Riku got into the passenger seat of the ambulance as he was told. Leon started it up and called someone at Destiny Island Memorial Hospital (DIMH). "DIMH this is 82," Leon said into the speaker.
"Go ahead 82," the voice on the other side said.
"We have a 17 year old male unconscious with head trauma possible neck and spine injury vitals are BP (blood pressure) 138 over 90, pulse 112 and regular respirations 16 and even ETA (estimated time of arrival) 20 minutes"
"Received 82 thank you"
With that conversation done Leon was on the road heading towards DIMH. Every five seconds, or so it seemed to Leon, Riku was looking back to check on Sora. "Is he really just a friend?" Leon asked.
Riku snapped out of his daze and looked at Leon, debating what to say. But instead of saying anything he looked at Sora again and tears just started coming again. "I didn't think so," Leon said, "Its okay you know, he's going to be alright."
Riku looked at the man who was driving and said, "If you're so sure he's okay, then what's all that stuff you put on him?"
"I know it seems like a lot," Leon said, "but it's not really that much. And all that stuff its just precaution really. We could get into a lot of trouble if we didn't use it. And besides, 90 percent of the people that we put these on don't need them anyway."
Riku was a bit relieved to hear this. The odds were in Sora's favor. "How long have you like this guy in the back?" Leon asked to try and make this a bit lighter conversation.
"Well it's hard to tell really." Riku said.
"What's so hard about it? Do you love him or not?"
"Yes I do, but I'm not sure about what he thinks. It's been about 2 years that I've loved him."
"Then why the fuck haven't you told him yet?"
"I don't want to drive him away."
"You won't."
"but how can you tell?"
"I just have this feeling that he isn't the type to push someone away just because they say something."
"How the hell can you tell that?"
"You start to be able to tell things like this about a person, when you work with 20 different people every day."
Riku thought about what the man was saying. This sure did sound like Sora. He would never get mad at someone just because they told him the truth. With that thought in mind Riku decided that he was going to tell Sora how he felt about him when he woke up from this whole ordeal.
After about five minutes passed with no talking the silence was starting to get uncomfortable. But Riku was saved by Leon talking on the speaker again. "Dispatch 82 is arriving DIMH"
"Received 83 arriving DIMH."