ok! now it's time for some Oishi/Kikumaru fulffyness! and love... anyhow! on to the chapter

---Hospital Room 536, Eiji and Oishi---

The white bandages covering his shoulder were stained with a soft glow of red. It was as if the red blood didn't want to stop. An oxygen mask covered Eiji's nose and mouth as his foreheadandeyes were covered in bandages. Every now and then, his hands would clump into fists and he would say something that was barely heard.

Oishi sat there, bitting his fingernails, hoping nothing was wrong with Eiji. The little red teddy bear rested on his knee and his eyes constantly watching Eiji's hands. He felt at a loss. He wanted to help Eiji, but he couldn't find the strength to help the strongest person he'd ever met. He was in love with Eiji, but he wasn't about to let go of everything that meant a lot to Eiji.

The door opened and Oishi looked up and was shocked.

From a distance, you could easily mistake Eiji's father with Eiji. They both had red hair and they were both athletically fit. His father had blue eyes, which meant Eiji got his eye color from his mother. Kikumaru-san was dressed like a buissness man and was out of breath, and his glasses were askrew. He caught his breath as he saw Eiji's bound body and almost collapsed, but he managed to catch himself before he fell.

"Are you Oishi?" His voice was gentle and soft, like something out of a fairy tale. "Eiji used to talk alot about somebody named Oishi, and you fit the discription quite well." He smiled as he sat down beside Oishi and touched his son's unclenched hand and his eyes became soft and sad, almost as if Eiji was already dead, like Eiji was already gone. "I don't understand why he didn't tell me. Eiji never told me a lot of things, but this is a first for both my physical body and emotinal mind. Ah, and old man will ramble on." He smiled as he turned to Oishi.

Oishi felt somehting inside of him burst as he saw Kikumaru-san turn to him with that smile. It was Eiji, in all his happiness and joy as he reached back for Oishi. He closed his eyes tight and felt someone take his face in their hands. He opened his eyes, seeing Kikumaru-san instead of Eiji-kun. "I-I'm Oishi Sh-Shuchiro, Kikumaru-san."

"That nice. You are a handsome young man. Eiji was right in liking you." He released Oishi and stood up. "I'm going to go find someone who can tell me where the doctor went." He edged past Oishi, brushing his hand along Oishi's hair and closed the door behind him.

Eiji stirred again and this time, not his light stirring, he thrashed out reaching out for something. His hand was trying to grab imaginary cloth that seemed to far away from him. His scream echoed off the walls. He was calling someone, calling for someone who was beyond his reach.

"O-Oishi!" It slipped past his lips and out into the world. He kept reaching for that invisible person that wasn't there. "O-Oishi! Sh-Shuchi-chiro!" He kept groping the air, his hands starting to slow down as the bandages over his eyes began to stain dark with his tears and he slowly began to calm down, weeping.

Oishi, out of no where, darted forward and grabbed Eiji's hand as it began to fall back to the bed. He gently placed it agianst his face and whispered that everything was going to be ok. "Eiji, don't worry, don't worry. Everythings going to be ok. Don't cry."

Eiji's weeping continued as he gripped Oishi's hand so hard that his knuckles turned white and his hand and arm shook violently "Shui-ichiro?" He whispered just loud enough so that it could be heard through the mask. He slowly reached up with his other hand and touched Oishi's face, his hands shaking with shock. He ran his fingers over the crevest of each line on Oishi's face, every curve of his beauty, every inch of his smooth skin. "A-am I-I g-going t-to be o-ok?"

"Ye... yes, Eiji-kun, your going to be ok." Oishi felt tears pile up in his eyes as he felt Eiji's hands roaming his face. "You need to stop crying so much, Eiji-kun." He leaned down and gently removed the oxygen mask and gently kissed Eiji as Eiji embraced him.

They stayed like that, Eiji holding onto Oishi for dear life and Oishi tenderly kissing him, and playfully twining his fingers in the red locks of hair. After a moment, Oishi gently pulled back so he could breath and found Eiji was still crying. "Eiji!"

"Oishi makes Eiji happy." Eiji smiled and gently wrapped his arms tighter and held Oishi close to him. "Eiji is crying because Eiji can be loved and happy!" With those words Eiji gave Oishi a tight squeeze before his hands fell back down tothe bed. One lay beside his head, the other rested beside him. "Eiji is so happy."

Oishi calmed himself and sat down as the door was thrown open. Haru ran over and grabbed Eiji's hand gently. "Eiji!"

"He's ok. He's still awake."

"No!" Haru glared at Oishi. "You don't understand! He's not ok! He's still crying!" As if to prove his point, Haru ripped away the bandages to rveal fresh tears falling all over the pillows and his red hair. "He's not ok! You don't know Eiji like I do! He's not ok... He's broken... Just like glass..." Haru sank down onto one knee and stroked Eiji's hair gently. "He lives with me and my mom with his dad. He never had an older brother, so I became his brother, and we became friends. Eiji told me about the day he came home and his father had been attacked. He's still crying because of that. He waited this long to..."

Eiji had opened his eyes and put his freehand over Haru's mouth. "NO! NO! NO!" He threw Haru back and sat up. His hands came up over his ears and hispupils shrank back and his eyes widened. He clamped a hand over his mouth as he began to puke up onto the sheets. "N-no! Haru, don't tell him, pleae!" Eiji was pleading with Haru, gripping Haru's shirt so hard his hands began to bleed and his tears fell everywhere.

Oishi sighed and touched Eiji on the shoulder. "If you don't want to tell me, Eiji-kun, I don't want to hear it, ok? If it's something that personal, I don't want to know until your ready to tell me." He smiled.

Eiji turned to him and clung to Oishi's shirt and rested his head on Oishi's chest, listening to the soft rythm of his heart. "O-okay." He sniffed and closed his eyes and relaxed.

Haru sighed and ran a hand through his fringed brown hair and sat down on the bed, after moving the vomit covered blanket away, and patted Eiji on the back. "I'm sorry, I forgot how much that memory hurts. Ah! This must be Mei!" He gently picked the little red bear off of Oishi's lap. "Sheis so ADORABLE!" He cuddled with it for a moment before he clipped it to Eiji's ear. "Look! Twins, Eiji-nii! Twins!"

---In the hall, the old team---

Eiji's laughter rang out and Inui almost fell over in delight, hugging Kaidoh Karou of course. Fuji smiled warmly and his brother yipped with joy.

Tezuka, Takashi, and Momoshiro all stood there in shock as the laughter got louder and louder. Momo shook his head and patted Taka on the head. "Oishi is way out of your leauge. I'm sure Eiji will still be friends with you."

Taka looked a little sad, but otherwise, perfectly fine. "Oh, it's ok. I know that Eiji's very happy right now, and thats what I want, Eiji to be very happy." Taka gently knocked on the door and pushed it open to see a doggy pile on the ground and laughed.

Eiji was being tackled by Haru and Oishi, who were attempting to tickle him to death. Eiji had currently kicked the bed and gotten his foot stuck, so they were trying to untangle his foot. Eiji looked upsidedown at him and smiled. "Hi! Why are you standing on the roof?"

That did it, Oishi and Haru gave up trying to untangle his leg and collapsed, along with Taka, laughing until they were crying.

Eiji was definatly going to be ok, especially with Oishi to help him... And his brother Haru, and his blood brothersHaku, and Ichigo... And the little bear clipped to his ear, Mei.