Unicorn13564: This is the other special where Ricky is at the hospital. It's after Hao and Yoh's little talk.

Chapter 12: What Happens At The Hospital- special

Hao ran down the corridors of the hospital after coming to visit Ricky a day after he himself had been discharged.

"Hao, you're going to fall and hurt yourself…" Yoh sighed, disapproving of the racket his brother was making.

"Yo-oh, you're such a baby. Lighten up and disturb the peace!" he yelled in a hyper tone. Hao was about to continue his 'peace disturbing' when something caught his eye. "Ow!" he yelled, and fell to the floor.

"Hao, are you ok?" asked Yoh, kneeling down at his brothers side.

"Yes… fine… but I hurt my leg pretty badly… I don't think I can go on… maybe you should get that wheelchair over there." He suggested, and pointed to a wheelchair that had been parked in a corner.

Yoh tutted, unimpressed by Hao's childish behaviour. "If you go in the wheelchair will you promise to behave?"

Hao nodded as Ren retrieved the wheelchair. "What's the matter, aren't you going to push me?" asked Hao as Ren was about to continue walking.

"No." he answered, walking away.

"Home, home on the range!" sang Hao purposely in a squeaky tune.

"Just push the stupid bastard!" yelled an old man, waving his walking stick in the air.

"Fine!" yelled Ren, "Fine."

"Faster! Faster!" yelled Hao excitedly as Ren began to gain speed. The Tao smirked and ran super fast, before letting go, watching with entertainment as Hao tried oh so hard to stop the wheelchair from hitting the wall… yet failed.

"Oopsy, well I guess now you'll get to stay in the wheelchair."

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Hao sighed with boredom as he lay on the bed that was next to his good friend Ricky.

"So… Ren deliberately let go of the wheelchair huh?" said Ricky, turning his head to look at Hao. "…Cool…"

"Yeah, it was fun, apart from the agonizing pain I have in my leg. The bastard made me break it!" he hissed. "Think of all the disabilities I'll have with Yoh."

"Hao, want a goddie…?" asked Ricky.

"Yeah, go on then."

"Tough shit, you're not having one!" he laughed, but stopped when someone caught his attention. "Hey Hao, look! There's a sexy nurse over there! I think she just winked at me!" he said, pointing to a slim, blonde nurse.

"…No, I think she was twitching…" smirked Hao.

"Whatever." Muttered Ricky, and crossed his arms in annoyance.

"Excuse me," said the nurse, walking over to Hao and Ricky. "Can I be of an assistance?"

The tall, slender nurse had long blond hair and sparkling blue eyes. She wore a white nurse uniform with a little red plus sign and a badge with her name and rank on to show she was a qualified nurse.

"Hell yeah!" grinned Ricky.

"Idiot." Sighed Hao.

"Shut up Hao, you're just jealous because you're gay. Speaking of witch, there's a 'sexy' guy over there if ya want me to call him over to ya."

Hao tilted his head and glared at Ricky. "What?" he asked innocently.

"I'm taken."

"Oh yeah, sorry, I forgot your sleeping with your brother."

Hao made a sound which told Ricky he was insulted. "YOU MAKE IT SOUND LIKE A CRIME!"

"What, to have gay sex with your brother? No, that's not a crime, just damn right un-natural!"

The nurse laughed nervously at the two arguing, before walking away… far away…

Hao groaned and slowly rose out of bed, reaching for his crutches that were placed at the side of his bed.

"Hey, don't go after her, your gay remember!"

"I'm not going after her, baka. I'm going to the toilet."

"Ok, see ya Sir Limp-a-lot." He said, saluting to the limping teen with his leg in a cast. Hao death glared at Ricky, before 'accidentally' spilling the cup of water all over his bed, causing him to instinctively sit up. "AUGH! Shit! The fuckin pain!" The poor boy had no choice but to lay back down in the soaking wet bed. "…Fuckin bastard…" he muttered as the Asakura passed him.

A few minutes later, Hao limped back into the room and laid on his bed, but within seconds he was sat up. "Ricky, what the fuck is in my hair!" he hissed, not daring to move.

"Nothing." Replied the younger boy casually.

"Ricky!" yelled Hao, desperate to know what had invaded his beautiful hair.

"Nothing!" he insisted.

"RICKY STOP BEING A BITCH!"

"It's a sticky sweet, must have landed on the pillow when I threw it on ya bed, sorry dude."

"You threw it on my bed!"

"Yup."

Every millisecond Ricky heard Hao say 'ow' as he tried to remove the mauled, moist sweet from his hair.

"Awww, looks like ya gonna have to cut it." said Ricky in fake sympathy.

Hao's eyes widened with fear. "NO! No cutting! I can pull it out! Watch!" Ricky watched in amusement as Hao inflicted pain upon himself. "Ow… ow… ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-OW! See! Did it!" he said, holding the chewed sweet up in victory and staring at all the thin hairs that covered it.

"Good for you."

Hao's eyes widened. "Oh, Ricky, I almost forgot! It's a shame Yoh isn't here. I can't believe I forgot about it!"

"Forgot about what?" questioned Ricky, wondering what the hell Hao was on about.

"Ricky, are you gay?"

Ricky stared at Hao blankly. "…Yes… Yes, Hao. I am gay. It's just that all the girls I've been out with were actually males…" said Ricky sarcastically.

"I knew it!"

"Hao, what the fuck brought that on anyway?"

"Nothing, me and Yoh were talking and we fell onto the subject of your sexuality."

"Oh, is that all." Muttered Ricky, again being sarcastic.

"Do you fancy me?"

"Yes Hao, I'm madly in love with you."

"Again with the sarcasm, you're on a role today!"

"I know."

"Seriously, do you like me more than a friend…?"

Ricky thought for a moment. "…Hao… look, I know what you're trying to say…"

"Huh?"

"…But you're just my friend, nothing more, nothing less. Please, stop trying to twist it so that it seems like I fancy you, when you're the one who fancies me."

"…What…?"

"Well it's kind of obvious. Questioning me on my sexuality. Asking me if I fancied you. Hao, I won't go out with you. Simple reason is because I'm straight and I don't like you in that way."

"Oh look, my heart is bleeding." Muttered Hao. "Ricky, I was asking you, stop trying to twist things, I'm with Yoh."

"I know." He replied, "I know."

A few hours later Ricky had settled down by reading a book, and Hao had gotten board. "What ya reading…?" he asked, scooting over to the end of his bed.

"A book."

"About…?"

"It's about this guy and how he has gay sex with his brother." Ricky laughed as a tissue ball hit him. "Relax, I'm only kidding, it's actually about a mouse and how it outwits these two totally pathetic guys. It's funny."

"…Even funnier than when Bambi's mother got shot up the bum crack…?"

"…Nope, nothing can compare to Bambi's mother's death! That ruled!"

"Totally!"

Once again silence fell upon them.

Hao sighed and decided to take a nap, there for curling up into a ball… or as much of a ball he could make with his leg in a cast, and eventually closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Hao's eyes slowly opened as something brushed against his cheek. "…Huh…?" he mumbled in confusion, backing away as he saw Ricky with a pen in his hand. "Ricky, what the fuck are you doing?"

"You have pen on your face. It's a line on your cheek so I have to cross it."

"…What…?" asked Hao, backing away again as Rick neared him with the pen.

Ricky sighed. "I have to cross it and make it an X shape; otherwise it'll ink up all the time and never go away."

"…Whatever…" grumbled Hao, and got up, grabbing his crutches and disappearing to the toilets, returning a few minutes later with a red mark on his cheek were he'd been scrubbing, yet still the black pen mark remained. Hao moaned in annoyance and bend down beside Ricky, willingly letting him cross it to form an X shape, then made the journey once more to the toilets. "Ricky, I still cant get it off." He complained, returning with an even redder mark on his cheek.

"Yeah I know, it's permanent." He said casually.

"RICKY!"

"What? I think it builds character." He grinned, before glancing at the clock on the table beside him. "10:00pm…" Ricky yawned, before stretching and closing his eyes.

The next morning Ricky woke up, yet stiffened as he felt someone next to him. He stiffly turned his head and froze as Hao woke, staring up at him with a smile. "Oh… Ricky… last night was amazing…" he said, clinging to his arm and hugging him.

"W-Why? What happened l-last night!" he asked, praying to God this was all a nightmare.

"Don't you remember…? You made love to me, you told me you loved me… and now… I love you too."

Ricky let out a scream and pushed Hao off his bed. "That's not true! It can't be! I wouldn't touch you with a shitty stick! Stay the fuck away from me you psycho!"

"But Ricky…" Hao slowly removed a knife from under the bed. "You told me you loved me! Why would you lie to me! WHY!"

"SOMEBODY HELP MEEEE!" he screeched, shielding his face with his arms.

"Relax Ricky; I'm only messin with ya." Grinned Hao, and threw the plastic knife on the bed for Ricky to observe, climbing back into his own bed. "Call it revenge for the marker thing."

"Revenge! That was fuckin torture!" he hissed.

"Hey, trust me; it wasn't easy getting into your bed. Your ass takes up most of the room."

"Makes me wonder if you really have broken your leg. You seem fine to me." Said Ricky; glaring suspiciously at Hao.

Hao smirked teasingly. "You never know."

"You are ok!" yelled Ricky in disbelief.

"Actually I think I just sprained it coz it does hurt at times, but most of the time it doesn't." Confessed Hao, "But I'm not sure, why would the doctors tell me I've broken it?"

"Fuck knows. Maybe they knew I needed the company…"

"You needed company…?" asked Hao, staring at Ricky. "Ricky Marrot, are you lonely?" This came as sort of a shock to Hao. Not once, in all the years he'd been friends with Ricky, did he tell Hao what he was feeling; even if it was a small thing like loneliness.

"…No." lied Ricky, "I can do perfectly well on my own. I'm the guy in the song: Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, by Green Day. I walk alone!"

"If you want, I'll walk with you." Said Hao, attempting to place a hand on Ricky's shoulder, yet decided it was too far and retreated.

" 'My shadows the only one who walks beside me, my shallow hearts the only thing that's beating-' "

"Ok, ok, I get the point. But if you're so lonely, why didn't you say so?"

"It's nothing, so stop making a big deal out of it. Geez, you sound like my mother."

"…Ricky… your mother died giving birth to you…"

"Yeah, but in my head she sounds a lot like you…"

Hao stayed silent for a moment, staring at Ricky. Hao had never seen him so emotional, he hardly ever talked to anyone about his mother, for the simple reason, he never knew her. "Hey," smiled Hao. "Cheer up. We have my leg to think about remember? We don't know if it's broken or what."

As a nurse entered the room, Ricky called over to her.

"Hey, can you tell me if my leg is actually broken." Said Hao, hoping for an answer.

The nurse looked at his file that was on the end of his bed for other doctors to observe, "Hmm, says here you have broken it, but we could check on your progress if you like. Some bones heal faster than others."

Hao did as the nurse instructed, and walked across the room with the help of the crutches, then back again.

"Looks to me that you can go home, but your leg will be in a cast and you'll have the crutches to help you get around."

"I go to a boarding school."

"Ok, I'll just go get another doctors opinion, and if they think the same thing I do, you can be discharged."

"Ok, thanks." Said Hao, and sat back down on the bed, waiting for her to leave the room. "Ricky, are you gonna be ok?" he asked.

"Huh? Yeah, fine. Why?"

"You're not going to get lonely…?"

"No, I'll have peace and quiet."

"You sure you're gonna be alright?"

"Yes."

"Sure you're sure?"

"Yes."

"You really sure?"

"YES!"

"No need to yell Ricky, were in a hospital for Christ sake! …Are you 100 sure, because if you're 99 sure then that's no good-"

"Oh for fuck sake Hao, I'm 100,000 sure!"

"Ok, just checking."

The nurse came into the room once more, followed by another doctor, probably at a higher rank than her. He was a short man with short jet black hair and thick rimmed glasses. He wore a white uniform, like the nurses' and wore a pair of stethoscope around his neck. He observed Hao's walking and he too decided that Hao was going to be fine.

Ricky waved good-bye as Hao was walking out of the room door, when the stupid idiot tripped, stumbling forwards and breaking his leg, staring at the white bone that was now poking out.

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Ricky sighed; sick of the awkward silence between them. "Hao, I know what you did."

"Huh? I didn't do anything."

"Yes you did you ass, you tripped over on purpose."

"So, what's your point?"

"…I don't need sympathy, ok?"

"Good, because I'm not giving you sympathy. All I'm doing is being friend, and a friend doesn't leave another friend in a hospital all by themselves with no company what so ever… Plus I get to miss school and lie in bed all day."

Ricky moaned, Hao was so annoying, and he was going to be spending 2-3 weeks with him.

Unicorn13564: I have no idea how long it takes for a leg to heal… :S Anyway, one more chapter to go: The Epilogue… that means after, right…? o.o;