WALLFLOWER REUNITED

chapter 11

By: K'onix

There really was nothing she could do. She did all that she could, and yet she felt the need to do more. She couldn't sit, could breath, could do anything! She just kept walking back and forth in the waiting room, gasping for breath.

Gina was following her with a worried look on her face. Whether she was worried for her or for him, Sunako didn't really know, nor did she care. All that mattered was that Kyo was in surgery, and she could do anything.

"Should I leave?" Gina asked, stopping Sunako. The older woman turned to look at her.

"Do you want to?" Gina shook her head negatively. "Then why would you?"

Gina looked away, seemingly afraid of the answer. "Do you want me to?"

Sunako sighed. Deciding that she should try to calm down, she took the seat next to Gina. "I'm just anxious." she explained, hoping the other would understand. And she did, nodding in agreement.

Another few minutes of heavy silence passed between the two, the only noise coming from those around them. The ringing of the desk phone echoed around them as they waited. Neither really knew what they were waiting for, but they were in the waiting room...so they waited.

Suddenly Sunako stood up. Gina hoped that she wasn't going to star pacing again. "I have to make a call." She announced stiffly.

Gina nodded and stood as well. "I'll go get us some water," she replied, then slowly wandered off in one direction. As soon as the short brunette was out of sight, Sunako took off for the pay phones. She'd already called his mother, who also gave her the job of calling is sister. Everyone was on their way. Yet, she wanted to call...someone. Anyone who would understand. Sitting by Gina who, she had no doubt, was going over the events again and again just as she was, was not helping her.

The sight of Gina boring through her front door, out of breath and lacking her friend, sent waves of shakes through her body. Gina's gasping words echoed around her mind. Fall. Bloody. Bad.

Kyo.

Over and over again she remembered ordering the girl to call for help as she set off to find the injured boy. Sunako didn't know why, but in all her years of watching horror movies, collecting things, and writing about the things she loved, none of it could have prepared her for the sight of Kyohei Oda.

Gina was right about the blood. He was bleeding from the mouth and various cuts along his body. The gash on his left leg made her think twice about the pain that was positively coursing through his broken right leg. His right arm didn't seem to be hanging the way it ought to be. Sunako couldn't figure out what to do. She didn't want to put him through more pain, but it seemed that there was no place she could touch without hurting the small boy. And he did seem so small there, it choked her.

Everything after that was a flash. The calls she made, talking to people, listening to what was going to happen. How could she not be prepared? How could she not know what to do?

Sunako realized that she was standing in front of the payphones. Who was she going to call, really? Everyone was either already on a plane or getting on one. No one would be ready to talk. So she went back. Taking her time before she reached the dreaded room of waiting. She would make sure to have a character tear apart a waiting room in her next book.

Gina was waiting for her with a bottle of water. She'd already opened hers, but hadn't taken much.

Sunako muttered a small 'thanks' to the girl as she took the clear bottle.

Gina nodded. "I called my parents," she said quietly. Sunako looked at her. She hadn't seen the other by the phones, but it would make since to have them in another part of the hospital...