Venom (Tsuzuku X Koichi)

Chapter 7 - Poisonous Venom

Venom the doctor tells us, that is what had been making Koichi so weak. The unnoticable liquid that had been flowing through his body day by day. The thought of it gets me mad and brings shivers down my spine.

Poor Koichi hadn't said a word about how he felt the whole time, I suspect that it was that snake that did it all. The one in the flowers that we got rid of so many days ago.

Now I sit by his bedside listening to the sounds of the machines that are attached to him. It's like they are letting me know that he is okay. The doctor said that he would wake up in few hours or so. He said it took quite a while for them to drain all the venom out of our bandmate. All I could do was thank them for everything that they have done.

Meto comes into the room holding some flowers and then MiA follows behind me with a card in his hand.

"Thats so nice of you guys, I am sure that he will appreciate it when he wakes up." I say as MiA agrees with me and Meto goes and sits down.

We all wait quietly now, it's a waiting game for all of us.

Any moment, any minute now or maybe an hour later who knows, I really don't care; all I want is for him to wake up.

I look over at MiA who is looking down at his phone.

"How are the fans reacting to all this?" I ask.

"They are outraged and angry just like us." He replies as we hear Meto chuckle at MiA's response.

"They have every right to be..." I mutter with a sigh.

"Be what?" I heard someone say and I turn around and see that it is Koichi that said those words. I ignore his question and hug him lightly.

"Koichi! You're awake!" I say smiling at him.

"Huh...how long was I out for?" He asks.

"A few hours." MiA says coming to our side. He just nods with a sigh.

We show him the card and flowers and he thanks us for them with a small smile on his lips. After that we talk for a while asking each other questions like "why didn't you tell us how you felt?" was my first question to Koichi. Whilst he asked us how we had found out about where he had been. We never got around to the answers as a nurse soon came in and told us that for Koichi's voice to heal quicker he would need to rest. Yes the venom had affected that part of him too.

"In that case we will come and see you tomorrow." I told Koichi and then we all left the hospital for the day. A silence came over us on the way back and for some reason that scared me. Silence is like a blanket that covers up the truth of what you actually need to say. Either that or a choice of not saying anything at all.

Within those quiet moments we had all made it back to our closest hotel rooms that our manager had arranged for us. Now I sat across from Meto who was quietly holding his toy in his arms. I wondered what a world full of noise seemed like to him. Did it scare him like the silence frightened me? It also made me wonder would he ever be able to speak out loud without the hate of his own voice.

One day everyone has to talk or things will just spiral out in your head. That or you will end of covered by that blanket of silence and won't be able to call for help or say what's on your mind at least. If it's got that then I say maybe at that point you need to find a new voice somehow. Though who knows the hidden secrets of how that part of life works. It's only when it happens that we think about it.

So I shut out my thoughts for the night, not wanting it to happen; not wanting to find out.