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CHAPTER 4: Stitches and Bandages

Saturday, 6:03 PM

Kyouya's POV

"Please! Please, please, please Kyouya!" He said to me. "What kind of a wife are you if you don't let me see my own daughter?"

I halted and turned around to face him. "If you dare say another word, I swear I won't be nice. Oh, you know what's better? Don't follow me around."

I started walking again before I see his tears fall from his gleaming eyes. As I paced towards the pantry to get another cup of coffee, I checked my clip board. "Haruhi's debt will be increased at this state." I muttered to myself. "Seeing it's Christmas, I'll let her pass just this one time."

"Kyouya pleaseeeee?" The idiotic king hugged me from the back.

"That's it." I snapped and gave him my most evil smile.

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Hikaru's POV

"Ugh! Where am I?" I wanted to place my hand on my throbbing head, but I realized it was impossible. Just by lifting my hands a few inches from the soft, white bed, it already felt like a thousand sharp knives penetrated my arm. "Ahh!" I automatically winced in pain.

I gave up on my arm and pondered on the thing wrapped on my head. Since I can't move my arms to touch it, I tried guessing what it was and an instant answer came to me - a bandage. Why do I have a bandage on my head? What happened? I stared at the white ceiling for a few seconds to refresh all what had happened. There was an accident. We fell off a cliff. Am I dead? I carefully looked around, hoping for angels to give me back my life - a second chance perhaps.

Too bad, no flying angels around, I'm only in a hospital. Well at least I know I'm still alive and barely breathing. A question suddenly crossed my mind that triggered me to my full senses. Where are Kaoru and Haruhi? I wanted to get up and look for them. I was beginning to sense that something terrible happened to both of them, though I know that I, myself, looked like hell for sure, but I felt so restless – so weak that it was so hard to even raise a hand. Memories kept on replaying in my head with what had happened to us until I heard a familiar voice.

"Hika-chan! Hika-chan!" A small blonde boy sat on the edge of my bed. "Neh, Takashi! Hika-chan's awake!" I saw Takashi's head nod as he stood from the chair he was sitting at and walked closer.

Why the hell are they here? Wait, what? Everything is so chaotic in my head and I can't figure out anything. "Huh? Why are you here?" I managed to utter in a hoarse voice. I tried to move in a better position to see the two in a more comfortable angle.

"Hika-chan it's not good for a patient to move so lie still." He said, waving his index finger at me. Too late. I felt every inch of my body sore in pain as I shifted. "Ugh!" was all I choked out and collapsed back on the bed. He gave me a 'see-told-you' look and I rolled my eyes. It felt like hell, I mean, moving a fraction of an inch of my arm already felt like a thousand knives stabbing me let alone my whole body moving. I made a mental note not to act rashly again.

"Where are Kaoru and Haruhi?" I asked, disregarding my stupidity.

"Kao-chan is just behind the curtains," Hunny said, pointing the clear white curtains as my gaze followed his finger. "And Haru-chan's in another room and we're not sure if she's going to be okay."

It took me a whole thirty seconds to grasp the thought. Then it dawned to me. "What! Why!" I shrieked.

"We don't know what happened to her yet. Kyouya kept us off and I don't have a clue why..." He continued trailing off.

"But she's recovering, right?" I asked while thoughts started to come in my mind which actually might be worse than it already is. I tried to shush my inner thoughts and focused on what Hani-senpai was saying.

"We don't know. Haru-chan's still unconscious. According to their data, they said that amongst the three of you, she got most of the impact. What's worse is that, when paramedics came, she doesn't have a heartbeat and it took them some time to revive her." Hani's eyes watered and I was shocked to say any coherent word.

Thoughts went flying in my mind and it was only adding fuel to the existent headache I was having. Maybe it isn't that serious! I know she's a tough girl, she can survive through it, right? I mean come on; she just came back from the dead! I tried to believe in positive things and hoped that she'll be all right. Of course she'll be all right, she's Haruhi after all.

I was about to say something but-

"Ugh." Someone groaned behind the white curtains.

"Kao-chan's awake! Kao-chan's awake!" The blonde boy announced, with floating flowers surrounding him. 'Where the hell do those flowers come from? And what's with the mood swings?' I thought, as I saw him trotter towards the curtains on my right and pushed them to the white wall, revealing my puzzled twin brother lying on a white bed. I grinned at his face, I must have looked exactly like that as well when I woke up.

"Huh? What?" Kaoru questioned, looking around to where the voice came from.

"Kao-chan! Hello!" Hani said with a grin plastered on his face.

"Eh? Where am I? What happened? Why are you here?" He blurted out random questions until everything sank in his head. After staring at us for a whole minute, he finally spoke, "So we're in the hospital?"

"Isn't that obvious?" I retorted, rolling my eyes at his slow recognition.

"Where's Haruhi?" Kaoru asked with worry in his voice.

"Haru-chan's in another room," Hani said sadly.

"Will she be okay?" I smirked at his question. It was like a replay of what I just said awhile ago.

"We don't know Kao-chan. She's still unconscious." Hani said in a sad tone while Mori patted his head for comfort. Seriously, that little boy has issues with his emotions. Maybe he has some kind of syndrome? I'll take a mental note to ask him some other time…' I trailed off in my train of thoughts and suddenly Kaoru groaned in exasperation, "Aaaw! My head hurts!"

"You're not the only one!" I agreed. "Ugh, whoever did this I'm gonna sue him!"

"Do you even know who did it?" Kaoru asked.

That caught me off guard. I actually have no idea who it was. I didn't even take note of its plate number, since it was all too sudden. Damn. "A stupid, idiotic, drunk driver driving recklessly!" I blurted out.

Kaoru sighed. "You're hopeless."

"I know."

Knock! Knock! Knock!

All of us stared at the door. "May I come in? It seemed like both of you are awake, I overheard your irritating rants floating along the corridor." A cold voice said from the other side of the door. We all thought of the same person – Kyouya. I watched Mori cross the room and opened it for him. There, a straight look from the shadow king appeared and behind him a blonde boy, acting so recklessly, whose mouth was gagged and mumbling something incoherent.

"What happened to Haruhi!" I and Kaoru echoed at the same time.

"I'm not yet sure with what happened to her and I don't want to jump to conclusions. So, anything serious is still unknown until she regains consciousness, but for now she's physically recovering and will be fine." Relief flooded the atmosphere with what he said but the hesitance on his voice in the latter part was a bit obvious.

"Why is Tono acting like he's being possessed or something?" I asked severely, distracted by his wild actions.

"He wanted to see Haruhi awhile ago, but I declined and he just kept on doing that the whole time following me wherever I go." He replied.

"How bad are we?" Kaoru asked in a bushed tone.

"Hm, let's see," He said while flipping through the black clipboard on his right hand. "You got four stitches in the head, a fractured left leg, two cracked ribs and several deep wounds in various parts of your body." Kaoru gave him a frightened look. Kyouya turned to look upon me. "As for you Hikaru, it's pretty much the same thing."

"When can we get out of this bed?" I asked again with an annoyed tone.

"The day after tomorrow I guess, with bandages all over your body and a crutch for sure, there are also wheelchairs if you prefer."

We groaned at the thought of walking with unwanted bandages covering our bodies.

"I don't want to walk around looking like a zombie." I uttered.

Kaoru agreed with what I said and groaned out loud. Kyouya left Tamaki with us who was currently in the corner, as usual, sulking.

A nurse came in our room and gave us sedatives and pain relievers. I bet Kyouya sent her in to shut our mouths. "You'll feel better when you wake up." She said with a smile on her face.

'I don't need those,' I thought. Even without those medications, I was sure that I will drift off in any minute, since I really felt restless. Talking seemed too hard as well; it seemed to need effort and much energy. 'Great, I can't move my hand and now I can't ta-' My mind suddenly became cloudy and I didn't have a choice but to succumb to sleep.

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Ranka's POV

I was getting worried since Haruhi said she would call me at lunch, but it's nearly dinner time. Countless times have I tried to call her but I can't reach her. I tried to give all my attention on the chicken I was frying. However, I still ended up having a burnt one.

After I washed the dishes, I decided to have a warm shower. As I dried off my hair, a familiar sound suddenly filled the room - my cell phone's ringtone. It resonated from the living and I hurried to answer it, for the reason that it might be my precious daughter calling.

I didn't bother to check who the caller was. "Hello?"

"Good evening, Mr. Fujioka. Pardon me for calling at a late hour." The familiar cold voice said on the other line. I knew who it was. Besides, seldom people call me with such formalities. Even so, I was taken aback. I didn't expect to receive a call from him at this very moment.

I composed myself and responded to him. "Uhm, good evening Kyouya, it's nice to talk you again."

"Yes, yes, indeed. However, I'm going straight to the point, since I have a hectic schedule. As you can see, Haruhi and the twi-"

"Where is Haruhi? What happened to her? She hasn't called me yet! She said that she'll call at lunch and I've been waiting ever since!" I cut him as fast as I heard my daughter's name. All I heard was silence from the other line. I felt that something's wrong with the way he spoke about Haruhi and the two.

"Will you please let me finish without asking or interrupting me?" He asked.

I involuntarily nodded, even thought I knew he wasn't here in front of me to see my gesture. "Okay."

"As I was saying, Haruhi and the twins were caught into an accident." I was shocked. My mouth was literally hanging open. "They were heading up the mountain when things went horribly wrong. According to the Hitachiin's driver, the weather change was unexpected for it was sunny this morning." I agreed, it was a nice weather awhile ago, but after some time, a storm came. "And as you have experienced as well, a storm came afterwards. They moved their way up the mountain with caution. The driver even said that it was hard to see in the fog. They moved slowly but all of a sudden a huge truck was coming from the opposite direction. What's worse is that, the driver said that it was on approximately 220 km/h or so. He had to evade it, of course, so he turned the car a sharp left and what awaited them was the cliff." He paused for a brief second and ended his story. "They fell."

I was too stunned to even form a coherent word. My daughter. Haruhi. The only person in my life was caught in an accident! "Is... Is she a-alright?" I managed to say.

"Yes, she's currently in the Ohtori Hospital and she's recovering fine, but I must say, she's lucky to be alive."

I didn't say anything even if I had millions of questions in my mind. Silence remained between us until he finally spoke up. "Well, I must end it here, if you wish to see your daughter, it'd be best to visit her tomorrow instead of at this late hour. She's still unconscious at the moment, it's better to give the patient some time on her own. I would send a driver to fetch you up tomorrow at 8 in the morning. 'Till then, Mr. Fujioka." With that said, he hung up.

I was still in state of shock; I can't accept the fact that my daughter was hurt. I collapsed on the couch and finally let it all out. A single drop of tear slowly ran down my cheek. It was a tear of happiness. I was so glad that Haruhi's alive. Memories suddenly popped up in my mind - memories of what had happened to my wife. It was when I came home, I saw her there lying on the floor, with my little angel crying beside her. Haruhi's all that I have left. She's gonna be all right, but what's with Kyouya saying she's lucky to be alive?

"Haruhi, you won't leave me, right?" I laughed nervously, somehow losing myself.

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Hikaru's POV

"Ugh, what the... Hell?" I groaned, dusting off the stupor. I blinked countless times but my vision was still blurry. At the opposite wall, there's an innocent, white clock hanging on it. I wondered how many times that clock saw people go by. I mean, it must have been here for all eternity and some people might have died in this room or so. I narrowed my eyes to get a better view of the time. It was just past 4 am. 'Jeez, what's with me waking up at 4 am?' I asked myself. 'Maybe it's those sedatives and pills they've given us that ruin my sleeping track. It's practically my second time waking up at four.' I sighed and shut my eyes tightly, trying to get back to sleep.

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"Hikaru!" A faint yell woke me up.

'Eh?' I thought as I opened my eyes. "What?" I replied groggily.

"It's dinner time already; you've been asleep for almost a whole day. The nurse came in here awhile ago, saying that you need to eat breakfast, but I waved her off telling that you need rest so we let you sleep for a while longer. Then lunch came, and you were still out of the world, but I thought you were really tired so we let you off again. But it's already 7:30 and you're still not awake, so I thought that it's time to wake you up. Plus, it's bad to have an empty stomach." My brother explained.

I smiled at his concern. I was thinking of putting up a brotherly love act, but I wasn't feeling the mood. Plus, there weren't any fan girls around.

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After I ate dinner, everyone was silent. I was so bored and something caught my attention and it immediately crossed my mind. I convinced Mori-senpai to move Kaoru's bed close to mine and he just obeyed. I assumed they were all deeming what evilness I was plotting in my mind; even Tamaki is curiously glancing from his little own corner. Minutes passed and we are now playing Monopoly, which we brought with us in our supposed to be wonderful tour. 'Yeah, supposed to be wonderful.' I thought and Tamaki as the loser in the game.

"How did I end up being bankrupt?" Tamaki asked as if he did not know what happened while holding only three dollars plus some properties mortgaged.

We all laughed at Tamaki's questioning face. "Well, if it wasn't for the hotels built by the twins you wouldn't we bankrupt, Tama-chan." Hani said to enlighten him while pointing towards the hotel pieces placed in various streets in every side of the game board. I can't help but snicker even though I feel like hell already. I glanced at Kaoru and nodded at each other, agreeing with something unspoken. We both stared at Tamaki and gave him a very identical sinister look with a 'you-are-out-of-the-game-and-you-are-such-a-loser' kind of face. "No fair! Why are you two on a team?" Tamaki's eyes watered and went back to his corner which was waiting for him… to sulk. Kaoru and I were in such hysterics as we made fun of Tamaki in a little trivial game to the point my body shook and everything. After a good full minute of laughing, both of us yelped, "Ouch!" at the same time which turned us to laugh even harder.

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Haruhi's POV

"Ugh… ahh..." Those were the only words that came out of my head that summed up all the feelings I was having. I was so confused and hurt, my head was so wobbly. I carefully opened my eyes to see where I was. The light struck my sight and for a half second I can't see anything except for the bright light above me. Slowly, my eyesight returned and I clearly saw my surroundings, I felt my other senses were still adjusting, though. I was in a room with all these white lights, white walls, white bed and a ticking sound beside me which, I guessed, took note of my heartbeat. I'm in the hospital? Why am I here? Every part of me felt like hell, god everything hurts so much, I can't even move my arms. My thoughts were all jumbled, I can't think of anything that makes sense. I just stared at the ceiling above me and wait for everything to just sink in my throbbing head – just anything I needed to enlighten me in my state of obscurity, but it never came. I was here, bewildered, alone, with no clue on what to do. Few minutes, or was it even just seconds passed, I felt awfully mentally drained and restless. I sensed drowsiness crept over me and all I can hear was my mind scream, somebody help me, before I plunge back into darkness.

A/N: Okay therewe go. R&R pretty please? :D