Disclaimer: Hey, the big bad men in the black suits just left, and they almost sued me if I didn't post this claimer up. So… surprise! I don't really own Hot Gimmick! Yeah I was being sarcastic by the way…
Sorry if I haven't been posting lately, I've been sick... Ech.
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Chapter Sixteen: Praying For A Miracle
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"Hatsumi! You look terrible! At least go home for a while, take a shower and relax then come back here!" Mrs. Narita worriedly spoke.
"But mom, the doctors said that he might be… and I don't want that to happen when I'm not here." Hatsumi sniffed.
"Hello?" the doctor announced.
"Yes?" Mr. Narita asked.
"We've got some news." The doctor replied.
"Good news first please." Mrs. Narita begged.
"As you may, good news first. Well, he seems to be in a stable condition, and there might be hopes of him coming out of his coma pretty soon, and the bad news is…" the doctor sadly spoke.
"What is it?" Mrs. Narita asked.
"His heart rate and breathing is declining. He may need a breathing respirator soon." The doctor answered.
The room went silent for a moment, and if some spare change dropped or a pin, you'd know it right away. In that case, 17¢ just dropped on the floor from Akane's back pocket, and of course everyone heard it.
"How long does he have…" Mrs. Narita asked.
"It's really hard to tell, it's not short term, but more like in the long run." The doctor answered.
Hours later, after the family had left the kids alone with Shinogu again, they rose out of their warm seats that had been sat on for hours.
"I'm going to the cafeteria to get a bite. You want the usual?" Akane asked Hatsumi.
"Yes please." Hatsumi answered. Then Akane and Subaru left.
"Shinogu… you can't leave us. Not like this, when everything is so… different." Hatsumi softly spoke. She held his hand. She sobbed quietly.
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"I still don't see why he deserved this!" Mrs. Narita sobbed quietly.
"Relax, it's only been a week. The doctor says he'll come out of it in another week tops." Akane replied.
"He's under perfect care; let's go out for dinner just this once okay?" Mr. Narita suggested.
"Sounds good to me!" Akane agreed.
"Me too, if I'm not too much of a burden…" Subaru asked.
"Not a problem… Hatsumi?" Mr. Narita asked.
"Well… he is ok for now; I guess I could use the fresh air." Hatsumi reluctantly agreed. They all left Shinogu's room and went out of the hospital and out into the air of late winter. They walked over to a nearby restaurant, called "Dante's Italian Restaurant" and waited in line for a table. Shortly afterwards, they were greeted by a friendly waitress and taken to their table. Sitting down, everyone grabbed their menus and got to work reading and picking out their dinner.
"Would you like any drinks?" the waitress asked.
"Just water for everyone please." Mr. Narita replied.
"Anything else? Coffee? Tea?" the waitress asked again.
"I'll have a tea please." Mrs. Narita replied.
"And one for me too." Hatsumi replied.
"Okay, I will be here shortly with the drinks." The waitress responded then left. After the usual murmur of food and side orders, the waitress returned with the drinks and then opened her receipt and took out a pen from her pouch that was strapped around her waist.
"Are you all ready to order?" the waitress asked.
"Yes" the group replied.
"What would you like sir?" the waitress asked Mr. Narita.
"My wife and I will share a vegetable pizza. Could you please take off the olives for us and we would like to add pineapple to it also." Mr. Narita replied. The waitress scribbled down the order.
"Ok thank you sir, and you sir?" the waitress asked, looking to Subaru.
"I'll have the spaghetti with meatballs and a chef's salad too." Subaru replied.
"Okay, thank you and you Madame?" The waitress asked again looking to Akane.
"Me and my sister would like to share the chicken fingers with plum sauce please, a Caesar salad and garlic bread please." Akane replied.
"Okay, thank you. Your salads and garlic bread will be here shortly." The waitress replied with a beaming smile. Everyone nodded and then the waitress left.
"So, are you all enjoying yourselves so far?" Mrs. Narita asked the young adults.
"I'm ok." Subaru replied.
"Same." Akane replied after Subaru.
"Not really." Hatsumi sadly replied. She sighed and then the waitress came back with the salad and garlic bread. She handed them out and then gave out extra napkins then left. Everyone dug in.
After the main course and paying the bill, everyone went outside. Then they walked over to the hospital and after arriving on Shinogu's floor, they found a lot of nurses and doctors rushing to a room. The room that Shinogu was in. They ran over there and saw a mess of machines, tubes, wires, electronic things and so many people.
"What happened?" Mrs. Narita cried out.
"Somebody get them outside!" The doctor yelled out. A nurse came out and pushed them outside and said, "Sorry" and closed the door on them.
An hour later after much worrying and crying, the door opened. A doctor came out.
"Sorry about that. His heart rate dropped to zero so we had to stabilize him and put him on a breathing respirator. I'm sorry to say this but he may not recover. At this rate, he won't last a week. Again, I'm very sorry." The doctor sadly announced.
Everyone broke out into choked sobs.
"Ca… can we… see him?" Mrs. Narita asked.
"Yes." The doctor answered.
They went into Shinogu's room. He looked much worse than he was before, and he was hooked up to so many tubes and things.
After a few grueling hours, Hatsumi wanted to be left alone with Shinogu to say a few words. They all agreed and went outside and waited.
"Shinogu… I am so sorry. I should have listened to you about De-Dean. You were right, he was cheating on me… you were the only guy who ever cared about me… and now you're dy-dyin-ing and it's…" Hatsumi cried out softly.
She held Shinogu's hand and looked at him. She sobbed softly. She leaned over him, and looked into his pale face. She leaned more closer to him, to his lips.
"Shi…n..o…gu…" Hatsumi breathed out. She leaned to his lips and kissed him, for one last time. Still in the kiss she heard rapid beeping and her eyes darted to the heart monitor. His pulse was beating rapidly, and she darted her eyes back and found herself looking into those soft and sweet eyes that she had seen so long ago.
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A/N: Ohahahahah! I left y'all on a cliff! Woo hooo! Review and I'll be a nice little person and post the next chapter. smiles
HollyWriter: Sheesh, your mommy is really tough... my parents don't even know what I do on the internet besides MSN... they don't know the website that's been keeping me reading fic on after each fic... I guess I'm being naughty, sneaking around and all... enjoy!
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