Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Nevermind ❯ Hope ( Chapter 7 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

Shonen Ai. I don't own them, I just do mean things to them. Yeah, this is a short chapter - I thought I'd do something a little fluffy.... I hope you still enjoy the stuff I put these boys through!

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Innocence is Futile.

NEVERMIND
By Raven Pan

VII - Hope
Thursday, March 18

I felt like a brick. Seriously, it seemed like I couldn't move even if I wanted to, I was so exhausted. Your dad and brother left eventually, I guess, because as I opened my eyes I saw we were alone in the room.

The steady pulse of your heart monitor told me you were yet alive, but I couldn't think that would be what woke me up.

Until it appened again. In my hand... I can feel yours stir.

I looked at you, pushing your hair back again, and found it a little more stiff than it'd been, a sure sign you were starting to get healthier. I looked....

And I grinned.

Because you were looking back at me with a sleepy smile in your eyes. Then, when you could see I was paying attention, you crossed them at the tubes down your throat.

"I'll call Dr. Shimoyama," I said, squeezing your hand lightly. You squeezed back, and I rolled over halfway and push the button on my bed.

Yeah, I was still feeling a little nasty. Keeping you alive had taken more out of me than I thought.

While we waited, I grabbed the bottle of painkillers I kept hidden under the covers, and took two, before hiding it from the doctor again. I didn't need him asking questions about this months-old headache that'd been bothering me.

What I needed, was for him to take care of you. Make you well. Get you out of that damn hospital bed, and back into mine at our small house.

I turned on my side again and shook my head slightly at your concerned look. "It's nothing, Chibi. Just a few aches. Don't tell on me, okay?"

You blinked once, and I knew my secret's safe with you. I took your hand between my own again, still smiling. "It's good to have you back. You scared us for a while."

You got that puppyish look in your eyes, and I knew you were trying to apologise. "It's not your fault, Chibi. Just get well, okay?"

You blinked again, nodding ever so slightly - and a moment later Dr. Shimoyama came in, hovering over you, taking blood samples and pulling the tubes from you that he deemed currently unecessary.

"Took your own sweet time getting here, Shimoyama."

"I like to arrive fashionably late," He teased back at me.

You coughed as your throat was freed, and the Doctor gave you some water, helping you drink it. "Thanks," You got out hoarsely, your voice scratchy from a combination of the tubes you'd had in your throat, and not even using your voice for weeks now.

"You're welcome. You seem to be on an upward curve again, I'm going to take these blood samples and find out what's going on, Goten. You just rest and recover," The doctor patted your shoulder and left us alone.

"You woke up," I still couldn't believe it.

"I'm in a hospital again," you pouted back.

"You're alive. I think that's what's important Chibi."

"You okay? How come you've got a bed?"

"Shimoyama didn't like me sleeping on the floor?" I tried, and it worked, because you laughed.

How I missed that sound. In fact, I even told you that, and it only caused you to laugh more.

And I grinned like an idiot. Because... my Chibi's gonna live. I hugged you, and you weakly hugged me back.

I was so sure, then, that everything was going to be okay.

And I made a promise not to argue with you again. To try never to get on your nerves.

Usually I'm so good at keeping my promises.

Usually.

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