Brothers' Love Chapter IV: Unexpected

I need to know what my readers think. I'm really not sure if I'm going to continue if I don't get some feedback. I've noticed I'm not really one of the popular Gravitation Ficcers. That makes me sad... . ; Oh well. Xazenru and Shu-chan! Thank you for your constant reviewing. !

The nurse had told Eiri that they had found a donor, but when he got to the room where Shuichi and his donor were supposed to be, the second bed was empty. He recognized the pink-haired mess as his lover, the Bad Luck singer, Shuichi Shindou. His golden eyes combed the room, but he saw no other aside from the doctors and nurses that were crowding around.

One of the nurses approached Eiri Yuki, looking timid, perhaps even a little afraid. She cleared her throat and directed her eyes down as if she was ashamed of something.

"I'm sorry, it turns out we don't have a donor for Mr. Shindou. They pulled out at last minute. Apparently they're afraid of needles." She frowned and chanced a look up at Eiri, who at this point had raised an eyebrow at her and his golden eyes were absolutely flaring.

"So the son of a bitch bailed?"

The nurse nodded slowly as if she was afraid of what Yuki would do in reaction to the words.

Further away, and down a few halls, a brown-haired man clung to a phone, stiffling tears as he spoke into the mouth piece.

"Otoo-san...Cooking...oven exploded...hospital...needs blood." His words were muffled thanks to the brilliant weeping he was doing at the moment. A nurse came, tapped him on the shoulder, mumbled something in his ear and he hung up the phone. He had to make sure that his friend was okay.

Ryuichi Sakuma had been close to Shuichi Shindou for a while now, even though they had had a little issue a while back when Shuichi was having an inferiority complex. In Ryuichi's mind, they were equals and friends. Nothing less. It seems that the two had finally gotten that straightened out and now Shuichi had landed himself in the hospital. Ryuichi still had no idea what had caused it. He didn't really care at the moment. His brain had this habit of reverting into the mentality of a seven-year-old, and all he cared about was that his friend was hurt and he wanted Shindou to be all right.

He made his way past the waiting room, chancing a very quick glance at Eiri Yuki. Even though he did have a habit of being stupid sometimes, Ryu did realize that Yuki was not one that you bothered on any occassion. He realized it, but that didn't mean that he didn't do so on occassion by accident perhaps. Ryu padded down the hall to the room that he had been informed was Shindou's, and slipped in, taking a seat next to the bed.

He blinked and prodded the covers gently.

"Shuichi? Shuichi are you awake?" His voice was quiet, although it had a hint of urgency to it. He shook the mound briefly, before crawling up on the bed and shoving himself under the mess of covers, moving around underneath of them in search of his friend.

A few moments later, a nurse peeked her head in and frowned. She could have sworn that a moment ago she had left the room and only one bed was occuppied. Now, judging from the lump moving on the second bed, they both were.

"Nani?" The nurse moved closer, tilting her head as if she expected to get a better view of whoever was in the second bed although they were covered up completely, shifting around underneath. She edged even closer, until the bed covers were in reach and she yanked them back, to see a startled brown-haired older man, peering down, seemingly inspecting the sheets.

"Um, sumimasen," she managed, "what are you doing?"

Ryuichi blinked and looked up at her, his eyes appearing perfectly innocent before he smiled sheepishly. "I was looking for my friend Mr. Shuichi Shin--" he blinked again, paused and looked over the bed again. "SHUICHI IS GONE! HE'S MISSING! WHERE DID HE GO!"

"Um, Sir...That bed has been empty. Mr. Shindou is over there." The nurse pointed to the bed where the unconscious Shuichi Shindou was laying. Ryuichi paused again and then slowly moved his eyes over to Shuichi. He looked decently relieved. He giggled quietly and hopped off the bed, moving over near Shuichi and sitting next to him. Once he got there he proceeded to prod his unconscious friend.

"Shuichi! Are you awake?" He prodded again, multiple times into Shuichi's upper arm. "Shindou-kun!"

The nurse flinched and moved over near Ryuichi, opening her mouth to say something, but Ryuichi beat her to the opening of silence.

"Shuichi! Come on! Are we playing a game?"

"Um, Sir, umm . . . he's unconscious."

"Unconscious?"

"Yes, he can't hear you. He's sleeping."

"Then why doesn't he wake up?"

"Well, he can't."

"Of course he can! Wake up Shuichi!"

"Um, sir, it's..." she thought about explaining what was wrong for an instant, but thought better of it. She figured that this man wouldn't understand anyway, the way he was acting. He looked so familiar, but it couldn't be who she thought it was, with an attitude like he had. "Well, it's best that he sleeps now so he can get better, you see?" She smiled faintly and nodded as if to enforce what she had said.

"Oh," Ryuichi dropped his voice to a whisper, eyes glowing like a little child who had just learned something new. "Okay, I'll be really really quiet." He sat there, perfectly still, his eyes locked on Shuichi as if he was waiting for something. It was like he was waiting for something amazing to occur, or sitting and waiting for a pot of water to boil. It wasn't getting much of anywhere, but the expression on Ryuichi's face never changed. It looked as if he was just about ready to watch Shuichi come back to himself, but nothing happened. Still, he had the look of anticipation pasted there, waiting in silence. The nurse edged out a moment later, frowning to herself.

The doctors were storming in, headed in the direction of Shuichi's room. Eiri peeked open his eyes and stood up, watching in faint interest, although it was still obvious that he was irritated. They were crowded around as they seemed to be quite excited about something. He saw the door to Shuichi's room open, and the form of Ryuichi Sakuma was shoved out. One of the nurses rushed over to Eiri, appearing excited and anxious.

"We found a donor for real this time!"

"Great, who is it?" He didn't really sound so enthused, but he just wanted to get out of here.

"He doesn't want his name released. We're calling him... Donor X."

Eiri snorted. 'What a retarded fucking name.'

Otoo-san Japanese for 'Father'

Teehee, I know you're all angry now because you still don't know who it is. You'll know next time, promise! I'm updating again really soon! Today or Tomorrow