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Chapter Eighteen

Hiro's POV

Only an hour has gone by even though it feels like several hours. The police have already called the hospital telling us that Shuichi is unconscious from a bullet wound to his side and on his way to the hospital. Ayaka, who was on her way into Tokyo, arrived only a few minutes ago. She sits on a chair next to Maiko and Mika. K paces up and down the hallway. He got here a half hour ago. K says that Shuichi looked in bad shape. Touma and Fujisaki stand near me.

A doctor walks down towards us. "Hello, friends and family of Eiri Yuki and Shuichi Shindo?"

"That's us," I say turning to him.

"The doctor that treated Mr. Shindo before is out of town for the week. I'll be treating both patients," he says looking down at his first chart.

"Mr. Yuki has minor injuries. Just a few cuts and bruises. He's fatigue and has two pulled muscles in his legs. Nothing to fear. He's resting now in his room. After he awakes, I'll double check him, and he'll be released after that. But, I assume he wouldn't want to leave the hospital until Mr. Shindo has been released." The doctor switches charts and puts Yuki's on the bottom.

"Mr. Shindo is a more severe case. He has a few cracked ribs and a few sprang ribs, which I assume were broken before. There's a cut and a bruise on the back of his head. That won't cause any trouble. Cuts and bruises are all over his body. We patched those up. What is concerning us is his gunshot wound on his side. We managed to removed the bullet and stop the bleeding; however, he has lost considerably amount of blood. If he manages to survive the night, then he should be fine," the doctor continues as he places the charts to his side.

"I'm allowing one of you to stay inside of the room with him. The rest of you are more than welcomed to use this area to rest in. I'll be by in the morning to check on him. I'm sorry. This is the best I can do."

"Don't worry about it, doctor. You've done a miracle so far," I say completely grateful that he was able to help Shuichi this far.

"I'll leave you to decide who is staying with him. Please no alternating between people during the night."

I turn as he moves back down the hallway. "So, who's going to be the lucky person?" Fujisaki asks looking at everyone.

"I am," comes a voice from behind me. I turn around to see Yuki leaning against the wall. A nurse behind him is protesting his motions, but he ignores her.

"Alright," I say feeling Yuki does have a right to sit with him. Shuichi would love to wake up and see Yuki by his side. I know if anyone could get Shuichi to stay on this Earth it would be Yuki. Shuichi's love for this romance writer is larger than you would expect even though they are both guys. I see nothing wrong with it as long as they are happy. I would have to say that I wasn't too pleased with how Yuki treated Shuichi at first, but he's changed things around every since Shuichi was first kidnapped. I wouldn't expect Yuki to care, but he did. It's like he was hiding this love for Shuichi deep inside of him, and it miraculously appeared.

"Thank you," he says limping away from the nurse who has now given up on trying to convince him to go back to his room. He's not the type to take it easy. From what I hear, Yuki will ignore sleep and food in order to finish a book on time. He knows his limitations. I wouldn't blame the poor guy for wanting to stay with Shuichi. I have to admit…they do look like a perfect match when they are together. (Dove: They look beautiful together!)

Yuki disappears through the door belonging to Shuichi's room. The girls curl up in the chairs that they were sitting in as the four of us find a chair around Shuichi's room. It's a silent motion saying that we were going to stay the whole night. I wasn't planning on going anywhere until I knew for sure that Shuichi was going to live through this. He's in worse condition than he was the first time. At least this time he wasn't raped…the doctor didn't say anything about seeing any signs of him being raped. That's something I have to ask him whenever he comes by tomorrow morning to check on Shuichi. Until then…there is nothing I can do by sit down and wait for one last miracle.

That's it for this chapter. I got my writing spirit back. It's a short chapter but there are a lot of words in it nn The next chapter is coming soon…only two chapters left to the end. Thank you for reading please review.

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