Chapter 2 : First light angel
He felt strange , like he was halfway between dream and reality ...
It was an uncalled for stupor .
It was bright , and yet he had had to open his eyes ...
He opened one , and then the other with much effort , groaning as pain all over his body hit him full blast .
" You're awake ."
Blinking , he looked towards the source of the voice , still half-blinded by the glaring white light that filled the room , he saw someone standing before him with a halo of light veiling his features.
He blinked and he could see the red hair cascading like a beautiful waterfall, and his eyes started to close once more.
Was he dead ?
Is this how angels look like ?
He heard the sound of rustling and something creaking before he felt a warm hand on his face.
" Hey, kid."
He felt safe. Never in his life had he been handled this tenderly and for a moment, he felt as if it was his mother holding him when he was still a small child.
" Wake up ."
*No , it's a man's voice* He thought to himself, he raised half-lidded eyes once more, struggling to keep himself awake .
The first clear glimpse he caught was a beautiful set of teeth smiling at him gently and then there was this unbelievable pair of green eyes .
He felt another soft pat on his cheek but he lost all semblance of peace when something pricked him on the crook of his arm and he was jerked awake, instinctively lashing against the unknown person.
" Hot damn ! The hell was that for kid ?" The doctor's hand flew to his cheek where Ken's fist had connected, thought briefly.
Blinking furiously, Ken, for the first time, saw the person clearly and glanced at the source of the odd prickling pain.
" Where am I ?" He demanded, not quite used to being polite to anyone and he now knew that this person was certainly not worth the effort anyway.
" You're in the hospital, and you just assaulted a doctor." The redhead retorted, riled by the rude greeting of a patient he had just saved the life of . " What the hell is your name kid? Just for the record."
" Why the friggin hell should I tell you, you asshole ." Ken retorted , suddenly pissed.
This redheaded psycho-doctor was far from being an angel in his present opinion and he showed it.
Who the hell did he think he is, pricking a half-asleep person with that – humongous needle ?!
He shot death-glares at the man.
" You should thank me for your life you know. I saved you from bleeding to death and letting your organs explode so don't give me that look ." The doctor commented calmly , injecting something in his I.V.
" Well , did you have to be such an ass to do something like that ?"
The doctor looked at him for a moment, motionless before deciding to enjoy this ping-pong of insults and retorts. He grinned . "Yes, as a matter of fact , I did . And you have no right to treat me like that cos' I know you're not the one paying your hospital bills. Your parents are . What the hell happened to you anyway, being stabbed like that ?" The good doctor stood there expectantly with his arms crossed, waiting for a reply.
" First of all , idiot. I am sure as hell not paying for this. I didn't want to go to the hospital to begin with . Secondly, I happen to know for a fact that no one else is gonna pay for me cos my parents have been dead since I was a kid and lastly, my getting stabbed is none of your friggin business." He declared hotly, he was breathing heavily and was starting to sweat. What the hell did this man do to him anyway ?
" Well then kid, I hate to break it to you but I happen to know for a fact that someone IS paying your bills – the same people that brought you here, in fact, had already paid in advance for ten days – or so I've been told by the front desk . So , I'm Schuldich Schwarz , I am your assigned doctor and I saved your life from certain death . Thank me when you're ready ."
Ken sat there , speechless by this arrogance and his half-incoherent mind could barely spout some things to say. He spluttered there incoherently, his grey eyes wide with disbelief.
" The nurse will be in soon with your breakfast . Call me when you're in a life or death situation ." With that, the doctor picked up his clipboard and walked through the door , leaving a livid brunette staring furiously after him.
As soon as he had entered the empty elevator though , Schuldich let a loud laugh .
The kid had some spunk !
It's been a while since anyone had acted like that towards him ; the problem was , he'd been getting too much respect these days and he wasn't quite used to it, which was why the open and rude way the brunette acted towards him was a welcome change to the obsequious treatment he's been getting from nurses and fellow doctors.
He was still chuckling softly to himself when he discarded his coat and headed for his car .
His shift was over , but he was looking forward to seeing Ken Hidaka again – and yes, he knew the kid's name . It was registered on desk from Missing Persons records.
He had happened to know for a fact that the kid was an orphan and that the notice had been filed more than ten years ago.
He chuckled again .
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Ken tried to gulp down some of the food he'd been given while an Amazon queen look-alike glared on.
What'd he do to her anyway ?
Sighing , he shoved another spoonful into his mouth and thought of the incident several minutes earlier.
God, that bastard doctor really infuriated him !
He was halfway through his reverie and getting more annoyed by the second when he noticed that the Amazon nurse was gone and was replaced by a pale white-haired man with an eye patch , standing there silently in his crisp black uniform , looking at him with his one gold eye with an amber-colored package in his gloved hands.
Without a word , the man left the box on the table top and left without saying a single word.
Ken stared after him , pondering what the hell was happening to his life that he was surrounded by strange people that he didn't at all know or understand.
It was as if a strange premonition hit him that his life was going to be lot more complicated from that moment on than it already was and he wasn't so sure that he liked that notion.
For a brief moment and for no reason at all , his first image of that halo of white light and the red hair came back to him but shaking his head , he dismissed the thought .
REDEMPTION MOON : There I go ! The second chapter has finally been posted ! I originally didn't plan to post it until 'Reflections Through Raindrops' has been completed but due to the constant insistence of AA Battery , [he/she posted 3 times just to get me off my lazy ass and type] I decided to spit out chapters once in a while. Now I warn all of you guys that the start would probably be in a tad slow pace but I promise you that it will pick up when I finally establish pairing relationships okay ? So there, thanks a lot for reviewing the first chapter and I hope that you will support the whole story by reviewing regularly, even flaming me for being slow or saying that the story is boring etc. and input will be readily appreciated. Just say all your comments and suggestions and I'll see what I can do about it. So there ! Arigatou and review onegai ! ^______^
Schu : Uhm ... you can't hold him for the moment cos' Schu is bound to get jealous if you know what I mean . *LOL* anyway , they did better than call 911 , they brought him to the hospital themselves . ^___^
Starcat48 : Ah , you're a reader ! Arigatou then for reading my other fics as well, I hope to see you around regularly ! ^_____________^
Kasugai gummie : Really ?! Honto no honto ni ?~! Waaaaaaaai !!!! *tackle glompies*
Mariki : *ish death-glared at* Maaaaaa... Dame no onegai ! Y______Y I'll type, I'll type !!!
Whisper Reilman : Yes , I do like making him bleed and faint because it gives others a reason to huggle and cuddle him ! *fufufufufufufu* ß-- (evil laughter) Yes, I've been reading too much manga . I'm not sure I can maintain Crawford like that all throughout though, he's probably going to go under some character changes considering the Crawford I know isn't capable of love and just an inkling of feeling is a major deviation from Crawford. *LOL*
Misura : *LOL* Well , it does happen . I'm sometimes like that with Ken too . In fact, I'm a really jealous person methinks . *laughs at the admission* I've been trying to deny that for ages. *LOL* And I wonder if he's going to get that anytime soon (the heaven on earth thingy) . *does the weird 'fufufufufufufufufufufu' all over again*
Bengali : Hiya there ! ^___^ Don't die yet ! Yes, methinks Brad got the idea and ordered Farfarello to help him *LOL* Uhm ... well
Bengali : What ? *glares*
Redemption : I think you're already hugging Ken to death and preventing Farfarello (through Brad's orders) from getting him to the hospital .
Bengali : O_____O;;; Oh. Okay *releases Ken*
AA Battery : oh my gosh ! I'm sooooo sorry . *LOL* I didn't realize that you like this story so much . ^_____^ I was like – R_M , update when you finish the other fic. And then I saw another new review and it was you and I was like : think of something soon but then just today I saw your third post even if it was one month ago and I was like : TYPE !!!!! So gomen nasai , and this chapter's just for you ! *LOL*