulled two chairs up. He assumed one to be for Wufei but she offered it instead to the boy who reminded him of Sage. Wufei looked indignent but didn't say anything, he leaned instead against the foot of Rowans bed. Sally smiled as brightly as she could.
" Shall we begin?"
Wind lashed rain drops against the window, falling from the cloudcover effectivlly hiding the stars of the night sky. Sais' sprits were quickly sinking, dropping every minute their was no sign of Ryo and Rowan. He looked forlornly up at the coulded sky and something Rowan had told him struck in his memory. ' The stars are always there, just hidden beyond the clouds'. The window blurred for a moment before a dettermined look shone brightly from suddenly clear sea eyes.