Gone (COMPLETED)

Chapter 15

Eventually the five people on the rooftop forced themselves to go back down. They drove silently to the hospital, and sat silently in the waiting room. Each of them was still crying, but it was all quiet now. Tsukishima knew he should probably call the team, but he didn;t have the energy to pull out his phone and dial a number.

Instead, Yamaguchi sent a text to Kindaichi.

Yamaguchi: come to the hospital, bring the team, don't ask questions
Kindaichi: omw

Minutes later the Aoba Johsai volleyball team entered the hospital waiting room. They could all tell by the looks on everyone's faces, combined with the fact that Victor, Yuri, and Yurio were here, that Hinata was in the hospital. They did not know that Oikawa was there with him.

"Where's Oikawa?" Tsukki's face darkened at Kindaichi's question. That alone gave Kindaichi his answer. The team seemed stunned. They never thought that Oikawa of all people would be one to harm himself.

For hours, the team along with Victor, Yuri, and Yurio waited. At some point Hinata and Oikawa's other friends showed up, like they always did. Even Daichi and Suga came. Nobody said anything, but they were all thinking the same thing. What if they actually succeeded this time?

Finally, after what seemed like eternity, a nurse walked out.

"Are you.. All here for the two patients?" Everyone nodded at the nurse. "Oh, well Tooru Oikawa is awake."

"What about Shoyo?" The nurse looked at Yurio in pity.

"He hasn't woken up yet... we don't know if he will." Yurio collapsed back into Yuri and Victor's arms. The three of them were sobbing. The team and everyone else who had shown up had tears spilling from their eyes as well. Tsukishima and Yamaguchi stood up.

"Can we go see Oikawa?" The nurse nodded at Tsukishima and led them to Oikawa's room.

Once they were in the room, the nurse left them alone.

"Why'd you let us leave if you knew we were going to do it anyways?"

"I thought i could stop you in time." Oikawa just laughed bitterly.

"Well, you may not have stopped us, but if you were a bit later we might actually have succeeded."

"Hinata might've." Oikawa froze.

"What?"

"He's not waking up."

"Oh, wonderful."

"Is now really the time to be sarcastic?" Oikawa didn't answer Tsukki's question, instead changing the subject.

"How did you do it?"

"What do you mean?"

"Earlier, you said you knew what we felt like when we lost Hajime. How did you do it? Deal with the pain and continue?"

(A/N~ TSUKKI'S TRAGIC BACKSTORY IS COMPLETELY FICTIONAL AND MY IDEA)

"When i was 8, my older brother was walking me to the store because i was insisting we needed to get a cake for my mom's birthday. He really didn;t want to go out, but I forced him to come with me. When we were at a stoplight I went across the street without looking, and He jumped in front of a car to push me out of the way. He died on impact. I blamed myself for years, but got therapy and medication and eventually made my way to where I am now. It takes a while but you can get better."  Tsukki was crying a small bit, Yamaguchi rubbed his back.

"Sorry for bringing it up."

"No, you're fine Oikawa. I can even recommend you a therapist if you want. I know a few good ones."