Big Changes
Chapter 7
A/N: Ok folks, for now till awhile later, there'll be dates at the top of each scene thingy, to show how much time has passed. I hope i don't seem like i'm ripping off Family cuz i'm not trying to! I just thought it'd make it less confusing. Alright? K, since Shaya's in her coma, it'll mostly be in Wakko's POV with pieces of Ryku and the other Warner sibs here and there. ENJOY!
Feburary 24, 1994 (randomly made up date! Going from this!)
Wakko's POV-
I walked into her room again, it'd only been a week since it happened, felt like months.
Sitting down by her bed, i placed yet another delicate white lily in a vase on the beside table. Everyday, before i got there, i'd pick up a white lily for her, so when she woke up, she'd see the beautiful flowers...And they'd make her happy. She always said she loved white lilies, she loved alot of different flowers, lilies were one of her favorites.
Someone stepped beside me, placing a chrysanthemum in the vase, it's pink petals standing out amongst the white. Turning, i saw Dot smile at me lightly, i tried my best to smile back. She didn't say anything, just leaned closer and wrapped her arms around one of mine in a half hug. I leaned toward her slightly, enjoying the slight distraction. Didn't last long with Shaya laying right in front of me, but Dot just held me, trying to cheer me up in her cute little way.
I had hardly spoken since it happened, but i still did, my siblings manage to drag it out of me. Also with this happening, the studio has given us a break from filming, we still had too, but we only had a few shorts or apperances. So it makes coming here alot easier, though really all we do is sit around her room till hours are up, well, atleast that's what i do.
Ryku though, he never left. Slept here, ate here, lived here in general. He was laying on a couch type bench thing right now, passed out again. It was scary how determined he was to not leave, after several trys to get him to leave, the nurses and docters finally let him stay when he pulled out a mallet on anyone who stepped near him. Though i was almost as bad, if it weren't Yakko and Dot, i would've been beside him with my own giant mallet too, but they reasoned with me. I just wish we didn't even have to be here, we wouldn't even be here if I was more careful...It was all my fault, they just didn't want to blame me...
"Careful Wak, you're gonna dig yourself into a pity hole if you keep it up." My thoughts broke when Yakko walked up to me, he could read me like a book, could probably tell i was thinking about that. "If it'd wake her up then i don't care..." I mumbled, looking at the bleach white floors. That's what i hated about hospitals, everything was so white! And clean! Also you get painful things done to you in them. Before i could go to far into my thoughts, Yakko put a hand on my shoulder. "You know she's gonna wake up Wakko, so you shouldn't worry about it so much. The docters even told us, she went into a coma so her body could heal, she didn't just get injuries, her mind went into shock." I nodded as Yakko babbled, stuff about her blood, and brain and all that weird medical junk. All i cared about was when she'd be better so we can all go home.
This time i got stirred from my thoughts by something other then Yakko. Ryku rolled over and opened his eyes, when he spotted us he sat up, staring at the ground though.
Yakko walked over to him. "Hey Ryku...How ya feeling?" Ryku shrugged. "Well...We just got here, so we'll be here for awhile. Ya need to go get something, do business...any of that stuff." That's another thing with him, Ryku refused to leave the room, almost not even going to the bathroom. He'd only leave if someone was in there to tell him if something happened. With a nod, Ryku stood and headed toward the door, catching my gaze as he passed me. The door closed with a soft click.
Me and Ryku were still in no better terms then we were before, in fact maybe even worse, so i always felt uneasy if Yakko and Dot had to leave for some reason and i was left alone here, with him. Luckily it wasn't often. And we mainly just stayed silent. So it was alright for now.
Ryku's POV-
I left the room to go to the bathroom, i hadn't gone since the day before, so yeah.
Though i couldn't help but notice the flowers Wakko kept bringing, i had no idea why, it's not like she would see them till hse woke up... I guess it was just something he wanted to do, probably to drown a guilty concience. Grrrrr Wait! Relax Ryku... It wasn't entirely his fault. Some blame falls on me too.
My pity party got bigger and bigger as i exited the bathroom, as i headed back down to her room, i saw a bunch of nurses and a few docters rush past me. In a panic, i ran towards the room, stopping right before the door when i realized they ran PAST the room. Feeling like an idiot, i took a deep breath to calm myself, and entered in hopes to save what dignity i had left.
Nothing changed, except Yakko and Dot moved to sit near Wakko instead of standing beside him. I sat down in my original spot, looking up when a nurse entered, doing some of her daily checks. Wakko stood and backed away closer to his siblings as the nurse did her thing, must've felt uncomfortable, i know i did. He winced when the nurse poked a few needles into Shaya's arm, to grab a sample of blood for testing, and to give her more medicne, probably didn't like needles.
The nurse wrote the results down on a clip board then walked out, leaving us alone again. Same thing we did everyday, moped in a tiny hospital room, waiting for her to wake.
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March 13, 1994
Yakko's POV-
I watched as Wakko placed yet another lily in that vase, every week he'd take out the withered and dead ones, making them looking fantastic for when she woke.
He was so depressed lately, both of them. The studio almost thought of canceling the show, luckily we convinced them otherwise, telling them to just wait, put some of the other toons in for awhile, atleast till this blew over. They agreed, but said that we had to atleast make cameos and a few shorts here and there, so, with a little conivincing, Wakko put on the best smile he could for the camera, soon as it was off, the smile vanished.
Sitting beside Dot, i watched as Wakko drifted in his mind. I always try to stop him before he got to deep, hoping to keep some of the disturbing thoughts at bay, but he keeps wandering. Guess you can't protect them from everything, just wish i could, i don't want to see my little brother torture himself with unessicary guilt.
Dot's POV-
Sighing to myself, i stood from my seat on the bench, Yakko looked at me questioningly. "I need to take a walk, my legs are going numb." With a nod, Yakko stood too, quickly going over to Wakko to tell him, with a slight nod from my other brother, we left for a quick walk, maybe get some snacks.
"Yakko? Do you think Wakko and Ryku are gonna be ok by themselves?" Yakko looked down at me. "Of course Dot, why?" I fidgeted as we walked. "Well...Ryku was really mad at Wakko when this started, i just don't want them to get into a fight." He slowed as i said that. "Well...I dubt they'll get into any fist fights, might cross a few words, but that's it. Don't worry, we'll be back in no time to keep watch on the two." I giggled lightly, smiling and joking with Yakko on our walk.
Once we got near the room again, we heard a bunch of loud noises from inside.
Rushing over, we pulled the door open to find a docter and nurse huddled around Shaya's bed, Wakko and Ryku sitting in a corner with scared and nervous looks on their faces.
"Wakko. What happened?" Yakko called, rushing over and kneeling down in front of our brother. Wakko kept staring at the area of the bed and breathing fast, going to start hyperventalating soon. "Dot, try to calm Wakko down, i'll see if Ryku will say anything." I nodded and sat down beside Wakko, talking to him and trying get him to look at me instead of the bed, which was obviously make him scared. "It's alright Wakko...Breathe. Relax." I said softly, leaning against him.
Ryku's POV-
Yakko babbled at me, trying to get me to speak, but i just couldn't! Not after what just happened!
She! She flinched! Wakko was sitting there at the bed, and as i came over too, she twitched her hand! We were out of our seats in no time, seeing if it was our imagination, but it wasn't! Shaya almost woke up!
Right when she started moving around a bit, as if she was actually just sleeping, her monitors went off like crazy! It scared Wakko and scared him even more when the docter and nurse came in. They pushed us away, telling us to stay over in one area so we weren't in the way. I had to hold Wakko back as he struggled to get back over, and for a 11 year old, he was strong!
I was snapped out of my thoughts by Yakko pinching me. "HEY! What the heck was that for!" Yakko smirked at me. "To get your mouth working. So? What happened?" He asked impatiently, continuously glancing over at Dot who was calming Wakko down. "Well i...We were sitting here and...uh something just happened. Her monitors were going off like sirens, scaring the life out of Wakko, who was sitting right beside them. " Yakko almost smiled, he turned to the bed, where the docter and nurse finally stepped back a bit. "You think they're gonna tell us what hap-"
"I hope we didn't startle you too much kids, but we had to get it done fast." The docter said, stepping towards them with the nurse. "What exactly is this thing you needed done fast?" Yakko asked, eyebrow raised.
"Well. Her heart and breathing monitors went off because her heart and lungs sped up, we had to slow it down." He held up his gloved hand. "Before you ask. The reason her heart sped up and all that stuff. Was because she was indeed waking up, but her body and mind hasn't had enough time to heal yet. So she was in pain as she started to feel her injuries and remembered what happened. So we had to fix that. And to do that, we injected some medicne into her, it'll stretch out the length of her coma till she's all better, once she's better healed, we'll take the medicne out of the IV and let her wake up on her own. "
Wakko stepped up a bit. "Ok, i didn't understand even half of that. You guys?" Yakko smirked. "He said that they gave Shaya medicne to keep her in a coma till she's better." Wakko nodded his head, an enlightened look on his face.
"Well then, she's stable now, but i think you all should go for now. It's getting late anyway." The docter pointed out, i glanced down at my watch, already 5pm, though there was still an hour left, it probably would be for the best. "Well i guess, besides sibs, we got a shooting to do tomorrow, and neither of you have study your lines!" He caught them both as they tried to worm away. "Ugh oh fine! Bye Ryku." Dot called, moving to the door with Yakko.
Wakko awkwardly waved, joining his siblings, i nodded, going to sit by Shaya again. "See ya..."
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March 30, 1994
Wakko's POV-
Yet another day, another flower...
The docters said that they'd be taking her off the speical medicne in around a month, near the end of April. So i just had to be patient.
Yakko finally convinced Ryku to give him the keys to his and Shaya's aparentment so we could make sure things stayed alright for when they went home. Basic stuff like keeping it clean, get rid of food it was starting to go bad, that stuff. And boy was it gross when we first went there. A layer of dust on EVERYTHING, almost every single thing in the fridge had gone bad, and the dirty dishes in the sink were growing moldy.
Spew...
Though we got it done in about a day's worth of work. Dot dusted, i emptied the fridge of grossness, and Yakko basically took the moldy dishes, threw them out, and replaced them with new ones. Though i had to watch Dot while she cleaned Shaya's room, just in case she got snoopy again. She hated that, but i had perfect right too...And Yakko said i should anyway.
Snapping out of my thoughts, i glanced back as the nurse came through the door. "Oh, good afternoon Wakko. Didn't think you'd be here this early today." I nodded and backed up to let her do her thing. "Yep...Yakko and Dot are coming by later." She nodded, quietly checking Shaya's monitors and stuff. "You know, you don't have to come here everyday. We'll contact you as soon as she wakes up..."
"I know...I just...I want to be here when she wakes up...need to be here..." I mumbled, she smiled softly, walking over to me and putting a hand on my cheek. "I understand...but it's not healthy for a growing boy like you to be cooped up in here, you should be outside playing, or back at WB studio." She patted my head before going towards the door. "I can tell you don't like it here...So why're you staying?"
With that, she left, shutting the door softly. I sat back down by Shaya's bed.
Why am i here? Why am i here? I'm here because she's here! And...It's kind of my fault. Ugh! Stop it Wakko! Yakko said to not dig a pity hole, and here you are, mental shovel in hand.
Putting my face in my hands, feeling tears building up behind my lids, from anger, frusteration, but mostly from desperation. I tried so hard to deal with this, to tell myself she's gonna wake up, but i couldn't do it! It was killing me! If it wasn't for me being pushed away...She wouldn't have been taken in the first place. My face and hands were damp now, salty tears making big splotchs on my gloves, and my white face fur was soaked.
I was snapped out of my thoughts by a hand on my shoulder, thinking it was just Yakko or Dot, i didn't turn to look.
Ryku's POV-
Coming back into the room after getting a snack, i found Wakko sitting there, shoulders shaking and quiet sobs sounding out.
I walked over to him, just standing there for a minute, not knowing what to do. It made me curious as to what was wrong, i thought he had already gotten all of it out...Guess not. Either that or it was coming back in another way. Probably that.
Putting my hand on his shoulder, i hoped i was doing the right thing. He paused, stiffening for a moment before speaking. "Just l-leave me a-alone sibs..." His voice was hoarse. "Sorry, but you're siblings haven't arrived yet. Till then you got me." What was i saying? I didn't want to comfort him!... Okay maybe i felt a little sorry for him, well what else was i suppose to do? He's stting here crying himself into dehydration!
Wakko slowly turned his head, looking at me from the corner of his eye. "R-Ryku?..." I nodded. He turned back towards Shaya's bed. "Leave me alone.." His voice was a bit stronger now. "No, i'm not going to sit here and watch as you drown yourself in self pity and tears."
"Why? I thought you hated me. That i caused all of this! Why would you feel sorry for me when you think i'm to blame!" He snapped at me.
I frowned. "Even though i AM still angry. And yes i DO think you're a bit to blame in this." Sighing, i stepped forward so i was beside him. " But i'm not going to let someone so precious to Shaya mentally torture himself because of this..."
Wakko turned to me again. "W-What?..." I was looking at Shaya's calm face. "She'd kill me when she wakes up if i let that happen...Your siblings too." A small grin tugging at my lips for a second. I glanced at him, then back to Shaya. "As much as i hate to admit it...She loves you. I know she does...I'm just a protective jerk sometimes..." As i spoke, i knew it was the truth, i just hoped Wakko did too.
"So...You're...saying sorry..." My head snapped in his direction. Who said sorry? Well... I guess i SHOULD be sorry...So i'll let him think what he wants. I nodded.
Walking over back to my spot on the other side of Shaya's bed, i saw Wakko smiling a little.
Maybe i had a little respect for him after all...
Wakko's POV-
After Ryku sat down, i sighed, wishing Yakko and dot would get here soon. They atleast keep busy by making up fun games to pass the time, unfortunatly a writer for our show wanted to talk to Yakko about some new idea and Dot wanted to tag along. Just like them to take off and leave me alone with Ryku...
That's when the door opened, echoing in a fit of high pitched girly giggles and someone laughing along with them.
Well...Think of the devils and they shall appear. I smiled as Yakko and Dot walked in, a bag full of stuff with them. They usually brought some stuff to keep use busy, hopeful it actually will so we don't go wheelchair racing again.
As Yakko sat down near me i chuckled, we got in so much trouble for doing that, th nurses almost strapped us to some chairs in here.
"Hey Wak, we brought some stuff with us." Yakko dug through the large black bag, a smirk on his face. "Stuff such as...this." A grin appeared on my face when Yakko pulled out my violin case, he always knew what cheered us up, one for me being m violin. "Thought you'd react like that." Yakko grinned, handing me the average sized case. "Thanks..." I said quietly, he nodded.
Opening the case, my violin looked in perfect condition, as i always tried to keep it, one of the only things i kept clean. Grabbing ahold of the soild strong wood, i lifted it out. I wasn't sure if i wanted to play right now. About to put it back, a hand stopped me, looking up, i saw Dot standing beside me, a pleading look on her face. "Please Wakko...I wanna hear you play, it's been a long time since i last listened." I bit my lip lightly, there's no way anyone can resist Dot, especially when she's making such a cute face like that. Her eyes mixed with eagerness and pleading, a small smile playing across her face.
Smiling, i pulled it all the way out. "Fine, just one right now." She beamed at me and crawled up into Yakko's lap. I held it up in position and grabbed the bow, smiling softly as i started playing.
April 23, 1994
Dot's POV-
I smiled slightly as Wakko went through the flowers a second time, he wanted them to be absolutely perfect.
Why? Because the docters came in earlier and took Shaya off the special medicne. They said she should wake up in a few days or so, and Wakko's gone screwy with excitment and nervousness.
Yakko walked over to me and chuckled under his breath, he'd been holding in his laughter all day since Wakko started. Though i must say Ryku was no better. He was always fidgeting, and finally asked us to go to their appartment to grab Shaya some clothes for when she woke up. When we were there, Wakko was about to grab her usual clothes but i stopped him, with her injuries, she probably shouldn't try wearing something tight right now. So i easily grabbed her a cute top and a pretty loose skirt for her to wear. She'd thank me later.
Finally, Wakko sat down and chose to fidget like Ryku. "C'mon Wakko..." Yakko walked over to him. "Why don't we go outside or something? You obviously have energy to burn." Wakko looked up at him as if he grew a second head. "What? Shaya's gonna be waking up soon! What if she wakes up while i'm not here!" Wakko spazed, Yakko just stood him out of the chair and lead him towards the door. "The docters said she wouldn't be waking up for a few DAYS Wakko, i think you can take a short break." I giggled as Wakko started spazing somemore. "Dot, could you wait here for us? I gotta have a...brother talk with Mr Spazzy here." Yakko said as he gestured to our brother, i nodded, taking Wakko's spot by Shaya's bed, waving to them as they walked out, Yakko having to drag Wakko.
Unlike Wakko, i didn't feel awkward sitting alone with Ryku, completely oppisite actually. I loved talking with him!
Though as i sat there, it felt tense. So, being the cutie i am, i hopped out of the chair and over to the bag Yakko brought. Digging through it, i found a deck of cards. "Hey Ryku " I walked over to him. "Ya wanna play some cards?" I held up the cards to him as he looked at me.
Wakko's POV-
As i walked with Yakko, i felt my nervousness and fidgeting go down. Now that i thought about, it did seem silly, i mean, Shaya'll will be there when i get back, it's just a walk!
Sighing, i smiled as Yakko went on talking about how ridiculous i was being. Rolling my eyes, i tapped Yakko, smirking as he went on not noticing.
That's when i devious yet funny idea. Pulling out a bullhorn, i held it near Yakko's ear. Taking a deep breath, i shouted.
"YAKKO!"
His expression was priceless! Falling to the floor laughing, i held my sides and tried unsuccessfully to breathe. Yakko stood in front of me, tapping his foot and had his arms crossed, it didn't effect him long, but it still got the right goal. Trying to tke deep breaths, i burst out laughing even more at Yakko's annoyed look.
"Ok, you've had you're fun. Now was there a reason you decided to burst my ear drum?" Yakko picked me up off the ground, i nodded as i caught my breath.
"I know i was being stupid Yakko." I stood upright. "But i just can't help it y'know? She's been in that coma for weeks now! I just can't wait for her to wake up." Yakko's look softened, a smile spreading across his face. " Yeah, i can't wait for her to wake up either. But you gotta calm down bro, she's gonna be upset if she's wakes to find you a nervous mess." I nodded, he laughed and wrapped his arm around my shoulders. " Now, should we go check out the snack machines or head back?" Placing a hand on my chin thoguhtfully, we both grinned and looked at eachother.
"Snack machines" We raced off, jumping and dodging things in our way. Man i'm i glad i got Yakko to help me keep a level head about stuff.
To be Continued...
A/N: Hope this one's a bit longer and better. I bet you can all guess what's happening in the next chapter. I told ya so! She gets better, she wakes up and things are happy again! Or are they?... LOL just kidding! Things get better. Trust me!