Hi again! The two main characters have already met. But we still don't yet know if they will fall in love on each other, right? You will find out as the story goes on.
Meanwhile, the Third chapter is up! Please Relax, Read, and enjoy the whole story.
Chapter 3 : Friendship, worries, and Sad memories (Part1)
Syaoran, seeing the man who save Tomoyo, tried to save his life. He asked Tomoyo if she has something which he could use to stop the bleeding of Eriol's wound.
"Do you have a handkerchief?" He said.
Tomoyo, still in shock, replied. "Yes...Why?"
"Can I have that, please?" Tomoyo gave her handkerchief, Syaoran got a bottle of water from the trunk of his car. He poured the water to the handkerchief so that it will be soaked. Finally, he unbuttoned Eriol's polo shirt, put the folded wet handkerchief on the wound, and applied pressure on it. Tomoyo got terrified as Eriol shouted in pain.
"Hey, what are you doing?..." said Tomoyo. Syaoran didn't answer. he just continued what he's doing. "What's you're doing, we should bring him to the hospital!" Syaoran didn't listen, as he puts more pressure on Eriol's wounds. Tomoyo couldn't stand it. "Stop it, please." she said. Then, all of a sudden she pushed Syaoran back and shouted. "AREN'T YOU LISTENING TO ME?! JUST WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!" She almost burst into tears. "I'm sorry..." she said. "I didn't mean to push you..."
Syaoran stared at her. Then he said "Just give me about 5 minutes. We'll bring him to the hospital."
After around 5 minutes, Syaoran immediately carried Eriol and put him at the backseat. He also asked Tomoyo to stay there as well. Tomoyo then put Eriol's head over her lap. After which, they drove off to find the nearest hospital.
The car is now on the highway. They were almost 3 kms away to the nearest General Hospital. "We shouldn't have done this" Tomoyo said, "We could have called for an ambulance"
Syaoran replied "You're creating a scandal if that's the case. And we don't have much time to call for an ambulance."
"But he's dying, don't you understand?"
Syaoran got irritated. "You're talking too much, don't you see I'm driving?!" Then they went silent for a moment. "Like you, I'm also worried about him. He tried to save you, right? So, If you want to save him, please do what I asked you to do and keep quiet."
As he focus his eyes on the road, Tomoyo followed what Syaoran had asked her to to - To make sure that Eriol is still awake. "Don't sleep...we'll get there in no time, okay" she whispered.
They were now at the hospital. Syaoran tried to get the attention of the staff to help him carry Eriol. They lie him down on the stretcher and hurriedly went to the Emergency room to treat of the doctors stopped Syaoran and Tomoyo from entering the room. Tomoyo begged the doctor to let her enter but the doctor refused. He then closed the room's doors.
Realizing that she could not do anything, she keeled down, almost passing out. Syaoran tried to support her.
Confused, afraid, Tomoyo doesn't know if it was real, or was just a nightmare. All of a sudden, tears are flowing from her eyes, as she cries her heart out.
It's been almost 2 hours since they brought Eriol to the hospital, Syaoran and Tomoyo are still waiting outside the Emergency room, waiting for any developments. The blood stains on their hands are no longer visible since they went to the restroom to wash it. "I need to know what's happening to him." Tomoyo said.
Syaoran tried to comfort her. "We have to wait here" he said. "Because the only thing we could do is to hope that things will turn out for the better."
The doctor then went outside of the room, and approached Syaoran and Tomoyo, they stood up, thinking that the doctor might update them about Eriol's condition.
"May I please know your relationship to the patient?" the doctor asked. Both of them loked at each other, but Syaoran replied. "We're his friends..."
"Tomoyo just agreed. "Yeah... close friends, actually."
"Okay, then." The doctor replied. "Well, he fell unconscious .The stab wounds on his chest is quite big and it almost hit his heart. He had lost so much blood. We also notice a small cut on one of his heart's arteries. Tomoyo got worried. "But aside from those, his vital signs are now good. We've managed to work things out of those problems, and we just have to wait for him to wake up. We just need to monitor his condition closely." the doctor concludes.
Both of them sighed of relief, especially Tomoyo, who's been very worried. "By the way," The doctor continued "You brought him on your own, why were you not able to call an ambulance?"
Tomoyo thinks that the doctor was right. As for her, it could have been much better if they sought assistance by calling an ambulance. Syaoran replied back to the doctor's question. "Ah...we don't have time to call for an ambulance. That's why I instead performed a first aid on him before bringing him here."
"Tch-tch-tch..." The doctor replied disappointedly "You could have called an ambulance instead. You just can't do first aid especially when you're not trained for it."
Upon hearing those words, Syaoran got his wallet, opened it and showed a card to the doctor. It was a license. "I'm a licensed nurse." Tomoyo, was a bit surprised, as she looked onto Syaoran. "You''ve studied...nursing?"
"I thought you knew it." siad Syaoran. "I studied nursing here before I became your Secretary. My mom asked me to study nursing since she is a Medical practioner way back in China, you know?"
The doctor then nodded upon seeing the license. "Okay...I'm sorry. By the way, I got something that fell off his pocket. " Then, he got something out of his vest's pocket. A paper, drenched with blood, but what was written on it was still readable. It contains a phone number that they don't recognized. "Do you know whose phone number is this?
They looked at the phone number, and pretended that they knew who own it. "Well...that's from one of his relatives, I guess." said Tomoyo.
The doctor kept on asking. "May I ask whose relative is that?"
Tomoyo doesn't know what to say. That's why Syaoran replied "Well... we don't know. We don't interfere over his family matters."
"Okay..." The doctor said. Then he gave the phone number to them. "Please call this number immediately, notify their relatives that their relative is her."
"Yeah, we will do it". Syaoran said. "But I think it will be better if you'll notify them as well. "If we do it , they might not believe us.
"I don't see any reason why they won't believe you. I suppose they know that you're his friends, right?"
Syaoran is now running out of explainations. He felt that the doctor is getting suspiscious. "Yeah, I know." he replied back. "But it will be much better if you notify them since you're the one who knows his condition. In the first place, you're working here in the hospital."
The doctor couldn't agree more. "Okay. I'll be seinding this to the lobby so that they can call him."
"Thank you". said Syaoran. "Anyways, it's late and we have work tommorow. We'll visit our friend from time to time, and thanks for giving the phone number. We promise to call his relatives back. " Then, Syaoran and Tomoyo had started to walk on their way outside to the hospital.
The doctor now went to the lobby area where he gave the paper which contains a phone number. Then, he remembered something - He forgot to ask Syaoran and Tomoyo about the person's name, and their names as well. He also remembered that the two had left Eriol's bag. He then ordered a nurse to get it for him so that he can identify Eriol.
It's half past 2:00 AM. As they went outside of the hospital, Tomoyo saw her mother, Sonomi, below its steps. She approached her mother who's waiting for her. She hugged her mother and cried. Sonomi, being teary-eyed tried to comfort her only daughter. "Okay, honey...Everything's fine now..." Tomoyo just kept on crying.
They went of to the hospital on their way home. The three were silent. Sonomi is just beside her daughter. then, Syaoran broke that silence. "I'm so sorry, I have to tell your mother. I called her while we were in the hospital."
Tomoyo sighed. She did not reply on what Syaoran said because she knew that he will let her mother know about it.
Then her mother started talking. "I don't know what was going on right now. But at least you're now safe."
"I don't know, mom. I'm much more worried about that man who tried to save me..." Tomoyo said.
"We also have a problem." Syaoran interrupted. "The doctor was quite skeptical that I don't know how to answer his questions. Thankfully he did not identify you, or else. But what if they found out? That will be a major scandal."
"Don't worry" said Sonomi. "Let me take care of that."
Then, Tomoyo asked Syaoran "By the way, you could stay with us for a night. I'm sure your suit got drenched with blood. We can let you borrow some clothes so that you can change."
Syaoran just smiled. "Okay, I'll do it."
It was almost 3:00 AM. Sakura was still awake. She left Eriol's father knowing that he was still not home. Suddenly, her phone rang. She saw an unfamiliar phone number. "Who will call me early this morning?" She asked to herself. Then, she answered it. "Hello, Sakura speaking..."
The other line responded. "Good morning, mam. We just want to ask if you know someone with the name of Eriol Hiiragizawa?"
She was clueless on why would someone call her about Eriol. Then she responded. "Yeah, I know him. What happened."
She listened to every word that the person on the other line had said to her. Then her mood suddenly changed. She did not respond. Eyes wide open, she was totally shocked, that she dropped her phone off her hand onto the floor. The other line didn't knew what was happening to her. "Hello?...Hello, Miss...Are you still there?"
Sakura could not believe what she heard.
"No...it couldn't be..." Tears flowed from her eyes. thinking about what happened to him. Now she knew why he wasn't able to go home early.
What will happen next? Find out soon on the next chappie!
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