Yugioh belongs to Kazuki Takahashi. If I owned it Tea would be with Yugi. Why you ask? Isn't it obvious? Heck yeah!
Day 8
Mana groans, feeling someone trying to wake her up the next morning. She already knows who it is but she just didn't feel like getting up at the moment. She pulls the covers over her head, only for them to be pulled off of her and she groans again, a bit annoyed.
"Mana, it's time to wake up," Atem says. Sure Atem's a heavy sleeper but it's not hard for him to get up. For Mana on the other hand, it was. "Mana if you don't wake up, I'm body slamming you," he threatens, causing Mana's head to pop up and he laughs, seeing the fearful look on her face.
"You wouldn't do that would you?" she asks.
"Of course not Mana. I was only kidding."
"Oh, then if you were kidding…" She plops her head back on the pillow, closing her eyes and Atem grunts.
"It's eight o'clock," he informs her with his arms folded. She opens one eye and frowns.
"Why do you wake up so early?"
"You call this early?"
"Well yeah," she replies, sitting up. "Normally, I wouldn't wake up until ten."
"But sometimes you wake up at seven. I know because whenever you do and we have one of our little sleepovers, you're always trying to wake me up. Remember?"
Mana smiles. "Ah yes, those were the days. And you were always such a heavy sleeper." She yawns and stretches her arms before jumping out of bed, continuing to stretch and do neck rolls.
"Where are you going?" Atem asks.
"Exploring," she replies, preparing to leave.
"But this is a hospital."
"Exactly! So many doors and hallways. Who knows where it could lead. Besides, you're just going to be sitting here all day doing nothing anyway."
"Don't remind me," he mutters.
"Well, bye!" She rushes out of the room and Atem shakes his head, smiling. Her personality is so much different from normal teenage girls. Her spirit is that of a child, never wanting to stay in one place for too long, getting bored easily.
He had seen so many changes in her since she first came. Her low self esteem had slowly disappeared. Sometimes she needed help now and again, but it was improving. All she needed now was to learn how to be brave for a change, and her mission would be complete.
Mana jogs through the hallways, rushing past doctors who only give her a questionable look, not even bothering to stop her. She looks around, trying to figure out where she would go next. Her jogging begins to slow down to a trot and then she stops completely in front of the information desk.
There is a woman sitting down at the desk, typing a few things on the computer. She had short black hair and rectangle glasses. She seems to be very into her work too. Mana leans on the desk, causing her to look up.
"May I help you?" she asks.
"Uh…where's the bathroom?"
"Go straight; take a left, a right, another right, then left, then straight."
"Oh, okay," Mana says in a cheerful tone and she skips down the halls. "One potato, two potato, three potato, four. Five potato, six potato, seven potato, four! Three potato, two potato, one potato, none!" She stops skipping then looks around totally confused. "Okay wait a minute. I went straight…now where else do I go?" she asks herself, her voice fading a little at the end.
She shrugs her shoulders and goes back to the information desk where the lady was still typing.
"Excuse me Miss…Claire," Mana reads the name tag on her shirt.
"What is it now?" she asks, sounding a bit annoyed.
"Where's the bathroom?"
Claire sighs heavily. "Go straight; take a left, a right, another right, then left, then straight. Got that?"
Mana nods and goes her way while the lady sighs, relieved that Mana is gone. Mana walks straight down the hall, passing people as she did so. Then she turns left at the next corner and at the next takes another left then stops. "Uh-oh. I forgot the directions. And how am I supposed to get back to the information desk?" She turns to a map that was on the wall and starts to read it with scrunched up eyes.
"You are here," she reads. "Now…where is the desk? Hm…AHA!"
Meanwhile Atem is in his room, eating some green jello that the nurse had brought in for him. He did this while watching television. The nurse comes in again, with a smile and he smiles back. The nurse he has is very nice to him and always checks on him to see if he is alright.
"How are you doing?" she asks, going over to the window and opening it, letting some air into the room.
"I'm fine and you?"
"Never better. It's a beautiful day outside. Soon you will be out of here. I have to say I will miss your company. You were the most polite patient I've ever had."
"I'll miss you too."
"Where's your friend?" she asks.
"Exploring the hospital," Atem replies and she chuckles.
"She has such a free spirit. She reminds me of me when I was her age. Are you two close?"
"Yes, very close."
"Ah,
I see," with sort of a sly tone in her voice and Atem's eyes
widen.
"Uh…it's not like that!" he says, starting to
turn red.
"Atem, I have been around for years. And by the way you look at her and she looks at you, I have to say there is something there between you two." Atem starts to think on what she said. He did have feelings for her. And Mana was so close that other night to telling him how she really felt. They were really close…closer than usual these days.
"Well I'll be back to check on you alright?"
"Alright."
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Day 8-Afternoon
"Excuse me?"
"WHAT!?" the lady at the desk exclaims. Now she is really annoyed. All she wanted to do was get her work done and leave for the day. But with Mana being there, she was making the day a lot longer than usual.
"…Where's the bathroom?" she asks with an innocent smile.
"Weren't you even listening!?"
"Well yeah…but I got lost."
"Okay, the bathroom is--wait a minute; if you got lost how did you find your way back here?"
"I used the map," Mana replies with a smile.
"THEN WHY DIDN'T YOU USE THE MAP TO SEE WHERE THE BATHROOM WAS!? DID YOU EVER THINK OF THAT!?" Claire yells her face getting big and turning red with frustration.
Mana smiles nervously and sweat drops. "Sorry, but asking you is a lot better." Claire sighs and gets up with her head low, walking up to Mana. "Are you annoying me on purpose?"
"Of course not."
She sighs again. "Let's go." Mana follows Claire to the bathroom first going straight, making a left, two rights, another left and going straight again. Soon Mana could see the girl's bathroom sign. "There you go."
Mana stands outside the bathroom not making a move and Claire raises an eyebrow to why she isn't going anywhere. "Aren't you going in?" Claire asks.
"Hehe…this is embarrassing…um…I don't have to go anymore," Mana reveals, putting a hand behind her head.
There was brief moment of silence before Claire yells, "SECURITY!" Out of nowhere, a security guard appears. "Escort this person back to where she came from."
"Yes ma'am." The big security guard picks Mana up by her sweat shirt and carries her back to Atem's room where he is sitting, still watching television.
"Is this thing yours?" the guard asks Atem and Mana narrows her eyes at the person holding her.
"Hey! Don't refer me as some sort of object! I'm a human being!" Mana yells angrily.
"That's my friend. She's with me," Atem replies and the guard drops her to the floor. Mana gets up with a pout, dusting herself off.
"If you cause anymore trouble young lady, you're out of here," says the guard and he leaves.
"Geez, he's a meanie," she remarks, making her way over to Atem's bed.
"Well this is a hospital, not a playground." Mana sits sideways on his lap, her arms folded.
"The hospital is so…ugh."
"What do you expect? The hospital isn't supposed to be fun. After doing all that, you're still bored?" he asks and she lies back with her arms out wide.
"There's nothing to do here," she groans. "I'm so bored I can't stand it. When do we get out of here?"
"Tomorrow morning," he answers and she groans again. "Cheer up. The day is almost over."
"And time is passing by as we speak." She gets up and walks over to the window, seeing the sun beginning to set.
Day 8- Present Time-Night
Ms. Lee, Mana's mother, sits by her daughter's bedside. She has been in that coma for eight days now and she isn't responding or making any kind of movement at all. Ms. Lee is beginning to believe that her daughter would never wake up.
"Ms. Lee," says the doctor, coming into the room and she stands up.
"Yes doctor?"
He sighs, taking off the glasses that were on his nose and putting it into his lab coat pocket. "As you know the patient--"
"Mana," she corrects and he nods.
"Mana hasn't woke up in eight days because of the coma. I know this may be hard for you but I am suggesting that you pull the plug." Ms. Lee gasps, hearing that option and she looks back to her daughter who is still motionless.
"I could never--"
"It was only a suggestion Ms. Lee. But nothing is getting her out of that coma. Maybe it's time to…let her go," he says and he turns away and leaves the room, leaving Ms. Lee with that thought.
'Two more days. If she doesn't wake up at midnight, then…I'll have to…' Tears form in her eyes at the thought of losing her. But the doctor was right. Maybe it would be best. She leaves out the room and a couple of minutes afterward, Atem comes in, holding some flowers. He puts them in a vase before sitting at Mana's bedside, holding her hand.
"Mana…please wake up…Your mother is only giving you two more days. And I can't bare the thought of you being out of my life forever." He squeezes her hand, trying to hold in the tears that threaten to fall. "I-I…have to go now…But I'll be here tomorrow." He gets up and before he leaves, he kisses her on the forehead, muttering three special words and then he leaves.
Wanna guess what those three words are? I'm not telling. Review please.