I'm realizing something. Though there are many people who have this story on Alert, there are two people who review. So after both post, I know a majority of people have checked it out. XD
So I decided, let's end this already. I'm gonna speed post, and get this over with in the next week XD.
Shuichi rested in the hospital bed, out cold still. It had been twelve hours and he still hadn't even moved.
Mrs. Shindou was in tears next to her son's bed. She was scared they would discharge him, even though he needed medical help, due to their inability to pay. The idea of losing her son was heart breaking. But what was she going to do?
She looked up as the doctor walked in. "Mrs. Shindou, are you still here?"
She nodded.
"You should go home and rest. We don't think Shuichi will be awake anytime soon."
"What's wrong with him?"
The doctor looked over the file. "He is in a mild coma. Nothing to worry about, his body is just resting to get the blood back. He should be up and awake in a day or two."
-
Eiri woke up with a splitting headache. This one was worse than any he had had before. The pain was so bad he could feel it in his heart.
He stumbled out of bed, noticing he still wore most of his suit from the previous night. Shaking his head he walked over to the medicine cabinet of his bathroom. He grabbed some hang over pills, quickly swallowing them followed by a glass of water. "Damn my head…" he mumbled, crawling back into his bed.
He laid still, trying to figure out what happened last night. He was doing well until his phone started ringing.
"What," he yelled into the receiver.
"I'm sorry Prince Uesugi; I was given this number last night. I-is this a bad time?" a girl said on the other end.
"How did you get my number…who are you?" he mumbled.
"Prince Tatsuha gave it to me last night at the hospital. Please Prince Uesugi, I know you have more important things to do, but please…" She started to cry on the phone. "We can't pay brothers' hospital bills'…Mother is afraid of what might happen if brother is discharged. Please I'll do anything."
Eiri sat up scratching his head. "Who is this and why should I care?"
"Brother speaks about you all the time. Always about the week he spent with you. I'm his little sister Maiko…"
"Wait, Shuichi's sister?"
"Yes sir."
"Shuichi is in the hospital," he asked, shooting up in the bed.
-
Mrs. Shindou hadn't left like she said she would. She wanted to be there when Shuichi was taken off the life support if that was to be his fate.
She stood when the doctor walked in. "This is not good for your health, Mrs. Shindou."
"I can't leave. I don't want to come back to hear my son was taken off life support…I know we have no money, but we'll find some way to pay," she cried.
The doctor looked at her confused. "Taken off life support? Mrs. Shindou, your son isn't even on life support. He is just connected to an oxygen mask in the small case he stops breathing on his own." He smiled softly. "At that, we received orders to give him the best treatment possible."
She was both relieved and upset at the same time. "We can't pay for that…"
He started to laugh, which made her think he was just in it for the money. "You misunderstand. His bills have been taken care of," he said showing her a form. "They were paid for when he came in last night."
"By who? We don't know anyone with that kind of money…" she said, wiping her tears away.
He shook his head. "That I'm not sure. I wasn't here last night. But since you were, you should go home and sleep."
She nodded, grabbing her purse.
"I'm going to walk you out to make sure you do leave this time," he smiled as the door opened.
Eiri walked up to Shuichi's bed, ignoring the other two people. "Shu," he whispered, seeing the bandages.
"Can I help you sir?" the doctor asked.
Eiri turned to look at the man. "What happened to him? How did he get hurt?" he asked frantically.
The doctor shook his head. "He was rushed into surgery last night to get the glass removed. As for what happened, your guess is as good as anyone's. No one seemed to have witnessed it."
Mrs. Shindou pointed at Eiri. "You, you're Prince Eiri," she said surprised.
He nodded slowly, looking back at Shuichi.
"Spare no expense; I want him taken care of every minute of the day. I will personally pay for this," Eiri ordered.
"Sir, I was just telling Mrs. Shindou someone has already ordered the best care and paid for it."
Eiri started at the man.
Catching the hint, he took the form from Shuichi's mom and handed it to Eiri.
"Tatsuha…" he said, looking at the signature. "He must have been there last night." He pulled his phone out just to be stopped by the doctor.
"You can have that on in here. It will interfere with the machines."
Eiri mumbled something under his breath.
Eiri looked at Shuichi's sleeping form. "I would like him to be moved to the palace. I want to keep an eye on him."
Mrs. Shindou's eyes went wide. "Please don't take my son from me," she begged.
He looked at her with soft golden eyes. "That's not my intention. You, your husband, and daughter would have rooms close to his. It would just not be here."
"Why? Why do you care so much about my son?" she asked with a confused voice.
He reached his hand to push hair out of the teens face. "I want him to be happy. He's been through hell and deserves better." He looked at the time. "I'll make sure he gets better."
-
The room was silent. Hiroshi had refused to return to the Palace until he knew what happened to Shuichi, which left Suguru all alone.
This of course made him both bored and displeased.
"Suguru?" Tohma said from the door way. "May I come in?"
"Why not," Suguru said is a dull voice.
The blond walked up to the bed, sitting on the edge. "You miss him already, don't you? You can't even last a day without him."
Suguru looked down at the bedding.
"What are you going to do when he's going to school during the day and working at night? When he gets home…where ever that may be…he will be so tired he will just fall asleep."
"If you're trying to get me to break up with him, it won't work." He took a deep breath. "I love Hiro. Just being next to him is more than enough for me."
"You misunderstand," Tohma said as he grabbed his cousin's hand. "I want you to be happy. And if Hiroshi makes you smile than I am more than happy with that."
Suguru stared at him surprised. "Thanks Tohma."
"But we are also going home in a few days. You can stay here if you want, but I would rather see you come home." Tohma stood with a smile. "And try to do something other than sit on your bed. It's a nice day, why not go out to lunch?" he asked as he walked towards the door.
-
Shuichi slowly opened his eyes. Various spots all over his body hurt, but he couldn't remember why.
"Shuichi."
He turned his head to the left and smiled.
"You're awake," his mom said happily.
"Yeah…" he said weakly. He looked around the room, wondering where he was.
She kissed his forehead. "I'll be right back. I'm going to go tell everyone you're awake."
Shuichi nodded as she left the room.
He stared up at the ceiling, tracing patterns with his eyes. It dawned on him that he had seen these patterns somewhere before, but he couldn't remember where.
Out of nowhere someone ran into his room.
Shuichi looked to his left just to go into shock.
"Shuichi," Eiri whispered as he reached his hand out to touch the teens.
Ignoring the pain that coursed through his arm, Shuichi quickly move it away. "Don't touch me."
Eiri sat on the edge of the bed. "What's wrong? What did I do this time?"
Shuichi tried to scoot out of the bed but couldn't move anymore.
"Careful Shuichi, you've been in a coma for three days."
He reached up and smacked Eiri's hand away. "I said don't touch me," he said the best he could. "I hate you, I hate you, I hate you!"
Eiri looked at him surprised.
"You're nothing but a monster."
"What happened that night that you hate me so much?"
"This! This is your entire fault!"
Eiri looked at him confused.
"You couldn't just let me work. You had to use me like a toy in front of all those people…" tears started falling from his eyes. A beeping started coming from a machine hooked up to Shuichi.
A doctor ran in, followed by a nurse. "Prince, I'm going to have to ask you to leave," the nurse said.
"Not till he tells me what I did," Eiri said refusing to move.
"He's crashing," the doctor said. He pushed a few buttons on the machine, and reached to a tray. He grabbed a needle and pushed it into the IV in the teens arm.
Eiri watched as Shuichi's eyes dulled, soon closing. A steady beep rang in the room. "What…"
"Prince, please leave," the nurse said, pulling him off the bed. She immediately took his spot to tend to Shuichi.
Slowly he stumbled out of the room, trying to think of what he did last night.
"Prince Eiri," Maiko said, running up. "Is my brother still awake?"
He looked at Shuichi's parents as they got closer. "I'm sorry," he said as he walked past them, up the stairs leading to the separate floors.
Maiko blinked confused. She ran into the room, hearing the beep.
-
Hiroshi rested on his bed, thinking about his life. Now he wished he was a doctor the most so he could treat his best friend.
He sat up, hearing the cell phone ring. "Yeah Suguru," he said as he lay back down.
"Hiro…Shuichi…" he couldn't form the words he wanted. "Shuichi flat lined," he said with tears falling from his eyes.
"What? When?"
"An hour ago or so; they can only keep him stable on life support. I know you don't want to come to the Palace until you know what happened that night but you should be here with Shuichi," Suguru said quickly. "I can send a car to get you…"
Questions flowed into Hiroshi's mind. "Why at the Palace?"
"Prince Eiri had Shuichi moved to a room in the Palace so he could always be close. The Shindou family is here too." Suguru waited for his boyfriend to reply.
"Please do," he said as he hung up.
-
It couldn't be true. Each time Eiri looked over the video he doubted it more and more. He couldn't believe he had caused Shuichi so much pain.
He hadn't meant for Shuichi to end up like he was. But he did, and there was nothing he could do now.
"Prince Eiri," someone said from outside of his bedroom. "Sir, Hiroshi Nakano whishes a meeting with you," the girl said slowly.
The door flew open before Eiri could speak. "How dare you," Hiroshi said as he walked in against the servants please. "You hurt him, force him to come to the palace while in a coma, and cause him to flat line? How dare you!"
Eiri looked down. "I never meant to hurt him…"
Hiroshi pulled him up by his shirt collar. "Shut up. If Shuichi doesn't make it out of this, I will personally hold you responsible. Is that clear?"
He grabbed Hiro's wrist, forcing the teen to release him. "If he doesn't make it through this I will hold myself responsible."
"Stay away from him," Hiro said as he walked out of the room.
-
The beeping was driving him insane. It was all he could make out. He knew there were people near him talking, but he couldn't understand them.
Am I dead? No, I can't be…I only hit my head…but what was all the blood from then?
Right I cut my arm and chest on the broken glass. But no one has ever died from a cut like that, right?
"Will he be all right?"
Wait, I hear something…what are they saying?
"The glass fragments that were missed the other night punctured some of his vital organs. But we think we have them all now."
That explains the pains I have. I'm happy I'm not dead, I can see Eiri again. I'll be able to hug him and kiss his lips again.
I think I'm horny…I want to play with my Eiri.
But Eiri did this to me…should I forgive him so soon?
I love him but I hate him.
Maybe I love to hate him…or hate to love him?
