Venom (Tsuzuku X Koichi)

Chapter 9 - Butterfly Boy Tears

MiA was the first one that came to his senses as he rushed out the room to get help. I was still there by bedside of beloved trying to think of a way to get this hooked needle out of Koichi. Meto just sat on the floor shaking his head in utter disbelief. I gave up waiting even if it was only a few seconds and carefully tried to take the bandage off Koichi's hand. Then next I tried to take the needle out. It all came into place as I did so; the snake and Meto and then this happening straight after this.

That snake was a time waster they had set up so they could do this to Koichi. If had been here sooner it wouldn't have happened to him. Everything would have been fine and we would be going home now just like we had told him.

MiA ran back in the room with at least three doctors at his side. I stepped back and let them do all the work. We watched as the doctors placed Koichi on a different bed and then rushed him out the room.

I sat there staring at my hands not wanting to believe that this was actually happening to us. The reality was that it was though.

"I got them to search the whole of the hospital, any clues or anything really." MiA muttered. I just nodded. Please let Koichi be okay, please.

Silence overlapped the room after that as MiA went to sit down. All we could do is wait and wait some more. I felt sick; sick with worry. I had never been so upset and anger in my life. We were all upset, we were all worried.

I looked up from my thoughts when I heard someone sobbing. It was Meto. I got up and went over to his side pulling him into a hug. I had never seen him, he was usually quiet, keeping his emotions inside. Just like Koichi did all that time.

"He's going to be okay." I muttered with sigh as MiA passed some tissues to him. I said the words though deep down I didn't believe them myself. I wanted to believe them. I wanted those words to be true. I wanted everything to be how it use to be.

It was around maybe an hour later when a doctor walked into the room. We were all still sat in the same positions that we had been an hour before. MiA got up and went to talk to talk to the doctor as I still held Meto in my arms. Minutes and even seconds slowly ticked by before MiA came and sat back down once the doctor had left.

"W-what did the doctor say?" I asked looking over at him,

"He said they managed to get out all venom in him, now it's just up to Koichi to pull through and recover again. But they aren't sure of how that can take. It could take weeks or months." MiA replied.

Once again I just nodded as I felt Meto sigh softly.

"So what do we do now?" I asked sighing myself.

"I don't know, I don't know where is safe anymore." MiA muttered shrugging lightly.

And so we just sat there in silence, in our own thoughts again. I prayed in my mind and hope with all my heart that Koichi would pull through this. Though my mind drifted to the worse outcome at times; how much could someone take before it was too much? No! I didn't and won't think that like. Koichi will get better, he has to.

Time passed properly a lot of it, none of us had moved from where we last were. I was the first to get up which was properly surprising to the rest of them.

"I-I'm going to go the hotel and get some rest." I mutter looking at my friends.

"Sure...we will stay here and let you know of any changes." MiA replied.

I didn't say another word after that as I felt that place. I don't remember how I managed to get to the hotel but I did. Everything was a blur around me; the people, the traffic , the noise. It was like I didn't see it all, I didn't hear it all. I was so zoned out in my mind that my feet just took me there.

There were voices inside my head; voices saying Koichi would never get better. I hoped they were wrong.

I found my way to the hotel room and closed the door after me. My intent had been to rest but the flashbacks just kept on coming one after another stopping me from doing so.

The flashback of when we found out that Koichi had been poisoned, the flashback of when Meto was struggling with the boa constrictor earlier today. It was all too much for my mind to cope with at one point. I felt like I needed to cry and let out emotion just like Meto had.

The only thing was that there was no tears left in me.

As I looked around the room for something to hold on as it seemed like the world was spinning around me, I saw Meto's face paint that he had bought with us for the next concert. I remembered how the last time he had used them Koichi had drawn a butterfly on his face. I sighed as it all came to my mind.

I leaned against the closest wall which was right next to the window that was left half open. Just about open enough for me to be able to go through it. I didn't notice I was moving forward, it was like my mind was acting on its own instincts. There were thoughts that I was too scared to think but actions always spoke louder than words.

I stopped when I got the edge of the windowsill and only voice with one word was left in my mind; jump!