Suri's feet pounded through the snow as though it weren't there. Tears were streaming down her eyes as her feet carried her to where she needed to be. As she stopped for the light to turn, her mind reread the letter, each and every would etching a sore scar in her heart. How? How could a great martial artist like Kyou get hurt so badly that he's in the emergency room. It's supposed to be me! Dammit! She wiped her eyes fiercely and continued on as soon as the light changed.
Suri soon found herself in the very hospital she was released from not long ago, maybe a month or so ago, because her gang beat the living hell out of her when she quit. She shook her fear and anger away, and stormed into the emergency room. Suri slid to a stop, snow following her, as she saw Tohru crying on Yuki's arm, and he was trying to hush here.
That's right… Tohru's mom died to a car accident. Suri remembered. Tears flooded into her eyes again, as she staggered her way towards Tohru and Yuki. She managed to sit down and bring her knees to her chest, hiding her face as she sobbed. Before she knew it, memories of the last two or three weeks with Kyou. Each fight she had with him, each laugh… All of it.
"Ah, Suri-chan, it's nice to meet—" Shigure's voice was cut off.
"I am not a child, so don't think you can call me 'Suri-chan'. And why the hell are you so formal, huh? We're in the 21st century, dumb ass!" Suri growled.
"Learn some manners, will you, little girl?" Kyou stood up, slamming his fist into the table. Yuki sat there, sipping the tea Tohru had brought out.
"Uh, um… Excuse me, Kyou-kun, please don't break the table—"
"Aw, looky, you've got a mommy to make sure wittle ol' Kyou doesn't get into trouble." Suri mocked. Kyou growled and snatched up his papers.
"You need to learn that bitches like you should keep their mouths shut, or they'll get their asses kicked." Kyou snapped.
"When you pray to God, dear, that the warmth will fill you with happiness again. That is when Spring will overpower Winter. When you're so tired of Winter." Suri's mother smiled.
Suri stood in darkness as that memory faded, and a more recent one came into action. She was sitting on the roof, with Kyou, watching the moon rise. Both had fought with Shigure and Tohru, and stormed to the same spot without thinking.
"Mutt Face needs to keep his two cents out of our problems." Suri snapped.
"Yeah he does. Tohru's a bit dense though, so it was her fault somewhat." Kyou sighed.
"Tohru was innocent. I just shouted at her for dying my favorite socks pink. They were white! Now pink! I don't do pink. My favorite socks, gone… Gone like the wind." Suri complained.
"You're the weirdest girl I know. Socks? I thought girls liked… I don't know, skirts and stuff."
"Screw skirts. Socks are SO much better." Suri laughed, making Kyou chuckle slightly.
"…" Suri groaned. "Five more minutes, bitch…" Suri snapped groggily.
"I'm not your mother. Kyou-kun's fine --"
"Kyou's fine?!" Suri snapped awake. She noticed a blanket over her, and saw Tohru smiling. Apparently Tohru had covered her with a blanket sometime last night after she ran all the way to Shibuya Hospital. "Augh… My legs feel like jelly…" Suri rubbed her legs, and then stretched.
"Haru called, and asked if you got here alright. Did you run all the way here, Suri-chan?" Tohru asked, sitting down next to Suri, as though Suri and her were gossiping.
"Yeah." Suri said sadly. "I was teasing him about how you and Ratty are… Close, and he fled. Then when I found out he was hit by a car, I ran here as fast as I could. Haru was stuck putting the groceries away." Suri sighed, wiping her tear-stained cheeks.
Later, Suri was standing alone in Kyou's recovery room, by the window. The room was bland, and faint blue, and it reeked of medical soap. Not the best smell, seeing as Kyou's blood was stinking up the room. But Suri wouldn't run out, not now, not ever. Not anymore. She vowed mentally. I am not running away from my problems anymore. It'll just bite me in my ass again. And again… She thought, watching an ambulance zoom out of the parking lot.
"I won't run away, Kyou. I'll stay by your side until you can move fully again." Suri whispered.