Chapter 12: "Fallen Angels"
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Kai trailed off, "And I'll always love you."
Hatsumi's eyes were bigger than eggs. (Funny thing to compare to!) She managed to squeak out, "You mean it?!"
Kai looked away in order to hide his reddening face from her but she had already seen it. "With all my heart," he answered. His gasped from shocked when he felt her arms wrap around his body and squeeze.
Hatsumi ended the hug and looked at him. Again crimson eyes met crimson eyes. But this time, Kai leaned in and their faces were mere inches apart. Their lips touched in a soft by emotion-filled kiss. Suddenly, they heard footsteps coming towards them and Hatsumi broke the kiss. Her jaw dropped to see Max there.
"Have you been watching us…" snapped Hatsumi.
"Make out? No!" laughed Max. "No worries, I won't tell anyone. Promise!" With a quirky little reply, he hopped away.
Hatsumi turned her head back to Kai, who was staring at her. She turned bright red and started to walk away but his grip around her waist was gentle but firm.
"You want to join the others?" he asked softly into her ear. His sudden breath on her ear made her jump.
"Sure! Why not?" she suggested. As they walked into the living room, they saw Max staring at them and giggling but other than him, the room was dead silent. Kai looked around and saw Tyson on the floor with pizza stains all over him. Utada was lying on the floor right beside him, fast asleep. No, it's not meant to be gross, it's meant to be cute! .)
Hikki and Ray were cuddled up on the couch, also asleep and Miriam and Max said good night and went their separate ways, unlike the others! (lol)
Kai and Hatsumi didn't know what to do so they decided to go upstairs. They sat on the couch and cuddled, watching a late night talk show. Hatsumi yawned and rested her head on Kai's shoulder, and she stroked her hair softly.
"You tired?" he asked, concerned. She seemed more exhausted than usual.
"Just a bit…" she yawned again and closed her eyes.
"You don't need to wake up early tomorrow you know – it's Christmas vacation," he said, unable to suppress the excitement boiling inside him.
"At least I know someone's excited!" she laughed quietly. "And I can spend a whole two weeks with someone special."
He chuckled softly and stayed by her side until he heard her breathing soften, signifying she was sound asleep. Poor girl, he thought. She must be exhausted.
She fell asleep and Kai got up and pulled a blanket over her and he fell asleep as well, the two cuddled up like teddy bears sleeping peacefully by your bedside.
"Morning!" yelled a hyperactive Max, who appeared well rested from last night's sleep.
"Shut up Max," yelled Tyson, throwing a pillow at him. "I'm still trying to sleep!"
Unable to fall back asleep, he got up, dropping Utada's head from his shoulder absent-mindedly.
"OUCH!" yelled Utada. "What the hell is going on? Why are you up so early Max?"
The commotion made Ray and Hikki wake up from a nice sleep grumpily.
"Would you all shut up? Geez, why is everybody so rowdy in the morning?" asked Hikki.
" I'm with her," said Ray, yawning.
"You're just agreeing with her cause you like her," teased Tyson, throwing a pillow at Ray.
"Whatever," said Ray. "You guys are all starting to sound like Hatsumi.
"By the way, where is she? And where's Kai?" asked Utada, getting up and looking around.
"IF YOU PEOPLE WOULD SLOW DOWN AND LISTEN TO ME, I COULD TELL YOU!" yelled Max at the top of his lungs.
Everybody froze and turned to look at him. Miriam came in and said, "What's all the yelling about Max?"
Max sighed in defeat. "Just come upstairs, will you people?"
"What's this all about Maxy?" asked Tyson, who was clearly as lost as everybody else.
"If you had listened to me earlier, you would know now!" snapped back Max, who was apparently mad because everybody had ignored him.
"Awww… look at the two lovebirds," cooed Utada. Hikki and Tyson giggled.
There on the couch, Kai and Hatsumi were cuddled together sleeping soundly, unaware of the stifled and muffled giggles heard through the door.
"I say crash the party and make them turn red as tomatoes!" cheered Tyson.
"Tyson! Don't be so mean! I think Hatsumi's finally having her heart mended. She's the poor victim of horrible trauma and now look at her," said Hikki, gazing at her friend. "I think she's healing."
Unfortunately, Tyson had ignored those heartwarming words that Hikki had said and rushed into the room.
"NOOOO!!!!!" screamed everybody, awakening Hatsumi. "Huh? What's going on?" she looked around and saw Tyson jumping on them!
"AHHHHHHH!!!" Hatsumi screamed as Tyson landed on the couch tilting it over, knocking her out the open window.
Kai awakened abruptly and saw Hatsumi clinging to the ledge of the window for her life!
"HELP! TYSON I'M SOOO GONNA GET YOU FOR THIS!!!" screamed Hatsumi, thrashing her legs about.
"Hold on! The more you move, you're gonna lose grip and fall! You can get Tyson later!" yelled Ray as everybody rushed to the open window.
"Hey!" yelled Tyson. "If I get close to her, she'll tear me to pieces!"
"Forget about that!" yelled Utada. "You can be such an idiot!" She shook her head with shame.
Kai turned back to Hatsumi. He extended his hand and said, "Grab my hand!"
"No, I can't! I'll fall!" she said urgently, with tears in her eyes.
"C'mon, everything will be okay, trust me," he said as softly as he could to console her.
"But I only have one hand on the ledge! I'LL FALL!" she yelled.
"C'mon! If you don't try, you'll die as a coward." He said, knowing Hatsumi hated being called a 'chicken' or 'coward' or anything like that.
"I'll do it!" she cried. Just then, she reached up with a flash of determination in her eyes for his hand. Suddenly, the ledge cracked and the piece of cement Hatsumi was holding onto disconnected from the ledge.
"Ahhhhhhh!" That was the last thing that came out of Hatsumi's mouth before she dropped two stories into the Tachibanas' private property. She landed on the wet ground unconscious, covered with morning dew. She lay there for what seemed like hours before the ambulance Ray and Tyson called arrived.
They all rode on the ambulance alongside Hatsumi to the hospital. Immediately, she was reeled into emergency room for what seemed like the longest time in history. The rest of the gang waited restlessly in the waiting room.
"Why don't we all get some McDonalds' to eat?" suggested Tyson. "Ugh – this is sooo boring! Why did she have to fall out the window anyway? Geez, some people are so careless!"
Everbody glared daggers at Tyson but Kai blew his top. And I mean blew his top!
"If you hadn't rushed in this morning and jumped on the couch, the couch would have never tilted and she would have never fallen out the window and she wouldn't have nearly killed herself and we wouldn't be here waiting our ass off!!!"
"Geez Kai! Don't have to bite everybody's head off!" replied Tyson coolly.
"If you don't shut up, I'll bite your head off!!!" retorted Kai.
Nobody had seen Kai so uptight about something in ages. They watched the battle rage on between the two, not knowing if they should step in. However, Ray knew Kai well, they were nearly best friends – and he knew that Kai's hollow heart had been filled by a certain someone – a certain female in the hospital right now! If you can't figure out what I'm hinting right now, go see a doctor!!!
Just then, a doctor came out of the emergency room, loosening her mask and pulling off her gloves.
Kai rushed over to her immediately. "How is she? Is she okay? Answer me!!!" Ray came and pulled Kai back before he deafened the doctor. "Relax! Chill!"
"Well," said the doctor after recovering from Kai 'interference', "She should be fine but I should inform you that she has a blood clot in the left side of her skull, which is pressing on her brain, slightly damaging some of her nerves."
"Ouch!" commented Utada, clearly shaken by the injury.
"Also, she has two broken ribs and a broken arm," replied the doctor before she started leaving the room.
"May we go in?" asked Miriam eagerly.
"Oh yes, go on ahead. She's still asleep from the sleeping gas and the painkillers we gave her," said the doctor, waving a hand. "If she wakes up, please notify me immediately."
The group slowly walked into the room. What they saw was indeed a horrible sight. Hatsumi was asleep on a greenish bed, her head covered in bandages and her arm was in a sling. You could see the bandages that covered her torso beneath her hospital gown.
Kai's heart broke at the sight of this.
"Oh no…" he managed to croak out before the edge of tears began to fall. He grasped her hand in his and leaned his head on her arm. He shook uncontrollably due to the shock and devastation. How could the one person he ever cared about so much in his life, fall into some sort of disaster like this?
"Kai…"
Kai immediately looked up and saw Hatsumi's eyes begin to flutter open. "Are you okay?" he asked urgently.
He called to Utada, Ray, Hikki and Tyson, "HURRY GET THE DOCTOR!" Without hesitation, they ran as fast as they could, with Tyson huffing and puffing behind them. "You…guys…go ahead…"
"Max, could you get me some water?" whispered Hatsumi. Max poured her a cup of water and gave it to her.
She sipped a small sip but winced at the pain she felt in her head when she tried to sit up.
"Argh! Ow that hurts," she said, stroking the bandages that covered her head. "Stupid Tyson – he really had to jump in on us like that."
Suddenly, the doctor and the nurses burst through the room doors and shoved Kai away from Hatsumi.
"Hey!" retorted Kai, smashing into the wall, but nobody was able to hear him.
"Miss, we're going to have to take you into surgery because there's a blood clot pressing on the left side of your skull and if it stays there any longer, you'll only have an 85 chance of surviving for three more weeks."
"NO!" said Hatsumi and Kai in unison.
"But…" continued the doctor, "If you go into surgery now, we'll be able to get rid of that blood clot and you'll be free to go in 3 days. However, I must warn you, you only have a 25 chance of living through the surgery due to blood loss."
"I'm doing it – the surgery I mean," confirmed Hatsumi.
"Okay, in three hours, we're going to reel you into the operation room and we'll get started," the doctor said, turning and leaving.
Three Hours Later
"You sure you want to do this?" asked Utada.
"Yep!"
"You sure seem enthusiastic about it," muttered Hikki.
"I've been given a second chance to live, who wouldn't be happy?" she replied, with tears in her eyes.
"Okay," everybody agreed.
"Kai," she whispered. He immediately walked over to her.
"If I don't make it…" she trailed off.
"Nonsense!" he cut her off. "You'll make it – I'll make sure of that!"
"Oh Kai," she sighed and he kissed her one last time before she was reeled into the operation room.
Hatsumi, when will we see each other again, if we even will…Kai thought, savoring the taste of her lips on his, because that might be the last time ever.
Hi!!!! It's a cliffie! I have a preview for next chappie – a certain blonde from the amusement park a.k.a. "The BITCH" will be returning for a showdown against Hatsumi hint hint – she gets better! Don't miss it! However, I recommend there is foul language and some violence. Lol! Please RxR!!!!