Suspended
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Woot Chapter 8 is here to ease the suspense for all my keen readers who can't wait for me to update, I feel rather loved by your reviews please keep them coming they are the fuel to my writing. Enjoy!
Hushed voices whispered among themselves as my conscious floated back to the surface of the main receptors of my agonising brain, ugh what had happened? My head felt usually heavy on my neck as I slightly moved it to the right wincing at the sharp pain ripping through the nerves which shouted at me to stop my insane idea of moving. My lavender orbs were still enclosed by my eyelids, determined to not open as I fought with them to return my sight to me.
Fluttering open they observed blurry figures in the farthest part of the large room I was in, the weight that I hadn't realised was on my stiff arm shifted slightly in its peaceful slumber, as my vision became stronger the longer I looked around I could identify the fluffy mass of brown hair as the head of Makoto lying asleep on the side of my bed, her warm hand lying protectively over my own cold one.
Piercing pain shot through my head causing me to jerk back in my bed, clutching the heavy mass in my hands, the slumbering form of Makoto was instantly awake and hugging me gently to her chest trying to soothe my pain by muttering comforting whispers, lulling my body into a state of welcomed limpness. My head nestled against her large chest noting,
"This is so much more comfier than the bed,"
"Rei, I know you're hurt but that doesn't mean you can hit on my girlfriend," gentle laughter filled my ears and my head rocked as laughter vibrator resonated through my protectors' chest.
"Wah?" I moaned confusedly until my tormented amethyst eyes met calculating, soft blue eyes,
"You said that out loud Rei," Makoto sniggered again letting me go so I could reassess the situation I was in,
"Ah," I said briefly, now aware of my saviour's other half gazing at me with a sad smile,
"Sorry about that," I apologised quickly but couldn't help but slip in a small remark, "But you must an amazing sleep on them every night,"
Makoto and Ami both blushed, the red flush across their cheeks adding beautiful depth to their faces and made me forget about my trouble momentarily, I hissed suddenly as pain fleeted through my head again, yes momentarily.
"Rei, you've sustained a lot of damage to your head, so much that it's split at the back, you also have bruising on your left cheek where…" Ami trailed off as she witness the light vanish from my eyes leaving my body frozen as the all too real memories reeled through my thoughts, haunting me, plaguing me with his malicious face. Shuddering I looked to Makoto's shaking fist as she curled it so tightly attempting to keep her temper under control,
"As soon as he gets out of here, I'll put him straight back,"
Silenced followed after Mako's dangerous threat but neither Ami nor I had any problem with her carrying it out,
"Where's Minako?" I asked quietly, regretting it immediately when Makoto replied through grated teeth,
"With…" She paused trying to find a suitable word to convey her level of pure disgust at his existence, "It." Obviously Makoto didn't believe there was a word unfortunate enough to be related to 'it'.
I sank back into the padding of my bed, instantly feeling intensely worse than I had before I stupidly asked that question, of course she would be there, where else would she be? With me? I snorted at my own outrageous thoughts, catching worried glances from my two visitors. I didn't think my previous question was enough punishment for my mental state as I probed further into her reaction to everything,
"What," I swallowed the lump that suddenly formed in my scratchy throat, "What did Minako think when…when she saw…" I couldn't bring myself to say it out loud that Hero had tried to touch me again.
Makoto's shaking had ceased its erratic behaviour as it embedded itself into the hospital wall denting it easily; Ami squeezed her strong shoulder comfortingly before facing me,
"She was shocked at his behaviour towards you," okay that was expected I thought, "However she said she still wanted to be with him…"
"Oh," I blinked several times trying to process the information, finding that I hadn't expecting anything less from her.
"Oh?" Makoto question looking back at me pulling her hand from the grips of the wall,
"All you can say is oh? I want to beat some sense into that girl I mean she saw everything! How can someone want to be with a bastardly guy like that?!" Makoto's voice was rising slightly but I ignored her, I didn't need someone telling me to be extremely angry at the bitch who I loved, no one didn't need to tell me twice that she'd rather fuck around with a dishonest, manipulative two faced bastard than have me back.
Hot tears streaked down my battered face, irritating the cuts on the flesh with their saltiness, she'd rather have anyone other than me, she hates me, her parents hate me, I'm not everything she could want, I'm nothing. Nothing! I hate her! I hate her with my whole being. I hated the way she looks so beautiful, I hate her playful personality, I hate her innocent crystal blue eyes, I hate her kisses that could inspire pure love through me, I hate the way she used to touch me, bringing me to points of immense pleasure, I hate how she was the one I was extremely open with, I hate how she was the one who held my heart, I hate her for being my everything.
I hate her for making me love her.
I brought my legs up to my chest and cried into my knees, sobbing uncontrollably, I couldn't care less if Ami or Makoto saw me in my weakest moment because now, I had reached rock bottom…They were about to come over to comfort me but a voice kept them paralysed to their place.
"Rei," Everything in my world stopped: My tears, my mental torture, my pain my breathing. Her voice captivated me and ensnared my broken soul suspending me in this moment in time. Her soft hand rested upon mine and I flinched at her familiar yet unfamiliar touch, I turned my head to the side so I could stare deeply into those crystals…I swallowed I felt myself drowning in her eyes, her deep pools of extreme passion and emotion.
"Rei," She whispered again tantalisingly close to my face, here she was playing with me again all with one word. Every time she had said my name when we were together filtered through my mind, in midst of playfulness, sadness happiness and in the intimate nights we shared.
She wants to be with him…not you! My emotional side cried out to me with such force that I snarled at her,
"What do you want?!"
She looked taken aback at my aggressive outburst but returned to her façade of trying to be nice to me,
"I'm sorry that I said I hated you and I'm sorry for not believing you…" I cut in my rage from my previous argument in my mind burgeoning,
"You're not sorry!"
"What?" She asked shocked at my behaviour, yeah she should be, I'm not going to get played with again it was her turn to get rejected now,
"You still want to be with him, so you can't be sorry," I stated my rage fuelling dangerously within me.
She turned away, avoiding my eyes as hadn't realised I had known her stance in all of this,
"I'm sorry Rei I really am but I can't change my feelings…I…I love him," Something died within me, something that was important to my survival, what was it called? Oh yeah my heart. Aino Minako had just killed me; her words did horrendous damage to me that she wouldn't ever know.
"Get out." My breathing was shallow as I tried to deal with the bomb she had just dropped on me,
"But Rei…" Minako tried but I wasn't hearing anything more, nobody does that to Hino Rei and expects me to be fine about it,
"Get Out! Get lost! Piss off to your fucking boyfriend! What do you need me for? I'm not him! Just leave me alone!" I screamed at her, I didn't care she had tears spilling out of her eyes, all I wanted was for her to feel pain, I want her to feel exactly how I was feeling. I wanted her to suffer like she had caused me too.
Minako rose up and ran out of my room, leaving me alone to suffer with my own tears of regret…
Chapter 8 for everyone, please review telling me your thoughts about this chapter, although I'm sure all the Rei fans are going to be outraged at Minako's behaviour and quite rightly. Please rant in a review – Dark Shadows 01