whoa, so many people like the story! That surprises me. O.o
Okay, like asked, here is Track 3 of "Those Three Words" (and don't worry, the pregnant jokes were just that, jokes. XD I thought it was pretty funny that Shuichi thought it was all fact)
A couple of hours passed, it was going into ten at night. Yuki let his computer fall asleep while he started to doze off on the couch, waiting for his phone to ring. Why wasn't Tohma calling him back? Was Shuichi not doing good at all or was he already better and just forgot to call him back? The man laughed at how he was, the old him would never worry over someone like this. It was decided, he would go back to working on the manuscript and forget about the call. When Yuki stood up the device rang, someone was trying to get in contact with him after all of this time. He strolled over with one hand in his pocket to the phone and then picked it up. "Hello?" He gave a cold welcome like normal.
Tohma was on the other line and he still sounded calm. Yuki took this note that Shuichi was okay, the fall wasn't that bad. He loosened up a bit but his brother-in-law's call became even more serious. "Could you come to the hospital? Shuichi just woke up and he's going a little crazy that he's here and you're not with him."
Me smirked but the caller never got to see it. "Yeah, whatever." Then he hung up. Yuki snagged the keys from the counter and walked out of his house, going right to the black car and getting inside. Shuichi was fine, he just tripped again and this time it actually did some damage. He drove casually to the hospital to pipe down the annoying brat.
"WHAAA!" Shuichi was screaming out his tears and even made Hiro cover his ears. Shuichi had a little bandage on the side of his forehead from the fall, just a few stitches were needed and he was all better. They still ran some tests and wanted to make sure that he was alright because the fall and his activities were a little unusual. "WHERE IS YUKI!"
Hiro kept his ears covered and was the only one in the room with him, everyone else already left because the screaming got too annoying and was making their ears bleed. He finally went right up to his friend and slammed his hand over Shuichi's mouth, causing him to fall back onto his pillow and wince a bit at the pain that again came from the back. Hiro gave a sigh of relief and then a grin of victory as he stood up right again. "Tohma called him, he should be coming. Now... will you quiet down so the others can come back in?"
Shuichi sat back up in the hospital bed again, eyes brimming with tears at his friend shutting him up and Yuki still not being there, and nodded for their return. Hiro gave a quick thanks and went to open the door. He never even got to touch the doorknob before it flung open and hit Hiro right in the face. In ran Ryuichi with his Kumagoro in his hands. "SHU-CHAN! Are you okay!" His high pitch squealing was just as annoying as Shuichi's. The pink haired complainer nodded in his chibi ways while Ryuichi went right to the side of the bed and held out his doll. "Here! Kumagoro will make you feel all better!"
The crazy man kept the doll out in front of Shuichi's face while everyone else waltzed right inside. Shuichi took the doll and hugged it tight, he needed something to help him in that scary place without his lover. The rest came in and went off to the sides. Suguru walked right up next to Hiro while Tohma, K and Sakano took the side wall and let the three chat. "I just tripped over my own two feet! I'll be fine!"
"Good good! I want to sing to the entire world with Shu-chan!" He smiled big and bright while Shuichi smiled as well. "We'll be shining to the entire world!"
Both started their crazy dream laugh, how could they possibly be so different when they hit the stage? Everyone turned to the door when Yuki walked inside, causing the entire room to go silent. He actually came when Tohma called, no one expected him to come here. Shuichi smiled and wanted to jump out of the bed to greet his lover but the doctor came in after him. "Hello again Mr. Shindou."
"HI YUKI!" He yelled out. The man sighed and wanted to punch this kid in the face, he was again over-reacting to such a menial situation. Yuki went up to the bed and sat down at the side. The boy wasted no time, he held onto Yuki's arm and never let go while holding Kumagoro in the hug of the arm as well.
The doctor looked at the entire cast of odd people in the room, then down at the file that he held in his hands. "Would it be possible for me to speak with Mr. Shindou alone?"
"We're all in this together." Hiro strongly supported his friendship and connection to Shuichi.
The patient nodded, everyone could stay so they could all hear that he was overworked, over stressed, and in desperate need of more love! He waited for the doctor to say it, to tell him that the only cure for his fall was endless love to his dear Yuki. The doctor cleared his throat and began, shutting the door so it was a private conversation with everyone inside. He went back to his spot of standing at the end of the bed, then took his attention to the open file in his hand. "We ran your blood tests and found no problems, as well as the X-rays." Shuichi nodded, he was as fit as a fiddle. "But your MRI's came up with some trouble." The room suddenly felt a lot colder, trouble? Shuichi was never in trouble, he always pulled through everything without a scratch. The doctor kept reading the report. "It seems that your headaches and vomiting are being caused by a pressure on the posterior fossa."
"A positive fossil?" He tried to ask the strange name that the doctor said, still clinging onto his one and only.
The doctor just shook his head, apparently he was used to the strange questions with the direct names. He looked right at the boy with a type of sorrow. "You have a brain tumor." Everyone in the room froze at the words. Those five words alone meant nothing but together they sent a bone chilling filling. Shuichi lightened his grip onto Yuki, Kumagoro fell onto the bed as the doctor continued. "From the looks of it the tumor is in your cerebellum and is entering into the fourth ventricle. At this rate it will probably reach into the brain stem within the next couple of monthsor so." He wasn't listening to the details, the first few words had shot him into an unknown reality that he only saw in the movies. "We have treatment options to take care of this, we can take out the tumor-"
"How big is it?" Yuki asked. Shuichi still didn't look at his lover nor at the bunny, his attention was to the bed that he lay on. It was the only thing without eyes that didn't look back at him.
Again the doctor looked at the files. "It's about 2.7 centimeters and growing." Shuichi moaned when he said this, it sounded small but the tension in the room got tighter with the number being told. Shuichi was down in the dumps, he had heard of brain tumors on television and how bad they were. They were deadly too. He kept his eyes on the blankets that rested on his body, he was too young to get something like this wasn't he? The doctor took his cue from Shuichi's silence. "I'll give you a few minutes alone." He then went to the door and opened it. Tohma went to Ryuichi, who was also strangely silent, and took his arm gently. Those two left first. K dragged Sakano out while Suguru and Hiro dragged their feet when they left. The doctor went out before Hiro, he took the rear of the exiting group. The best friend of the victim gave one more concerned look and then shut the door behind him.
Yuki easily got out of Shuichi's hold, that alone started to freak him out. Yuki put his now free hand under Shuichi's chin and made the boy look up to him. His eyes were brimming with tears at the news of the tumor. He took in a deep breath and tried to keep it together. "Yuki... am I gonna die?"
The everlasting happiness came to an abrupt end, the immortal Shuichi Shindou was now reaching the end of his rope. All the novelist could do was keep silent for a bit, then answer the question. "No, I'll make sure that you don't."
Shuichi nodded but still didn't smile, he then closed his eyes and began to cry out all of his fears. Yuki took Shuichi into a hug and tried his best to comfort him. He was shaking with fear, a silent killer had invaded into the young lively boy and was now going to give him a frightening time for a very long while.
It was only about thirty minutes that everyone was waiting. They all stayed around his room, some sitting on the ground while other preferred to stand. Hiro was sitting down and thinking about how all of this could happen. He was leaning against the wall and trying to come up with any way he could help his best friend out. Suguru was also worried for him. Even though Shuichi always embarrassed him and made the young student go crazy they were still good friends. He didn't want it all to end from something so unusual as this. Sakano was suffering from another panic attack, muttering to himself non-stop while K tried to calm him down. How would the producer calm down if the one comforting him is holding a magnum in his hand for 'emergencies'? The last two, Tohma and Ryuichi, were silent and opposite of the door. No one was talking at all, not one word came from one mouth for the duration of time they were kicked out. After a while the door to the hospital room opened and Yuki walked out, then he closed it behind him. Everyone stood to attention as Yuki leaned against the door. Hiro was the first to speak but his voice sounded dry and hoarse. "How is he taking all of this?"
Again a silence. Yuki sighed and started. "He's terrified. All he knows is from what he watches on television and those people always tend to die." No one liked the sudden answer, at least it gave them some type of answer. "I convinced him to talk to the doctor and find a way to stop it. He's afraid to die mostly."
"I-I'll go get him!" Suguru ran down the hall to get the doctor that told the grim news. Again everyone went silent.
Tohma walked up to his family member, he was deeply concerned for both of them. "How are you taking this?" He asked. The strong novelist just shrugged his shoulders, he was taking it just like Shuichi had a normal cold and was going to be out of it just for a little bit. Tohma nodded at the response, it was effecting everyone in a different way after all. Tohma turned to Hiro and shook his head in regret. "Bad Luck can't go to the International Music Tour like this. I will work with the press and tell them everything that has happened."
"No." Yuki butted in. This shocked the president because he was never really concerned about Shuichi's business. "He wants to tell his fans himself. After he talks with he doctor he'll tell everyone everything."
"Right." Tohma still didn't smile. Instead he went over to the whimpering Ryuichi and gently started to lead him down the hall. Before leaving Tohma turned back to the group that was there. "I'll just announce that Bad Luck is having some troubles, I won't mention who and why." A quick nod of agreement from the peanut gallery and he left them all alone.
The moment that Tohma and Ryuichi were out of their site Suguru was walking back with the doctor. He stopped half a step behind as the one with all of the wisdom went right up to Yuki. The writer opened the door and let him inside, then followed and shut it before anyone else could come inside. A few more minutes of silence, then the doctor walked out and went back to his normal business as if nothing happened. "You can come in now!" Shuichi yelled out to them. The smaller group ran inside and surrounded the bed. All the rocker did was hold onto Kumagoro and smile bright. Yuki was sitting on the side of the bed again and urging for a cigarette right now. "I'll be fine! See? The doctor said I can go home today!" He jumped a bit on the bed but everyone else still looked with concern. Shuichi started to nibble on Kumagoro's ear while he kept talking. "I'm just going to have a chat with him tomorrow, stop looking at me like I'm already dead."
"We're not!" All of them yelled out at the same time. Shuichi stopped nibbling and smiled again at them. At least he kept his spirits up and wanted to make sure that everyone else was okay with the situation. Shuichi didn't know that Yuki told them about the fears and the mumbling that arose from the falling tears.
Shuichi got changed back into his normal clothing and then went to the front desk to sign out. The others followed him around a bit but he told them all to go home and get some rest. No one argued with him, everyone was a bit beat from all of the stress. They all left while Shuichi bounced around and kept close to Yuki like a dog would to its master. He was discharged and then skipped along with Yuki to the car. After about a twenty minutes drive the two arrived home. It was about midnight now and the entire street was quiet. He turned off the car and started out of the car, noticing that Shuichi wasn't moving at all. With a stroke of worry he faced his lover and found him sleeping while holding onto Kumagoro. Yuki kept his eyes on Shuichi and actually had a type of warmth in his eyes. Warmth or not, they had to get inside. Yuki tapped Shuichi on his shoulder and the boy just moaned a bit. He did it again and Shuichi opened his eyes to peek over to Yuki, realizing just then that they were home. He hid his face with Kumagoro and had it looking at Yuki while he talked. "Five more minutes."
"Then you can sleep out here." He got out of his car and closed the door. Shuichi popped his head up and watched Yuki find the house key and start to the door.
He pushed his hands against the glass like a kid at a candy store. "Yuki! Don't leave me behind!" He yelled, thank goodness it was still in the car. The entire whine was muffled down to just a little nothing. Shuichi pushed open the door and got out, slamming it behind him and then running over to Yuki. Before the man could even put the key onto the lock Shuichi was attached to his body. "You left me behind again!" He mumbled in a whiny moan. Yuki just unlocked the door and opened it. He was still holding on and there wasn't any sign of letting go. There was only one thing to do, Yuki walked in while dragging Shuichi along. He got inside and closed the door behind him, still with the extra luggage clinging onto his back like the shell of a turtle. "Don't leave me behind anymore! No no no no no no no no no!"
"Shut up." He ordered. Shuichi finally let go and stood there with Kumagoro. Yuki just made a turn to face him and find that the boy was really hurt with the line. He wasn't acting like himself again, this insult didn't make him jump all over Yuki and start making out. He went up to Shuichi as the boy turned away and started off to the bedroom. At first it was a quick walk but it quickly escalated into a run to the room. He followed the sick child into the room to find him laying face first on the bed and hiding his hand under his chest. "What now?"
Shuichi was crying again, he could hear the muffles through the pillow. Yuki went up to him and made Shuichi sit up, still holding his right hand. He made the boy let go of his right hand an hold it out a bit, it started to shake on its own. "What's happening?" Shuichi begged for an answer. His hand finally stopped with its little tremor and Shuichi thrusted himself onto the only thing that would calm him down. He smothered his face onto Yuki while still crying. "I don't understand, what's wrong with me!" Yuki gently pushed him off of his body. Shuichi was still crying at his own confusion. There was only one thing Yuki could think of. He took Shuichi's arms and pulled him into a kiss. There was no resistance, Shuichi embraced Yuki and entered into a fantasy that was always better then reality.
It didn't last long though, Yuki started to move from the mouth down his neck but Shuichi gave out a moan of pain. He tilted his head back and felt the tiny pinch again at the base of his brain. He actually backed out of Yuki's pure emotion and let his arms fall to his sides. Yuki got off of the bed and started to move the blankets while Shuichi went under them. He lay down on his special pillow and kept his eyes on Yuki as the man knelt down next to the bed and took Shuichi's hand. "Remember, you have to talk to the doctor tomorrow."
He nodded a bit while still keeping his gaze on his those amazing eyes. "I'm sorry." He whimpered. Yuki just kept looking at him while Shuichi started to fall into a gentle sleep. "I'm sorry that I'm causing all of this trouble Yuki." He muttered and then fell fast asleep. He slid his hand out of the soft hold and stood up while still concentrating his eyes on the sleeping one.
Yup, now everyone knows what Shuichi has. In case you didn't know, the posteria fossa is the bottom base of the brain that connects to theneck in the back. It's closest to the brain stem that connects to your spine and nerves. The cerebellum is also in the back of your neck (points to bottom of neck where it connects to the head in the back) and that has some control over the optic nerve and also with your ability to walk straight. The reason why he hurts whenever he moves his head back or when it gets hit is because of the pressure onto the Brain Stem, those are where the pain nerves bascially are for the brain.
I hope that helped clear out some of his symtoms, Track 4 will be up as soon as I can get it!
Kokoro