✔️ Body and Mind 3

Phone call

They got home half an hour later and as soon as Yuzuru took off his shoes, his phone vibrated with an incoming phone call.
He checked the caller ID, seeing that it is none that he would know, with a country prefix he wasn't able to place.
Emily meanwhile went straight to the shower and Yuzuru picked it up, going into his room.

-Hello, this is St. Thomas Hospital, am I speaking to Mr. Hanyu?

-Yes, this is he.

-You are in our database as a contact person for Ms. Fraser, is that correct?

Yuzuru didn't answer and slowly sat down on the edge of the bed, hearing his heart pounding in his ears. He was trying to process the thought that was his worse nightmare and a horrific feeling of dread began to slowly creep up his spine.

-Are you there, sir?

-Yes. Is....is she okay?

-We cannot tell yet, she was brought in just a few minutes ago from a car accident. Are you currently in London?

-In London?!...Um, no, I am in Toronto.

-We can keep you updated once we know more over the phone then.

-No, I will come.

Yuzuru then asked her one more time for the name of the hospital and also asked her if Anya's room could be upgraded to a private one. The nurse confirmed all the details and once she hung up, Yuzuru kept sitting there on the edge of his bed, silent and petrified.
It couldn't have been as serious as he was imagining. He was trying to convince himself that he is just overreacting. Not having all the information now. That must have been it, right?
She has just won the Fields medal she wanted so much only few months ago. There was still so much she had ahead. He didn't tick so many things off the list yet!
All the thoughts were just swirling in his head, making him glued to the spot.

After several minutes of just staring into the wall, he took out the string from his pocket and started to slowly wrap it around his wrist again. His hands were shaking and he felt like he is losing the feeling in his fingers.

- Why won't you hold? C'mon! Please! Please, please, please, please....

He kept whispering as the string kept falling off but after few moments he finally managed to get a proper grip on it, wrapped it several times around while silently praying for her to be okay.
He made several knots with the ends and once done added a few more just to make sure.

Then he slowly got up and went to his laptop, booking a ticket to London on a flight leaving in several hours. Once that was done he booked a hotel room both in London as well as in Toronto right next to the airport he was leaving from. Lastly, he went to pack some things into his sports bag and went to the hallway, waiting outside of the bathroom door for Emily to come out.
He was fighting so hard with himself not to give in to the panic that was making his heart racing so fast. Just trying to stay calm. At least until he would get into the hotel.

Emily came out of the shower and wanted to say something funny seeing him standing right in front of the bathroom, but when she noticed the expression on his face she quickly opted not to.

-Is everything okay, Zu?

-That friend of mine from Massachusetts---

-Anya?

Yuzuru just nodded, realizing he is not able to say her name out loud, a lump immediately forming in his throat.

-She was in a car accident.