Chapter Four
"One step closer."
By: Careless Dreamer
I cannot take this anymore
I'm saying everything I've said before
All these words they make no sense
I find bliss in ignorance
Less I hear the less you say
But you'll find that out anyway...
They had to pry Hilde from Sally's side, or so I was told when I came to. The doctor told me that she's now stable enough to live, but because of some complications, the baby is having trouble. Since the baby has been around for about eight and a half months, it should be far enough along to live. I just wish that I never had left because I can't stand this anymore. Right now nothing is making sense to me, the only thing that has made sense was Sally being in danger. I've just been an ass lately and I know it's partly my fault she's in this mess.
Just like before...
I thought that everything would be just like before... we're apart for a week or two and get back together after my energy's spent. I didn't think she'd go this far... maybe she finally snapped. I don't know why she did it, but I'm also here for her. Hilde is crying by my side, lost pretty much as I am... I put my arms around her and just draw her in an embrace, I hold her close just letting her cry. She hits my chest with her fists and I step back. She begins apologizing like crazy, I tell her don't worry about it because I deserve it.
Everything you say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe
'Cause I'm one step closer to edge
And I'm about to break...
A couple of hours later the doctor comes out saying Duo can't give anymore blood because he can barely stand without feeling woozy. But said that Duo wouldn't get off the machine that was giving her blood. Hilde told me to talk with him while she made a couple of calls. I walked in to find Duo trying his best to fight off the doctors, I chuckled to myself.
"Nanigoto desu ka?" I asked.
The doctors cock their heads at me. My Japanese is probably a bit rusty. Duo is nodding his head slightly.
"Shikkar shite. It's too early to," I told him. Duo just chuckles at my words of encouragement. "Obviously you guys don't speak or understand Japanese, do you?" I asked jamming my hands into my pockets.
"No sir," they said unison.
I repeated my statements in English to them.
Nanigoto desu ka: Is everything all right?
Shikkar shite: Hold on. Don't give up.
I find that the answers aren't so clear
Wish I could find a way to disappear
All these thoughts they make no sense
I find bliss in ignorance
Nothing seems to go away
Over and over again...
When Hilde returned, she said that their sixteen year old would come down and see if had his father's blood type and if so... he'd help Sally. Their son was half the age they are. Koga, it's his nickname, was born a month after Hilde's sixteenth birthday. Koga was here less than ten minuets later after the call. I left the room carrying Duo to another room under doctors orders. This time I was going to make him listen to the doctor.
"Konban wa," Duo greeted tiredly.
"Ossu," I said back. "Doomo arigatoo gozaimasu."
"Doo Itashimashite!" Duo cried as he tried to soccer punch me, but failed miserably. I smiled as he flops onto the bed.
Konban wa: Good evening. Hello.
Ossu: Hi.
Doomo arigatoo gozaimasu: Thank you very much.
Doo Itashimashite: It's okay. Think nothing of it.
Just like before...
Everything you say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe
'Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
Shut up when I'm talking to you.
Later after Koga gave some more blood, Sally was fine. I helped Koga to his dad's room and left the family of three there to sleep. After that I left to see Sally and the baby girl. I won't name her, because Sally said she wanted to name her. So I saw both my baby girls that night.
That morning I woke up to the doctors waking me. He told me that my daughter had some complication during the night, but they fixed it in the last hour. At first he said that he was going to wake me because of the problem, but he said that I'd barely had any sleep when it happened. He brought me my baby girl and I held her for the first time. She was so small, but she was so beautiful.