"Where's Jounochi?" I mumbled. I had been there for a few days, and they
had kept me too drugged-out to keep count.
"Who?" the doctor, Dr. Michio Takumi, asked, looking up from giving me another shot.
"Jounochi," I mumbled. "You...you... He brought me here. Blonde..."
"Now how in the world do you know who brought you here?" he asked, cocky.
"I just do," I said, closing my eyes. "What are you giving me?"
"Things to relax you, that's all."
I shifted in the bed, the best I could, trying to find a comfortable position. I was still strapped down, though I had made little attempt to get out. "When are you going to call the shrink?" I asked lamely. I didn't mind anymore. I just wanted to see something else than these white, white rooms, and the same nurses, and Dr. Takumi, day in and day out. I was like his new favorite person, or something. Favorite person to harass.
"She's coming. Soon, I promise." He gave me a smile, then turned on his heels and left.
~~~
I glanced up, from sleeping, I suppose. Life was so dull I couldn't really tell the difference. I finally realized why I had awakened. I heard voices. No, not in my head. I wasn't crazy. Out in the hallway.
"Get off me, assholes! You better fucking let me see him! LET ME SEE HIM!!!"
"Jounochi?" I mumbled, in a much lower voice than I had meant. "Jounochi!" I called. "Get me out of here!"
I heard a scuffle at the door, then it burst open. "Oh god, Kaiba..."
I craned my neck to see, but couldn't. "J-Jounochi. Please untie me..."
He walked into my vision, but held back from getting much closer. "What are they doing to you?"
"Please just untie me, Jou. Please..." I whispered hoarsely.
He walked closer, getting down on his knees in front of me, leaning his head on the bed, peering up at me. "Kaiba?" He set his hand on mine. "What happened?"
"I attempted suicide. I guess they think I need help."
"Do you?"
"I don't know."
"You're not acting like yourself."
"He gives me shots," I whisper, closing my eyes.
"Are you just giving up?" he asks me, standing up and leaning over me. "Look at me."
I open my eyes. "Jounochi," I said tiredly, "it's not my place out there."
"Out where?"
I closed my eyes. "In the real world. I'm so tired, Katsuya."
"I had to fight just to see you. You almost died, Kaiba. If I hadn't of called you--"
"If it hadn't been for you, I'd be JUST FINE! It's not my fault you walked out on me! It's not my fault Yugi is head over heels in love with you! And it certainly isn't my fault that I'm in love with you! So I couldn't stand the bullshit anymore. So I wanted to just go with my family. Did I really do anything that bad?"
"You weren't breathing when I found you."
"Who cares? Not you. You don't care about me."
"Kaiba! Shut the fuck up! I don't need this fucking bullshit."
"Then leave," I said softly, feeling sad all of a sudden. "Like you did before."
He smashed his lips against mine. He leaned back up, tears in the corner of his eyes. "The only reason I left is so I wouldn't get hurt, Kaiba. I'm sorry I had to hurt you."
"I like you, Jounochi." The words sounded weak, even to me.
Shaking his head, he whispered, "I like you, too, idiot." He softly brushed my hair behind my ears, staring me in the eyes. "I just wish you weren't in here."
"But he is," Dr. Takumi said from the door, smugly. "He's here, and the only time he'll leave is to go to the nut house."
"You know, my company owns this hospital among other things. You are fired." My head was beginning to clear up to some extent.
"Ha! You don't have any rights anymore."
"I may have disappeared from the public eye, I may have wanted to, I may have drawn up the papers. But I never signed my company over to anyone. I am still the president *and* CEO of Kaiba Corp. Even if I wasn't, I still hold the patents to nearly everything Kaiba Corp. markets, still giving me revenues and a say in that company. So trust me, unless I'm discharged right now, expect a malpractice suit, even from the nut house."
Dr. Takumi narrowed his eyes. "You fucking rich people. You think you can buy your way out of everything."
"I haven't done anything wrong."
"You tried to kill yourself."
"And you stopped me from dying. Isn't that what you want? For me to die?" I noticed a slight tugging on my left hand's strap. I glanced over to see Jounochi, his back to me, slowly working at it one-handily.
"Psychopathic people like you are suppose to be locked up."
"Then call the godamned shrink! Unless you know I won't get locked up!" One last tug and my hand was free. "You sign those godamned release papers or you won't live to regret it."
He came near me with another syringe. "You're acting up." He clicked his tongue.
When he leaned in to give me the shot, I grabbed him by the collar. "NOW!" He pulled away from me but I wouldn't let go. "Sign them, Dr. Takumi."
"Fine! Let go of me!"
I dropped my grip, allowing him access to leave.
Smartly, he returned, giving me a form to fill out after unstrapping my remaining body parts.
Then, I was out of there.
"Who?" the doctor, Dr. Michio Takumi, asked, looking up from giving me another shot.
"Jounochi," I mumbled. "You...you... He brought me here. Blonde..."
"Now how in the world do you know who brought you here?" he asked, cocky.
"I just do," I said, closing my eyes. "What are you giving me?"
"Things to relax you, that's all."
I shifted in the bed, the best I could, trying to find a comfortable position. I was still strapped down, though I had made little attempt to get out. "When are you going to call the shrink?" I asked lamely. I didn't mind anymore. I just wanted to see something else than these white, white rooms, and the same nurses, and Dr. Takumi, day in and day out. I was like his new favorite person, or something. Favorite person to harass.
"She's coming. Soon, I promise." He gave me a smile, then turned on his heels and left.
~~~
I glanced up, from sleeping, I suppose. Life was so dull I couldn't really tell the difference. I finally realized why I had awakened. I heard voices. No, not in my head. I wasn't crazy. Out in the hallway.
"Get off me, assholes! You better fucking let me see him! LET ME SEE HIM!!!"
"Jounochi?" I mumbled, in a much lower voice than I had meant. "Jounochi!" I called. "Get me out of here!"
I heard a scuffle at the door, then it burst open. "Oh god, Kaiba..."
I craned my neck to see, but couldn't. "J-Jounochi. Please untie me..."
He walked into my vision, but held back from getting much closer. "What are they doing to you?"
"Please just untie me, Jou. Please..." I whispered hoarsely.
He walked closer, getting down on his knees in front of me, leaning his head on the bed, peering up at me. "Kaiba?" He set his hand on mine. "What happened?"
"I attempted suicide. I guess they think I need help."
"Do you?"
"I don't know."
"You're not acting like yourself."
"He gives me shots," I whisper, closing my eyes.
"Are you just giving up?" he asks me, standing up and leaning over me. "Look at me."
I open my eyes. "Jounochi," I said tiredly, "it's not my place out there."
"Out where?"
I closed my eyes. "In the real world. I'm so tired, Katsuya."
"I had to fight just to see you. You almost died, Kaiba. If I hadn't of called you--"
"If it hadn't been for you, I'd be JUST FINE! It's not my fault you walked out on me! It's not my fault Yugi is head over heels in love with you! And it certainly isn't my fault that I'm in love with you! So I couldn't stand the bullshit anymore. So I wanted to just go with my family. Did I really do anything that bad?"
"You weren't breathing when I found you."
"Who cares? Not you. You don't care about me."
"Kaiba! Shut the fuck up! I don't need this fucking bullshit."
"Then leave," I said softly, feeling sad all of a sudden. "Like you did before."
He smashed his lips against mine. He leaned back up, tears in the corner of his eyes. "The only reason I left is so I wouldn't get hurt, Kaiba. I'm sorry I had to hurt you."
"I like you, Jounochi." The words sounded weak, even to me.
Shaking his head, he whispered, "I like you, too, idiot." He softly brushed my hair behind my ears, staring me in the eyes. "I just wish you weren't in here."
"But he is," Dr. Takumi said from the door, smugly. "He's here, and the only time he'll leave is to go to the nut house."
"You know, my company owns this hospital among other things. You are fired." My head was beginning to clear up to some extent.
"Ha! You don't have any rights anymore."
"I may have disappeared from the public eye, I may have wanted to, I may have drawn up the papers. But I never signed my company over to anyone. I am still the president *and* CEO of Kaiba Corp. Even if I wasn't, I still hold the patents to nearly everything Kaiba Corp. markets, still giving me revenues and a say in that company. So trust me, unless I'm discharged right now, expect a malpractice suit, even from the nut house."
Dr. Takumi narrowed his eyes. "You fucking rich people. You think you can buy your way out of everything."
"I haven't done anything wrong."
"You tried to kill yourself."
"And you stopped me from dying. Isn't that what you want? For me to die?" I noticed a slight tugging on my left hand's strap. I glanced over to see Jounochi, his back to me, slowly working at it one-handily.
"Psychopathic people like you are suppose to be locked up."
"Then call the godamned shrink! Unless you know I won't get locked up!" One last tug and my hand was free. "You sign those godamned release papers or you won't live to regret it."
He came near me with another syringe. "You're acting up." He clicked his tongue.
When he leaned in to give me the shot, I grabbed him by the collar. "NOW!" He pulled away from me but I wouldn't let go. "Sign them, Dr. Takumi."
"Fine! Let go of me!"
I dropped my grip, allowing him access to leave.
Smartly, he returned, giving me a form to fill out after unstrapping my remaining body parts.
Then, I was out of there.