Sho stared blankly at the ceiling as lay on his hospital bed. "This was the day I've waiting for", he thought to himself
"The day...when they would replace my heart."
He shifts his head to the left to look at the clock hanging on the wall. It's 8:00 am-thirty minutes before the operation. He shifts it again, this time a little bit to the right to where the TV was. It was on Dragon Ball Z, with Goku fighting Piccolo in mid-air.
"Are you alright, Sho?" says a feminine but robot-like voice. He turns his head to his far right and see his mother, her eyes glued to her laptop.
"Hmm?" He mumbled. He never really dared to talk to her whenever she was busy. He respected his mother whenever she was busy with work, but-like any other child with a busy parent would-he was desperate for attention.
She then stops for a moment, looks up-towards the wall clock-then to her son.
"Are you alright, Sho?" she says, with sincerity in her eyes.
Then, in a more motherly tone, she adds, "Aren't you scared about the heart transplant?"
Sho pauses for a moment, remembering how he's had sleepless nights thinking about this day, haunted by the thoughts of what might happen to him. "Would I die while they cut me open?", "Would my body accept the new heart or cause it to fail?", "Would I finally get to live a normal life?" , "Would I even be able to fit or get bullied by those who never got the chance because of my illness?" These questions were suppose to be to torment him, torture him, take away every little essence of confidence and self-worth had left in him.
But ever since that summer at his Aunt Jessica's house-that summer when he was able to prove his worth; that summer when he risked his health to do something heroic... that summer when he finally met someone that understood him- he felt...at peace.
"I'm not. I'm actually feeling really confident about all this." He said with the biggest smile he could muster.
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Sho's POV
After saying that, mom was suddenly quiet. She just stared at me, absolutely speechless. I was then expecting her to ask questions. How I was so calm, so fearless. How was the week at Aunt Jessica's house. And if maybe-just maybe-I was able to see the little people she told me about in her bedtime stories.
Instead, she just focuses back on her laptop and says, "Well, at least we know the meds are working."
I sigh with disappointment as I focus back on the TV. This sorta thing isn't new to me at all. In fact,she's been like that ever since she got divorced with my father-always busy with work and never really paying attention to her dying child. I never really understood what happened between them...not that I plan to.
My thoughts were distracted by a knock on the door. A nurse enters the room, holding a syringe filled with anesthetics. I could tell because I've been injected with the same stuff two or five times today.
"Alrightie, Sho. Just one more then off to the OR you go." the nurse says to cheer me up...as if it did.
I gave her a smile to show that I appreciate her effort...which was then replaced with a pained look after being injected.
It barely past 5 seconds when I felt drowsy. My vision was all blury and all my other senses were getting dull. I then felt being moved out of my bed to a wheeler.
"I'll just be here, Sho." I hear mom say as I'm being wheeled out of the room. It sounded like she said something else, but I could barely hear it.
My eyes're getting heavy and I don't think I could stay awake any longer. I take out something in my pocket. It was a good-luck token from my one and only friend in the whole world: an orange clip.
"I hope this works, Arrietty." I whisper while clutching the little trinket in my hand. And with all the consciousness I had left, I return it safely to my pocket before falling into deep sleep.
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AN: It just so happens that I published this during mothers day. So, HAPPY MOTHERS DAY to all mothers out there!!!
Anyways, sorry for taking ages (a.k a three days) to come up with the first chapter. I hope you really enjoyed it. It's not exactly as fluid as I thought it would be, but I'm satisfied with it. I'll try to make Chapter 2 ASAP...after a series of mediocre brainstorming!!! Just kidding ^_^
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Sho (Secret World of Arrietty fanfic)
FanfictionAfter the vacation at his mother's childhood home, Sho must face his greatest fear-- his surgery. Based on Ghibli's Secret World of Arrietty, comes the story about the boy who saved the borrowers and what is to become of him. S L O W U P D A T E S
