Date Written: 9/2/05
Word Count: 252
Rating: K+
Characters: Dee, Ryo, Bikky, Carol, OC
Spoilers: End of series
Warning: Angst
Notes: Inspired by my psych class.
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"Randy Maclean?"
Ryo stood and shook the doctor's hand. Next to him Bikky and Carol were quiet, holding hands.
The doctor motioned for Ryo to walk with him, and the two left the waiting room, heading down the hospital corridor. "Mr. Maclean, you are Dee's lover, correct?"
Ryo nodded. "He was raised in an orphanage. I'm his only family."
The doctor sighed. "Mr. Maclean, your lover received trauma to the memory part of his brain. He's awake, but there are certain things he can't remember. They might come back, they might not."
Ryo nodded, half-listening. Dee was alive and awake--that's all that mattered. "May I see him, Doctor?"
The doctor nodded, opening Dee's hospital room door. The room smelled like rubbing alcohol and mingled flowers, and Ryo smiled when he saw Dee sitting up in bed, reading a newspaper. A bandage was around Dee's head; his hair had to be shaved when the doctors removed the bullet in his skull. "Hey, skinhead," Ryo teased, smiling as Dee looked up.
"What are you doing here?"
"You dummy, I was worried about you! I've been sleeping in the waiting room all week--"
"Who are you?"
Ryo paused, dark eyes wide. "Dee..."
"I'm sorry, but I don't know you. What's your name? You seem familiar..."
Ryo felt tears welling up in his eyes, but blinked them back. "I'm Ryo. Your partner."
"It's nice to meet you again, Ryo," Dee said smiling. "Are you part Japanese then?"
"Yes."
Outside in the hallway, Bikky held Carol as she wept for Ryo.
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