{Discontinued} "Valentine's Day" | Yandere Shuichi Saihara x Reader | Rewrite

Chapter 10

"Hey Simon, how are you doing?" You asked, hoping to hear good news from the lawyer. However, when you saw his dull expression, you knew that you'd hoped for too much. He attempted to hide his anxiety by giving you a kind smile.

"The hospital didn't find any poison when they did a screening, so I'm probably fine..." Simon assured, "Um... why did you think I was poisoned in the first place?"

"Haha... I probably watch too many crime shows," You awkwardly scratched the back of your head. That answer wouldn't surprise you if it was actually true- you DID watch a lot of crime shows where people were killed in all sorts of unique ways. Who and what would have poisoned him anyways? You couldn't think of anybody that would want to do that to him.

Simon opened his mouth to speak, but before he could say anything, his eyes suddenly grew wide. He quickly reached over to a nearby counter, where there were puke bags at arm's reach from the bed. He snatched one and opened it, barely having enough time to actually land his own puke in the bag. To your horror, it was still just blood...

"S-sorry you had to witness that! I assure you I'm fine, though!" Simon quickly apologized, throwing the puke bag into a trash can and using paper towels to wipe the excess blood from his mouth. Was he seriously worried with how he looked when he was vomiting blood?!

"Dude, you don't have to be sorry. You could possibly die so like... I don't think how you look really matters," You walked over to the boy and gave him a small pat on the shoulder, hoping that would somehow make him care less about how he appeared to you. It kind of hurt to see that even when he was sick, he wasn't expressing much about his concerns for himself. He seemed to care more about how you perceived him and your own comfort.

"I won't die," Simon declared with a determined look, though you weren't sure if you could believe him. "Ah, please excuse me for a few minutes," Simon suddenly broke the silence as he stood up, walking into the bathroom connected to his hospital room.

You waited patiently for Simon, expecting the trip to not take very long. However, a few minutes turned into several minutes, and several into many more. You had begun to grow worried, especially once thirty minutes had passed and Simon still had not left the bathroom. You were worried to intrude on his privacy, but you were too scared that something had happened to him...

After several minutes of contemplation, you slowly approached the door and knocked with caution, "Simon? Are you okay?"

A few long seconds passed without a response, and you were thinking about trying to knock again before you heard Simon reply, "I-I'm fine! My apologies for making you wait so long..."

You weren't sure what to do after that, and you stood there trying to think over your options. Just a few minutes later, however, two nurses suddenly rushed into the room, a necklace around their necks beeping red. In an automated voice they said something about an emergency, but before you could ask any questions, they quite literally pushed you out of the room and shut the door.

Nearly fifteen minutes passed until the door opened again, and the sight made you rather scared. The nurse that left the room had blood on her gloves, which she quickly tossed in the trash before you could get a good look.

"Sorry, Simon isn't stable enough right now to have visitors. If you like, you can leave your phone number with the hospital and we can call you when you can visit Simon again," the nurse offered. Without hesitation, you agreed, and the nurse wrote down your phone number on a piece of paper. Afterwards, you were escorted out of the hospital.

I really hope Simon will be okay... you thought to yourself as you left the building. You had no idea what could have possibly happened so suddenly that apparently created the emergency, but you hoped that whatever it was would turn out to be something minor. That was all you could really do.