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Chapter 20

Mayuri's POV

It was a week since little Masa came to join the family, and now that their Halloween party had come and gone Akihito had insisted on going out to buy things for the baby himself. Asami hadn't exactly been too keen on the idea, but once Mayuri told him he would go with, his friend reluctantly agreed. Now they were sitting in a cute little cafe Mayuri occasionally went to for breakfast. He had put careful consideration into his outfit per usual, his tight grey jeans matching perfectly with the dark plum blazer adorned with one of his signature brooches. A hippo brooch in this case, inspired by one of his main fashion television icons.

"I know why you came with us, by the way." Mayuri looked across the table at Akihito, taking another sip from his cappuccino before setting it down on the little white saucer. His mismatched eyes glanced over at the little girl who was busy listening to music, earbuds in while she ate her berry pancakes. Little Masahiko was sleeping on Akihito's chest, securely nestled in a Boba sling.

"Because I love fashion and clothes? Because I refuse to let you dress your baby in anything less than fabulous?~" Because I actually care about your wellbeing?

Akihito laughed, shaking his head. "No, because Asami wanted you to protect us. Even though we have Rin." He gestured a thumb back to the guard who was standing off somewhere behind them.

"You caught me!~ Well, kind of… Ryu wanted me to be here just in case, but I also would have wanted to go anyway!~" Mayuri chirped, grinning as he took a bite of his tomato and spinach omelet. It's too salty…

"Well I don't have a problem with you being here as long as it's because you want to be," Ha, as if you had the choice Kiddo!~, "But if you don't, then you really don't have to. I know you're pretty busy, and with Rin we will be fine I'm sure." Mayuri realized pretty quickly that Akihito was feeling guilty for him tagging along, something the designer found to be ridiculous. Still, he would reassure him.

After swallowing another bite-full of food, Mayuri giggled and shrugged. "Don't you worry your perky little ass!~ I don't do anything unless I want to!~ And I most certainly was all about getting some clothes for that precious baby!~"

"Stop looking at my ass, you blue haired freak!" Akihito snippily snapped.

"I'll look where I want to!~" Mayuri glanced out the window, scanning the streets out the café while taking another bite. Ever since he saw that photo, he had become paranoid. He felt like there were always eyes on him, all the privacy he had now gone. It was frustrating and it pissed him off. The designer had sworn to himself that the moment he actually caught sight of Jun, he would poke those eyes out Alois Trancy style. Yes, he was an anime dork and he was proud of it.

Loud cries from across the table tore his eyes from the window to the baby on Akihito's chest. "Is he hungry?" Mayuri questioned while watching Akihito reached down into the baby bag at their feet.

"Yeah, it's about time for him to eat again." The blonde said as he grabbed out a bottle decorated with cute little pandas. Okay, so maybe he had gone a little crazy when he told everyone to buy Masa panda themed things, but Akihito had left him in charge of baby theme and come on! Pandas are the most adorable little creatures! He was actually working on making the baby his own custom clothes, most all of them themed with little pandas.

Mayuri looked at Aki's plate, tsking when he saw the blonde had barely touched his meal. He held his arms out. "Here, give me little Masa!~ I want to feed him!~" You need to take care of yourself too, dummy.

"Are you sure?"

"Of course I'm sure!~ What did I just tell you?~ I only do things if I want to! Now hand me over mini Ryu!~" He took the infant as soon as Akihito got him out of the sling, cradling the baby in his arm while he took the bottle in his other hand. Once Masa found out there was a bottle being held to his lips, he quickly latched onto it and began drinking it eagerly. Mayuri grinned as he brushed away the tears from the baby's little cheeks as the crying stopped. "You just felt a little left out, didn't you sweet boy?" He cooed with a fond smile.

Now what's Aki giggling about? Mayuri glanced up from Masahiko to Akihito, raising an eyebrow at the giggling blonde. "If something's amusing please share!~" Akihito quickly shook his head, and the grin on his face grew. "Oooo!~ Is it something dirty?~ Now you've really got to share!"

"Don't be a pervert with Masa in your arms!" The blushing Akihito scolded him, rolling his eyes. "But no, it's not that. I was just…wondering…have you and Suoh ever thought about having kids? I mean, from what Asami says you two have been together for practically ever, and you are so good with Kiyomi and Masa…"

Mayuri froze for a moment, staring into the hazel eyes looking at him expectantly. He hadn't been expecting that question, but he quickly recovered himself with a cheerful giggle. "Children?~ Us?~ Oh that would be a disaster!~ I'm always traveling and Kazumi works long hours with Ryu!~" I would fuck them up... "Besides, we have our Sammy and that's all we need!~ He's a handful enough."

"Hehe, yeah Sammy is a big baby!~ And between he and Ceska, I don't know who slobbers more! I'm still cleaning up the living room from slobber shoe-strings." Aki giggled, shaking his head while stuffing a bit bite of waffle into his mouth.

"That's our boy!~" Our big, goofy boy.

With the baby turning his head away from the bottle, Mayuri took that as he was done, propped him up on his shoulder to burp him. "Though we have been thinking about another dog, a smaller one that I can take with me traveling!~ Sammy is always staying home with Kazumi to keep him company, and it can get a little lonely!~"

"Yeah…I bet it would be. Have you thought about what kind of dog you want?" Akihito asked curiously around a mouth full of waffle.

"I was just thinking about a rescue!~ Where I'm all about some designer clothes, I don't care about the breed or pedigree of a puppy!~ I think a little mutt dog who needs a home is perfect for me!~"

Akihito grinned, setting his fork down next to his plate. "We should go looking after our shopping then! I would love to help you pick out a dog!" That doesn't surprise me!~

"Ooo~ I like the sound of that!~ Kazumi will just had to deal with it if I fall in love with a puppy and bring it home!~"

"Don't act like you don't have him wrapped around your finger! If you came home with a dead body he would just help you hide it!" Akihito said with a laugh. You have no idea how right you are… "Now If you're done eating too…I'll take my baby back and we can get going!~"

Mayuri looked down at the baby dressed in little panda overalls who was currently trying to eat his hands. Too cute… He passed Masa over to his mother. "Right right!~ I'll take care of the bill, you just rangle your kids!~"

"Hey! Wait for me and I'll take care of ours!" Akihito called after him as Mayuri skipped off towards the front counter, struggling to get the baby back into the Boba sling.

"Nope, I won't hear of it! I'm treating you guys today!~" Mayuri ignored all the protests of the blonde photographer as he pulled out his wallet once he reached the front.

I just love annoying him!~

A While Later…

For the first time in a long time, Mayuri remembered what it was like to carry his own shopping bags. Usually he had his honorary pack mule who would gladly take everything from him, but without Suoh he was left doing it himself. Aki had already piled Rin down with bags and he had the baby and Kiyomi to keep together, so that was his only other option out the drain. It wasn't that he cared or anything, because all the weight really felt like nothing to the designer, but it was just a little odd and made him miss his man. It had been forever that he went shopping with anyone but Kazumi, and at this point it felt like something they had saved exclusively for one another. Hell, Kazumi would live without food in the house for days just to wait on him to come home from a trip so they could go grocery shopping together.

They were heading to meet up with Ryuichi, Kei, and Kazumi for lunch and Mayuri had just crossed the road with the others when Akihito muttered "crap" under his breath. Frowning, he turned his head back. "What's wrong? Are you okay?" He asked, becoming serious for a moment. Akihito was still recovering, so he knew he needed to watch out for any signs he was getting light headed or something. Mayuri refused to let the photographer get hurt on their outing.

"I'm fine, I just forgot the bag that had Kiyomi's toy in it….We'll be right back! Just wait for us here, okay? I promise to be fast!"

"Sure!~ You guys just be careful!~" Mayuri chirped, deciding he would take this time to text Ryuichi and see if they were on their way yet. He didn't want to text Kazumi in case they were driving!~

/Ryyyyuuuu!~ You guys on your way yet? (ꇴ)

/We are only a few blocks away. Already finished shopping? That's a record for you.

/ (Ｔ▽Ｔ) Soooo mean Ryu!~

/It's just the truth, Mayuri. Is Akihito still doing okay?

/ Ye have little faith! Your precious Kitten is just fine!~ Just hurry your asses up! I'm hungry! (*´ｪ｀*)っ旦

/You're always hungry.

/….Touché.

Mayuri watched the little dots saying that Ryuichi was typing, but he heard Kiyomi's voice and he quickly slipped his phone into his pocket. He grinned as he waved too them, looking both ways before he started to head across to meet up with them to take Kiyomi's hand since now Akihito had all hands full. It was right when Akihito walked in front of one of the parked cars on the side of the road that he caught sight of a car speeding towards the blonde.

Something snapped in his brain and he dropped everything on his arms, letting it all crash onto the road as he raced forwards, pushing Akihito and the baby with enough force to knock them back. He just had to trust that Rin was close enough to catch them from hitting the concrete, because in just a split second he felt impact, the car slamming him between itself and the parked one behind him with so much force that he heard the sound of bones crushing. Pain…all he could feel was pain. Pain so intense he felt light headed, yet he didn't scream. Mayuri slowly opened his eyes, his vision coming out blurry as his upper body laid across the hood of the car that had hit him.

"OH MY GOD! MAYURI!" He heard Aki screech, and he could hear the screams of a baby and the cries of his seven year old niece. Mayuri wanted to badly to reassure them that he was okay, but he couldn't when he wasn't even sure if he was himself.

His eyes locked with the horrified ones in front of him belonging to his brother, and after that everything happened so quickly. Jun backed up and quickly sped off, and if it hadn't been for Rin catching him he would have went face first into asphalt. Soon he had his back against the car he had been crushed against, and Rin was blocking his view from his legs, but he could see the blood spurting from one of his legs that told him enough. An artery had been severed.

"Rin...Rin are they okay?!" Mayuri screamed…only it didn't come out as a scream. It barely came out as a whisper. The breath had completely been taken out of him.

"They're fine, but I'm more worried about you right now." Rin said, before he snapped at Aki, "Throw me the baby bag!"

"O-Okay!" At this point the pain had died into just a throb, and the lightheadedness was only growing. He looked down to see the blood beginning to create a pool around his legs… Rin was digging through the bag, looking for something as though his life depended on it. Huh, actually it's mine…

"Rin…tell me the truth…is it bad?"

Rin didn't look up, but he still answered. "...It's very bad." The designer closed his eyes, nodding at the information he had already known to be true. The guard finally found what he was looking for. "This is going to hurt, really bad. You're probably going to scream." Mayuri tried to brace himself in any way he could, but there was no bracing yourself for the scream inducing pain that came from having your leg tied off with a make shift tourniquet. He thought he had passed out for a moment, all the color leaving his face as he let out a blood curdling scream.

He could hear rapid footsteps approaching, and then the voices of his dear closes friends yelling as they picked up the pace towards him. About time you show up…. He was able to understand what Ryuichi was saying first. "Akihito call 119!"

"I've already done it! They're on their way!" Akihito sounded like he was sobbing.

"What happened?!"

"I-I don't know! It all happened so fast! All I know is that Mayuri pushed me and then he was…he was…" Aki's sobs renewed to the point he couldn't even speak.

Mayuri forced his eyes open when he felt the presence of someone beside him, and he turned his head to see his teary eyed husband. "Hey…it's going to be okay…" Mayuri whispered, lifting a trembling hand to brush away Kazumi's tears.

"Shouldn't I be telling you that?" Kazumi asked with a weak chuckle, before Mayuri watched his love's eyes move to his legs lower body, and he saw him turn green. Swallowing thickly, he finally built up the courage and took a peek himself, and what he saw even made him sick…and made him furious. He could see bones poking out through both of his legs, and there was blood everywhere, and it was still coming. One of his legs was also twisted oddly, the same leg that had the tourniquet on it. It was weird, because it looked so painful…but now it barely hurt.

"Heh…Normally that's the case…b…but we've never been normal." He breathed with a giggle.

Kazumi reached out and brushed a few strands of blue hair from his face. "You better not leave me." He whispered, and Mayuri, even bleeding out, could see the pain and fear in his love's eyes. Mayuri knew Kazumi like the back of his hand, so the designer knew this was a worst nightmare coming to life.

"N-Never…I'll never leave you..."

"Mayuri, I'm going to have you the best orthopedic surgeon working on you even if I have to fly them there myself, alright? We're going to get you all fixed up." Mayuri gave Ryuichi a weak smile, nodding. His vision was starting to go black around the corners…and he felt really tired.

"Okay….I'm just…going to close my eyes…a little bit." He mumbled, slipping out of it. If he was thinking properly, he would know to fight to stay awake, but all common sense left the designer as his eyes fluttered closed.

"Mayuri, Mayuri keep your eyes open!" I can't though…I'm so tired… "Dammit! Where's the fucking ambulance?! I'm about to run him there myself!" Kazumi yelled, hitting the ground with his fist.

"Don't touch him! If you move him you'll hurt him worse! Rin…take Kiyomi home!"

"Yes sir!" The voices kept getting farther and farther away as Mayuri lost consciousness, but before he was completely gone he heard sirens off in the distance. The ambulance was finally there…

Suoh's POV

Suoh paced the hall of the hospital as they waited for any news on Mayuri, hands pulling at his hair. It had been over half an hour and they hadn't been told anything. The doctors and nurses had rushed Mayuri back and now they were left without any information what so ever. He had ridden in the ambulance with his husband, and half way to the hospital his vital signs had become unstable. It was probably the most terrifying thing he had ever seen, the paramedics having to work just to keep the love of his life alive and breathing. Suoh had helped torture people, had shot and seen people shot, hell he had even killed people! But nothing compared to seeing what he saw.

"Suoh…sit down. You're making me sick just watching you." He glanced over at Asami, halting in his pacing. "Don't look at me like that. You need to sit. We don't need you making yourself sick too. Mayuri doesn't need that." ….He's right.

Letting out a sigh, he walked over and took a seat across from Asami, who was searching through the baby bag for a bottle for baby Masa. The bag was covered in blood, making him sick just to look at it. Feilong was sitting beside Kirishima, who was on his phone canceling everything for Asami for the next couple days. Asami and Feilong had been in a business meeting together before they headed over for dinner, talking about bringing Sion and Baishe together. So as soon as he and Yoh heard the news they rushed up here.

"He's going to be okay. Mayuri is strong and as hard headed as they come. He's not going to let something like this be what brings him down." Suoh couldn't understand how his boss managed to sound so sure of himself, but he was thankful for it. Asami's words made him feel just a bit better.

Just when he started to feel better, the door finally opened to the side of them and out walked the doctor. Suoh's eyes went wide, because he knew if everything was fine they would have just sent a nurse. His throat went dry as he jumped to his feet, walking over to the doctor. "Is he okay?" He croaked out.

"We've stabilized him and got the bleeding to stop, but we need to act fast. He has compound fractures to both his tibia and fibula that are going to need immediate operation, and his pelvis was crushed in the accident. I am optimistic about the leg with less damage, it's perfectly salvageable. But the other one…If we don't act quickly he could lose it. " Suoh felt like they were underwater, because the more the doctor spoke the more numb and fuzzy everything felt. "I need your consent to do immediate surgery, because he's lost so much blood it could be dangerous. We'll do everything we can to make sure it goes smoothly, but the risks are there."

Suoh felt a lump in his throat, his mind racing with all that could go wrong, but in the end he knew he had to do what Mayuri would want. "Y-Yes….Go ahead and do it…But is he going to be okay?"

The doctor couldn't meet his eyes as he opened his mouth to answer, but he was cut off when the door slammed open and a nurse came running out. "Doctor, we have a code blue with patient Suoh!" The next thing Suoh knew the doctor and nurse had disappeared behind the door in a sprint, and from just two words he felt his heart shatter.

Code blue…..flat line.