Chapter 11

Kaname helped Mao get Sousuke out of the car they carried him into the hospital where he was immediately taken to the E.R. Kaname sighed this hadn't been the first time she remembered when he had taken the bullet for her. Melissa did a few things for registration and returned over to Kaname. It was a long wait and finally two hours later a doctor walked over to them.

Melissa took Kaname's hand for support just incase it wasn't good.
"Can one of you tell us what happened to him?" He asked moving his mask down off of his face. Kaname and Mao looked at each other and then looked back at the doctor.
"Uh…we don't know…" They both said at the same time in response.
The doctor shook his head and sighed returning to the room Sousuke was in.

Sagara was extremely dehydrated and had lost a lot of blood they were running a transfusion. The doctor stitched up the gashes on his back and carefully rolled him over wrapping his arms in ointment treated bandages to help the severe burns.
Sousuke had fallen unconscious and because breathing was so painful he had been holding his breath before. That being the reason Kaname said he wasn't breathing.

After they were sure he was stable they moved him to the recovery area. The doctor returned to Mao and Chidori giving them permission to go see him. Both girls got up and ran to the recovery room. Sousuke was just coming out of the anesthesia they put him under and it took him about ten minutes to fully come around. He opened his eyes slowly looking at Mao and Kaname. He looked around a few seconds to figure out where he was and then looked back at them.
"Hello…" He said faintly as he watched them.
Kaname smiled and sighed in relief that he was alright. The nurse had left it up to them to give him the food that was in the room for when he woke up.
Kaname got the tray and brought it over to him.
"You…need to eat something…so here is some food…" She said holding it towards him. The bed was in a sitting up position already he stared at the tray and then turned away. Kaname blinked.
"Sousuke you haven't eaten in awhile…you need it…" Sousuke flipped the tray out of Kaname's hand on to the floor and stared at the wall. Kaname tilted her head and looked at the food that was now all over the floor. Mao was a bit shocked at his behavior.
"I'm not hungry…" He said firmly not looking at her. Kaname stepped backwards.
Sousuke clenched his hand into a fist and closed his eyes. Mao thought for a second and quickly figured out what was wrong.
"Sagara everyone fails at some point…and well…this time it was you…" Sousuke looked to her and sighed.
"They killed them. The two I was supposed to rescue they killed them…" He said his voice cracking a little as he turned away once again. Mao nodded a little as she sat down on the edge of the bed and looked at him.
"You shouldn't take things like this so personally...Something's just aren't meant to be…" She said calmly taking his hand. Sousuke pulled away and didn't look at her.
"Their lives weren't meant to be?" Sousuke asked taking everything literally at this point totally not his usual self. Mao stared at him.
"What happened to the Sergeant I thought I knew…" She asked staring at him like she wanted to him look at her. Sousuke didn't look at her he continued to stare elsewhere.
"You know you are acting so childish over such a small thing…" She said as she poked him.
Sousuke moved away from her. Melissa stood up.
"I'll see you around…I've got better things to do than sit here and deal with your new attitude problem…" She said getting up. Usually things like that would make him snap back and realize what he was doing. But this time it didn't. Kaname looked at him and blinked.
"Hey…" She said sitting down where Mao was. Sousuke didn't respond.
"Please Sousuke…your making me feel like you hate me…" She said as she watched him. Sousuke looked at her.
"I hate myself…" He said staring down at the sheets on the bed. No one understood the pressure he was put under to succeed in his missions. Nothing ever went wrong and everyone relied on him because of that.
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Sousuke came home a week later giving everyone a tough time with the way his attitude was. He seemed to hate everything. He refused to eat. But at the end of the week something seemed to snap. Sousuke woke up and was perfectly normal he nearly fell out of bed when he looked over to his left and Kaname was curled up with him.
He blinked and ran his hand down the side of her face and then through her hair.
Kaname stirred a little opening her eyes and looking at him.
"…You love me again?" She asked curling up closer.

"I never stopped loving you…" He said putting his arms around her. Kaname kissed Sousuke and giggled a little after the week of hell they had with him it was great to have him back. He finally stopped being mad at himself.
"Did…something happen between us last night?" He asked a little confused. He didn't remember and felt like an idiot for asking. Kaname nodded and laughed kissing him.
"You're cute…" She said laughing. She was partly responsible for making him calm down.

A week later the couple finally went on their beach vacation. The week had perfect weather and the water was just the right temperature.
"Mission complete…." Sousuke said as he stared at the water it was their first day there. Kaname ran over jumping on his back and laughing. Looking back at her Sousuke smiled a little. She was wearing a light blue two piece bathing suit and Sousuke couldn't seem to take his eyes off of her as they walked down to the water together.
"Sousuke…" Kaname said clapping her hands to sort of get him out of the trance he seemed to be in. Sousuke blinked a few times and tilted his head. Kaname shook her head and smiled. She had been waiting for this attention from him for awhile now.
"Mission complete…" She said happily and tackled him down into the water.


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