Lin Drove. Ayako stayed unusually silent, yet she kept a tight hold of Mai's hand. By now Mai detected that Ayako knew, there was little doubt about it. Mai could felt disheartened that she's caused so much unrest as there was, so much pain, she was sorry. Ayako gave Mai's a hand a little squeeze of encouragement. When Mai didn't respond she looked over. Mai had passed out and breaking into a sweat.
"Lin hurry!" Lin didn't ask why, he could hear Ayako's desperation in her voice. He drove as fast as he could with worry brewing.
Arriving at Lin's apartment, Lin carried Mai. Quickly opening the door Ayako followed Lin to the guest room and rested Mai on the double bed. As soon as he stopped touching Mai, Ayako pushed him out telling him to make tea while she changed Mai out of her damp clothes and into some a spare set of clothes before burying her under a thick duvet. Lin knocked on the door carrying a bit of medicine, a bottle of water and a small bag of ice. Ayako gently shook Mai awake, gave her a painkiller and told her to drink slowly. Afterwards she let Mai fall back to sleep, while placing the bag of ice gently on her forehead. Ayako sat on the side of the bed watching Mai have nostalgic dreams. She's seen this many times before when Mai would over think and heat up but never has it got this extreme when she would pass out. Ayako couldn't stop her tears flowing at that point, she knew Mai was only going to get weaker and weaker till eventually she… God, she didn't want to think about it. Why was the world so cruel to her? When all she did was give it her best and tried to smile through it all. Lin placed a hand on her shoulder and made a gesture to follow him out of the room.
Lin had explained Mai's situation and her wishes that her condition was to be kept secret from Naru over some coffee. Ayako didn't even touch her drink. She waited for it to all sink in. It's one thing to read on a medical file, but it's something else completely when you hear it in words.
"I'll drive you home now." It wasn't a question. Lin knew that Ayako will need time to let it sink in. He'll give a call to Bou-san to ask him to check on her later. Ayako began collecting her act together while she followed Lin to the car. It was a silent and long journey home. When she got in she just sat in front of the TV in the dark staring in a trance at the black screen thinking.
Why is the world so cruel?
A/N: Sorry for the long awaited update! -gets on hands and knees-
The reason why I haven't uploaded for so long? It's embarrassing (/) ... I had forgotten my password. Orz
But along my journey of long self discovery on the way, I have remembered and I wish to continue to improve my writing.
Thank you for your support. v(^w^)v