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Part Eleven: Desire
Inside the hospital a few floors above the garden view lay a pair of inquisitive eye observing the two childhood friends. A man with shinning dashing silver hair matching the season's weather is pushing the wheelchair of a chestnut autumn like long hair patient into the hospital. The curious man smiles widely realizing who this long hair patient is. He clicks his tongue three times in a sign of satisfaction.
Tsumori, Nowaki's "Sempai" heard the commotion since yesterday about a patient finally became awake. Usually Tsumori would just disregard the exhilarating dreary gossip by the nurses but the word "Nowaki" caught his attention.
"Hey Maki, have you heard about Kusama's boyfriend finally awake?"
"Ah, yes of course. It's a relief actually; Kusama-san looks so depressed and lonely from the past 11 months. Not once have I seen him smile this month."
Tsumori who walk right past them overheard them and made a direct U-turn to the nurses.
"Excuse, did you say Kusama-san's boyfriend is awake."
Both of the nurses nodded. Maki replies shyly to Tsumori.
"Yes, it is what everyone is talking about since yesterday when he woke up. Exciting isn't it."
Tsumori grins with a narrow attractive look in his eyes. Somehow this look made the Nurse's knees weak.
"It sure is. Sorry, to disrupt you ladies, I'm off to work."
He waves good bye to the nurses as he walks away. He heads to the pediatrics' children play center and spotted the two familiar faces out in the garden. After the two friends left into the building, the doctor stayed in sight of the garden. He did not realize he was lost in thoughts until Nowaki, his Kohai enters the room.
"Afternoon Sempai."
"Ah, Nowaki! Nice timing. Do you want to head out to eat?"
Nowaki looks up to his Sempai with a cold look on his face.
"No"
Tsumori frowns and turns around to the direction of the garden.
"I'm quite hurt."
"I'm very sorry but I have to go to school very soon."
Tsumori raised his eyebrows at what he heard coming out of Nowaki's mouth.
"So you still serious about that."
Ever since the accident Nowaki knew he had to work harder than what he is now. That means he has to go and become a pediatric surgeon. He decided to become a Pediatrician Doctor knowing that they are both going to work either way and if Hiroki decides to not work anymore for whatever reason then he has enough to cover them both. That idea quickly soon drops as soon as Hiroki was hospitalize. He knew Hiroki was not going back to work and will need therapy and rehabilitation. So instead of completing his last 2 years of residency he decided to go back to school and become a surgeon. It was a difficult decision but it had to be done. This was a rather abnormal decision and many of the medical Professors tried to talk him out of that since he is very close in completing his residency.
What the Professors and Doctors are trying to get into Nowaki's thick skull is that if he wants to be a surgeon he needs to come back to medical school for another 4 years plus 3 or more years of residency and it was not worth it if he only wants the money. Nowaki was of course stubborn and talk his way into it. In order to skip at least the beginning courses he went to school and they gave him an entrance medical school exam. Nowaki passed it in flying colors and now he hits the books once again trying to complete school in one year instead of two. The hospital still allows Nowaki to work while taking a different course of Medical school since they are low on Doctors in the children section.
It is very fortunate for Nowaki and now he is working hard to support his lover fanatically including all those medical bills.
"Of course I am. I just need a half more year to go and then I will be able to work in a different section of the hospital."
Tsumori smiles sadly knowing his friend will soon leave him but then he remembers Hiroki.
"How is Kamijou by the way?"
Nowaki looks puzzled at what he heard.
"He is doing fine."
Tsumor turns around and walks forward towards Nowaki.
"I heard he's awake."
Nowaki glares and stares at his Sempai aggressively while he growls in a deep demeaning voice.
"Stay away from him Sempai."
With that the Kohai left the room to go to school leaving Tsumori in an uproarious state of mind.
The Sempai snickered silently which soon turn into a hysterical obnoxious laugh.
"Nowaki tries to threaten me, why does he seem so…"
Tsumori could not think of a word. Was it funny, stupid, scary or maybe it was?
"Envious?"
Tsumori continues his rampage of laughers not giving a damn in the world if anybody sees him like this.
"No, maybe I'm, Envious?"
Yes, Tsumori thought it was it. It was not Nowaki who is "envious." It is he who is "envious" but for what?
He is envious for love.