Heartaches

Chapter 13

By Kellyq

Crow walked into the hospital room with a glass of water when he noticed Kiryu was twitching and shaking. Crow dropped the glass and ran over to Kiryu's side, and pressed the 'nurse' button above the bed. It didn't take long before a woman in her mid 40s came in. She had black curly hair, fine dark wrinkled old skin, and her eyes held love and kindness. This kind lady went by the name of Martha.

"Don't just stand there, Crow!" she said ordered, rushing over to the bed. "He needs to be turned over on his side!"

"R-right!" the red haired teen did what he was told. "What's wrong with him?" Crow asked, watching Martha angled Kiryu's head down.

"He's having a seizure! You know what that is right?" Martha asked, wiping the saliva off of Kiryu's mouth.

"Uh ... yeah ... sort of," Crow answered, scratching the back of his head nervously. "But he's never had seizures before! What could've caused it?"

A light moan got Martha and Crow to stare down at Kiryu as he opened his unfocused eyes. "I ... I hate this," he murmured, closing them. "Why can't Yusei love me for who I am?"

Crow bit his bottom lip. "You know that Yusei cares about you!"

Kiryu scoffed, or tried to. His unfocused golden eyes stared at Crow as he glared. "I don't understand why you keep sticking up for him! We're friends aren't we? Friends are supposed to care about each other - defend each other - be there for each other, right?"

Crow felt like he was slugged in the gut. By this point Martha had left to get the lidocaine. "Of course we're friends, Kiryu."

Just before he could make a remark, Martha came back with a syringe and needle. Kiryu eyed it for a moment before he started to reach for the IV that was taped to his arm.

Crow grabbed Kiryu's arm back. "You shouldn't do that!"

Kiryu let out a grunt of anger as Martha attached the needle and syringe to the IV. After that was done, she rubbed Kiryu's arm, smiled and walked out.

"You can let go of my hand," Kiryu spoke up, after a few moments of silence. "And leave me alone. I don't need you to watch me like a hawk."

Crow lowered his head and his expression darkened. He tightened his grip on Kiryu's hand. "I know you don't care about me, but I care about you, because you're my friend - my best friend!"

By this point, Crow's hand was shaking. Kiryu wanted to glare at his friend, but he didn't with the vibes he got from Crow. Kiryu sighed out of frustration, knowing that it wasn't going to be easy to get rid of his friend.

"Fine, do whatever you want."

Crow lifted his head and smiled, but it was sad. He wanted say more, but Crow noticed that Kiryu had fallen a sleep.

Rally woke up feeling a slight chill run through his body. He bundled up more, but after laying there, Rally got up and made his way over to Jack's room. He knocked softly on the door. After a moment of standing there, Yusei opened it.

"Rally? What's wrong?" Yusei murmured, trying to keep his voice down.

"Is ... is it okay if I ... uh.... sleep with you and Jack? I've been cold every night."

Jack was up by this point, and he looked at the digital clock on the nightstand. He sat up and called for Mina. In two minutes the young house keeper was out of her room that was across the hall.

"Mina, go check on the thermostat, and send Rally back to bed, it's 2 in the morning!"

Rally cringed. Mina walked to the end of the hallway to look at the built in heater/Air conditioner. The gage displayed 71 degrees. "I'm sorry," Rally murmured, "I'll go back to bed."

"The temperature is only 71," Mina informed. By this point, Rally had already gone back to the couch. "What did Rally want?"

"He wanted to sleep with us to stay warm," Yusei explained.

"He can sleep in my bed, and I'll take the couch," Mina offered.

"No!" Both Jack and Yusei said at the same time.

"You don't need to do that," Yusei said, "I'll handle this. Go back to bed."

Mina bowed and walked back to her own room and closed the door. Yusei walked into the living room to see Rally laying there with a troubled look.

"Maybe I should be a man and deal with it," Rally muttered.

"Don't worry about -"

"Yusei," came Jack's voice from the open door to his bedroom. "Don't worry about Rally and get your ass in here!"

"I'll be right back." He turned and walked down the hallway. Rally sighed, and he waited for a good two minutes before Yusei came back. "You can sleep with us."

Rally's face lit up as he got off the couch and hugged him. "Thanks! I'd rather sleep with you guys than out here."

Yusei smiled. "You know nothing is going to happen. Trudge won't let anything suspicious get past him."

Rally raised a brow. "He's a cop? Who would've thought. I should've figured that out, and I never liked the way he stared at you."

Yusei rolled his eyes when he said that. He took Rally's hand and lead him back to the room. Yusei closed the door as Rally crawled onto the bed and hugged Jack.

"Thanks, Jack!" he then laid down. "I promise not to squirm to much." Rally snuggled into sheets, and laid close to Yusei when he moved the sheets and laid down as well. "Night," Rally murmured, before falling into a peaceful slumber.

To Be Continued ...