Well…I know a lot of you probably hate me for what I did last chapter, but…guess what…get over it :D

Teacher's Pet
Chapter 12

"She won't wake up. Doctor why won't she wake up?" Michiru sat at my bedside. I don't think she ever left my side.

"Her body went into shock due to the amount of blood she lost. From the looks of her wounds it was a slow drain of her blood. She probably picked them open when they started to close up again. If she doesn't wake up soon we may have to put her into a medically induced coma, that way her body can fully heal."

"Coma?" I could hear a heavy door closing. "Setsuna, what if she doesn't wake up?"

"I don't know."

I wanted to scream at them. I wanted to tell them I was sorry. I wanted to wake up. I tried with all my might to move my body, to bring myself out of this. I hurt so much though. It hurt to move. I was too weak.

"I have to go and get Rune from school. Will you be alright here by yourself?" Setsuna said in a soft tone, almost as if she didn't want to wake me up.

"I'll be fine. I don't want to leave. What if she wakes up?"

"I'll be back soon." I could hear the door close again.

I felt a light, soft hand rest atop mine. "Haruka. I don't know if you can hear me, I just want you to know how sorry I am. If I had known he did that I never would have opened the door to him. I can't believe he never told me. He always used to tell me everything while we were going up." I felt a pair of warm lips press against my forehead, my head turned slightly toward her in response. "Haruka?" I slowly opened my eyes to be greeted by a set of tear soaked ones. "Haruka you're alright!"

The only noise I was able to utter was a soft moan as I looked into her eyes. "What…" I coughed; my throat was dry from not speaking for the past 24 hours.

"Sh, don't talk Ruka." I blushed at the shorter name she used and nodded. "Let me get a doctor." I turned my head slightly and watched her go. When the door closed I looked around the room and frowned. I always hated hospitals. The last time I was in one was to give birth to Rune, then before that, was high school. Maybe it was all just a bad dream. I closed my eyes, hoping just that.

"It's nice to see you're finally awake Haruka." I opened my eyes again to look up at a male doctor, I frowned. "So the transfusion took, this is always promising."

I tensed up when he touched me and looked at Michiru. "Please get him away from me." I ignored the hurt look on his face. "Michi please get him away from me!"

"Doctor, can I talk to you for a minute." She patted the back of my hand before leading him out into the hallway. I could just barely hear them talking. "She had a traumatic experience with men when she was younger…and ran into one of them a few days ago. Could she possibly have a female doctor?"

"I think I could have that arranged. Why didn't you say anything before hand?"

"I honestly had no idea how she would react when she woke up."

"No problem."

I looked up when Michiru walked into the room. "Shouldn't you be in school?"

"I wanted to make sure you're alright."

"Why do you care so much? I don't deserve anybody's love Michiru." I looked away, then reached for the glass of water that I saw sitting on my bedside table.

"Maybe I care so much because I like you Haruka. Did you ever think of that?"

"Nobody's ever liked me for me. They've all wanted me to change in one way or another. I'm not going to change anything for you."

"Have I ever asked you to change anything for me? Haruka I know what happened to you when you were younger, and now that I know who it was it just makes me want to help you more."

"I don't need your help Michiru! I don't need anybody's help!"

"Oh stop being such a baby and realize that you're getting older and you can't spend your entire life alone Haruka." My head snapped back to the door to see Setsuna walk through, I smiled softly when Rune climbed onto my bed and hugged me tightly.

"Hi honey. Mommy missed you." I gently ran my fingers through his hair and rested my head against his. "Setsuna…why did you bring him here?"

"Because I missed you mommy!"

I couldn't help but smile at him. I bit my lower lip and closed my eyes to fight the tears that were now flooding them. What if Michiru hadn't have gotten home when she did, Rune would be without a mother right now. My body started to shake as more and more tears started developing. "I'm sorry…"

"Rune, let's go get you a snack." Setsuna pulled him free of my grasp and left the room with him. I pulled my knees up to my chest and cried into them.

"I'm sorry Michiru…I can't do this anymore. It's too much. Setsuna was right, I can't do this alone anymore. I can't live alone anymore. Each time I look at Rune I think of how perfect our family is, but then I look around the world and see other children with two parents..." I leaned against her when she sat down next to me and slid her arms around me. For the first time, in a long time, I felt safe.

"Shh, it's alright Ruka. I'm here for you." She played with my hair, it was so relaxing. "I think we need to redo our date, what do you say?" I smiled softly and nodded. "Maybe this time we can go out to a restaurant instead."

"Yea that sounds good." I wiped away my tears and looked up as an older female doctor walked into the room with a folder in her hands. "Tell the other gentleman that I'm sorry, please. I just can't have men touching me."

She simply nodded. "Want to tell me why you did this Haruka?" She gently picked up my hand to remove the bandages from my wrist to check how the stitches were holding up.

"I had a run-in…with an old 'buddy' of mine." I frowned. "He raped me several years ago, and it brought back painful memories."

"I see. Well you should thank Michiru here for saving your life."

"I know." I interrupted her before she could finish. "I know she's the one that found me in my car."

"She's also the one that gave you your transfusion…Now that you're awake we'll be moving you to another floor for a psychiatric evaluation. You must go through it before you can be released."

I looked over at Michiru. "You did that for me?"

She smiled. "I couldn't just sit there and do nothing knowing we've got the same blood type. I had to help you. If I didn't you probably wouldn't be talking to me right now. I didn't want to lose you Ruka."

"Why not, we barely know one another."

"I know we barely know each other, but I feel this attraction to you. An attraction that I've never felt before with anybody I've ever met." She moved back up to my bed and sat beside me, looking right into my eyes. "There's something about you that draws me closer."

"Even with my fucked up emotions?"

She giggled. "Yes, even with your…your." She stuttered around the word. "Your emotions."

"Don't like the 'f' word?" She shook her head. "Sorry, I didn't mean it."

"It's not that I don't like it, it's more like I can't bring myself to say it." She let her hand rest on my cheek. I loved the way it felt. Maybe was she said did have some merit. There was something about this woman in beside me that drew me to her. I couldn't figure out what it was and that was scaring the shit out of me.

I took a deep breath and turned my head to kiss the palm of her hand, and then I looked up into her eyes. My hand reached up to bring her head close to mine and I kissed her. I have no idea what possessed me to do it, but I was thankful when she closed her eyes and returned it.

"What was that…mm" I cut her off as she started to ask me why I did it. The only answer I could come up with was that I felt I needed to. It wasn't just an urge to do it, it was a need. I was petrified. It was the first time in a long time that I had kissed someone, I didn't even know if I was still any good.

She finally broke away and I looked down. "I'm sorry." I shivered when her fingers ran across my cheek. "I really shouldn't have."

"Ruka, its fine. I'm…I'm just glad you had the courage to do it, because I don't think I would have been able to bring myself to do it. I wanted to kiss you when I saw you Friday night, but I was too shy." She rested her head against my shoulder and closed her eyes.

I lied back against the mattress and closed my eyes as well, feeling safe with having her so close to me. I quickly fell asleep.

Hope you enjoyed..sorry about the delay in getting it out, I couldn't put my thoughts together :( Don't forget to review :D