Survived Me: a Shatter Me fan-fiction (Warnette)

Chapter 126 - Date

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Hospitals
Medical shit (ya know like illnesses and shit)
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I have a splitting headache as I make my way up and down the same corridor that I have been occupying for an hour, or so. Maybe I am just being irrational, but this is a long time for doctors to be doing, quote on quote, tests on a patient.

"Hey," Kenji's voice comes from around the corner, coming into view, "Warner, man, what's going on?" He carries with him some sort of naivety that I wish I had right now. "J ran off, upset, and I asked around and Castle said he saw you carrying her to the medical centre." He explains, looking around, seemingly still looking for Juliette, though she is quite clearly nowhere to be seen. "I asked at the front desk and they said that there was a frantic man whose fiancée is getting tests done on her. The woman at the reception said you had been kicked out into the hallway because you wouldn't stop threatening the staff to help her."

I look at the floor, ashamed of my actions. "Yeah, that happened." I state, quite blankly, knowing that, in that situation, I was in the wrong.

Kenji laughs, "I knew it had to be you, dude!"

I scoff, rolling my eyes. "I'm the only person on base that has a fiancée that also lives on base." I pause for a moment, suddenly coming back to reality. "This isn't important right now, what did you say to my fiancée that made her so upset?!" Force finds itself into my voice.

Kenji looks down, suddenly silent. It's strange that I always wish he would stop talking, but now, when I need him to explain himself, he is finally speechless.

"Kishimoto!" I shout, as quietly as I can, very aware that we are in a medical wing hallway.

He sighs, finally looking up at me, his eyes filled with guilt. "She was telling me how she thought that you were hiding something from her, lying to her," he takes a breath, slowly and deeply, "so, knowing what you were hiding from her, I told her that you might have reason for lying to her, that she should hear you out."

My hands find their way to my face, rubbing up and down my skin, frustration and guilt rules over me. "Seriously Kishimoto, why couldn't you have just agreed with her?"

Kenji's emotions change from guilt and self anger, into confusion and shock. "What?" He asks me, his voice quiet and still. "What do you mean?"

"As much as I do..." I turn my voice down so it's a soft whisper, "appreciate" clearing my throat, I tune my volume back up to normal tone, "you saying that, she needed to confide in you, she needed you to agree with her."

The pure recoiling astonishment that bursts through Kenji nearly knocks me off of my feet, nearly punches a hole in my lung. "At the time I wasn't thinking about the consequences," he admits, whether it's dedicated to me or inwardly - to himself - that I do not know. "I just wanted to save your relationship, jeez." The usual snap and spark coming back into his voice. "You know you should be thanking me, I could have told her that she should dump your ass, but I didn't!"

I shake my head, closing my eyes as all the strength that I had been holding on to becomes non-existent as soon as I see a doctor come out of the room that Juliette was in. Her face is covered with a mask, though I know that it's Millie. "Mr Warner," she says looking at me, then her gaze turns to Kenji, "...Kenji Kishimoto." Her eyebrows rise, shock evident.

"Millie." Kenji turns his eyes towards the floor, like he is embarrassed.

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KENJI'S POV:

Five weeks ago...

I have a date with Millie today, though I don't want to tell anyone, the only person that I would tell would be J, but she is in a coma. To be honest, I am terrified. Millie and I have been messaging through Imessages over the course of, I don't even know how long it's been now, I'd say around a week now. We reconnected again when, as bad as it sounds, J went into hospital. Millie has been the main nurse for Juliette, which means that I see her all the time. I am often around the hospital, checking up on Juliette and, more often, making sure Warner stays sane.
Delelui and I have both been trying to get him to sleep in his bed, eat some proper food - anything, but he won't leave his fiancée's side, no matter how hard we both try and convince him.