Chapter 4
Here is part 4 of My Coma fan fic. Mashiro going to the hospital with Kureha to see Sou, how will things turn out for him?
Wednesday
School had just ended and Mashiro found himself outside the main school gates waiting for a taxi and his old girl friend Kureha Fushjishma.
"I can't do this. I can't just go and Sou in hospital, not after all that's happened between us". Mashiro walked around for a minute
"But if I go, then I will be able to see for myself that Sou can't attend class tomorrow"
No Mashiro heard himself say in his head. I just want to see him; I just need to know that he's going to be okay.
"I just need to know…"
"You just need to know what Mashiro-kun?"
Mashiro turned round and saw his old girlfriend Kureha dressed in the typical pleated dress of the girls' of his school and her hair tied back with black ribbons.
"Um… never mind"
"The taxi's here"
In the backseat of the taxi Mashiro decided to ask Kureha a question he'd been mulling over for a while
"Kureha?"
"hm?"
"Why are we allowed to visit Sou? Surly only his parents and other family member would be allowed?'
"Well, yes normally" said Kureha who decided to refresh the history lesson they'd had earlier in the day and was occupying herself by reading the text book.
"What do you mean normally?" asked Mashiro
"The only family Sou has are his parents, but his mum's in Nagasaki and can't get away until the weekend and no ones been able to contact his father either".
"Oh, I see" Mashiro stared out the window, trying to piece together what he'd just herd. A mother who could be losing her son was staying put, no one could even find the father and as for his sister well Mashiro figured that Ai probably visited Sou in way that no one knew she was there.
Meanwhile
"Sou, Sou" Sou heard a shrill voice calling him
"Why are lying here? you'll catch cold"
What? Sou thought how can I catch a cold?. But suddenly he felt moisture on his skin and when he opened his eyes sure enough there was rain falling on to him, but there was also ground beneath him and he suddenly realised where he was. A about a month after it was only him and his mother living in the family's mansion like house Sou had found him self unable to take any more of the constant loneliness he being feeling, and he had climbed the biggest tree in his back garden to try and escape only to fall and become unconscious until his sister Ai had found him in the pouring rain.
This is where things began for Sou. No this was the climax that had lead to his dream form in class.
"Sou lets go inside and warm you up" he heard his sister say
" Yes ,lets go inside" and with that Sou took his sister's hand and the began to move towards the house.
In the hospital
Mashiro wasn't sure what to expect when he saw Sou for the first time since the fall 4 days ago , and he wasn't sure how was going to react either.
"Are you sure this is the right room" he asked
"I'm sure" Kureha replied
Mashiro didn't what to believe it, there was no way this was Sou's room
"Mashiro-kun I'm going to go buy some flowers and a get well card for Sou, do want you to come or stay here"
"I'll stay" Mashiro replied
"Okay, what kind of flowers do you think he'd like?" Kureha asked
Mashiro wasn't sure how to respond to that question mainly because Sou was a guy and guys usually don't have a favourite flower or any thing like that and secondly there didn't look like there would be much chance of Sou seeing those flowers no matter what they were. But he thought about all the things he'd come to discover about Sou over the past few months and took a guess.
"Wildflowers" he said
"Wildflowers?" Kureha was surprised at Mashiro's answer, but then she smiled
"Yes, I suppose a bunch of wildflowers would be perfect"
Mashiro watched her go and realised that he'd always loved wildflowers over all types of flowers.
"I hope you like them too" Mashiro said to the dark haired body in the bed.
Mashiro looked closely at the body in the bed and saw that it really was Sou but at the same time it was nothing like him.
Sure it looked like Sou, with his thick dark hair, pale skin and long fingers, but with all the tubes sticking in at various points in his arms and an oxygen mask around his nose and face he looked much older than he should . He looked like he was dying.
Mashiro took one of Sou's hands in his and brought it up to his face. Mashiro pressed Sou's hand against his cheek and realised how cold Sou had become, his eye's weld up with tears and ran down his face or Sou's hand and he lightly kissed the part of Sou's palm that was close to Mashiro's own lips, as if this was the only way he could give Sou some warmth.
Meanwhile
Sou felt his sister's grip loosen on his hand and had a strange sensation that his hand was cold and warm at once, he stoped walking.
"Sou what is it?" his sister asked
"Nothing I just felt some warmth coming from my hand that's all
"Well I am holding it. You must be feeling the warmth of my hand"
"I must be"
His sister tightened her grip on his hand and they continued to walk
But this felt different to his sisters warmth, it wasn't overpowering it was subtle but nice.
As they walked a rain drop fell from Sou's hand however rather than the straight fall of all the other rain drops, it fell diagonally before falling to the ground almost as if tears were rolling down Sou's palm.
When the visitors had left the nurse found that the body had grown a little warmer and so they removed one of the think sheets, however the night nurse found that the sheet had to put back since the body became colder.
To be continued
Just 1 more full intense chapter to go before I go all nice and fluffy on you. But tomorrow is Thursday which means dream class, so is will the knight appear or not, you'll just have to wait to find out if Sou really is the one inside the amour.
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