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Rushing footsteps echoed through the hallway. Kain felt sweats on his forehead as he walked as quickly as he could. He cannot run; it will not change the fact that he just learned and if he run, he will go into a panic mode. He has to maintain his calm or everything will turn to a huge chaos.

An hour earlier, the blonde was waiting for a certain silver haired man to make his appearance at the airport when suddenly he received a call. He almost dropped his cell phone when an unfamiliar voice addressed him. It happens to be one of the paramedics from nearest hospital and he came with dreading news.

Ichiru is involved in a severe accident.

Kain made an abrupt stop in front of the counter.

"Ichiru Hio, car accident, one hour ago." he demanded breathlessly at the surprised nurse.

"Um, please wait for a minute, Sir." The nurse quickly checks her computer, skimming through the names of current patients being submitted adeptly.

"Sir, I think the ambulance is still on the way-"

But Kain's attention is already being stolen away. A stretcher was pushed through the main door and a glimpse of silver hair almost tears his heart apart. Kain disregarded the nurse and proceeds to follow the paramedics.

"Ichiru…" the blonde grabbed one side of the stretcher, ignoring the surprise looks he received from the medical helpers. His lover is in a mess. His shirt is undone and his body is connected by wires to a breathing instrument. Red colour taints half of his pale face and for the first time, Kain feels like he is losing hope.

"Ichiru, please be all right!"

Kaname taps his fingers against the armchair, sometimes giving glances at the clock before returning back his stare at the main door.

It had been around 3 hours and Zero has not returned yet. Kaname had tried to call him three times but they went directly to voicemail. Could it be that he got extra classes or he just stuck in traffic jam? But really, traffic jam would be such a lame excuse. He groaned softly and took out his cell phone.

Maybe he is just being paranoid but getting confirmation will not kill. He looked for a contact by the name of Yuuki and pressed the calling button.

"Hi, Kuran-san!" Yuuki's cheerful voice greeted him and Kaname cannot help but to smile a bit despite of his growing anxiousness. If Yuuki managed to answer his call, why not Zero?

"Hi, Yuuki… I hope I'm not interrupting you but… is Zero there with you?"

The person on the other line was silent for a moment before a confused Yuuki answered him.

"Umm… He went home around 3 hours ago… after our last class for today is finished, he quickly took his leave. He said about you waiting for him at home. Why, Kuran-san? Is Zero not there? Maybe you should try calling him?"

The brunette feels his heartbeats getting faster.

Something is definitely wrong.

"Thank you for the information, Yuuki… Don't worry. I'll try to call him again. I'll inform you once I get a hold on him." Once the girl bid him goodbye, he quickly called his lover again but again, he call was sent to the voicemail.

"Damn." Kaname cursed uncharacteristically and stood up from his chair, grabbing his long overcoat, his wallet and keys before making his way out. He pushed away the thought of calling his driver. At time like this, he wants to look out for Zero himself.

Who could have known what had happened to his lover.

Kain sat on one of the seats provided outside the emergency room. His eyes bored at the plain white wall in front of him and his senses are numb. It happened too fast for Kain to register what actually had happened.

He refused to accept the fact that within one hour he had left Ichiru alone, Ichiru got involved in an accident. The paramedic explained to him that the accidents revolved around his car and a motorcycle. An explosion happened and his driver failed to survive and another body – that was suspected as the rider of the motorcycle – was found near to complete burnt.

Taki. He will make sure to give compensation to his family and go to meet his late driver's family later. They deserve a personal apologize for him.

But that is not his focus now. His focus is that Ichiru is in there, fighting for his life.

Kain felt himself getting worried as time goes by and nothing seem to happen.

Kain took the plastic bag on his left seat and take out a silver ring. He recalled back that Ichiru's personal things – his identity card, his wallet and others – are also burnt together with the car. When he had returned to the counter to fill information needed by the hospital and to take back Ichiru's other belongings, he found the silver ring inside the plastic bag.

He did not remember giving this kind of silver ring to Ichiru. Maybe his lover bought it himself during his absence? Kain silently examined the ring and proceeds to keep the ring inside of his pocket.

He will give it back to Ichiru when he is nothing but perfectly healed.

The emergency light is suddenly off and Kain automatically stands on his feet. He watched as a man in his forties came out from the room and his eyes caught his.

"Are you the patient's relative?" Kain shook his head approached the doctor.

"No, but I'm his… friend. His mother is on her way." The doctor 'oh'ed by his short explanation and smiled a little. It somehow managed to calm down a bit of Kain's screaming nerves inside of his calm outer expression.

"The patient is alive but he suffered a large amount blood loss and a broken leg. He will be fine but he will need to use wheelchair for quite a time. But there is one thing left. His head collided with the ground too hard and it somehow disturbed the system of his brain nerves. Fortunately, the helme-"

"Akatsuki!" both doctor and Kain surprised to hear a voice not far from them. A beautiful woman with silver hair and pink eyes in white formal dress and cream coloured overcoat approached them, a look of concern on her face.

"Aah… you can come in and company him if you want to." The doctor just simply smiled and Kain nodded at the doctor, signing his dismissal and turned to greet the woman.

"Auntie…"

"Are you okay? How is Ichiru?" Shizuka gently touched the blonde's left cheek. If she can tell better, Kain looks like he is about to collapse. His tired face and eyes mirrored his emotions even though he is always good with facades.

"He is alive… The doctor said he is alive and he will be fine." Kain let out a relieved sigh. He closed his eyes and put his left palm against his closed eyes. His head is hurting.

"Auntie, I think I want to transfer Ichiru to his usual private hospital. I don't think I can handle it with him being here." Kain murmured tiredly. Shizuka smiled a little and nodded her head.

"Fine. You just go inside and wait with him. I'll take care of the matter. I don't want my son to be alone."

Kain sighed again but nodded in appreciation. He gave one last smile to the woman and proceeds to enter the room.

"…This is not happening. This is nothing but a lie."

Kaname stand still in front of the hospital, somehow his body refuses to enter the medical centre but Takuma beside him already make his move to get inside the building. The blonde stopped on his track and turned to his back when he realized his best friend is not following him, to give a desperate look at the brunette.

"Ka-Kaname… we have to go now…"

Kaname's expression is breaking his heart.

The brunette looks like he was lost and unable to grip on the senses of reality.

Kaname, on his way to the university earlier was stopped by a sight of ambulance and police on the way. He tried to check what was wrong and it turned out that one of the involved vehicles is Zero's motorcycle.

He said he is sure that it was Zero's, even when the motorcycle is half way to complete burnt. Takuma found himself being with the brunette 10 minutes after the brunette had called him to inform him about the accident.

The police told them that the bodies have been sent to the hospital. Only one out of three survived the accident. Out of panic, Takuma had called the hospital and it turned out that the only one survivor, by the name of Ichiru Hio, is already confirmed by his relatives.

"Kaname…" Takuma called once again as the brunette did not give him any respond.

The blonde feels like he is about to cry, seeing his usually prideful, confident and composed friend in his situation now. Takuma bite his lips to suppress his tears from falling and he continued on his steps to pull the dazed looking brunette forcefully inside the building.

When they reached the counter, Takuma takes his role to ask since Kaname is still unable to react towards the situation.

"Excuse me, Miss… An accident happened at the Green Road, about three to four hours ago… can you… umm…" Takuma felt his breaths are losing, unable to refer his best friend's lover as what. As patient? As… dead victim?

The nurse smiled in sympathy, somehow managed to understand his situation.

"Please wait for a minute, Sir… Emm… I'm sorry but what is his or her name?"

Takuma gulped at the question, turned to look at the taller brunette but Kaname just stared at his shoes, as if they were the nicest thing to look at the moment.

"Zero. Zero Kiryuu."

"I'm sorry but you have to go to the corpse room now… to confirm the… only one dead body left." The nurse murmured gently and Takuma smiled weakly.

"Thank you… can you tell us the way?"

Takuma stared at the door, unable to trust himself enough to step inside since he believe he did not has the privilege to do so. He turned to look at Kaname, the brunette beside him is staring at the door too, his eyes held nothing.

Kaname still cannot accept the fact that… his lover is gone.

"Kaname-"

"I know." Takuma was surprised to hear him speak so desperately with a small inhale of air. Kaname hold onto the door handle and pushed it in and Takuma stay still in his position. He figured that Kaname need to be strong and do it all by himself.

The brunette entered the cold room and stopped after a few steps. A woman wearing white coat is waiting for him, smiling slightly and Kaname noticed a bed with unknown occupier next to her.

"Are you here to confirm the body?" the woman asked almost gently, afraid that he might break if she was a bit too serious. The brunette stared at him blankly from any emotion before nodding his head slightly. The female forensic gestured for him to come closer towards the bed beside her. The body somehow is covered by a white sheet and Kaname felt that his face is paling more and more as he approached the bed.

"I'm just going to show you half of his body… the other half had burnt completely. I hope you can stay strong, all right?"

Kaname nodded again at her words and she carefully lifted half of the white sheet, revealing half of a familiar silver hair and pale blue face. Kaname darted his eyes towards his left hand.

"He was supposed to wear a silver ring." Kaname heard his own voice cracked. He is near to tears.

"Silver ring? No… he didn't wear any rings. And all his things, like his identity card and his wallet are also burnt in the accident. Maybe he put the ring together with his burnt belongings. We can't confirm him because of that."

Kaname felt his energy being drained from him and his heart crushed so sudden that it hurts so much. He reached out his hand and gently touched the dead's left cheek and closed his eyes. His lover is now in his eternal sleep. A sad smile curved on his face and Kaname let out a small chuckle, suppressing tears from dripping from his closed brown eyes.

He took a deep breath and turned back to look at the woman.

"Yes… This is Zero Kiryuu."

TBC.

A/N : What about we make this as the ending? xD

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