Hello, everyone! This will be my first update for this week. I hope you won't mind if the story is moving fast. Anyhow, I thank you for those who have been reading my fic. And also, don't forget to do the 3Rs (Relax,Read,React) and enjoy!

Chapter 3 : Friendship, worries, and Sad memories (Part2)

It was almost 4:00 AM, Sakura is rushing in on her way in the hospital. She approached the front desk of the lobby area and saw a nurse on duty. "I'm the one you've called about Eriol Hiiragizawa. Where's he?"

The nurse asked her. "Are you his relative? He's in the emergency room, and is now being treated. I'm not sure about his condition. Let me go and check him once I'm done here. Have a seat first, please."

Sakura shouted, she is almost in tears. "I just can't sit and wait! We've been waiting the whole night for him and you told us that he's here. Could you please tell me exactly what's going on?!"

The nurse replied. "I cannot tell you exactly what happened. I'm sorry."

Sakura is now getting furious. "Then at least you could look for him immediately and check his condition!. "

"Right away, Miss." Then the nurse called one of her colleagues to check Eriol's condition.

Sakura is about to sit when she saw his brother, Touya and Eriol's father, Touru. Like Sakura, Touya is close to Eriol's family. Touru was being hysterical that time, that he got on to the lobby area first.

Sakura didn't expected that they will follow her since she asked her brother not to tell Touru yet. She then confronted her brother "What are you doing here? Didn't I told you not to tell Oto-san about this?!"

"But it will be much better we we tell him now that it's too late." Touya replied. "And besides, I tried to convince him not to go here, but he really insisted. I don't have have a choice."

"That won't happen if you didn't let him know!"

"And what do you want me to do? Just shut up and fool him, like nothing happened?"

The siblings were in the middle of their argument when they heard Touro shouting at the people on duty at the front desk. "Where's my son?!" he said. "Tell me, where's he?!". When Touro almost fell on the ground. He was pale, he felt dizzy, and was holding his chest. The two then quickly approached him and they tried to calm him down. Other staffs helped them carry Touru to the waiting area so that he could sit properly.

As they sit, Sakura asked him to breathe deeply. "Ojiisan , look at me." she said. "I ask you to calm down...Breathe easy...Everything will be fine, I promise you." Touya, on the other hand, ran-off to the nearest convenience store to buy a bottle of mineral water.

After 15 minutes, Touya went back to the lobby area where Sakura and Touru stayed. He opened the mineral water he bought a while ago and let Touru drink it. Sakura watched him closely as he drink the water. "Just drink it slowly, ojisan." she said. "Are you feeling better now?" Touru nodded. Although he's still trying to catch his breath. 'I'm fine now...Thank you."

Then, a doctor approached them. It was the doctor who talked to Syaoran and Tomoyo earlier. "Are you the relative of Mr. Hiiragizawa?" he asked.

Sakura answered. "No, I'm his friend. But he's his father." Pointing to Touru.

"That's fine." the doctor said. "Anyways, He was badly wounded and his friends brought him here. They did not tell me exactly what happened to him, so I suppose they called you to notify you about this."

Touya and Sakura stared at each other. Then she replied. "Actually, a staff of yours called me about it. I gave him my phone number in case of emergency. Aside from that, I don't think he has close friends even at work."

"No." said Touya. "Not that I could think of.".

The doctor thought deeply. "Hmmmm, seriously..."

Sakura then started asking questions to the doctor. "Did the persons who brought him told them their names? His injuries, how bad was it?"

"Well, that's the problem. I was about to get their names when they already left. Are you sure you don't recognize any of his friends?"

The siblings shook their heads.

The doctor continued "Anyway, The stab wound on his chest is quite big, that it almost hit the heart. Aside from that, he has wounds on his head. Probably, he was hit using a hard object. But his vital signs are now good. He'sleeping soundly so everything's fine now, no need to worry. We're still closely monitoring his contiditon because he lost so much blood out of that stab wound."

Everyone sighed in relief, but not Touru. "Anything else?"

"Not at this point." Sakura told the doctor. "At least now we know he's doing good. But if you ever you see those people who brought him here, please get their names and let us know."

The doctor smiled. "Not a problem." Then he looked at his wristwatch. "Oh, I have to go. I need to see my other patients. Nice meeting you all." The doctor walked away to see other patients. Sakura sat besides Touru. "You hear that, Ojiisan ?" she said. "Eriol's in good hands, now..."

But Touru replied. "Let's get out of this place. My son's not here." He stood and slowly, he started walking.

Sakura and Touya tried to stop him. "But Ojiisan" she said.

"Ojisan", said Touya "You heard the doctor, right? He's fine now. Sakura will bring you home, I'll just contact you if he wakes up."

But Touru shouted. "I SAID HE'S NOT HERE!" then tears started flowing from his eyes. "My son's... waiting for us. We should go home now. He's not here."

Sakura and Touya don't know what to do. They understand how he feels. He is the only living relative Eriol has, and they know how he stood up as a father to Eriol in his age. All they can do is to comfort him through words.