A New Discovery (SouHaru Fanfiction)

Silence

It's been a whole day since I found this strange man. After I left with him in the ambulance, they searched the house more and no identification for him was found. He still hasn't woken up yet. I know it really isn't my problem to stay here with him, but I can't just leave him alone. There's too many holes in the pages that need to be filled.

I took a week off of work to watch after him and make sure he's alright, and maybe find out why he was there. There's so many questions I need to ask him. I was starting to think that my eyes deceived me and that the tail was just an illusion caused by my mind, but could it really be? There's too much that I need to know to leave.

My train of thought derailed as I hear a knock on the door.

"Ne, Sousuke?" A red haired male came into the room with a duffle bag.

I stood up with a blanket wrapped around me. I was still in my wet uniform from the night before. It was nearly dry, but still uncomfortable.

"Hey, Rin. Thanks for going get that for me." The redhead passed Sousuke the bag of clothes and other hygienic things for however long he needed.

"Don't worry about it. I'd be worried too if I found a guy like that. You're doing the right thing staying here. Oh, and we brought your car here. Figured you'd need that to leave." Before he could say anything else, the responder on his belt began speaking. He listened in before turning to me.

"I've gotta go. Let me know if you need anything else." After saying goodbye, he was gone, leaving me alone in the room with the strange man.

After another 20 minutes complete silence other than the beeping of the heart monitor and mumbling outside of the room, I realized that this entire time I had barely taken my eyes off of him. I scooted my chair closer to him to take a better look. He looked just like any other person. He looked...normal. But his skin, it's so flawless. I hesitantly reach my hand out and touch his, and his skin was the softest thing I've ever felt. How could skin even be that soft? I softly rubbed my thumb across the skin on his hand, mine laying on top of his.

Not long after, while I still had my hand in his, his head turned over, now facing me. I quickly pulled my hand away, slightly embarrassed, but he was still asleep. I sighed in relief and hesitantly put my hand back on top of his. Before I knew it, I had fallen asleep, my hand holding this man, whom I didn't even know his name or anything about him. I just knew that I needed to know more.

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A couple of hours later I was awoken by a doctor tapping my shoulder; my hand was laying on the bed, cold and empty. I look up to see the man sitting up in the reclined bed, looking at the wall, silent. The doctor motioned for me to speak to him in the hall. I get up, leaving the blanket in my chair, and walked with him out of the room.

"I'm not sure if you know anything about him, but he's refusing to speak. If there is any information that you have for him that would be ideal." The doctor spoke to me, holding his clipboard up, ready for any information that I could tell him.

"I don't know anything about him either, but if its billing that's an issue, I can cover him. I'm not even sure if he knows who he is." I inform the doctor who seemed somewhat displeased with my response.

"I guess that will do. We can discharge him in about an hour once we process all of the information. He's being released under your care, so if you could keep an eye on him, that would be great." I nodded in agreement as he handed me the clipboard. I quickly scribbled in all of my information that they needed and handed it back to the doctor.

"All right, we will get everything processed for the discharge as soon as possible." He said before walking away.

When I reentered the room, the man was sitting on the bed with his knees to his chest and his hands on his ankles, still looking at the wall. I stood awkwardly by the door waiting for something. I didn't even know what I was waiting for, just something.

Deciding to finally break the silence, I spoke, "Um, hi. I'm Sousuke, the officer that found you at the scene we investigated. I found you unconscious in the tub and took you here. I'm glad you woke up, it's nice to meet you." I held my hand out to him to shake his hand, but he didn't do so much as budge or break his gaze, almost as if he was in a trance. I sighed and lowered my hand back to my side.

"They're releasing you under my care in a little while. Is that alright with you?"

The only sort of response I got was the man bringing his knees closer to his chest and resting his head between them. I knew from this point on, that this man would be a headache, but for some reason I knew I'd be able to deal with it. I walked back over to where my chair was and pulled it to its original position in the room and sat down, wrapping myself in the blanket, still cold from my wet clothes. Now for the waiting game, sitting in silence with this man until the doctor let him go.