Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ Another Generation ❯ The awakening ( Chapter 5 )

Previously:

The nurse looked in to see how much they had left to do before smiling at Kailey. "The doctors are almost done in there now, after we'll take him to the HDU, oh that's High Dependency Unit, and we'll wake him up. He should be awake about and hour after they've finished in there but he might not be able to talk and will be in a lot of pain."

 

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Inside the room the doctors were stitching him back together; he now had a long cut down his stomach from the operation as well as ten or more stab wounds. The doctors filled out of the room talking with each other while the nurses packed everything away and cleaned him up. "You can come with us as we take him to the HDU if you like. I'll leave a message for your friend at the desk in case she wants to come too."

The nurse went to help the other clean the blood off his body and pulled the sheet up to his shoulders after wrapping the wounds. They then held the doors open and wheeled him out of the room and up to the high dependency unit before giving him something to help him wake up.  

The nurse passing Shadow stopped and told her that her friend had been taken up to the high dependency unit to recover. "He did very well although he's not totally fine yet. Hopefully he'll come round in an hour so you're welcome to go with your friend and wait for him to wake up."

The nurse pointed the way to go and said another girl was already with him. "We figured out it was your friend when she came in with the other nurse, Alice, with his things."

Shadow nodded and thanked the nurse before heading the directed way.
"Made it through, well, now to make sure he doesn't get hurt again" Shadow growled bitterly in her head. She had had enough of this happening.  

 

Kailey stood next to the bed, playing with the bag in hopes of distracting herself. But every now and then, she had to will herself to look away from him, fearing the threatening tears at the sight of her cousin hooked up to machines. "I still can't believe she would do something like this. Why, Kane? What did you do?" she whispered harshly, eyes narrowed as an ominous darkness flashed within their depths. A sigh eased her wish to punch a wall down and she smiled in reassurance to a nurse whom must have witnessed her slight change judging by her sudden unease.  

 

An hour or so later he finally began to open his eyes. Pain wrapped itself around his body and he shut his eyes again rolling onto his side slightly wrapping his arms around his stomach and chest. His throat was sore from the tube they put down it to help him breathe during the operation and he coughed slightly.

Nurses turned around and rushed to his side upon hearing the small cough. They quickly checked all the machines were working while one explained what they had to do to him. They told him his friend was still there and that they'd give him a little time to talk before giving him some painkillers in case it made him sleepy.

The nurses finally left after checking the bandages around his body allowing him to see his cousin at last. He looked at her sitting there and curled up a little more. "I'm sorry I made you come all this way. You can go home if you're bored; I don't mind being alone here."  

 

"Oh, you're awake now. You should try to get some rest, you're still very weak." Alice checked the bandages on his chest and stomach.

"I doubt you'll want anything to eat later but I'll keep something for you just in case. Try and get some sleep for now though, I'll wake you when it's time to change the dressings."

Kane shook his head still led on his side arms wrapped around the bandages. "It hurt's so much, don't want to sleep. When can I go home?" His voice was quiet as his throat was still sore. He didn't like it in the hospital and Kailey had gone to get something to drink.  

 

Shadow sighed as she waited, contemplating if she were to go home, or if she were to stay and keep watch over her cousin. Either way...it didn't really matter...Her mother was probably still pissed that they had the fight, and her cousin, Kane, wasn't exactly close to her...what to do?  

 

Alice smiled a little but shook her head. "You won't be able to home for a while unless you'll have someone to take care of you. We still need to know what happened too, it's not everyday someone so young is brought in with wounds like yours." She left him after seeing he wouldn't talk about it still and saw Shadow nearby. "You can go and see him if you want. He's awake now, and could do with some cheering up."

 

Shadow looked at the nurse as she left.
"Wha...What the hell? It's like they can read my mind!" she thought in her head, glancing over her shoulder, at the nurse evilly.
Shadow shrugged once again and walked into the room, sitting down by Kane.
"Hey, sup?" she asked, not knowing what else to say, "You feeling a bit better?"  

 

Yukita finally finished the blood trail but didn't bother to go into the room that it led to. "Okay, that should do for now." She whispered to herself. She threw the cloth that she was using away in the trash. Walk time now. She thought. She walked out of the estate. She started to head towards the hospital. She had her hair put up in a bun but some of her hair was out and was covering her face a little. She looked at the hospital as she walked by. She had some sort of sense that she had to go there, but she didn't know why.

 

Note: Another chapter yet again. Soon I'll have to start writing again as I'm nearing the end of everything that's done already. But fear not! I have nothing else to do and will not rest until this is finished. Next it's Yukita's turn to visit.