I got a review in which she says she loves the love between Inu and his daddy. So here we go then, some son-daddy-love
Chapter 51 – Heart-attack
Inuyasha had had a few good days now. No extra medication, no straitjacket needed. He was clearly feeling down – and no wonder: Mitsuhiro had been away for these days. Today he would come, but Inuyasha didn't know it.
Now he was sitting in his spot in the dining hall, eating his brunch – all by himself. Nobody sitting next to him, nobody feeding him... But then Kaede walked to him and sat opposite him.
"Listen, son, I want to tell ye that me, and all the other nurses, are very proud of you, acting so good and calm like you have recently even though Mitsuhiro isn't here."
Inuyasha started drinking his chocolate milk with a drinking straw, not looking at the old lady. But she knew how to get his attention.
"So we thought we could give you a little prize. Guess what we thought it would be?"
Now Inuyasha lift his gaze from his mug and looked straight in her eyes.
"Wait a sec, I'll go get it..." she said and walked out of the hall. Inuyasha got off his chair right away, about to follow her, but a nurse stopped him.
"Go back to your place. You will get your prize in a minute or two", she smiled and pushed Inuyasha to his table, making him sit down. "Now wait."
Kaede went to the nurses' break room, and opened it's small fridge. And there it was – a can of Mountain Dew. The lady smiled, closed the fridge and got back on her way to the dining hall.
Inuyasha was waiting for Kaede eagerly, and when he started smelling the soda getting closer, he started drooling. Then he saw Kaede arriving in the hall's doorway. Inuyasha followed her every move as she got closer. She sat down opposite him, opened the soda can and handed it over to Inuyasha. The boy started drinking gluttonously. Kaede smiled.
Inuyasha drank his soda fast. After finishing he just sat at his table, rolling the can from hand to hand.
"Come, young prince", Kaede called him. Inuyasha obeyed her and walked out of the hall. "Would ye like to do somethin'? TV, perhaps?" Kaede asked. Inuyasha just turned away, took a few steps. But...
"And just so ye know, son. Mitsuhiro is coming to the evening shift!", she shouted after him. His dog ears shot up. When would he come? Aw damn, it was breakfast time! Evening shifts start between 1 to 3 PM.
Mitsuhiro's alarm bell in his iPhone rang at as late as 10 AM. He always slept late when he had an evening shift. Now he put the coffeemaker on and took a shower while the coffee was brewing. He took his time showering, enjoying every second. Then he wrapped his towel around his waist and walked to the kitchen, starting to cook some bacon omelette. After eating he dressed up his jeans, black shirt and leatherjacket. Just before leaving he walked to his guinea pig's cage, opened in and took the critter in his hands.
"You have nice day, Alvin", he man smiled, stroking the rodent's back. Then he put it down and closer the cage. He left.
'I wonder what I'll face today...' Mitsuhiro thought as he got on his motorbike and put the helmet on, getting on his way.
He got to the hospital of Kuroshima's building K10, parked his motorbike. He took his helmet off and gave a look at 'the window', where Inuyasha used to sit when he waited for someone... And there he was! Mitsuhiro grinned and waved at him, getting into the building.
After seeing his nurse arriving, Inuyasha instantly ran to the main door. And in no time he came from the staircase. Inuyasha leaned against the glass door as Mitsuhiro opened it with his nurse keys.
"Hi there, buddy!" he greeted cheerfuly, ruffling the boy's hair. "It's been a while! How have you been feeling?"
Inuyasha didn't answer with words. He just stared at the man.
"Well, I'll be on my way to update my knowlede of what has been happening here when I have been gone."
Inuyasha just stared after him, but didn't follow. He just stood still like rock. After a few minutes he turned around and walked way.
Mitsuhiro arriver to the nurses' break room. Everyone greeted him, smiling.
"Well, well. How have things gone here?" he asked as he changed to him nurse's coat.
"Calm, but Inuyasha has been a bit down. Calm, yet down. He's been so excited ever since I told him ye will come today", Kaede told. "We also gave him a little gift for his good behaviour."
"Lemme guess – Mountain Dew."
"Hehe, yes", Kaede nodded.
"It's so nice that everything is fine...
But suddenly the ward's phone sartëd ringing. Kaede picked it up.
"Hello, Kaede Yume from the hospital of Kuroshima, ward K10-3."
"This is Sesshomaru Kita, Inuyasha's big brother", said the voice from the phone. "I have something sad to tell you."
Inuyasha laid in his bed, curled up in his blanket. As Miroku was at his therapy session, Inuyasha had all the room for himself. He had closed the window blinds and curtains, so the room was as dark as possible.
Inuyasha almost fell asleep, until he suddenly heard a knock on the door. He sat up.
Mitsuhiro walked in with the ward's phone in his hand. He seemed very sad. Inuyasha tilted his head. The man walked to him, sat down next to him and sighed.
"Take this", he gave the phone to the boy.
"Greetings, Inuyasha" said Sesshomaru. "Bad things have happened. Father had a heart-attack. He is in hospital, in coma, intensive care."
Inuyasha's ears shot up, his pupils shrank, and he started not only whimpering, but also shaking.
"Inuyasha, Inuyasha, calm down...Lets put the speaker on, I have a few words to him", Mitsuhiro told Inuyasha and took the phone. "So... What should we do now?"
"Could you perhaps come here? Father might wake up any moment. He deeds us both."
"I would love to do it, but... Well, I will consult the doctor instantly. Just a few minutes, I will call you right away!"
Mitsuhiro didn't want to leave Inuyasha alone in this state of mind, so he got Kaede to look after him. And so Mitsuhiro got on his way.
"This is important, urgent", he told one nurse. She nodded and in just a few minutes the doctor arrived to the nurses' break room.
"What is it, Mitsuhiro?" the doctor asked.
"Inuyasha's big brother called. Their father had a heart-attack and is in coma, ICU. Sesshomaru suggested we would come there for him. Is there any way we could...?"
"Actually..." the doctor mumbled. "Inuyasha has been feeling so well lately... And this is very imported for him... So yes, you can go. You can take him with you with your car."
"Ehh, sorry, I came here with my motorbike...But what if I drew home and returned with my car?"
"That's a good idea."
Mitsuhiro switched his nurse clothing to his leatherjacket. Before leaving he wanted to say bye to Inuyasha. He walked to his room's door, knocked and walked in. The room was still pretty dark. Inuyasha laid on his bed, curled up, whimpering, and Kaede, sitting on the mattress against his stomach, stroking him.
"I'm feeling so sorry for you, buddy..." Mitsuhiro said, sad. He, too, pet the boy's shoulder. "I'll be back in about an hour. Then we'll go straight to Tokyo to see your daddy."
As Mitsuhiro left, Inuyasha closed his eyes... And then Kaede saw it – a small tear falling down his cheek. She stroke him more.
"I can't say don't worry, it will be alright, but all we can do is to stay in hope."
Inuyasha was feeling so down he didn't get up from his bed. Kaede sat beside him all the time, stroking him, when finally Mitsuhiro arrived.
"Come on, bud. Let's go."
Mitsuhiro took Inuyasha's daily medicine and some sedative pills with him, and so they got to the car, on the way to Tokyo's central hospital.
Mitsuhiro stopped at a gas station. But not for gas - just guess why? He walked into the cafe and took a Mountain Dew from the cold cupboard. He desperately wanted to ease the boy's inner pain.
"Okay, now. Here you go!" Mitsuhiro smiled as he got into the driver's seat and gave Inuyasha the soda bottle. But Inuyasha didn't seem as excited as Mitsuhiro had thought. But after taking his first sip, everything turned normal, and he started drinking gluttonously.
The journey was hard. Inuyasha kept whimpering, and that was breaking Mitsuhiro's heart. But finally they got to the hospital. They parked the car, and walked in from the main doors.
"Follow me", Mitsuhiro said, grabbed Inuyashas hand and led him towards the info desk.
"Excuse me. We are looking for a patient called Inutaisho Kita. Am I right that he is in ICU?"
The ladt behind the desk tapped her computer, and said:
"Yes, the ICU."
And so the duo got on their way to the ICU. Mitsuhiro looked at Inuyasha as they walked side by side. Inuyasha's ears were drooping and he was shaking a bit.
They walked in from the ICU doors. They could hear lots of machines beeping.
"I wonder where..." Mitsuhiro was about to say, but Inuyasha dashed away, disappearing behind one curtain. Mitsuhiro followed him, peeked behind the curtain... And saw something heart-breaking. Inutaisho, laying on the bed, with machines and tubes everywhere, and a ventilator in his mouth. Sesshomaru was sitting next to him on a chair. But what was the most heart-breaking thing was that Inuyasha tried to make his way on his dad's side, moving some tubes.
"Inuyasha, don-" Mitsuhiro tried to say, but when he saw the boy nuzzle against his father, whimpering... and, suddenly, licking his cheek.
There was another chair beside the bed. Mitsuhiro sat down.
"Thank you for coming here", said Sesshomaru, serious, as always. "Father means everything to Inuyasha."
"I know", Mitsuhiro nodded.
Inuyasha had fallen in maybe almost as deep sleep as his father. They both breathed slowly. Nobody said a thing. They sat there for about two hours, when Sesshomaru finally thought it was time to leave.
"He won't be waking up today", he said. "And if he does, they will call us."
"I'm sorry, but we can't drive back to Kuroshima and back here tomorrow again", Mitsuhiro sighed.
"You can come to us."
And so they got to Mitsuhiro's car. But this time Sesshomaru did the driving, as he knew the way. Mitsuhiro sat at the back seat beside Inuyasha. The boy was absolutely devastated.
They arrived at the apartment house's parking lot.
"We are here", Sesshomaru said. They got into the building, and took the elevator to the fifth floor. As they got closer to their home, Inuyasha started feeling a bit nervous. It had been eight years since he had been here.
Sesshomaru opened the door. Inuyasha got down on all fours, starting to sniff around.
"Inuyasha..." Sesshomaru sighed and rolled his eyes, but didn't stop the boy. "Come, I'll cook something."
"Thank you", Mitsuhiro smiled.
"What should I do?"
"Hmm... How about ramen? To cheer the young man up."
"Alright."
Soon the ramen was ready. But Inuyasha was still sniffing around the house.
"Get him", Sesshomaru told Mitsuhiro. And so he got on his way... And he wasn't very surprised to find the boy from his father's room, laying on his bed.
"Come", Mitsuhiro said, quiet, reaching his hand to the boy. He had been crying. Now Mitsuhiro knelt down on his level... and hugged him. Inuyasha sobbed a few times. After he calmed down a bit, they walked out of the room hand-in-hand, to the kitchen. Sesshomaru had set the table, and now put a steaming pot on ramen in the middle of the table.
"Enjoy yourselves", Sesshomaru said, sitting started eating.
