Why are all the suicidal jumpers I end up helping, guys?
"Haku, this is Amu. Are you okay?"
"Yeah…"
"How do you feel?"
"Shitty."
"Want to tell me why?"
"Not really."
I let the subject drop.
"It sure is chilly for a summer night."
"Yeah, makes me wish I brought a jacket or something. It doesn't matter."
"You cold?"
"It doesn't matter," he repeated.
After a flicker of hesitation I cleared my throat.
"You know I'm having a bad day too."
"How so?" he mumbled with little interest.
"My little sister has this boyfriend I don't agree of. She wanted to go to this party with him, but I didn't let her go. She was so angry with me, it broke my heart. I was almost tempted to let her go, but then I remembered I was doing this for her safety. Let her be angry, I think. It's better for her to hate me than end up hurt."
"My brother died two weeks ago," he said finally in a hoarse voice.
"I'm deeply sorry for your los-
"My wife left me after I lost my job."
"Why are you doing this Haku? Is it because of your brother and wife?"
"I lost everything; my family, my home, my wife, my job."
"How are you losing your home?"
"Foreclosure and all this debt."
"What about your wife?"
"I still love her."
"Then why would you leave her a large amount of debt?"
"I'm not! I'm getting rid of the problem!"
"Haku, she's still married to you since a divorce hasn't been filed as of yet."
"Really? Is she there? Kana? Kana?" he shouted.
"No, but I'll have my team call her if you come down from the roof."
"I can't," he finally said, "I have to get rid of all the problems."
"They won't go away," I argued. "Do you honestly want to make Kana work five times harder because you left behind a vicious amount of money for her to pay back?"
"No! I never wanted to hurt her!" he wailed.
"Haku, calm down and listen to me. Come off of the roof and I'll contact Kana and get you a job."
"But-
"You don't want to hurt your wife do you?"
"No."
"Then come down."
"I…okay."
One of the police men ran into the building and several moments later came back with the man.
"You did good Amu," said Rima and Nagi almost at once.
"Thanks," I answer half-heartedly.
Now I could go spend some time with Ami…and maybe soak in a warm bath.
Ikuto POV
I was finally coming back home after months of SWAT training. After the whole Kyou thing, I'd been getting this odd feeling that I was losing my mental and physical strength and sharpness. For a moment I was tempted to light a cigarette, but decided to hold it off till I got back home.
When I pulled onto the freeway, I immediately noticed some traffic and tons of honking going on. A couple of cars pulled over, and though I thought it was a bit strange especially in this heavy of traffic, but I paid no heed. But when a car suddenly stopped in the middle of the road then swerved to the side I muttered a couple of curses. When I finally focused my attention back on the road I figured out – a little too late I may add – what was going on. A car was coming against the traffic flow.
As strange as it was, I actually didn't really react till it was a couple feet away. And as if a jack-in-the box had unleashed within me, instantly my reaction was to swerve the car to the side. As quick as I had tried to be, I was a bit too slow and the approaching, with it's high beam lights, collided half-way into the wall and into the back of my car thrashing me forward with enough tremendous force to have my head slam against the windshield.
I jolted back into my seat with a deep feeling of dread knotting up in my stomach. I turned to stare at the car and when I saw the impact of the damage, I rushed out of my car and ran towards the demolished hunk of metal.
The side closest to me was the driver's seat, so without any slight hesitation I flung the door open to find a teenage driver slumped over the steering wheel. He was clutching his right arm firmly and grunting out. From the looks of it, it seemed to me that he was bleeding.
"Can you hear me?"
"Arghhhh…"
"I'll take that as a yes," I mumbled to myself.
"Can you get out or should I help you?"
"I…c-can…"
"Good – grab onto my arm!" I exclaimed when he nearly collapsed onto the floor.
Even at this distance I could smell the alcohol in his breath. I helped him lay down in the grass before calling 911.
I kneeled down beside him.
"Was there anyone else in the car?"
"…"
"Can you hear me? Was there anyone with you?" I shouted through his haze of falling unconscious and hurdling through the pain.
"Girlfriend…" was all he managed to say before he fell into a stupor of sleep.
I stared at him oddly for a moment – I hadn't seen anyone else – more or less a girl in the car. Then it hit me. The oddly shaped shadow that has slumped over to the side. I ran over to the passenger side of the car. The cold wind combining with the deep dread knotting within my stomach blazing my skin on fire.
The passenger side seemed to have suffered the most. The door was deeply dented seeing it was the side that had collided with the back of my car and part of the wall. With the door being badly compacted, I though it'd be harder to bust open. I placed my foot on the door and grabbed the handle pulling with as much strength as I could. The door finally snapped open and I saw the girl the boy had been talking about.
I carefully pushed her back so she was leaning against the seat now instead of the dashboard. She was covered in her own blood, and bruises and wounds were beginning to show. Her honey brown hair was plastered to her face with what seemed to be a mix of sweat and…blood? I pushed the strands of her out of her face and I felt sick. My stomach felt like it was going to churn.
Catching myself from stumbling backwards and spilling my lunch over my shoes I take another peek at the teen.
"Oh Christ-
Just as I came to carry out her pale, cold body the ambulance arrived. I along with one of the workers helped her onto a gurney and they whisked her away. Another ambulance loaded up the boy and took him as well.
I on the other hand, got into my destroyed car and followed them to the hospital.
Amu POV
Later
So the first thing I see when I arrive home is no one. That's right; there was no one at my house. Noelle was with Utau so it didn't matter, but where Ami was…
Well I had one clear idea. She'd probably gone to the party.
Angry, I pull my cell phone out of my pocket and just as I was about to dial Ami's number my phone vibrated with a caller ID I hadn't been expecting at all.
"Hi Ikuto."
"Amu, Ami's in the hospital."
"What?" I ask even though I'd heard him loud and clear.
"She got into a car accident-
I went silent. Everything was happening too quickly. The room began to spin around in mad circles and suddenly the phone felt too strong and my knees felt like they would give out any moment now.
"I'll be right there," I muttered in a hoarse, unrecognizable voice.
x
I was in such a hurry to see Ami I knocked a poor nurse over. I'm not even sure I apologized or helped her get up.
Ikuto had sent me a text shortly after his phone call telling me where to meet them. The second floor, room 37c. I turned into the left corridor and saw everyone sitting or standing around in the waiting room. The only one missing – me. Utau saw me first, and met me with dark, gloomy eyes. Standing behind her was Kukai who a sobbing Noelle in his arms.
"Amu-
"Where is she?"
"Amu-
"Where. Is. She?"
"In there," replied Rima pointing to the room besides them when Utau only looked to the tiled floor.
I stumbled into the doorway to see my little sister…my little sister all bandaged up and tied to a breathing machine. A bundle of emotion opened and I ran.
"Amu! Where are you going?" shouted Utau and Yaya.
"Amu!" exclaimed Rima.
"Ikuto, go," mumbled Kukai jabbing him with his elbow.
I blocked out everything as I ran down the stairs. Tears continued to stroll down my cheeks. When I got outside, I didn't know where I would go. I just kept running and running till I reached a small community park with a single flickering light.
With no one occupying the park, I slowed down and wandered onto the swing set. I numbly held onto the cold chains and just stared down into the sand. Not too far behind, I could hear someone running – coming closer to my location. Part of me hoped it was a thug who would most likely rob me then kill me.
Instead, I was greeted by someone less violent. I stared into his eyes as he walked through the play equipment set up in the sand. Before long he was standing right in front of me with a strange emotion in his eyes in which I couldn't read.
"You sisters have a knack for getting yourselves hurt and into the hospital," he said in a soft voice as I wiped my tears away.
"She could've died," I snapped back unintentionally.
Ikuto leaned in closer and put his hands on the chain; a couple inches from where mine where.
"You've had your fair share of close-to-death situations as well."
"This was reckless…"
"You've been reckless too."
"Ikuto you don't get it."
"Oh really?"
"She still has a life ahead of her-
"And you don't?" he said with venom lacing through his words.
There was an air of uncomfortable silence.
"I found her tonight. She and this guy had been going in the opposite lane when I had been coming back. When I finally saw the car coming, I pulled away a little too late. They hit me and the wall."
"She was with a guy," I mumbled to myself.
Taking no notice of me, he continued.
"I'll probably never forget her face for as long as I live."
"You found her first?" I asked a new thought forming into my head.
"Yeah."
"But I was the last one there."
He leaned away from me and stared with solemn eyes. Releasing the air he'd apparently kept pent up to himself, he stuffed his hands into his pockets.
"I didn't want to be the one to explain this."
"Explain what?"
"I called Kukai and Rima over first because I thought it'd be easier on you if you had someone other than me there. Well Utau and Noelle were with him. And Nagi was with Rima. Utau called over Yaya and Kairi. Just as I was going to call you they said I shouldn't. With everything that had happened they thought it'd be best if we waited."
"My baby sister is hooked to a breathing machine!" I exclaimed feeling the tears start up again.
"They were trying to protect you," he reasoned.
Another round of silence appeared.
"Ami…" I mumbled again tears strolling down my cheeks.
He reached out and wiped a single tear away from my cheek. His finger unconsciously lingering on my cheek. Realizing what he was doing, he quickly jerked away and stuffed his hand into his pocket.
"We should go back…everyone's worried."
"Is Shou there?"
"Who?"
"The guy who was in the car with her – her boyfriend."
"Boyfriend? Uh no. He only escaped with a broken arm and left before you arrived."
"Did he come to check up on Ami at least?"
"No."
Feeling frustrated, I slipped off the swing and walked besides Ikuto to the hospital.
It wasn't until I actually got back into the hospital that the real waterworks began.
A/N
Hello Darlings! This was a REALLY short chapter, but just to show insight to what actually happened in the last chapter. I'm not too satisfied with the quality, but I can't seem to word it differently. There's also been a lot of time skips in recent chapters. Like I keep using 1 month later or Several months later. Okay if you've been feeling frustrated about this, I promise this is the last of that. Starting with the next chapter, the time will we consistent and easy to follow. So please bear with me.
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