Disclaimer: Neh, I don't own anything. CLAMP owns CCS…
Title: A Sight for Sore Eyes
Summary: Sakura is blind. For her operation, she needs a lot of money. Sakura is desperate now, but she knows she can't do it. One day a man appears he has a deal for Sakura. He will marry her and pay for her operation, only if she bears him an heir. Will she accept? S+S
Ages: Sakura 19, Syaoran 21
And now, for this heartfelt story to being….-.-.-.- Chapter 35: Critical Conditions
"SYAORAN!" Sakura screamed as she felt the car tip overboard.
'NO!' his mind roared as he saw flashes of his children… his wife… his entire life before him.
Out of pure instincts, he unfastened his seatbelt and flung himself over his wife.
"SYAORAN NO!" Sakura screamed as the car started to fall.
Syaoran looked into Sakura's eyes as he felt the car fall.
"Just be ok." He whispered. The car then started to fall, to hit the highway right below the bridge.
"Be ok… and Sakura, I love you." And the car fell, both of them falling unconscious upon the impact.
Beep…Beep…Beep…Beep…"…Loose of blood…"
"Critical Condition…"
"ICU…"
"A coma…"
"Temporarily vision loss…"
Li Ying Fa was just waking up to the sounds of a doctor's report.
She attempted to open her eyes but couldn't because there was a cloth covering her eyes. She had heard moments of the conversation but she was still weary.
"'elo." Sakura rasped, her voice dry because of the lack of water.
The voices stopped right away and she felt somebody rush towards her. A hand was placed on her hand as she felt a doctor stick a thermometer in her mouth.
"Mrs. Li." Said a very unfamiliar voice.
Sakura didn't have the strength to move so she just remained still.
"You were in a terrible car accident. Right now I have your cousin Taro with me. Your brother was it, is with your children in the waiting room and your mother and your cousin Tomoyo are in no condition to meet you right now. So Taro is here with me."
And Sakura was grateful.
"Taro, could you please push the bed to the upright position?" The doctor said.
Sakura was feeling dead, dirty, dreary, mucky, sad, lonely and very, very much in pain.
"Sakura… you were sleeping for a week." Said Taro in Sakura's ear. Her eyes would have widened if she were able to open them.
"I don't think she is in the condition. We'll tell her everything when she regains her strength."
Taro kissed Sakura's temple before leaving with the doctor. Sakura lay back down, in her own darkness…
Sakura saw herself in a car with her husband, driving to Katie and Yoshiwa's bungalow. Then, there was an impact.
"SYAORAN!" came her voice.
Syaoran swerved to get steady but another car hit him, causing his car to go over.
"Sakura, I love you…"
I love you
I love you
I love you…
Sakura, I love you.
Sakura jolted awake from her dream, her eyes still bandaged. Her hands rushed to her head to feel the bandage and it was indeed there, tight, and pressed against her eyes.
'He loves me…' Sakura thought. It had been a week since she first woke up in the hospital and she was getting better. She started talking, but her ribs were cracked, she had a broken arm and a sprained ankle.
And every night she had the same dream.
The last thing that Syaoran ever said to her. Yes, she was conscious when he said it and she heard it and believes it.
'My husband loves me… but…'
'How come nobody is telling me how he is?' Sakura thought as she sat up, her head throbbing like a bitch.
"Sakura!" Came Taro's voice.
"Taro?" Sakura murmured, her voice dry.
"Water." She rasped as Taro gave her a glass of water. Tomoyo and Nadesiko had the twins so Taro and Touya were in Sakura's room.
The only reason Nadesiko, Tomoyo, Taro and Touya can come in is because intermediate family only. Cousins, aunts, uncles, siblings and parents. Sakura's in-laws weren't allowed in yet.
Touya got a glass of water and helped Sakura drink. She then rubbed her mouth and held her brother and cousin's hands.
"It's been a week already. I'm feeling a lot better so can you… tell me?" She whispered.
"I don't think we're the right…" Touya trailed off.
"I don't want a doctor telling me my husband's condition Onii-chan. I want you to tell me…"
"Saku, did Syaoran unfasten his belt at any point?" Taro asked.
Sakura strained to remember.
Crash…I love you…
Be okay…
Sakura gasped. "He unfastened his belt and threw himself on me."
Taro winced as Touya gasped.
"What happened?"
"Sakura, we'll… we'll tell you your condition first." Touya whispered.
Sakura nodded, not liking how quiet her brother just got.
"First, a few broken ribs, a broken arm and a sprained ankle. Bed rest for a month nearly and well, your arm will be okay in a month or two. The ribs, a few weeks, give or take." Taro said.
Sakura nodded. "What about the bandages." She said.
"The uh… Sakura…" Touya whispered.
"What?"
"Your head hit the side of the car pretty hard and well… you have a temporary vision loss. The doctors are saying a week or two tops."
Sakura gasped as her left hand flew to her eyes.
"Temporary?"
"Yea." Taro said. "So you don't have to worry. Auntie Nad and Tomoyo will help you breast feed the twins."
"Can my babies come in?" Sakura asked.
"No… they can sit in the waiting room but they're to young to come in. Nobody was home and mom wasn't about to leave them with the butlers." Touya said.
Sakura gulped and nodded. "When are the bandages coming off?"
"First thing tomorrow. The gash on your forehead is still healing and the bandages is wrapped around your eyes and your head."
"Ok…"
"You were in the ICU for a long time and you had been dubbed under critical condition."
"Enough about me, what about Syaoran?" Sakura asked.
Touya gulped. "Mom and Tomoyo will tell you that much. It's their time now. We'll go look after Ying and Yang." He said before him and Taro left.
Sakura frowned. 'What's wrong with Syaoran?' She asked.
A few minutes later, there came a rush. "Sakura!" Wept Tomoyo as she hugged Sakura.
"Goodness Tomoyo, every time you come you cry." Sakura chuckled as she hugged Tomoyo.
"I know! God knows if you had died Sakura!"
Tomoyo and Nadesiko both hugged Sakura who sat extremely still. Nadesiko and Tomoyo made sure not to touch the ribs, the head, the arm or the leg…
"Mom." Sakura started.
"Yes sweetie." Nadesiko said as she stroked her daughters' hair.
"Taro and Touya wouldn't tell me how Syaoran is."
"Sakura, I don't think you should know yet…" Tomoyo whispered.
"Tomoyo, I have every right to know my husbands state." Sakura warned.
"Sakura, you just woke up a week ago, darling you need more rest." Nadesiko soothed.
"To hell with rest. I swear I will rip these needles out of me if you do not tell me Syaoran's condition." Sakura roared.
"Ok, ok… calm down." Nadesiko choked.
"Mom?" Sakura's voice quivered.
"Sweetheart Sakura… Syaoran's in a coma…"
That came as a huge impact to Sakura.
"The doctors have no idea when he's going to wake up."
The was another.
"Your doctor, Kaho Mizuki has seen Syaoran and said that he might stay in a coma for a month or two."
That was yet another impact.
"He has two broken arms, a broken leg, cracked ribs, internal bleeding, and a sprained neck."
Sakura couldn't take it anymore. She just had to lie down.
"Sakura, darling… he's still breathing on his own." Nadesiko said.
Sakura's attention snapped. "Still? What do you mean still?"
Tomoyo gulped. "Saku, the week you were sleeping, Syaoran was hooked to an iron lung."
Sakura gulped as she felt everything spin. Clutched her cousin and mother's hands before breathing deeply.
"There aren't any traces of amnesiac brain waves…" Nadesiko murmured.
Sakura chocked back a sob as Tomoyo and Nadesiko hugged her even closer.
'Syaoran…'
The next morning Sakura's bandages were being removed.
"One more snip…" Said the doctor and the bandages unraveled.
Sakura slowly opened her eyes to see black. She blinked a few times to see pure black. She sighed sadly. 'Back to square one.' She thought as she eased down on her pillow.
"Mrs. Li, I'm sorry to say but you have to remain unmoving for a few days. You're staying hospitalized until you get your vision back." The doctor said before leaving.
Taro and Tomoyo were with Sakura all day, and during the evening time when it was visiting hours, Nadesiko and Touya came. Taro and Tomoyo got special cards that allowed them to remain.
"The others are going crazy to meet you, especially Yelan and Xenon." Tomoyo said.
"But the doctors said only blood relatives and since we're children of brothers and sisters of your parents…"
Sakura sighed as she clutched her cousins' hands. "Is Syaoran okay?" She asked.
"Yea," Tomoyo said. "He's in responsive state right now. His pupils move behind his eyes lids but that's just about it. The doctors inject serum into his body along saline and liquid food."
Sakura winced. "Why'd that idiot have to go unfastening his belt?" Sakura growled.
"He loves you." Taro whispered.
That was a crash for Sakura, remembering what Syaoran had last told her before they both fell unconscious.
"How bad was the wreck?" Sakura asked.
"Total history. Your car just crashed down and luckily, nobody was there right under you. The car's carburetor and engine exploded right after the ambulance came and got you two out. The Lexus is history. Ying and Yang saw it on T.V. and they wouldn't stop crying. Even now they cry at home. It's only at the hospital, I think they sense their parents are there or something that they shut up." Taro said.
Sakura smiled sadly. "Will the doctors allow them in this evening?"
"We'll check. Now Sakura, you need rest. Taro and I will bring up food in an hour." Tomoyo and Taro kissed Sakura before leaving.
Sakura lay down, a swirl of emotions playing in her heart.
It's been three days since the bandages came off and Sakura's starting to see blurry gray. The twins were allowed in and they shrieked of happiness as they lay in their mother's arms. Sakura's ribs were doing better.
"Say Sakura, what do you see right now?" Mei Lin asked. Yesterday, all the other family members were allowed in and they washed in like a wave.
"A big blotchy head?" Sakura questioned.
"That's nice. It's me." Rika pouted.
Sakura giggled. "I'm sorry."
"Say, who were the crashers?" Chiharu asked. Right now, the dancers were in along with Mei Lin and the twin babies.
"They were drunk teenagers. They were found another 50 miles up, in a ditch. They were arrested." Naoko said.
"That's sad." Sakura muttered as she kissed her babies heads.
"Visiting time is over. All visitors please leave immediately. Exception of those with special cards."
Mei Lin pouted. "Why does Taro and Tomoyo have them?"
"Because they love me more." Sakura grinned. The girls laughed as they hugged Sakura. They took the twins, not before they put wet kisses on Sakura's cheek.
Sakura lay down and shut her eyes.
'Is this what my life has become? Otou-san… I wanna thank you… for keeping Syaoran and I safe.' Sakura thought as she fell into a light, and dreamless sleep.
Hey! This was a Sakura based Chapter as you can see, but we'll see Syaoran next chapter…
EEK! –jumps into a dumpster and piles banana peels over my head- You don't have to KILL me because Syaoran's in a coma! Jeez! –readers throw watermelons at me-
AHHHH! Violence is not tolerate… AHHHHH! –dodges mack trucks-
Fine –snort- I won't update fast then… -sees readers glare at me and gulps- or maybe I will…
DON'T KILL ME!
Lub Sakura…
And to think I still love you after you guys will kill me… -pout-