(A/N) I just noticed that my school has a staircase or 5, lol and the ground is white tile. Freaky. And yes, this chapter is a song fic chapter. The song is "Precious Things", by Tori Amos.

Tai ran into the lobby of the hospital, and glanced at the pouring rain and lightning that randomly flared in the sky. He shook his body while putting his drenched black umbrella into his backpack. He wiped his face on his soaked sleeve and walked up to the white desk, noticing the white tile and white walls, he grimaced.

So I ran faster
But it caught me here
Yes my loyalties turned
Like my ankle
In the seventh grade
Running after Billy
Running after the rain

He looked at a nurse who was probably in her late 50s, brown haired streaked with gray, blue eyes looking down to the thick book she was reading, reading glasses perched on her thin hawk-like nose. She looked up to the caramel-eyed boy and stated plainly, "How can I help you?"

"I would like to see Izumi Koushirou, please."

These precious things
Let them bleed
Let them wash away
These precious things
Let them break their hold over me

The lady replied, "His mother is with him and she demanded privacy. You can wait if you want."

Tai nodded and made his way to the plastic red lobby chair, and sat down, ready for an hour of wait and boredom.

Tai had gotten so bored that he couldn't take it, and when he saw that the nurse on duty, for the one before had left 20 minutes ago, was asleep at the reception desk, he walked to the elevator and pressed the 2nd floor button, having been to Izzy's room before, just not when Izzy was awake, and not in the room itself.

Tai leaned against the wall, recognizing Izzy's voice and listening.

"I don't care if I can't do martial arts anymore!" he heard Izzy scream.

He said you're really an ugly girl
But I like the way you play
And I died
But I thanked him
Can you believe that
Sick, sick

Mrs. Izumi's long auburn hair hung loosely onto the hospital bed, her violent sobs shaking her shoulders.

After a few minutes a loud sigh is heard from Izzy and Tai hears shuffling, then, "I'm sorry mama, don't cry."

And Tai ran down the hall back to the lobby.

Knock… Knock… Knock

No answer.

Holding on to his picture
Dressing up every day
I wanna smash the faces
Of those beautiful boys
Those Christian boys
So you can make me cum
That doesn't make you Jesus

Tai opens the door to Izzy's room without a sound. Izzy is facing toward the window, and what makes Tai about burst into tears right there, is Izzy's almost white skin and the fact that he was in a wheelchair. Tai walked up to Izzy and puts his hand on the wheelchair back. Tai tries to speak a few times, but doesn't find the voice. Finally, though, it comes to him, and he knows that Izzy full well knows he is there.

"There are no words to describe how sorry I am, Izzy..."

"Don't fuckin' worry about it, Tai. I'm only paralyzed from the waist down." Izzy replies hastily, sarcastically.

"Izzy…" Izzy could hear Tai's voice break, becoming a sob, and he winced.

Izzy went silent, and Tai knew that he would hear no more from the crimson haired boy. "Izzy… I-"

I remember
Yes in my peach party dress
No one dared
No one cared
To tell me where the pretty girls are
Those demigods
With their nine-inch nails and little fascist panties tucked inside the heart of every nice girl

"You don't love me, I know. Anata wa bakayaro onna no hito!" Izzy yelled at Tai.

Tai winced, and stood surprised, as furious black eyes were turned upon him. Izzy turned his head back to the window and put his hands over his ears, and just screamed. Tai winced and Izzy screamed again, the scream turning into violent sobs.

These precious things
Let them bleed
Let them wash away
these precious things
Let them break
Let them wash away
these... these precious things
Let them bleed now
Let them wash away
These… these precious things
Let them break their hold over me

Tai shook his shook his head, tears flowing freely, running from the room. "I'm so fucking sorry Koushirou!" He screamed, and ran down the staircase, out the exit door, and onto the streets, the rain pouring.

Izzy, still violently sobbing, looked up, and watched the rain. He grabbed the phone off of the machine and dialed Tai's cellular. It rang four times and then the answering device came on. After it made a long beep noise, Izzy spoke only one sentence before hanging up.

"I did not die because of something physical, Yagami Taichi."