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As the group were brought out of their musings about past events they heard their father say, "If I didn't know any better I would have thought she would be at my throat about this. Man am I gonna get it." Without them noticing the door from Eiji's room opened and a doctor made his way into the waiting room behind everyone. The doctor hearing Kenta say this laughed in his head and only let a smile appear before saying to them, " I wouldn't worry, she's a bit busy at the moment." Kenta was surprised, no more than surprised, shocked to see a very good friend of his standing right behind him with a smirk on his face.

"Matsuo-san!" Mouth hanging open at first then snapping shut he walked over to his best friend. Matsuo also happy to see his good friend took a couple of steps until they were close enough that he could slap a hand on his friend's shoulder. "Long time no see huh? Funny we haven't seen each other in a while even though we work in the same hospital." Matsuo managed to say straight-faced even though Kenta's kids were staring him down. 'Probably worried about their brother' he thought to himself. Kenta seeming to catch the impatient stares from behind his back asked, "Are you the one who is supposed to tell us about my son Eiji?"

"Ah, yeah I am. Lucky for you or rather your son it was only a sprain but you should keep him from doing anything too strenuous, like tennis, I'm sorry to say. I know how much your boys are into the sport but he should be able to play again right before school starts." Kenta gave a smile of relief quickly and the boys behind him became less tense. "Thank goodness. I don' t know what Nanami would've done to me if it was any worse." "I take that as a sign that you were left in charge of them today?" Matso said raising an eyebrow at his friend.

"Yeah...BUT I...I just wanted to go to the bookstore real quick down the street, I swear, this would only happen to me." Looking more downcast as he said this his friend lifted a hand onto his shoulder again. This time keeping the hand there longer and giving a reassuring squeeze to him. "Look man, cheer up. It can't be that bad, right?" Taking his hand off his friend he took a step to the side to get a good look at the boys sitting behind them. "Just so you know your aloud to see your brother now. We don't have anything more to do to him so he's free to go home when your ready."

At this they all got up and moved down the hall with haste into their brother's room. "Well now that the grown ups are all alone I need a favor from you." Matsuo started while Kenta turned all his attention on his ever-growing serious friend. "You can ask Nanami about this too, she's in the loop about this case also. I have a patient who is probably going to need some more mental help along with the physical help he will be receiving . Since your the best in the psychologists in the department I thought you would be best for this. I don't think I should get into the details here but I'll send his files to your office later. As of right now he hasn't woken up yet and I have Nanami watching over him because he's kinda in critical condition."

With a long sigh he stopped talking to hear a response. Taking on a more serious face from the one before Kenta replied, " I would like to hear what Nanami thinks and I think it would be a good idea if I met this person. Other than that I find no problem in helping you with the case. Rest assured, I will do my best. "Good, I knew I could count on you. I just needed someone I could trust on this one. It's sad to say I can't help but care for the boy a little more than I should. Ahh man Kenta, I just feel so bad for the little guy I can't help it and I know Nanami feels the same way if not she's a little more attached to him than me."

Raising an eyebrow in surprise but then shifting to a more curious face he asked, "Can you explain who this person is?" "Yeah but why don't we just head to the room now since your here and we can talk about it with Nanami, it would be a lot easier this way for us both." Putting a light smile back on his face Kenta replied, "I wouldn't mind but I need to tell the boys where to find me if they need anything, where is the room exactly Matsuo-san?" "Ah well, we'll be in the ICU and the room number in 206, I'll meet you there, okay?" "Yeah see you in a few." As Kenta walked away he started thinking 'I've got a weird feeling about this. It's not a bad feeling but it's not great either. Hmmm I will have to think hard about this'.

Matsuo made his way to the room where Nanami had been watching Ryoma from the day before. Entering the room he found Nanami writing away on the patient clipboard. "Nanami-chan...I'm back, how's the little guy doing?" She looked up, worry clear in her eyes, then looked back to the clipboard. "Nanami-chan... is there something on your mind?" He asked, "I...I...I don't really know. I guess I've just been thinking a bit negatively. I thought I would have seen more signs that he's going to wake up soon but it doesn't look like it. I just wish I could do more."

"Nanami-chan, he made it past the first night, he should be healing fine now. He will be fine,... you're doing a great job with him." With a small nod she put a fake smile on. Getting up to get some coffee since Matsuo would be here to watch Ryoma she was stopped when a hand was put on her shoulder. "Nanami-chan..." Matsuo said no bigger than a whisoer"I know he'll be okay. I know he can do it." Her smile brightened, "Thank you Matsuo-san."

Kenta had made his way to the second floor of the ICU with no trouble. Now just looking through all the room numbers he spotted a familiar figure exit a room ahead of him. Halting where he was the person turned in his direction and called out to him, "Kenta! What are you doing here?" "Ah Nanami, I came to find Matsuo-san, he wanted my help with a patient. He told me to meet him in room 206 of the ICU."

"Oh! He did? Well he just went into the room right there," Pointing out the room she came out of a moment ago she started to walk away. "I'll be right back, I just need some coffee." Smiling at the site if his wife he felt a bit lighter going into the room. However as soon as he entered his stomach dropped and the light feeling was instantly gone. There was a small boy lying in the white hospital blankets, no older than the age of 5 or 6 years. Rapped in bandages, an arm in a tight sling and more bandages covering his shoulder so it would be impossible to move. A brace wrapped around his tiny ankle with even more bandages around his head.

If Kenta thought that was a lot before he was wrong, dead wrong. Matsuo didn't hear him come in and without further delay unbuttoned the boys robes revealing a skinny torso wrapped in so many bandages you couldn't see the skin underneath. When the bandages were out of the way he could clearly see a long red line that had been stitched up starting underneath his shoulder and ending before his waist. A gasp was heard and Kenta realized it was coming from himself. He had been holding his breath for so long and not even noticed.

Matsuo looking towards the door remembered he told Kenta to meet him here but didn't want to show him all the damage that had been done yet. "Kenta! You scared me, don't do that, you gotta warn me." "Oh, sorry I didn't mean to frighten you. If fact I wasn't trying to hide at all." "Oh..." the room became silent and the doctor turned back to Ryoma and re-rapped the boy with new bandages as soon as he applied a cream around the scarred areas. "Kenta, why don't you sit down. I think it's best that I fill you in about the case until Nanami-chan gets back." Not having enough time to reply, Matsuo started talking again. "Since you saw his wounds then I think you can better understand what happened..."

Matsuo explained everything he knew about it and what the police officer told him. To say Kenta was horrified at what he heard would be the understatement of the century. As they finished the room became uncomfortable for Kenta, left with nothing to think but about the horrors such a young child had to experience. The only sound that pierced the uncomfortable silence was the steady sound of a heart monitor beside the two sitting in the room. Finally Matsuo said, "This is where you come in. I know you and I know how well you work at your job so I know you can help this boy. If there's anybody who can help him it's you Kenta. So I ask that you please accept this case and help him when he will need it most."

Kenta was staring at his lap before but now his head was up and looking at Matsuo with the most serious yet determined look he had seen before. 'Just like his wife huh... no wonder they make such a good pair' " I will do my absolute best, I swear to you Matsuo-san. Thank you very much for thinking so highly of me and trusting me with this. I will not let you down no matter what." Matsuo slid a warming smile onto his face, "I believe you can do it, there is no doubt in my mind. Although I am worried about someone else and how she will deal with this." "Nanami?" Kenta questioned.

"Yes, I know she is very capable of helping him also but I think she has been doubting herself. If you could give her some encouragement I know she will be able to do this too." "Of course." With that the conversation ended and a more comfortable silence filled the room. With both their eyes watching the boy breath they both became more relaxed. That is until Kenta couldn't help but notice a very angry sounding voice come from the hallway just outside. "KKEEEEENNNNTTTTAAAAAAA!" 'Oh god, I knew I forgot about something important' he thought as he jumped off the chair and headed for the door. 'SHE'S GONNA KILL ME!'