Her Shooting Star

Chapter 14: Mayu's Condition

"That's beautiful.
Who knows someday that dream of yours will come true."

Yuki just stared at her, trying to understand her actions. Somehow, there's something inside her that tells her that something is wrong. But she tried to brush it off, thinking that it was just a product of her imagination.

"Quit staring at me." Mayu's words brought her back to reality. "Huh?"

"You're going to bore a hole on my face." Mayu said.

"Ah, sorry." Yuki said then she went back to what she's doing. An awkward silence engulf them.

"There. All done." Yuki said after she finished setting up the tent. She then walked to where their baggage are located and she placed them inside the tent one by one. Once she's done, she walked towards Mayu and helped her go down the rock she's seated. She held on to her waist and pulled her. "Thank-" Mayu stopped what she's about to say when she realized how close they are. She felt her face heated but she tried to shrugged it off. "Ehem..." She cleared her throat. "Thank you." She said as she let Yuki guide her towards the tent.

"Stay here. I'm just going to cook something for dinner." Yuki said, leaving Mayu alone inside the tent after having her settled there.

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"Nanami, dinner is ready." Sasshi said as she went to Nanami's room to fetch her.

Just as when the two of them has arrived to the dining area, they heard the door bell rung. "Stay here." Sasshi said after she has helped Nanami sat on the chair.

"Who is it?" Sasshi asked as she peeped through the hole to see who it is before opening the door.

"You?!"

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Yuki went inside the tent to call Mayu after she has finished cooking their dinner. She immediately rushed to her side when she saw Mayu shivering inside the tent.

"Mayu!"

Yuki hold on to her as she tries to wake her up. She noticed the coldness of Mayu's hands but she also found beads of sweat on her forehead. "Mayu wake up! Mayu!"

She quickly got her phone on her pocket and dialled the number that Rena gave her in case of emergency. To her dismay, she couldn't go through as there is no signal to the place where they currently are. Yuki decided to carry Mayu down to the car to bring her to the hospital.

She wrapped her warmly to lessen her shivering and she gently picked her up to avoid adding any more injuries on her.

The forest is dark but to her luck, Yuki was able to remember the path that they took when they went up so she was able to reached their car safely. She quickly put her inside the car and after securing her with the seat belt, she quickly went to the driver's seat and started driving.

While on their way, she once again dialled Rena's number.

"Hello, Matsui Rena speaking."

"Rena-san, it's me Yuki."

Rena immediately noticed the worry on Yuki's voice. "Kashiwagi-San, did something happened? Are you alright?" She asked.

"I'm fine but Mayu, she fell earlier and had an injury on her leg and now she's shivering and wouldn't wake up even though I've tried to wake her earlier."

"Where are you now?" Rena asked.

"I'm driving. I'm on my way to the nearest hospital to get her treated. And since you're her personal doctor I thought that you should know about what happened to her."

"I'm also on my way now. Please do not leave her until I arrived at the hospital." Rena said before she hung up.

Half an hour later, Yuki arrived at the hospital and she immediately rushed Mayu to the Emergency room.

"Somebody please help us!" She said as she carry Mayu in her arms.

"What happened to her?" The doctor asked as he came in to check on to Mayu. "She fell from the hill earlier and injured her ankle and she was still conscious when I found her but after I came back to her after I made our dinner, she was already shivering and wouldn't wake up."

"I see. We will now take over from here. You can wait at the waiting area." the doctor said. "Sorry, but can I stay here with her?" Yuki asked.

The doctor looked at her and when he saw the worry and seriousness on Yuki's face, he decided to let her stay. "Alright but please stay where you won't hinder us in treating the patient."

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Moments later, Rena arrived with the ambulance from the hospital that she's working with and went straight to the Emergency room.

"I'm looking for the injured patient who just arrived here." Rena said the nurse. Yuki saw her and called her immediately. "Rena-san!"

Rena went to her. "Where is she?" "She's currently being treated." Yuki replied. "Can you tell me what exactly happened?" Rena asked and so Yuki told her everything that happened while they were at the mountain. "I knew it. I shouldn't have let her out of the hospital." Rena said as Yuki looked at her in confusion.

"Excuse me, who's patient's guardian?" The doctor asked. Rena went to the doctor. "I'm the patient's guardian and personal doctor. How is she?"

"Well, because of the first aid on her injury, we were able to properly treat it and she's currently out of danger now."

"Thank you for treating her but starting from now, let me take over as her doctor. We will now be transferring her to the hospital where I'm working."

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After filling out all the necessary documents, they were able to have Mayu transferred hospital. Yuki came with Rena in the ambulance.

Yuki watched as Rena fixed Mayu's dextrose. "Ask me what you've been meaning to ask earlier." Rena said without looking, catching Yuki off guard. "What do you mean?"

"I saw the look on your face earlier. You wanted to ask me something." Rena said, now looking at her.

"Well, I know I'm not in the position to ask anything about Mayu's conditon but what you said earlier has caught my attention. When you said that you shouldn't have let her out of the hospital."

"Ah that." Rena said then she looked at Mayu who was still unconscious and with breathing apparatus attached to her. "As you may have already known, Mayu is sick and she asked me to let her out of the hospital even though her condition won't permit it. She stubbornly insist to still be discharged and now this happened because of her stubbornness."

"This child has only made her conditon worst."

"I don't know what her illness is but you saying that her condition has worsen, does that mean that her days are numbered?"

Rena only nodded as she looked back to Mayu. "This kid already has a hundred days to live and now for sure her days has drastically reduced."

"So that's why she wants to do everything in fast pace. Because... Her time is running out..."