Rainbow Veins

Chpater 13

The next day, Koutarou was woken by a nurse announcing that his surgery was going to happen in a few hours. His parents were there too, but they spent most of their time talking to a handful of doctors. He just stayed curled up in his bed, not in the mood to get up at all. That was until there was a knock on the door.

At first he assumed it was a visitor for one of the other kids in the room. However, when he heard someone shuffling closer to his bed in small steps and halting at the side of it, Koutarou finally turned around and his eyes widened in surprise.

"Akaashi, what are you doing here?"

The other one smiled shyly and sat down at the edge of his bed. Koutarou noticed he looked a lot better today.

"To wish you good luck for your surgery obviously."

Koutarou's heart fluttered in his chest and he immediately felt relieved.

"So you're not mad at me?"

Keiji shook his head before lowering his gaze apologetically.

"Of course not. My mum had no right to dump this on you."

"But she was right, it was my idea. I shouldn't have coaxed you into this without thinking..."

He bowed his head and started to fidget with the end of his blanket. Keijis's mother must've been so worried and afraid, Koutarou realized that now. He had been too, after he saw how strained Keiji looked all of a sudden.

"It's just... I had no idea your condition was that serious. I just wanted you to have a good time and then it almost ended up in your collapsing. Your mom had all right to shout at me..."

"Yet I'm glad you took me with you..." the other boy declared. "I really enjoyed that day with you."

His calm voice made Koutarou look up again and his eyes widened in surprise. "You did?"

And when Keiji smiled, the bright characteristic beam on the silver haired boy's features finally came back too.

They continued talking, mostly about how Koutarou was still pretty much scared of his surgery. However, it wasn't as bad as a few hours before since Keiji's calm words managed to soothe his worries a lot.

Eventually, his parents came back and they were absolutely eager to get introduced to the boy "Koutarou didn't stop talking about for a whole week." Keiji blushed at their words and Koutarou thought it was the cutest thing ever. He had blushed as well, though.

When Koutarou had to get ready for his OP and it was time to say goodbye, Keiji grabbed his hand and squeezed it softly.

"See you later then, Bokuto-san."

"Yeah" was all Koutarou had managed before he watched the other boy letting go again and leaving the room with his own heart fluttering in his chest.

Out of the corner of his eyes he could see his parents exchanging weird looks, but he didn't give a damn. He just desperately hoped the other boy would let him hold his hand again, as soon as everything was over.