This was so hard to write xD Dramatic scenes aren't really my thing I guess.
For those who did read 'Denied' before I started rewriting it, there's an old friend right at the end. See if you can tell me who it is :)
For those who haven't read 'Denied', don't bother just yet. It needs rewriting because of the massive Mary-Su in it.
Chapter 8 The Ghost of a Rose
Beep...
I remember having a mask of some kind put over my mouth. Someone was yelling at me, telling me to stay awake.
Beep...
I could feel every bump as the cot I was in wheeled somewhere. People were talking with panic. Something was wrong.
Beep...
Someone held my hand and talked to me. They occasionally choked on their words. I wanted to tell them that I was fine, that I could hear them. But I couldn't move. I couldn't even speak.
Beep...
You always think 'It wouldn't happen to me. Not my child'...
What would you do if I just...disappeared?
Would you cry?
Or would you laugh?
...Please wake up Hitomi. Your father and I miss you so much.
The school had been unnaturally quiet for the most part of 3 days. Disembodied whispers floated through the school. All the while, underneath everything, there was a fear. It had happened to her. What was to stop it happening to them? It left a sour taste in everyone's mouth.
The Host Club is now open for business.
You may think it a little cold-hearted that so soon after an accident as big as this, girls were flocking to the handsome boys, hoping for entertainment. In fact, it was the kindest thing at the moment. The girls needed reassuring and four boys and one girl disguised as a boy would give them that comfort.
For a while, the incident was forgotten.
The room was filled voices and laughter and screams of delight. The two boys missing were Honey and Mori, of course, and that was the only regret at the moment. Tamaki was being his usual idiotic, overdramatic self and the ladies were almost floating when he flirted with them. Hikaru and Kaoru were doing their 'brotherly love' act and Haruhi was just being herself. Everyone's favourite commoner.
And Kyouya? Kyouya was stood watching them all. He would occasionally note something down on the clipboard. Every now and then, customer or not, someone would walk up to him and ask about Hitomi's condition. Kyouya told them that he didn't know and if anything significant happened, it would go on the website.
The website he was referring to was the website someone had anonymously put up to support Hitomi. Of course, Kyouya had easily found out who it was almost straight away.
And this was how the afternoon passed them by.
"Kyouya! Kyouya!" Tamaki was bouncing up and down rather annoyingly in front of the afore-mentioned boy. The twins and Haruhi stood behind the blonde, wondering what he could possibly want now.
"Yes Tamaki, what is it?" Tamaki hesitated when he heard the annoyance in Kyouya's voice but carried on anyway.
"Can we visit Hitomi-san?" Haruhi piped up, knowing that Tamaki would go into a long rant about something or other before addressing the purpose. "Just to show her family that we support them." Kyouya sighed and nodded. He knew they wouldn't leave him alone until he agreed, so why waste time? The twins and Tamaki bounced up and down with delight and started preparing to go. Haruhi watched with distaste at their bubbling happiness before sharing a glance with the raven haired boy with glasses.
There were times when I was fully conscious. I couldn't move, but I could hear and feel everything. The drip that was giving my body the nutrients necessary to survive. The doctors and nurses talking anxiously. What I heard didn't get my spirits up. They always said things that made me think I was dying; which, effectively, I was.
At these times, when I was this conscious, I knew that. I just didn't want to believe it.
At the other times, I was plagued with nightmares. They never made sense. It felt like they were trying to help me make sense of things that happened in my life, but they ended up scaring me, frightening me so much that I retreated further into the blackness. The night demons that galloped through my mind, even when it was most probably day.
And then there was the voice. The voice that made me struggle into clear consciousness, making me want to wake up so much because it terrified me more than the nightmares. The voice that was so quiet, yet so powerful. The voice that told me I was one of the Chosens. Told me I was part of something called The Narulin.
Tamaki leant over the blind girl. He whispered something in her ear and placed a pale green rose in an empty vase on her bedside.
Beep...
He stepped back and let Haruhi go next. The girl disguised a boy bowed her head and put a red rose into the vase with the green.
Beep...
Mori was next. He placed a hand on her head, as if going to ruffle it. Instead, he just left it there, slightly longer than was necessary. He brought out a navy rose and he too placed it in the vase.
Beep...
Honey placed Usa-chan in Hitomi's arms and smiled sadly. He remembered how she had held his favourite teddy so tightly on that first day. He placed a pink rose with the others.
Beep...
Kaoru glanced at his brother, and then at the girls who were watching this display with tears in their eyes. It was hateful. He looked back at the pale girl and placed an orange flower in the vase. It really was hateful.
Beep...
Kyouya took a light blue rose and placed it along with the other, looking as cool as ever. He looked at the girls outside and saw that many of them were full-blown crying now. It would bring the money in, that was certain.
Beep...
Hikaru was the last host to offer his rose of turquoise colour. There had been one other person who had had a bouquet like this one, and she was long gone. He looked at the petite girl, the red gashes that scarred her face made her pale skin look even whiter. It was horrible.
And then they left. Mori hesitated at the door and looked back at her. The girl who was barely breathing and a smiling, pink, bunny.
A shape came out of the darkness. Someone was bending over me, whispering in my ear. I tried to make out hat the words said, but there was a buzzing. Then the shape left and another took its place. A smaller shape. Then that too left. I felt a hand on my hand. So achingly familiar. All too soon, the hand left. The procession lasted 5 minutes. Shapes fading in and out of my sight. Because that's what it was. It was my sight. I could see. If it was very dark and blurry.
And then I heard a door open as they all left. The room felt so empty. My fingers reached for the soft thing that had been left in my arms. I felt for it and finally my hands found it. The soft thing, the teddy, Usa-chan. I don't know why, but it made me want to weep. Something about it reminded me of family, of a time when I felt loved and needed and wanted.
In a world of six billion people, I had never felt so alone as I did then.
A doctor came in and bustled around with the equipment keeping her alive. He looked at the girl and his blank expression became one of surprise. Tears were sliding down her face.
He raced out of the room, looking for someone who had more experience. The coloured roses stood on the table next to her bed, as they glowed and that glow pulsated slightly. A blue butterfly landed on the navy rose and watched the girl cry.
Because the girl was crying tears of blood.
I'm so scared of the darkness. It presses down on me.
What would you do if I disappeared?
Would you feel anything?
Would you even care at all?
I'm so scared. Help me.
There! Finally xD
Review replies:
AbbyinUnderland: I don't know what I said to make it sound like I don't think Nekozawa is a boy, but I do know he is xD And I really want to know what happens to Abigail. But you're rewriting it to go with your 'see no evil, hear no evil...' plan. I'ma go read it if it's up soon enough. :)
Melikecake: Maybe not insane... maybe just able to know the future... in a roundabout way xD Thank you for voting :D
Meg L.H: Hopefully Hitomi will be fine. You know this story is sorta writing itself at the moment xD I start writing thinking it'll end up in a totally different way than it does. Which sucks, cos I gotta rewrite the whole plot Dx And yes, she was having a psychic moment :p
Burning Moon of the Sky: ...Not much I can say to that, except yes... OMG! HITOMI! :)
Purplelini: Thankies. I do try to make my stories awesome xD
Beau Mercury: I do like dramatic things happening, but when I try to make it 'intense' as you put it (xD) it doesn't often work out, so thankies for that. It makes my day :)
And that is it. I didn't get as many as I usually do... ah well. Busy people I suppose :D
Well, that wraps things up.
If you haven't voted on my poll, I would really appreciate it if you did. It would make the chapters for this story come so much quicker, cos if I know who Hitomi will be paired up with, I know what dialogue will be needed and so on and so forth... :)