Love Never Dies
Chapter 2
"If only he knew"
Yuki burst through the hospital doors and ran towards the main counter, nurses frantically going about and he heard some say a young man, who was just in an accident, and he heard others of his screaming and blood loss, oh God tell me what's wrong!
"Miss……miss! Please do you know where a Mr. Shindo is?" Yuki asked and the nurse, but she just pointed down the hall.
"You have to wait in the waiting room, doctors haven't properly settled him in a room yet, there are others in there waiting for him as well, and we'll in form you for when you can see him." The nurse stated and Yuki nodded.
Yuki started walking down the hall to see the sign hanging from the ceiling saying "Waiting room" which pointed to his right. He slowly entered to see Mr. K and Suguru sitting while Hiro paced around the room.
"Mr. Yuki, have you heard anything of Shuichi?" Hiro asked with sadness in his eyes. "No, I'm just shocked by the news, tell me, what exactly happened." Yuki asked aggressively. Hiro couldn't bring himself to say it so K stood up and walked over to Yuki, looking him dead in the eye.
"I'll tell it to you straight." K began while Yuki's brow twitched, "Witnesses told me that the boy, Shuichi was running down the block, heading for you place when suddenly there were loud screams coming from the corner of the street. Apparently Shuichi was just done crossing the road when a car drove towards a group of people who were waiting to cross. They were able to get out of the way in time except for…..Shuichi…..he was hit in the front, crashed into the windshield, and was sent flying across the street, about ten feet in the air." K took a deep breath
Yuki didn't breath, all this was like a bad dream to him, he ran a hand through his hair, pacing back a forth, "I can't wait much longer, I have to see him!" Yuki started to raise his voice.
Suddenly the door opened. There stood a doctor with a sad look on his face, "May I speak with Mr. Eiri Yuki?" He asked, Yuki took a step forward and the others stood up to listen.
"Shuichi is going to be alright, but as we speak he's having a blood transfusion, his rib cage is bruised, the left side of his head is badly bruised and he has cuts and bruises covering his entire body from where the glass and other foreign objects were removed. Yuki sighed but the doctor again spoke up, "But there could be a chance he could suffer memory loss, permanent or temporarily we're not yet sure." The Doctor stated.
Yuki panicked and thought, "No Shuichi, you can't forget me, the love you have for me, you can't forget, I don't know what I would do without you…"
"Mr. Eiri Yuki, you can see him now, he was asking for you since he arrived here." The doctor said while Yuki pushed himself past him and ran down the hall, towards his room.
Upon entering the room, it was all pure white and quiet, all that could be heard were the machines running. There was a bed lying behind a curtain, gradually Yuki approached the bed and once he saw Shuichi he wanted to die.
Here was this young, cheerful, vigorous boy, now laying with his arms strapped down, so he wouldn't take the needles out of his arms, his face covered in bandages like the rest of his body, and seemed so lifeless to him.
Yuki knelt down beside him and touched his delicate hand. Small tears came to his eyes, thinking about how he should have told Shuichi how much he loved him, truly loved him. This boy changed his entire life, he would do anything for him and what does he do? He ignores him and treats him badly, never repaying Shuichi for his kindness. He would have to admit, this pink haired lover of his has melted the ice in his heart somehow…..somehow….this boy got to him….and he didn't regret it one bit.
Just then Yuki opened his eyes to the sound of his name. He looked up at Shuichi whose deep eyes seemed to stare lovingly at him, a small smile crept on his face, even through all his bandages and bruises, Shuichi was still as cute as ever.
"Shuichi, I-" Yuki started but Shuichi cut him off and spoke in a rough whisper, "Yuki, I'm so glad you're here….I'm in so much pain yet seeing you seems to take it all away…..I love you…." Shuichi instantly fell into a deep slumber while Yuki choked his tears and whispered, "I love you Shuichi, I love you."
Yuki looked up to see the machines acting funny, something was going wrong, then the door burst open to see a flood of people coming to work on him. Yuki was picked up by the arm and told to leave.
"But, what's going on? Tell me what's wrong with Shuichi?!" Yuki asked, trying to catch a glimpse of his lover.
"Sir, please just leave, go to the waiting room or the cafeteria." The nurse said and closed the door.
Yuki was furious and worried of out his mind right now. Who knows what could be happening to him! All Yuki could do was leave it in the hands of these people to keep his Shuichi alive.
Yuki slowly and hesitantly walked back to the waiting room, not knowing what to say to the others.
"Did you see Shuichi?" Hiro asked, waiting for an answer from Yuki who looked like he just saw death in the face.
"Something's wrong with him, the machines……right now the doctors are in there, something's happening to him….." Yuki spoke softly, hiding back the tears.
"What's happening??" Hiro grabbed Yuki by the shoulders and starred into his eyes, wanting to know exactly what was going on.
"I don't know…..but he did speak to me for a short while….." Yuki looked down and away, not wanting to see Hiro anymore.
"What did he say to you?" Hiro asked concerned, "That's between me and him." Yuki said blankly, pushing Hiro off of him.
Yuki walked past Hiro and the others who all looked at each other confused. Yuki took a seat in the back of the room, and sunk his head between his knees. Not another word was spoken for the longest time.
The room was quiet, the sound of magazine pages flipping and the ticking of the clock were the only sounds heard. At times K would look at Suguru and Hiro, who would look at him as if he had the answer to all this.
Hmm, what could be running through Yuki's mind at the moment? What's happening to Shuichi? All this and more will be answered soon….. till next time…..
Ayaka Chan
