Kuga had washed his hands for the 4th time and he still couldnt shake the feeling of her blood on his hands.
S-hall were just out walking when they saw a man slit her throat. She was already covered in blood and she was crawling away from him. He barely heard Hiyoki's scream as he dashed towards the fallen girl. The man who attacked her ran away and though Kuga wanted to go after him, he didnt. He put his hands on the wound to try to steem it somehow.
Open your eyes. Dont you dare die.
He kept repeating to the unresponsive girl as she lay dying on the ground.
Despite the loud roaring of blood in his ears, he noticed how badly beaten she was. Both her cheeks were swollen as if someone had been hitting her. Her clothes were dirty and one of her sleeves were partially torn.
Kuga wanted to punch something. Anything.
Kuga literally jumped when someone - a paramedic - touched his arm to take over. She was taken immediately. They -the witnesses- were brought in for questioning.
He waited outside the opeerating room. And prepared himself for a long wait.
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3 hours later, the doctor came out to find a lone boy sleeping on the uncomfortable chairs outside the OR. He recognized him as one of the people who found the patient. He gently shook the boy's shoulder.
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Kuga stood up and prayed for good news.
"Your friend's alive, son." The doctor said as he saw the boy brace himself. "She sustained life-threatening injuries. If you hadn't found her, she would have bled to death."
"When can I see her?" Kuga asked.
"You can go see her now. Just dont wake her."
"I wont." Kuga promised as he headed to her hospital room.
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Quietly, he crept into her room.
On the bed lay his recent greatest annoyance. Hooked on a ECG, she lay in her drug induced sleep.
It was suddenly very hard for him to breathe.
It wasnt right. This setting wasnt right. She looked like death and the thought of it made his chest hurt.
He took the seat next to her bed and stared at the unconscious figure.
Wake up. Please. He whispered as he tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear.
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Kuga woke up with a start. He had no idea he fell asleep. He heard a whimper from the occupant of the bed.
With the aid of the moonlight, he saw her cry silently. One corner of her lip bloody from her biting in an attempt to keep herself from making any noise.
His heart twisted painfully as he saw her tortured look. He was about to shake her awake when she took a shuddering breath as she opened her eyes to stare blankly at the ceiling. Sshe raised a hand and looked at it with such a sad expression.
"Still alive huh?" She closed her eyes laughing bitterly.
She wss already asleep when he was coherent enough to realize he wasnt dreaming.
