It's Cold

[Nowaki'sPOV]

I waited at the seats, when Hiro-san fell asleep I asked the nurse to let him lay down somewhere, which, they laid him next to Usami-sensei, who was just out of the operation a while ago, just seconds after Hiro-san passed out, I had asked other doctors if I could help with something but they always rejected saying I'm the patients' acquaintance and I need to be there when they needed me, which I just gave up to, knowing that Hiro-san would appreciate it, then the same nurse who told us both Usami-sensei's and Takahashi-kun's condition approached me, with a smile,

"Do you need something, Kusama-sensei?" she asked, now I remember she was the part-timer, also studies at Mitsuhashi University, but not in literature, only in arts, visual arts and com-sci, which made me wonder why did she take as a nurse as her part-time job, I smiled and shook my head,

"Don't worry, I'm fine…" I said, she nodded, she was about to take her leave when, "Oh, right what was your name again?" I asked, she turned around and smiled, before making a swift twirl facing me, her raven black lock swayed on the wind, her reddish-brown eyes gleamed, is it just me or she's acting a bit off? She put her finger to her mouth and winked,

"That's a secret, Kusama-san…" she giggled, I blinked, no one in the hospital had called me '-san', if not for them to call me by my first name, she then turned around walking away, now that you mention it, there was no ID on her, that said her surname, seeing a doctor come near, I called him,

"Yes, how may I help you?" he asked, seeing that she was still near, which I found odd for a nurse to actually let down their hairs, especially hers as she has a waist length one, I pointed at her,

"Umm…sorry for taking your time, but who is she?" I asked, the doctor then followed to where my finger was pointing, before he looked like realization hit him,

"Well, if you're wondering she's not a nurse actually, she came here with someone, who went missing weeks ago, which she said that that someone might come back here, and she started helping out ever since, we even gave her permission to wear the nurse's outfit, as she also has knowledge about nursing, and she's very kind," he answered, I nodded, "The boss even allowed her to get paid…"

"And her name?" I asked, he smiled at me,

"She's an orphan, in the orphanage they call her Kyou, but she goes with the name…"

"Shiel! Sorry but can you take care of this!" a nurse approached 'Kyou' who smiled and nodded, before taking the clipboard the other nurse gave her,

"Sure thing…" she chirped,

"So, basically everyone calls her Shiel…anyway…I should get going, and Kusama-sensei please watch over the patients you brought with you," I nodded, before starring down at the mug, I know that it wasn't the time to ask about that, but I just wanted to know, I looked back at the operation room, it has been five hours already since we got here, and just a couple of minutes ago when Hiro-san passed out, I sighed, I was tired but I need to stay up for Hiro-san, then a doctor came out of the operating room, carrying a clip board, I spun my head to looked at him, he looked at me, he approached me,

"You're here for Takahashi-kun I presume?" he stated, I nodded,

"Hai,"

"Well, consider yourself luck or unlucky…" he said, I raised a brow, I didn't get where he was going, nor what he meant, "We managed to stabilize Takahashi-kun for now, there's no telling when he'll go haywire again…so we're going to put him in a private room if that's okay with you, Kusama-sensei," I nodded,

"Please do what you must…' I bowed, he returned it,

"Now, I should get going I need to attend to the other patients," he said as he took his leave,

"Thank you for your good work today…" I said, I was about to head towards Takahashi's room to see how he was doing, when realization hit me, I mentally face slapped, I forgot to ask which room he was in! of course I could look, but then that only meant I'll be disturbing someone, sighing I was about to head where Usami-sensei and Hiro-san were resting, and wait for an opportunity to come to ask for Takahashi's room number, when the girl, Shiel, blocked my path, now she is dressed ina warm punk clothing, a beige colored sweat jacket that had a hoodie, which she had a black turtle-neck sweat shirt underneath, she wore baggy light blue pants, and red sneakers,

"252" she said closing her eyes, I raised a brow, she opened them, "Misaki's room is in 252, right across the room where Usami-sensei is in…" she smiled, I nodded, before heading towards the room with her following me from behind, smiling, which actually crept me out, I then felt a shiver run down my spine, when I entered the room, the lights were off, the lights of the hallways were the ones' that gave only the light source to the room, there were three IV's strapped to Takahashi, an oxygen mask, and two oxygen tanks by his side, and a heart monitor that showed his calm heart beats, he had gain some of his color back, but that didn't change the fact that he almost died, many times already, then Shiel sprinted towards Misaki before caressing his cheek with her forefinger, I blinked,

"How did you know Misaki?" I couldn't help but ask, she faced me,

"Hm? That's a secret~!" she chirped giggling, before sitting up, and sprinted out of the room, only to return with a couple of colored papers, and started folding them up like mad, only for all of it to end up into flowers, origamis, she then put it all in the vase, "Since there's no flower shop, that is going to open, so this should do it for now! I'll see ya tomorrow!" she said, before going out of the room, I took one last look at Takahashi, before going out of the room, myself, and walked towards the opposite room, 251,

*Sneeze*

I looked up to see Hiro-san awake, he shivered, he looked at me, before pouting like he usually does,

"Nowaki…I'm cold…" he said his usual phrase I smiled before sprinting towards him and hugged him,

"Hai."

[Third Person's POV]

'Where am I?' Akihiko thought as he fluttered his eyes open, eh moaned when he got greeted by a blinding light, 'Ack! The fuck!' he cursed as he squeezed his eyes shut, he blinked a couple of times before his sight finally adjusted to the brightness, he looked around, he was in the hospital alright, 'Why am I—' he thought over as he observed his surroundings, before his eyes widened,"Misaki!" he yelled without thinking, he heard a yelp right next to him on his right,

*Clatter*

The curtain slid open, revealing Hiroki and Nowaki staring at him, eyes wide,

"Akihiko! You're up!" Hiroki cried standing up, Akihiko then wasted no time, and scanned the room, he wasn't there,

'Misaki…' his thoughts were immediately plagued by the brunette, Hiroki made his way towards Akihiko, only to get pulled by his collar, Akihiko's face dangerously close to his, the author has somehow got his strength from nowhere, "Where's Misaki?!" Akihiko asked whilst shaking Hiroki, who grunted,

"Let me go! Sheesh he's…a wait…Nowaki…" Hiroki wanted to yell at his childhood friend that Misaki was fine, only to make it hit him that he actually didn't know as he had passed out, and when he woke up Nowaki wasn't around that he felt cold, and when Nowaki got there he hadn't asked yet, and that Akihiko had already woken up, he was a restless man alright,

"Hmm? Takahashi-kun is resting on the room across from ours…" Nowaki replied, he was about to continue and explain, when Akihiko had already stood up, and dashed past him,

"Oi! Akihiko you need to rest!" Hiroki yelled, only to get the door shut as his response, he gritted his teeth before standing up himself, and following,Nowaki followed him, when they got to the room, Akihiko was there kneeling by the bedside, holding Misaki's hand in his, he stared at Misaki with a mixture of emotions going through his face and eyes,Hiroki's eyes then landed on Akihiko's hand, he was still holding the scarf, Nowaki then took note, before bending down to Hiroki and whispered,

"The doctors couldn't get it out of his grip no matter what, so they let him hold unto it…" Nowaki whispered, Hiroki just nodded,

"I see…" Akihiko seemed now oblivious to what was happening to his surroundings, of course his coat and scarf were taken off of him, except for Misaki's scarf that is, he is now only wearing his 'casual' clothes, (You know, his usual clothing,)

"Misaki…" Akihiko whispered, in his voice worry, fear, guilt and concern were clearly shown, the two Egoist looked at him, he was never like this, save for Nowaki who didn't know, it wasn't long when the door opened and shut with a thud,

"Uwahh, Usami-sensei you have to rest you now…" their heads then snapped towards Shiel who just entered, now carrying white lilies, from who-knows-where she got them, her eyes then snaked at Misaki, there was something with her stare that made Akihiko jealous and glare at her, she raised a brow, "What?! Is it bad to visit a person who you knew for only an hour?!" she huffed before putting the lilies on the opposite side where she put the flower origamis, she then touched the petals gently, a smile etched on her face, a soft one, not a creepy one, she then smiled at them, "Should I ask the doctors to transfer Usami Akihiko-sensei's room to be with one with Misaki here?" she asked gently, no it was a suggestion to be in fact, Akihiko not minding what she just called the brunette immediately agreed,

"YES!" he said, Nowaki glanced at him, before back to her,

"Um, excuse me but, how are you going to convince them?" he asked, she pouted,

"Can't you trust a lady? Sheesh…" with that she walked out of the room scoffing, leaving them alone, Hiroki then glanced back at Akihiko who now put his attention back on Misaki,

"Uh…Akihiko…do you want us to leave you two alone for a while?" he asked, despite that there was ahuge percentage that Akihiko most likely didn't and wouldn't pay attention to him, but got a slow nod from the silverette, he and Nowaki then glanced at each other before nodding going out of the room at the same time, leaving Akihiko by himself, with his unconscious Misaki, yes, his Misaki, his most only precious Suzuki-san,

[Akihiko's POV]

Misaki was so pale when I saw him, I don't care who that raven haired girl is, true she looked like around fifteen or so, but I don't want that bother me for now, it'll only make it worse, I'm glad that Hiroki actually gave me time with Misaki alone, despite that the room's heater was working, and it was pretty much already warm his hand was still cold as ice, thinking back to the way he looked when I found him earlier, I only felt a pang on my chest as my heart clenched, true that he got a bit of his color back, but that didn't change the fact that what he went through earlier had happened, I wanted to believe that it was a dream, but then I only end up with flashbacks on what happened,

"Have you…

GROWN TIRED OF ME?"Misaki's voice echoed, I could feel tears started to form yet again, I felt myself tense up, but no matter how much I wanted it to go away, yet it lingered, I could feel my feet started to tremble, I squeezed his hand trying to give it warmth, it was still numb, seeing him so pale, so lifeless was enough to scare the living daylights out of me,

'Misaki…'

"If you want me out of your life so badly then just said so!"

'No…I…'

"You know what?"

'No, please don't…please stop…'

"You can give that to senpai if you want!"

'No, that's not what you think…'

"I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU ANYMORE! I THOUGHT YOU LOVE ME! I WANTED TO KNOW I LOVE YOU BUT…Y-Y-YOU…"

'Misaki…don't leave me…' I bit my lower lip, I felt something warm drip from it, but I didn't bother to pay it any attention, as also something wet and warm trickled down my cheeks, I gripped his hand tighter,

"I DON'T NEED YOU! DAMNED RABBIT!"

'No, don't say that…'

"…Hm…I love you too…Usagi-san…" I squeezed his hand again, biting my lip even harder, I didn't want to cry, it was all my fault, it was all my fault that this happened! What right do I have to cry?! Those words he said, why did he say it?! Was it because he thought he'll never see me again? No! I won't let him! My tears then dripped on the cold tiled floor, as did my blood from my lip,"…Hm…I love you too…Usagi-san…"

'Make it stop…stop joking with me…'

"…Hm…I love you too…Usagi-san…"

I squeezed his hand tighter than ever, if he was awake he could've yelped and jerked his hand off of mine, but he didn't, he stayed limp, lifeless, unmoving, the only rise and falling of his chest, the silent snoring, the smooth beeping of the heart monitor, were the ones signalling that he's still here,

"Misaki…" I muttered, my voice cracked yet again, as it came out with a whimper, I could taste a sweet warm rusted copper on my tongue, it was blood, my blood, "I…" my breath hitched, "I love you…"

[Shiel'sPOV]

Misaki, what had you got yourself into this time? But really, you were really cold you know….

I sighed as I stood outside of Misaki's room, which now will be together with Usagi, the doctor stood next to me, as we listened to the author, who broke down, chanting those three words over and over as if it would wake up the brunette, I only met Misaki for an hour, and I immediately grew fond of him, just by looking at him earlier made me enough to want to dig my own grave, I was wondering why the silverette was sobbing so hard, from the glare he sent me earlier, made it clear that he is in love with Misaki, or may be Misaki's lover! But it didn't make any sense, when Kusama-san carried them here, Misaki was wearing almost nothing to fight against the cold, no lover would let his lover wear something like that, which in result he went through almost the final stage of frostbite to death, which he was just two stages away, good thing we managed to get him back though also, that author had his scarf and coat, so why did he grip that scarf like it was his lifeline? What exactly happened? I used to be an expert about this stuff, but this time I don't know…nor did I want to know, I glanced at Dr. Kun next to me, he then glared at me, clearly telling me to wait till the man's all sobered up, I just nodded in return, though I was really impatient, I just wanted to slam the door open scaring the living daylights out of that author while exclaiming the good news that I managed to get for just a couple of seconds, but this time I held the urge to do so, I know I can be a real trouble-maker, but then, Misaki, Misaki is a different case, and is sure is this one, but what got me wondering the most is that why would an almighty author as he, be all over an ordinary boy like Misaki? No, I take that back, Misaki may be a commoner, and not good at certain usage of the words, but he has something in him that you can definitely sense that he is different, of course every other people are different, but he's just, let's say unique, no word can ever describe him, I sighed, the sobs then turned fainter and lower, I ruffled my raven-locks out of my eyes, this wasn't getting any better,

"Say…sensei…" I started,

"Hm?" he didn't even bother to turn and look at me, but stared at the ground,

"Any idea on what happened?" I asked,

"Well, curious as usual, why don't you assume then?" he taunted, I let out a scowl before letting my detective side take over, but regretted soon afterwards, many plots were already there, I sighed and rubbed my temples, "Well, most of the times, the way the life turns isn't the way we expected it to be…" he muttered I nodded, I then looked up to see Kusama-san and his company next to him, Kamijou-something, I straightened up, and bowed at them, they looked at the room's door, I shook my head, they nodded in return, before leaning next to us, I then took note as how the other doctors and nurses ran about,

"Sensei…go back to work…" I said, he nodded, he leaned off the wall, then walked towards the door, I raised a brow, "Wai—" I was about to ask him, but it seemed that he already knew what I was about to asked and answered,

"I'm doing my work…" he whispered, before knocking thrice at the door,

"Yes?" the author softly replied, his voice was tense but soft, I cringe, I didn't like this, I leaned off the wall, before following 's lead, he opened the door, hell, the author hasn't even move from his position, except for the fact that he managed to get himself a chair, well, the lights were off, Dr. Kun glanced at the switch but didn't switch it on, I know what was coming, so I looked at the author, who took the warning and braced himself for what was about to come, I hope that Dr. Kun knows as the hell he's doing, because if he do something that would hurt this author, I am so gonna kick his arse,

[Akihiko's POV]

When the three knocks landed on the door, I immediately went out of my trance, I tensed up, before answering,

"Yes?" that came out the way I didn't expect it to,the door opened, revealing a doctor, and that kid from earlier they both stood by the door frame, the girl was silently scowling, so I knew that something was coming, but the kid looked like she was going to kick someone's ass when something goes wrong,

"Well, hello, Usami Akihiko-san, I see you're up…well, as per requested, and per supported by Shiel," he gestured towards the kid, "Of your room merge, we have agreed to it, I am Kun, I'll be you're proctor through this," he said, there was actually something in his tone that said, that the kid, Shiel, didn't make a usual request, but did something to actually get the doctors to agree, in which, I think that I might thank that kid for later, he then cleared his throat, before going inside the room, standing right by the bed, in front of me, Shiel followed him, soon Hiroki and the blue-haired man entered, "Well, so to speak, as you're Takahashi Misaki's current guardian, and we are unable to contact his brother who is in Osaka due to the networks down services, we'll be informing you in their place, Takahashi Misaki had suffered through and almost thorough of the whole frost bite stages, only two stages before death," he explained my eyes widened hearing his last sentence, Shiel scowled and glared at him which he ignored, "Thankfully we were able to get him back to the living, well after his life went haywire for like eight times already, no probably more? I lost count…" he said, something was with him, his new didn't feel any better, earning another scowl from the raven girl next to him, good thing that he wasn't one of those crappy doctors who would assure the patient, even though the patient himself know that it wasn't okay, so I can pretty much thank him for not lying, getting your hopes up too high will only cause greater damage, "Anyway, we had managed to stabilize him, for now," threat clearly ringed in his tone, "It was advisable that only a nurse would be next to him, if not for Shiel, she'll be here, with Kusama-sensei, and his company to help you watch over Takahashi-san , now, Usami-san, as said we managed to stabilize Takahashi-san for a while, but that doesn't mean he's out of all loop, his life is like a case-sensitive string that even a faint gush of the wind would make it break, his life is still in the haywire, also, in order for him to be much more stabilize is that we had put him onto temporary rest, means coma, he needs it, and he doesn't need stress over him, his heart might stop in seconds," hearing the news I could feel my heart stop as he said it, "Moreover, we did what we could, all there's left is for his own willpower to actually live," my eyes inwardly widened, did Misaki have enough willpower to live, Dr. Kun studied me for a while, before sighing, "But, I don't think he'll want to leave this world yet, not when someone is still waiting for him that is," with that he went out of the room, but before completely going out, he sent us all a side-glance, "Shiel if that happens, you'll know what to do…" he said, she looked taken back by his comment, but nodded, I raised a brow, just what did they mean? Moreover, was Misaki going to be okay? Soon we were all left alone, everyone on their own positions in the room, the blue-black haired man was biting on his thumb's nail, he understood by what Kun-sensei meant by that, but I wanted to know, I was about to ask when Shiel stretched her hands high up in the air, making a humming noise as she did so, she yawned once she lowered them, before rubbing her eyes, the blue-haired, Kusama took note,

"You can go to sleep if you want, I know what to do after all…" he said, she glared at him,

hu"Kusama-san, I know that you know what to do, but you're in no condition of doing it, you went through a stage of frostbite too, there's no telling what might happen," she scolded sternly, I was shocked, how was he also affected by the frostbite?

"Nowaki…" Hiroki called, concern etched in his voice, even Hiroki was here, but why? Kusama or Nowaki but on his thumb nail yet again, his brows furrowing, thinking of something,

"But…" he tried to reason with her, but before he could even speak another word she cut him off,

"Kusama-sensei, I know that you're worried, and want to as hell as help, but it is not advisable, everyone had agreed to it already, just this once, let it pass, this time, you're not a doctor, but a patient, you can be one when we call you, if that is we call you, you are also a doctor at the same time," she crossed her arms, "Your presence was asked to be here for a reason, everyone knows, so just go with it, even just this once," Shiel said though venom ringed in her voice and tone, Kusama just nodded,

"Uhh...Shiel..." I called, she then faced me smiling, "Uh...so...Misaki's..." I started, as if reading my wonders and concern she answered,

"Ahh...don't worry he's in a temporary coma, Kun-sensei was just being rude..." she said in a reassuring voice, I nodded,

[Shiel's POV]

When the silverette asked me the question, no he didn't, couldn't even finish it, but it made my heart temporarily stop, knowing he wouldn't and can't go on far with his words, I answered,

"Ahh...don't worry he's in a temporary coma, Kun-sensei was just being rude..." it was a lie though, I hope he bought it, he did look convinced, Misaki is stabilized for now, but his life is really in jeopardy, anytime he could go haywire, so, Kun-sensei was telling the truth...as much as I hate to admit and accept it, but he is telling the truth like or not, Usami sighed, we then stayed silent,I hated this, I wanted to ask, to know what happened. Why was Misaki in that storm? Why was he wearing such defenceless clothes? Many questions formatted in my mind, "Misaki..." I muttered, apparently this was heard by the author, no by everyone, out of curiosity Usami asked,

"How do you know Misaki?" he asked,

'That should be my line' "We met at Mitsuhashi University, literally bumped into each other actually..." I answered silently laughing at the memory,

===Flashback===

Shiel was hurrying to get home from her class, not that anyone was waiting, but she needed to get home and fast, Dr. Kun passed out, and she is currently living with him, as he is like her brother, she was carrying a lot of stuff, she turned t another corner only to stumble upon a person,

"I'm sorry! I was in a hurry and I wasn't watching where I was going!" Shiel immediately ranted gathering her things that fell, all of it re art materials,

"Ah, no...no harm done..." she raised her head only to meet green orbs in her red ones, he smiled, with that he helped her pick the things up, apologizing for one last time, she was about to go on her way when,

"Ah, wait...i still have time, I can help you get home if you want..." Misaki offered, she blushed,

"B-ut..." Shiel was about to turn the offer down, but then Misaki gave her a look that not even the cruel person in the Earth can refuse, so she ended up agreeing,

"I will help, and you were in a hurry and it was also part of my fault why that happened, so...please..."

"Okay, if it's not that burden to you..."

"Not at all...I'm Takahashi Misaki y the way..." Misaki said,

"Kyon..."

"Hm?"

"I'm Kyon...just Kyon, but everyone calls me Shiel...nice to meet you...Takahashi-kun" after the introductions they proceeded on getting Shiel to her home, only to get there to find Dr. Kun awake and is helping himself with coffee, Shiel then yelled at her so-called brother who stayed silent eyeing Misaki, and when she stopped yelling for a breath and was about to continue he stopped her by cutting by asking if he was her boyfriend which she said that she doesn't even know what love is, which got Misaki to ask, in which they found out that they have similar pasts, only Shiel does not have a biological brother unlike Misaki, in which Misaki told her that she has experience love through her so-called brother because of their relationship, and as expected both became fast friends. Shiel then asked Misaki if he was going out with someone, he said yes, and said something about a stupid rabbit(translation=baka usagi) and accidentally the word 'he' slipped from his lips, "Eh? You're going out with someone in the same sex?" she asked, though there was no disgust, nor any negative contain in her voice, only curiosity, Misaki blushed,

"Ah! No! I mean...I , uh...so, AH! It's not like that!" Misaki tried to convince her that the word just slipped from him but she knew that it was just denial and that he was just trying to not to get her disgusted, which she just cut ini,

"You know, I'm not disgusted or anything, but just envy..."

"Huh?"

"I love...Kun...but not as a couple, but as a brother, to have someone to love aside from a family, is really something, you know Misaki...I don't care if you go out with a man, but I want to know, do you love him?" Shiel asked, Misaki stared, before nodding,

"Yes, even more than my words and actions could convey, I love him..." Misaki smiled, Shiel then smiled back,

"Then you should tell him!"

===End of Flashback===

I then told them what happened, without the part of Misaki confessing of course, knowing that the one was right in front of me, though I was even happy that they seemed even more loosened up, they even laughed when I told them how Misaki convinced me, Usami the one who number one agreed of course, at least I could make them smile, I then glanced at Misaki who was now breathing evenly, checking the time on my watch, I just realized that I only have five minutes till that happens, I stood up and faced the window, where the curtains were shut still,

"I'm sorry everyone, but could you please leave the room?" I asked, they raised a brow, Usami by his looks he was already protesting, "Please, I have to do a check up on him, and I must be alone, you may go to the vending machine to get refreshments, I said smiling, Usami opened his mouth, "Please...this must be done, for Misaki," with that said, Nowaki now knew what I meant, so he guided the others away from the room, in no time, saying the check-up will take longer than expected, from the silverette's eyes he could tell that something was up, but I couldn't tell him unless he finds out himself, it took me three minutes to make that they were nowhere near, I proceeded to do as told, before that happens, without anymore hesitations I pulled out my tools that I hid earlier, took out my surgical gloves and put them on, before taking the syringe given to me, taking in the clear but bubbly substance in it, I then injected it to Misaki, directly on his neck, good thing the hospital was packed, where screams were heard everywhere, as soon as I gave Misaki the antidote, he started trembling before letting out an ear-splitting scream,

(A/N: GAHH! SERIOUSLY! I didn't plan this one ahead! Okay, and before anyone asks about the substance, I'll do my best to research something like it! I totally made that up! So totally no offense, also this wasn't at all emotional! Ahh! The season must be getting to me! Sorry, if you expected this to be more emotional than the others, as for the next one I'll try my best to do it. I promise! Also, I know my mimic of Nowaki is bad, but please spare me! I barely know him! I'm more of RitsuxMasamune and MisakixAkihiko pairing supporter! Of course I support the others but then...Gah! I'm really sorry! Too much of listening Vocaloid songs! Sorry...really...sorry...I hope you like this one...I don't know myself, if only I have an editor...Uwah! Again, this is DarkAlchemistAssassin, I hope you like this one, and I hope I hadn't disappointed you yet again, and I'll promise the next chapter will be on Akihiko's POV! Please! Forgive me...Please stay tune to the next one...

CHAO~!)