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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