Ramblings: My grandpa is out of the hospital, though the doctors still don't know what's wrong with him. Thank you all for keeping him in your thoughts and prayers. He's doing better and I know that helps. And all of your support really helped me. Now that he's better, I've been able to write. YAY! So I won't keep you any longer. On with the next chapter.
Key: Same as all the other chapters….
Chapter Five"Heero, you haven't moved in days." Quatre's worried voice pulls me from my memories.
"So?" My voice comes out cold and clipped. I don't mean for it to sound that way, it just does.
Quatre flinches as if I'd hit him, but continues. "It's not healthy," he says. "You haven't slept for more than a few minutes at a time. You haven't eaten much of anything. Go home. Please."
"How can you ask me to do that? To leave him? That's like me asking you to leave Trowa in some God-forsaken hospital. I wouldn't do that to you," I growl angrily, getting up and advancing on the smaller man, pouring all of my pent-up anger and frustration into my movements and words.
Trowa stands up, getting between me and Quatre. "Leave Quatre alone. It's not his fault." His glare at the moment is enough to rival my own, but in my frustration and anger, I brush it off. I want to, need to hit something. And whether that something is flesh or wall depends on what's in front of me at the time.
I try to sidestep Trowa, to get to the wall. I don't want to hurt him or Quatre, but I can't control myself for much longer. Trowa moves squarely in front of me. "Move." I sidestep again, and again he follows. I punch him solidly in the nose. I can't control it anymore. Trowa fights back and I tackle him to the ground. It takes Wufei, Quatre, and three orderlies to get me off of him and restrain me.
Trowa gets up and flops heavily into a chair. Hurriedly, Quatre grabs some tissues and wipes up the blood dripping from Trowa's nose.
I sag against the restraining grasp of one of the orderlies, the fight in me seeping away, leaving me feeling empty and hollow. "I'm sorry, Trowa. That was uncalled for and I shouldn't have done it." I hang my head and the orderly lets go, following his colleagues out of the room.
"It's ok." Trowa smiles in sympathy. "I know I'd want to beat the shit out of something if it was Quatre in that hospital bed."
"I still shouldn't have used you as my punching bag."
"Very well you shouldn't have," Wufei cuts in. "And next time you won't. Now, I'm hungry. Anyone up for some dinner?"
Quatre and Trowa nod. My stomach grumbles, and Wufei takes it as a yes because he's out the door within the second, promising to bring back something good and something for Hikari, who is laying lazily on the foot of Duo's bed.
Suddenly, I am hit with the need to get out of this place. To get away from the smell of medicine and cleanliness. "Will you guys watch Hikari and Duo? If Wufei's getting food for her, I should go too. She's picky."
"Sure." The word is no more out of Trowa's mouth and I am out the door. Wufei is halfway down the hall. I shout his name and he waits for me. Together, we silently go to his car. If I am going just to get away from the hospital, I convince myself otherwise.
We are just leaving the Wendy's drive-thru when my cell phone rings. I grab it and answer quickly.
"Hello?"
"Heero? It's Quatre."
"What happened?"
"Duo--" I don't give him a chance to finish.
"We'll be right there." I hang up. "Drive faster," I order Wufei. "That was Quatre."
I don't have to say anything else. He speeds up to 100 mph on the deserted road. We reach the hospital in no time. Once he parks we jump out and sprint into the large building, the food lying forgotten on the front seat.
Sorry it's so short. It's 2 AM and I'm rather tired. I'm just going to answer reviews and let you guys go.
Sirithgliniel: Glad I could make your day. This is partially based on my feelings, so it was easier to write the Duo parts than anything else. The rest is just stuff I got when we had this discussion about suicide at my youth group at church and what everyone said they would feel like if someone close to them committed suicide.
lov4shin: I'm so glad you like it.
Ladyunebarton: It is so cool to have people from non-English-speaking countries read my story! Thanks so much for posting and letting me know you read this! And there's nothing wrong with taking a dog to the hospital, as long as you have permission from the hospital director. My cousin takes her dog all the time for volunteer hours. Dogs, or companions of any type, actually can help the healing process.
Shinigami's Forlorn Angel: Well not quite to those extremes (about the endings) but around there. Those are going to be the next chapters so look for them! And I really just like Hikari as a name…
Yaruna-chan: I'm glad you like it!
Meika: Yes poor Heero and Duo. Here, I updated.
GundamPilot03: I liked the idea and it was actually one of mine before but I think the idea I'm going to use might work better.
Courtney: Bad you, reading this during class. You're turning into me! AHHHHHHHH!
Yazzy: My dog is a Rottie/Shepherd mix. They are so cute!
Burgandy3721: I'm glad you like it and of course I'll accept your review. And if I didn't have so many great reviewers like you, I wouldn't be typing this at 2 AM.
EVERYONE WHO SENT ME SUPPORT ON THE WHOLE GRANDPA ISSUE: THANK YOU SO MUCH! YOU GUYS ROCK! Your support kept me going. Thanks again!
I'm not asking for 10 reviews this time. 5 will do because I'm going to finish and no one can stop me! MUAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!