Interlude 2: In Which a Boy is Alone
What will happen to a face in the crowd
When it finally gets to crowded?
And what will happen to the origins of sound
After all the sounds have sounded?
His mother's bed was surrounded by many, many doctors, all of which whom wouldn't let him through to see her. He stood there, four years old, watching them in both bright eyed wonder and impulsive worry.
"Please…" He said in a small, stifled voice. "Please… let me through… Let me see my Mommy!" His lips quivered slightly as he tried to hold up a brave face. "Let me see her, please!"
No one was listening. His heart was pounding, but still he kept on, though he felt as though he was in serious need of a nap. "Let me see her! Please, please!" He begged, tugging on one of the doctor's sleeves. His eyes brimmed over with tears that spilled down his brown cheeks, but still, he was disregarded. "PLEASE! PLEASE!" He sobbed hysterically, and was met with a shove to his chest that knocked him to the floor. "MOOOOMMMMAAAAAA!" He howled, crawling back towards the group of doctors, screaming her name over the panic-stricken noise of the adults in the room.
Suddenly, the entire room became deathly silent. Even Yahiko himself silenced to find out what was happening. A young nurse stepped forward and kneeled down in front of him. He saw a deep hurt in her eyes. Abruptly, she threw her arms around him. "I'm sorry… I'm so sorry…" She whispered.
He whimpered slightly. "Wh-wh-what happened to… my momma….?" He didn't wait for an answer, wrenching himself from her grasp and finally breaking through the crowd and crawling up on her bed.
She wasn't moving. He touched her face. "Wh-why is she so cold?" He asked mournfully. "M-momma?" He blubbered. "Momma?…"
He threw his arms down upon her body violently and with all his might screamed, "MOOOOOOMMMMAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" He then howled into her chest, beating the bed with his fist, and it wouldn't cease. "NOOOO! YOU P-P-PROMISED THAT YOU'D BE THERE FOR ME! Y-YOU C-C-CAN'T LEAVE MEEEEE!"
… but she lay silent and unmoving… and the boy was alone.