Chapter six
Shuichi's eyes fluttered open again as he smiled weakly into the kiss, his blood soaked hand slowly moving to tangle in the writer's rain drenched locks. So this is what it took to get noticed, to actually have the one person he loved pay attention to him. This is what it took. "You're not much… of a romance writer… in the…" He couldn't finish his words, as his eyelids felt heavy, sleep seemed to want to take over, his will to stay awake slowly fading.
"In the end." The three solitary words left Shuichi's lips in a single breath only to be lost in the sound of the down pour. The pink haired singer's body grew limp in Yuki's arms; the patter of rain filling his ears and his tears soon became lost in the raindrops that lined his cheeks. He quickly pulled his young lover in his lap as he sat up, he wasn't dead, he wouldn't allow the thought, but no it was a reality! He buried his face in Shuichi's shoulder, hugging him close letting blood stain his clothes. It just wasn't the ending he wanted! He wouldn't accept it.
The sound of sirens broke through the pounding of the rain, it grew louder as the help got closer, they weren't to late they could still save him, they could! Could they?
"Sing
me a song
of your beauty
of your kingdom
Let the melodies of
your harps
caress those whom we still need"
Yuki's every sense was dulled with the emotional ach, he felt someone pull Shuichi from his arms, his Shuichi, he felt another person try to help him stand up, it was all a blur, everything, everything except Shuichi, he couldn't seem to pull his eyes off his body as people gathered around him, all in a practiced order they strapped him to a gurney and got him into the back of the ambulance, orders were being yelled above the rain, but none of the words registered in Yuki's mind, someone was beside him asking if he wanted to ride with Shuichi to the hospital, he could only nod, no words would come. His throat felt dry, his mind was blank, and nothing was making any sense. He felt completely and utterly helpless.
He climbed into the back on the ambulance sitting on the bench; his hands found one of Shuichi's, his grip tightening as his blue eyes locked on the singer. He couldn't look away, he wouldn't look to the paramedic that was trying to keep Shuichi in a stable condition as the doors were closed and the vehicle immediately started moving, the sirens, the beeping of the heart rate monitor, the soft sound of the oxygen mask, it was all insignificant.
Everything else was a blur, all he could remember was someone telling him to wait in the waiting room as they rushed Shuichi off behind a set of doors. Yuki's soaked form sank into a horrid chair, his eyes devoid of any emotion as he stared endlessly at the doors as if they were the only things that existed. It felt like hours passed by, the soft ticking of the clock echoed in his mind. Those doors never seemed to open again, they had swallowed up his most precious person and they didn't give the impression that they wanted to let him go again.
"Yesterday
we shook hands
my friend"
His pale purple eyes fluttered open, every limb in his body felt heavy and unmovable, his mind was foggy, his vision was blurred, the room seemed to waver as he blinked a few times, the beeping of something filled his ears and the stale odor of medicines hung in the air. The white ceiling came into focus; he could feel a warm hand gripping his. Where was he? He slowly tilted his head to the side, blinking a few more times, blond hair, blue eyes, a stern face, weakened with pain and worry. "Yuki…" Shuichi whispered this softly; a small smile slowly working it's way upon his lips. Pain slipped through his body causing him to grimace. Was he still alive?
"Shuichi… you scared me half to death." Yuki's words were laced with tears as his grip tightened slightly on his hand. He really did care.
"Yuki, you do care." Tears welled up in the singer's eyes. How stupid was he to ever believe that Yuki didn't love him that Yuki didn't feel the same way he did. How stupid. He had caused him so much pain. "I'll never do that again, I promise." His voice was slightly shaky as the tears began to slide down his cheeks. His body still ached. "I'm sorry I hurt you, I just want to make you feel the same way I do." He whispered this softly as his fingers twined with Yuki's.
"Oh but you do Shuichi, my heart begs to be with you, you make my skin flush with warmth that I can't even begin to make sense of." Yuki smiled through tears that were slowly coming to an end, everything was going to be okay.
"Today
a moonbeam lightens my path
My guardian."
THE END