A very much thanks goes to my reviewers for the first chapter: Chibichan, Ayaka Midnight, and skybluescramble (Okay, we started to review each other's fic. Glad that your original language haven't turn into Japanese, sist! Hehe). This is the second chapter of 'Lost'. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Fullmoon wo Sagashite nor it's character, although I always want to kidnap Arina Tanemura and ask for Takuto as the ransom.
LOST
Chapter 2 ~ Advice ~
In the afternoon, I went home to my grandmother's house. Then together with Wakaouji-sensei and Ooshige-san I gathered in the living room. We had to talk about my carrier as a singer in the future, because Wakaouji-sensei had forbid me to continue singing. My throat would get worse if I kept doing that. But in the other hand, in my deepest heart, I didn't want to stop singing. I loved it and that was the only way I could keep my memories when Takuto was still here. But I also knew that he never wanted me die just because of this silly throat tumor.
"How was her throat, Wakaouji-sensei?" my grandmother asked Wakaouji-sensei, opened the conversation.
Wakaouji-sensei opened his bag and took a piece of paper from it. After a shot read on it, he gave the paper to my grandmother.
"As written on check-up result, tumor in Mitsuki-chan's throat was getting worse than before the concert" explained Wakaouji-sensei.
I trembled when heard that sentence out of Wakaouji-sensei's mouth. It was like my very last day would come sooner. I tried to calm myself down. I strengthen my grab on my pink skirt. But it couldn't help, my heart still beat fast. Ooshige-san, who realized my pale face, suddenly took my hand and holds it tight. I looked at her in surprise. But she just smiled at me, told me that everything would be fine through her warm gaze.
While heard that, grandmother read the paper more carefully and then looked at me, "What do you want to do, Mitsuki-san?" asked her.
I just hung my head low. I didn't have any courage to say something. I needed more time to think about it.
"What about an operation?" Wakaouji-sensei suddenly suggested to us.
"No! I don't want to have an operation! Did I always tell you about that, Wakaouji-sensei?" I half shouted at him.
I never want to have an operation from the beginning. Because the operation would remove my vocal chord and it meant that I couldn't sing anymore. Of course it would like hell for me. Singing is my life. I have lost my parents, my friends, even my love, and now my voice too? I couldn't stand with it. Hell no.
"But, that is the only way, Mitsuki!" said Ooshige-san to me.
"No! I refuse that! I'll do anything to heal this tumor, but please don't operate me! I don't want to lose my voice!" I begged them, still hung my head low. At that time, I could fell my eyes were teary again. It made my headache back.
I could see that they have guessed my response before. And it made me hung my head a little lower.
"How about operate her without remove her vocal cords?" Ooshige-san gave us suggestion.
Everyone looked at Ooshige-san at once. Honestly, all this time I always dreamt to have an operation without remove my vocal chord, just like Ooshige-san said just now. But Wakaouji-san has told me that it was impossible. There weren't any medical equipment that could heal the throat tumor without remove the vocal cords. Because the vocal cords was the place where the tumor grows. If it hadn't removed, the tumor could appear again.
"It's impossible!" See? I have told you before, "The vocal cords were the place where the tumor grows. The tumor could grow again if we didn't remove it!" exactly like I told you just now. I have heard it many times from him.
Ooshige-san looked gloomy because of her boyfriend's answer, "But I believe that there's a way!" she said cheerily while pounded the table, "Oops! Sorry…" she suddenly apologized after realized if my grandmother gave her a death glare.
"Is it really impossible, Wakaouji-sensei?" my grandmother asked him once again with serious tone.
Wakaouji-sensei only blew his breath out after heard my grandmother's sentence, "I can't say that it's really impossible, Koyama-san, but we haven't find any equipment to do it yet" he explained. Was it just me or he always repeated the same excuse?
"Can't you ask for a help to your foreign doctor friend, Keiichi? Probably they have some new technologies to do this kind of operation?" Ooshige-san asked him again.
"I don't really know…"
"Oh, come on! I know that you can do it! You'll do it, right?" Ooshige-san suddenly held Wakaouji-sensei's hands and begged him with her big puppy eyes, "For me?"
I know that Wakaouji-sensei couldn't help it. He just really into it, "Okay okay…I'll try to ask my friend in Germany!" he said it while rubbed his back hair.
Ooshige-san suddenly cheered, "Yay! Thank you, Keiichi!"
I swore that I saw Wakaouji-sensei's face became red that time. It wasn't like the cool and prince-like Wakaouji-sensei who I knew. He was like a different people. Well, everyone who fell in love could change into everything.
When the happiness feeling came around us, suddenly Wakaouji-sensei's phone rang. And Ooshige-san automatically broke their intertwined hands.
"Hello? Wakaouji Keiichi's here!" said him when he picked up the phone.
While we heard Wakaouji-sensei's conversation, Tanaka served us tea and some strawberry daifukus.
"Your favorite, Mitsuki-chan!" she winked at me.
"Thank you very much, Tanaka-san! You're the best!" I winked back at her while gave her two thumbs up.
"Are you sure, Takagi-san?" Wakaouji-sensei suddenly stood up, his handsome face became serious. But I could see a slight of happiness on it, "Is he really awake?"
Now I didn't really know what he was talking about.
"Okay, I'll be right there soon! Please check him first!" as he closed his conversation, he stood up and gave an ojigi to us, "I think I must go now, Koyama-san! I have something urgent to do!" he looked really in hurry. I wonder what made him so enthusiast that time. Ooshige-san suddenly gave him a suspicious look.
"Something urgent? What's that?" she asked him before he could reach the door and went out of the house.
Wakaouji-sensei looked at his girlfriend, "My special patient who has a coma since three years ago wakes up today, so I must go to see him!" he said that while wore his shoe.
After done with his shoe, he suddenly cupped Ooshige-san's cheek, "I'll pick you up at five, see you!" and he went away in a flash.
Ooshige-san just rubbed her cheek, "Well, I wonder who that 'special patient' is? I'll kill him if that's a girl!" said Ooshige-san while gave Wakaouji-sensei a death glare.
My grandmother and I just gave a surprised look on the new couple. What a sweet couple.
Honestly, I felt bit envy on them.
"Well, Mitsuki-chan, this is the first time I came to your room!" said Ooshige-san when she entered my bedroom, "It's really big! I wonder how huge is it?"
"You're overacting, Ooshige-san! It's not that big!"
"Well, you can say that because you spend almost of your time here, Mitsuki! So you'll never realize that!"
Well, I think she was right.
"And Ooshige-san, what do you want to talk with me? Is it really important so you must drag me to my private room?" I got straight to the point.
"Honestly, I just want to ask you what happened to you when the night after the concert? You haven't answered it yet, Mitsuki!" she got near to me.
My brain worked hard. It thought about how I must answer Ooshige-san's question. I would never tell her the truth, all of the shinigami things and et cetera; she would think that I was insane because my head hit the floor when I fainted. But I couldn't lie to her. She was just too nice for me. It would be a sin if I dare to lie to her. And suddenly I got an idea. I would tell her the truth, but in a different way.
"Ooshige-san?" I called her name, and she looked at me, "Yes, Mitsuki-chan?" she suddenly hold my hands.
I hung my head low, tried to say it even it was hard. It could make me sad again. But I must do it, "You love Wakaouji-sensei, right?" suddenly her cheeks bruised in pink color.
"Of course yes! What's with that, Mitsuki?"
I couldn't continue my words. It was too distressing.
"What if…" I stooped on it, "What if Wakaouji-sensei suddenly goes away from your life? And he'll never come back?" I could feel that my tears would roll down on my cheek, but I hold it as I could.
Ooshige-san just looked at me in confusion. Probably she didn't get my words, "Well, dear…" she started to answer, "It's really miserable, isn't it?"
I just nodded my head, still tried to hold my tears.
"If Keiichi is gone, then I will…" Ooshige-san couldn't continue her words, "I think it would be the end of the world!" I agreed with her.
"It will be really sad at first, but we have to continue our live, isn't it?" I nodded again.
"But…" I tried to speak, but it was stopped.
"Just think like this, Mitsuki-chan!" Ooshige-san started to speak serious with me, "He loves you, right?"
I gasped at her words, "Umm…He said that he loves me twice…" I could feel that my cheeks became warmer.
"It means that he loves you, Mitsuki!"
"So?" I asked her again, impatiently.
"Someone who loves you will never want you to stop living your life! You must not give up! Just continue your life without forget him!" that was my motto when Eichi left me, "And if you do that, I know that he will be happy!" the last sentence reached my heart.
"You want him to be happy, right? So that's all you can do for him! Living your life in happiness but never forgets him!" well, I thought Ooshige-san was quite wise that time.
I smiled to her, give her my very best smile.
"Thank you, Ooshige-san! I think that was enough to cheer me up!" I said that while hold her hands tighter. And she just nodded her head in satisfaction.
She was right.
I must forced myself to living my life even it's hard.
Once again.
He rushed into the hospital hallway and quickly wore his long white coat. His face shone brightly, something made him really happy today. The senior doctor has called him just a moment ago, told him that his special patient has woken up. He just too impatient to see his special patient's face who actually his best friend; the face which he never saw in this lately three years. He knew that it would be embarrassing, but honestly, he really missed him.
His steps stopped when he reached his room's door. He grabbed the doorknob, but too anxious to pull it. He was afraid that the senior doctor lied to him, that in the reality he still fell asleep. But he encourage himself, believed the better one.
"Excuse me…" he opened the door and looked inside.
He imagined that he would see his friend sat on the bed while looked at him who entered his room. But it was all shattered when he saw that his friend still slept silently on the bed. Many tubes and cables connected to his body. He walked closer and saw his face.
He blew his breath out and then sat on the nearest chair from his spot, "Oh God…" he closed his eyes and rubbed his forehead, "Is it really impossible to see his smile-"
"Stop your disgusting words, Keiichi! You talked like I'm your girlfriend! It makes me get goose bumps!"
Suddenly, a voice reached his ears. The voice was really familiar and pure. Although it was a bit hoarse but it was still great. Just like the past time.
"Ta-Takuto?" he called his name haltingly.
"Of course it's me! Who do you think I am?" answered him without any hesitation.
He looked straight at the young doctor. His deep blue eyes never changed, just like the last day when he saw it. Wakaouji looked at his best friend in surprised look. He never thought that the day which he always waited for in last three years would come today. He always wanted to write a song and sing with him again, also to apologize to him.
"Wahaha! Glad to see you again, Takuto!" Wakaouji automatically hugged his best friend tight and stroked his head, made his hair became really messy.
"Hey hey hey, calm down, Young prince! I know that you miss me that much, but- but-" he spoke haltingly, while tried to broke the hug that his friend gave, "It's too much, Keiichi!" Takuto still tried to get free from Wakaouji, but it didn't work, because the young doctor pretended that he couldn't hear Takuto's complaint.
"I SAID IT'S ENOUGH, KEIICHI!" Takuto used his final effort at last, by shouted right in front of Wakaouji's ears. And it worked; he let him free from his tight hug.
"Owh sorry, Takuto! I just- you know, too happy! Haha!" he tried to hug Takuto again, but then the younger one pushed him lightly, just to avoid his next over-tight hug.
Takuto looked at his best friend's face. It shone brightly right now. A smile plastered on his face since they met just a moment ago. He never thought that he could make someone became like that, became very happy after saw him.
"Say, Takuto, what did you feel when you were coma?" asked Wakaouji out of the blue, while sat on the chair beside Takuto's bed.
Takuto blew his breath out, then said, "Is that all you can do to welcome me after my almost forever sleep? Making me become your new observation object by asks that kind of question?" he complained again.
"What are you talking about? I have hugged you! Is that not enough for you?" Wakaouji started to stand up and got closer to Takuto.
Takuto got goose bumps over his body, "Okay, okay, that was enough, Keiichi! Don't try to-"
The young doctor stopped his steps, "Oh, come on, Takuto, just say it, that you want another warm hug from me?"
"Stop teasing me, Keiichi!" Takuto shouted, "It's enough, Young prince! Don't you dare to-" but Wakaouji couldn't stop, he hugged the younger one once more.
Takuto tried to release from his hug (again), but he stopped when Wakaouji said something to him.
"It's true that I miss you this much! Although it's deadly embarrassing words since we are both men, but because you are my best friend, I think I could say it loudly!" he smiled widely, "I miss you so much, kid! Welcome back!"
Takuto surprised when heard the young doctor's sentence. But he just smiled while said, "Thank you, Young prince!"
Okay, the second chapter was done! Personally, I started to like Wakaouji Keiichi when wrote this chapter (Please don't kill me, Ooshige-san!).
Ah! Does anyone ever ask why Takuto called Wakaouji 'Young Prince' in this chapter? And the answer is because Tanemura told it so! If you ever read the manga (I forget which volume is), you'll know that Wakaouji means young prince in Japanese. So I use that in this chapter.
But don't try to search in the manga why Wakaouji called Takuto 'Kid'. You won't find it; because it's just my own thought. I think since Takuto is the youngest in Route L, the others probably called him 'Kid'.
Reviews are really really really appreciated! See you in the next chapter! ^_^
