Pieces of Childhood Memories

Chapter 16 - Morning at the Hospital

-Dream-

"Onii-chan, how to make friends? I really want to know.. I don't have any friends in this Teikoku school," Yoko (when she was still young) said to Sakuma (when he was still young).

"Just talk and communicate with anyone, and you'll make friends," Sakuma replied. Then he and Yoko heard a voice calling him from afar. It was Sakuma's friend.

"Sakuma! Come here! Let's play soccer!" Sakuma's friend called. Sakuma nodded.

"Okay," he replied, then he ran towards his friends. Yoko just looked at him playing soccer with a blank face.

"Why does he have friends... and I don't?" Yoko said to herself. "Onii-chan said... that I once had a friend in my old school. But he didn't tell what his/her name is, and he didn't tell where my old school is. Oka-san and otou-san didn't tell me either... But they said that he/she was my only friend." Then Yoko ran to her house, because classes have finished. (PS: This scene took place after Yoko was hit by the truck and after she already came out from the hospital.) She was crying, she was really jealous of her brother who had many friends. She ran and ran, and finally she arrived at her house.

"I'm home," Yoko said, still crying. She could see her mother approaching her.

"Welcome home, Yoko," Yoko's mother greeted. "How's school? And why are you crying?"

Yoko just remain silent. She then ran to her room quickly while crying, without saying anything to her mother. "Yoko, wait!" She could hear her mother calling her. But she kept running to her room, she didn't care about her mother. After she arrived at her room, she sat on her cozy bed and cried harder.

"I... don't... have... any... friends..." Yoko cried. "I'm so lonely..." Then she took a paper and draw manga. Sometimes, when Yoko felt lonely, she drew manga to entertain herself a little.

"You do know how lonely I am, don't you, Kyuujou Akihiro-kun?"

-End of Dream-

Yoko woke up. Kyuujou Akihiro-kun... it's been a long time, where are you right now? Yoko thought as she smiled. Then after that she looked around her. There's a bed, a vase full of flowers, windows, curtains, white pillows, a white blanket, a toilet, a door, Sakuma and... Kidou. Then she realized that she's in the hospital, laying in the bed! Yoko sweatdropped. "Err... what are you doing here, onii-chan and Yuuto-kun? More importantly, what am I doing here? Why am I suddenly laying in the hospital's bed?" Yoko asked. She was really, really, confused.

"You fainted," Kidou answered. I fainted... again? Yoko thought. Then she tried to recall what's happening.

-Lots of Flashbacks-

"You're..."

"Hitotsuji! Who is the name of the boy in my memories?"

"Even so, I will still force you tell me! Now, who is the name of the boy in my memories?"

"Onegai!"

"O..ne..gai... Hitotsuji-kun..."

"Eh...? Hitotsuji-kun...?"

"Hitotsuji-kun... Why suddenly you...?"

"So... onegai... please tell me who's the boy in my memories..."

"W-Wait!"

"Hitotsuji-kun, wait!"

"Onegai... please... tell... me..."

"Onegai..."

-End of Flashbacks-

Oh, that's right... Hitotsuji kicked and punched me very hard, and he still won't tell who the boy of my memories is, Yoko thought as she sighed. But why was he patting my head the moment when I cried? Argh! There are too many things I don't understand!

"Oh yes, by the way..." Kidou continued his sentence. "You fainted for two days."

Yoko widened her eyes, she can't believe what Kidou had just said. "I... fainted... for TWO days?!" Yoko asked loudly. Kidou and Sakuma nodded.

"Yes," he replied. "You fainted for two days. And please, lower your voice, Akiyama."

"EHHH?!" Yoko shouted louder than before. She still could not believe that she fainted for two days. Kidou and Sakuma sighed. Suddenly, the three of them heard some voices from the room next to Yoko's room.

"What's that loud voice?" They heard a person asking.

"I don't know," they heard a person replying to the other person's question. "Whatever it is, it's disturbing."

Yoko sweatdropped. "Anoo... Yuuto-kun, onii-chan... I guess I must go and apologize to them about my loud voice that disturbed them..." she said. But when she got off bed, she felt a pain on her chest. "Ouch!" Yoko said, but with a lower voice than before. It hurts, Yoko thought. Hitotsuji-kun hit me very hard back there...

"Are you okay?" Sakuma asked worriedly. Yoko nodded.

"I-I'm okay, onii-chan..." she replied. "I guess I just need to rest for awhile. But I'll do that after I apologized to the people next room."

"No!" Kidou said. "I'll do that." But as he walked to the door, Sakuma stopped him.

"No, I'll do that. After all, I'm Yoko's brother," Sakuma said to Kidou. "You just stay here with my sister." Then Sakuma left the room and went to the room next to Yoko's room. Kidou sighed, then he sat on a chair near Yoko's bed.

"Yuuto-kun, can I ask you something?" Yoko asked. Kidou just nodded.

"Who carried me to the hospital?" Yoko asked.

"It was... me," Kidou replied to Yoko's question. "I was really worried because you didn't return from finding the seats, so I searched for you, and then I found you fainting there. Then I carried you to the car-"

"The limousine," Yoko corrected.

"Limousines are cars," Kidou said. Yoko frowned at him. "Okay then, so I carried you to the limousine," Kidou continued. Yoko then smiled. "And we went to the hospital-"

"-and I stayed there for two days," Yoko added. Kidou sighed as he nodded. Why does she always cut my sentence? Oh, well... he thought.

"Yuuto-kun, arigatou," Yoko thanked Kidou as she smiled sweetly. Kidou felt himself blush.

"Umm, why are you blushing?" Yoko asked Kidou curiously.

"Nandemonai," Kidou replied, still blushing. Yoko then got more curious.

"Oh come on, I know you are hiding something, Yuuto-kun," Yoko said.

Kidou sighed. Then he thought of something about Yuuto-kun. "Why are you always calling me with my name, not my surname?" Kidou asked, changing the subject.

Yuuto-kun, you still didn't answer my question! Yoko thought. But oh, well... maybe it's a himitsu. "Well it makes us look like close friends, right? I always love to be close friends with anyone," Yoko answered.

"Oh," Kidou replied with a short reply.

"By the way, why did you ask about that, Kidou Yuuto-kun? Was it because you want to change the subject?" Yoko asked.

"It's not like that," Kidou replied. "It's because..."

"Because?" Yoko asked again.

"Because..." Kidou answered, "Because, you know..."

Suddenly Yoko thought of something. "Oh, because some couples call each other with their name, not their surname? Oh, okay," Yoko said, smiling. Then Kidou started blushing. "Err... Yuuto-kun, why are you blushing?" Yoko asked him innocently.

"The morning sky looks great, isn't it?" Kidou asked Yoko, still blushing. He changed the subject... again.

Yoko sighed. He changed the subject again... why? Yoko thought. Maybe it's another secret? Oh, well... When Yoko was about to reply Kidou's question about the morning sky, Sakuma came in.

"I've finished apologizing to the people next door," Sakuma said to Kidou and Yoko.

"Oh, that's great! What did they say?" Yoko asked.

"They said that you must be an annoying person," Sakuma sighed. Yoko sweatdropped. "Er.. okay," she said, still sweatdropping.

"Well, we should get going to school," Kidou said. Before he left the room, he waved his hands to Yoko without looking at her. (PS: Trying to act cool.)

Yoko smiled as she saw her onii-chan and Kidou left the room. Then she heard her mobile phone ringing. She got a message from Aki. Here's the message:

Gouenji can't play at the next match against Shuuyou Meito!

Yoko gasped. Shuuyo Meito won against Occult Junior High? That's unexpected, she thought. Then she replied to Aki's message. Here's her reply:

What? So then they won against Occult Junior High? It's so unexpected of them. So... who's going to replace Gouenji Shuuya-kun?

Yoko waited for Aki's reply. After a few minutes later, Aki replied. Here's her reply:

I don't know about that... Oh, by the way, I hope you get well soon! You fainted again, right?:D

Yoko smiled. Then she replied to Aki's message. After she finished replying, Yoko thought of something again.

-Short Flashback-

"You do know how lonely I am, don't you, Kyuujou Akihiro-kun?"

-End of Short Flashback-

Akihiro-kun... Long time no see... I guess I should meet you again! Yoko thought and smiled.

PS: CHAPTER 16 FINALLY ENDS~! Sorry for the long update, I'm quite busy with schoolwork... so... you understand, right? Okay then, so who is this Kyuujou Akihiro that Yoko mentioned? Find out in the next chapter! And review please...