Chapter 5: The mystery of the red rose
At the hospital:
"Who is the patient?" a doctor asked.
"Anya Saigon, 17-year-old student from the boarding school. Was found by her friends, unconscious lying in the rain. She has suffered a lot of blood loss from a wound on her left arm and may have hypothermia," a nurse replied.
The two people rushed into a room, where they saw a pale redhead on the bed.
She was unconscious.
"Her heart beat isn't very strong," the doctor stated as he looked at the machinery. "Give her 50 milligrams of adrenaline."
(A/N: I don't know anything about medicine so don't be mad if that amount isn't exactly right.)
The doctor left and the nurse followed him soon.
Later in the same room...
"You think she is going to be alright?" Hilary asked.
"The nurse said she would recover but it will take some time," Kira replied.
"We have to bring her the homework and other stuff from school," Hilary said.
"You're right. This is bad you know. She will definitely have trouble ahead of her when she comes to school. We have to make sure that Stacy doesn't find out that she has been involved with Kai," Kira responded.
"That would be a disaster," Hilary stated.
There was a moment of silence...
"We should go," Kira said.
"Right. We have to find out what subjects she has chosen so we can take her the homework," Hilary replied and they stood up.
Veronica snapped out of her thoughts and followed them.
After the girls left Max and Tyson came in.
"Why do I have to be here!" Tyson pouted.
"It's polite. Even if you and Anya aren't the best of friends I think she would still like you to come and visit her," Max explained.
"And what I want doesn't matter!" Tyson exclaimed.
"She is the one lying on the bed, not you," Max retorted.
"It's her own damn fault!" Tyson shouted.
"Oh fine! If it's so awkward for you to be here just leave," Max snapped.
"With pleasure!" Tyson shouted and stormed out.
Max followed Tyson soon after he had put a card, wishing for Anya to get better soon, on the table next to the other cards.
Next afternoon Kira, Hilary and Veronica are walking down the corridor at the hospital, into Anya's room...
"I hope she is awake by now. She will have a big pile of homework if she doesn't wake up soon," Hilary said.
"I can't believe the homework they give us on the first day after vacation!" Kira exclaimed.
"What about you Kitty? What do you think?" Hilary asked.
"We'll have to do some homework for Anya if she doesn't wake up soon," she replied, dodging the real question.
The three girls entered the room and were disappointed to see their friend still out cold but then something caught their attention...
"Is that a red rose?" Hilary asked, although it was obvious what it was.
Kira dashed toward it and picked it up from the table, examining it carefully.
"Who is it from?" Veronica asked.
"There's no name," Kira said.
"What! Who would give someone a rose without telling it was from them?" Hilary exclaimed.
"Someone who doesn't want others to know he likes her," Kira stated.
That was when Anya opened her eyes.
Her eyes opened slowly, blinking from the bright light.
In a matter of seconds she was surrounded by her friends' faces.
"Anya! How are you?" Hilary asked.
"A little better than earlier," she responded.
"You have been awake?" Veronica cut in.
"For a little while, before I fell back to sleep," Anya replied.
"It's good if you're feeling better now," Hilary said.
"Yeah, so I can yell at you!" Kira burst out. "You worried me to death!"
"Kira calm down," Hilary said.
"No! What did you think you were doing girl!" Kira continued.
Tears appeared into Anya's eyes as she remembered the night.
"Oh Anya! Don't cry," Hilary said softly and wrapped her hands around Anya.
Kira and Veronica did the same.
"I'm sorry," Anya mumbled through her tears as her friends let go.
"Don't worry. Everything will be alright," Hilary assured her.
"No it won't," Anya stated.
"What do ya mean?" Kira asked.
"Nobody told you?" Anya asked in amazement.
"Told us what?" Hilary asked, confused.
"What happened before this whole thing," Anya replied.
"No," Veronica answered. "Tell us."
"Well, I cut my arm when I was doing the salad last evening," Anya started.
"Yeah, then what?" Kira encouraged her.
"Rei wanted to tie the wound," Anya continued and blushed.
"Ooh!" was heard from the other girls.
"It's nothing like that," Anya snapped.
Kira gave her a look, telling she didn't believe what Anya said.
"Okay, maybe it was a little like that," Anya admitted and her blush deepened.
"So what happened next?" Hilary asked, dying from curiosity.
"Well, Rei held my arm and tied the bandages. It felt so good. I mean, imagine yourself not having that kind of contact in nine months. What would happen? My thoughts sort of wondered and I forgot where I was," Anya explained.
"So, you haven't told us everything yet," Kira said, demanding her to continue.
"I snapped back into reality as he stopped and my face was all red," Anya stated as she blushed the same way she did last night. "Kai saw everything."
"Oh no!" Veronica burst out.
"We'll help you fix this," Hilary promised.
"What's that?" Anya asked as she suddenly noticed the red rose in Kira's hand.
"Someone had left it on the table," Kira explained. "There's no name on it."
"That's odd. Who would give me a flower without a name on it?" Anya asked.
"We were trying to figure it out when you woke up," Hilary replied.
"It must be Kai or Rei!" Veronica suddenly exclaimed.
"Why do you think that?" Hilary asked.
"Who else would have that kind of feelings for her?" Veronica explained.
"Giving a rose to someone, must mean the giver cares for that person deeply," Kira stated. "But is it Rei or my brother? That I don't know."
"You'll just have to snoop around a bit," Anya said. "Isn't that what you do best Kira?"
"Yeah! You're right!" Kira replied and high-fived with Anya. "Let the spying begin!"
The three girls went back to the house, only to find Kai and Tyson held back by Rei and Max. They were most obviously mad at each other but why?
"What the hell is going on in here!" Kira yelled.
"These two were about to murder each other before me and Max got here," Rei replied.
"Why?" Kira continued and ignored the fact that Kai was slipping from Rei's grip.
"I don't know!" Rei shouted. "A little help please?"
Kira hesitated but helped him.
"Let go Kira!" Kai burst out in fury.
"Tell me something," Kira demanded.
"What!" Kai shouted.
"Why is it that you want to get Tyson?" Kira asked in a calm voice.
"That is none of your business!" Kai exclaimed.
"It will be if you want me to let go," Kira threatened.
"Is that a threat?" Kai teased.
"You got it, smart boy. But it isn't so amazing. After all, you are my brother. A Hiwatari," Kira hissed.
This was a big mistake from Kira. She meant to make a little fun of her brother but what she didn't expect was that the anger would give him that much strength.
In a matter of seconds Kai was loose from their grip and let Tyson have what was coming to him in the first place.
It was a straight right, followed by a black eye.
Kira was walking to Tyson, about to ask the reason of the fight.
"Stay away from me," Tyson said, pouting.
Kira turned around. She wasn't in the mood to torture the truth out of Tyson. She did, however, have a theory about the reason.
(A/N: Which I won't tell you because I'm evil!)
"I've got an idea," she said.
"What?" Veronica and Hilary replied.
They moved closer together.
"I think we should have a little game of Truth or Dare when Anya comes back," she whispered.
The two other girls smirked and Kira returned the same smirk even more evilly.
They all went giggling into Kira's room to plot for the possibly up coming game.
"So how are we going to make him tell the truth?" Hilary asked.
"Well, we have to make him do something that will tell if he feels something for Anya," Kira said.
"What if it isn't Kai?" Veronica cut in.
"I have plan B to go with that," Kira stated. "Although it would require some assistance from one of you."
"What is it?" Veronica and Hilary asked in unison.
"If it's Rei, who gave Anya the rose, he would most probably refuse to kiss anyone else," Kira explained. "So all we have to do is find out if he is willing to kiss one of you."
"Why not you?" Hilary pouted.
"That would ruin my reputation and get the guys from the whole school after me again," Kira stated. "I don't think you have forgotten what happened last time."
"No but what if…" Hilary started.
"We all know Tyson and he would eventually let it slip out," Kira accused.
"Oh, okay," Hilary stated. "But I won't do it."
"It's you then Kitty," Kira declared.
Veronica blushed so red that you could have thought she was about to burn up.
(A/N: Hint.)
"Why can't Hilary?" she asked, avoiding eye-contact.
"I have been together with Max, so it would be sort of… distasteful to kiss Rei, his friend, in front of him," Hilary said.
"So it's you," Kira said with a final tone.
"Okay…" Veronica gave in.
"By the way, what was that blushing about?" Hilary asked.
"Nothing," Veronica answered quickly, avoiding eye-contact again.
"If you say so," Kira replied, but disbelief could be heard from her voice.
