Train Wreck

AN: Hey guys, so the last chapter wasn’t the last one but the story is almost over. After this chapter there will be an epilogue chapter, after that, THE END. Hope you enjoyed this story and thank you all for the support. I just wish more people cared enough to review and tell me what you all thought. Oh well. I’m not sure I’ll write anymore stories, I really don’t have anymore ideas, but if I do you’ll be the first to know.

Thank you to everyone at Fanfiction and Adultfanfiction who read and those especially who reviewed all my chapters for me. Hope you enjoy the upcoming ending. :)


Chapter 30: Never Forgiven Part 2


(Tohma glanced up for a second with a smile and shook his head. He then replaced his chin on his hands and stared at the floor as he remembered the last two conversations he just had with two certain people.

“Eiri please don’t do anything rash. I’m asking as a friend. Just stay away from Ryuichi, I’ll handle it.” Tohma pleaded.

“Sorry Tohma but I’m not letting this go.” Eiri stated firmly and hung up.

“What are you talking about? Is Tohma playing a game? Can I play too?”

“I can’t protect you this time. Eiri and Shuichi are too important to me.” Tohma said with a small hint of regret in his voice but not enough to change his decision. “Please stop.” Tohma said and he hung up with a snap of his cell phone.)

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Hiro and Fujisaki sat in the waiting room, Fujisaki looking through a random magazine from the table and Hiro with his head in his hands. Tohma stood by the window watching the cars drive around the parking lot searching for a close spot. An ambulance came rushing into the lot heading for the emergency room.

Tohma followed it with his eyes until it drove out of sight. When he moved his eyes again to search the lot they caught sight of a black limo shinning in the evening sun. Immediately recognizing it as his own, a smile came to Tohma’s face. Slowly turning around as his eyes followed the car out of sight; he faced Hiro and Fujisaki saying, “Well, it seems our duo has finally arrived.”

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The limo pulled into the lot of the hospital, heading towards the emergency room doors. The driver pulled past the ambulance and turned into two parking spots previously reserved. In the back seat Eiri shook Shuichi gently to wake him as he noticed Tohma and a doctor rushing over, an assisting nurse not far behind.

“Shuichi, get up,” Eiri said quietly with force.

The driver got out of the car and made his way around to open the back door. He nodded to Tohma as they met beside the door and watched as the doctor and a nurse made their way over.

Shuichi opened his eyes and looked at his surroundings inside the limo, slowly coming to the realization that everything that happened in the last couple of hours wasn’t a dream. A single tear came to each of his eyes and spilled over silently. Wiping them away, Shuichi sat up and gave Eiri a bright, yet fake, smile.

Eiri frowned asking, “Are you going to be okay?” as he wiped away another tear that escaped Shuichi’s eye.

Shuichi looked down at his feet, studying his shoes briefly, and then looked up glancing around the interior but not really seeing it. A smile graced his face again, trying to be real but was replaced by bunched eyebrows and a frown. He took a shuddering breath and looked Eiri in the eyes saying, “I will be” as he their door opened and the evening light came pouring in.

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Tohma left Eiri’s temporary room, watching the two through the door’s small window as it swung shut. Eiri in the bed propped up on pillows, his lower leg rewrapped in a new splint and Shuichi sitting at his side with fresh bandages covering his face and arms.

Sympathy overcame him as he watched Shuichi lower his face to the covers and saw his body shake. Eiri’s face was covered in a fresh wave of anger and a silent hand clenched into a tight fist at his side.

“How are they Tohma?” Tohma turned to see Fujisaki standing a couple feet away, Hiro coming in close behind him.

Tohma gave a sad smile saying, “As good as they can be after what happened.” Tohma turned his head to the door again and continued. “Shuichi might take a while to get over all this. I guess it’s safe to say that we might have to cancel the rest of the tour.”

“The press is camped outside the building.” Hiro stepped forward and said, pointing behind him in the general direction of the entrance.

Tohma sighed, looking flustered for only a brief second. “I was hoping to keep this from them at least a little longer. Don’t worry, I’ll take care of it but you might want to prepare a statement.” Tohma finished looking towards Fujisaki.

Fujisaki nodded his head in understanding.

“Are they up for more visitors?” Hiro asked glancing into the room trough the window.

“The doctor said Eiri needs some more rest but I think it’ll be okay. Just don’t take too long, besides that I think Shuichi needs the comfort right now.” Tohma said quietly before taking one more glance at the two lovers and turning to head towards the waiting room.

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Hiro opened the door letting Fujisaki walk in first and he closed the door softly behind himself.

Shuichi quickly raised his head and looked behind himself, almost in panic. Seeing his two best friends and band mates, Shuichi closed his eyes and took a deep breath, letting it out slowly. When his eyes opened a small smile turned the corners of his mouth but didn’t quite reach his eyes. “Hey.”

“Hey, how are those cuts on your arms?” Hiro asked remembering seeing the technician at the train site bandaging them up.

“I’ll be okay, their just minor cuts. Only two of them needed a couple of stitches.” Shuichi answered, trying to seem happy.

“What about you Yuki? How’s the leg, or is it the ankle?” Fujisaki asked motioning his head towards Eiri’s splinted leg.

“Urge. It’ll be fine. I don’t even know why the bothered putting on a new splint again. It’s just a sprain, nothing I can’t handle.” Eiri grumbled out.

“Eiri, it’s not “just” a sprain. The doctor said you twisted the ankle and popped the tibia out of place. Not to mention the slight chance that you might have strained some of the ligaments surrounding it.” Shuichi said, wishing Eiri would take his injuries seriously for once.

“Shu, half the time all doctors just want from everyone is their money. So in order to do that, they make injuries or illnesses seem bigger or worse than they actually are. I’ll be fine.” Eiri insisted.

“Stop it okay?” Shuichi cried out.

“Shuichi calm down. I’m sure if Yuki says he’s going to be alright than he will.” Hiro said lightly gripping Shu’s shoulder.

“But Hiro…” Shuichi started to say as he turned towards Hiro, searching his expression.

Maybe you should rest. There’s an extra bed in here that no ones using. Why don’t you go lie down and take a short nap? It might help.” Hiro said giving Shuichi a comforting smile.

Shuichi nodded back slowly looking at the ground as he did so. When Shuichi didn’t look back up, Eiri reached out and lifted Shu’s face with his fingers on his chin. He searched both eyes on Shuichi’s face and tried to find some form of emotion. Without success, Eiri leaned over the edge of his bed and grabbed a firm hold of Shuichi’s upper arm and pulled him half way onto the bed. He wrapped his arms around Shuichi in a tight hug and kissed his temple. In response Shuichi moved his arms around Eiri’s neck and let a tear track down his cheek.

Hiro and Fujisaki took this as their signal to leave. They turned towards the door just as a nurse knocked softly and entered.

“Alright Uesugi-san. It’s time for all visitors to exit and all patients to get some rest. You too.” She nodded to Shuichi. “Hop into that extra bed and get some needed rest.”

The nurse looked to Hiro and Fujisaki who both gave a smile and nodded their heads in understanding, leaving the room.

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“What are you doing here?” Tohma asked as he turned towards the doorway of the waiting room, seeing Ryuichi standing there looking concerned.

“Kuma-chan and I wanted to see how Shuichi was doing.” Ryu answered holding his stuffed rabbit close to his chest.

“If Eiri sees you here-”

“Who cares if that asshole sees me here? He can’t stop me from seeing a friend who’s hurt,” Ryuichi bite back.

“Ryuichi,” Tohma sighed deeply and closed his eyes briefly before continuing. “Eiri has told me to keep you from Shuichi if you should stop by and actually I feel the same. You can’t just hurt a person that someone loves and expect them to welcome you back with open arms.”

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Hiro and Fujisaki exited the room leaving Yuki and Shuichi inside to rest and made their way down a couple of winding hallways to the waiting room they were previously occupying.

Hearing familiar voices coming from just inside the doorway, they stopped where they were and listened.

“What has Eiri ever done to deserve Shuichi?”

Hiro recognized the voice as belonging to Ryuichi Sakuma. Anger engulfed Hiro as he stormed into the room, Fujisaki staying just outside the doorway, out of site, keeping his anger in check with a calm expression.

“What has he done?” Ryuichi repeated when Tohma gave him no response. He just pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed deeply, looking Ryu clear in the eyes.

“A lot actually, more than people seem to think.” Hiro said before Tohma spoke, walking into the waiting room where the pair stood. “Some people can’t tell but Yuki loves Shuichi, even if he can’t always say it or show it on the outside.”

“What are you talking about? How can you say that? You’re Shuichi’s best friend aren’t you? You should know better than anyone that he deserves someone other than that man!” Ryuichi said close to yelling. “I thought you would understand Tohma. You spent a year or two trying to get Eiri to drop Shuichi.”

“Yes, I did but have you ever asked Shuichi how he feels? If you gave him a choice, whether he would want to stay with Eiri or leave him, what do you think Shuichi would say?” Tohma said carefully and calmly.

“Shuichi doesn’t know better, Eiri’s brainwashed him into it. He’s all Shu knows and has ever known; his first and only boyfriend. You can’t trust Shuichi to make the right decision for himself,” Ryuichi said angrily.

“And you think it’s best if you make that decision for him? That’s not fair Sakuma,” Hiro said holding onto his growing impatience. “It’s not fair to Shuichi.”

Ryuichi sighed and looked down at Kumagoro. “Can you just let me see him Tohma?” He asked softly looking Tohma straight in the eyes.

“No.”

“But all I want to do is make sure he’s alright. Maybe you should ask Shu himself if he wants to see me,” Ryuichi pleaded.

“He would be perfectly alright if you hadn’t planned that whole charade in the first place. Using a grandfather whose daughter was in an institution and whose granddaughter hated his guts for putting her mother away and having them get to Eiri and Shuichi, separating them,” Hiro said with plenty of rage. “The worst part of the whole thing was the other people in the train that you didn’t seem to care about. Did you know that most of them died? For what, your damn selfish reasons? Aren’t you the least bit sorry for the misery you’ve caused their families?” Hiro continued very near yelling.

“You have absolutely no proof that I was behind that,” Ryuichi said with a satisfied smirk.

“Maybe so, but all of us know. And I’m through trying to protect you,” Tohma said.

“Protect me? When have you ever ‘protected me’? If you want to avoid the truth then do so, but I’m not letting Eiri take Shuichi away from his only chance to be truly happy. If none of you are willing to help then I’ll just take him away by myself,” Ryuichi said and turned to leave the waiting room only to stop in his tracks at the sight in front of him.

Shuichi stood in the doorway, dried tear tracks were clearly seen on his dirty face, the white of the eyes was tinted red and his hair was sticking up in odd places. He wasn’t crying anymore, instead you could see the fury radiating off him.

“Shuichi?” Ryuichi questioned at the look he gave him.

A single tear escaped from Shuichi’s drying eyes and he whispered softly, “How dare you.”

“Shuichi are you okay? Are you hurt?” Ryuichi asked, concern written on his face as he took a step towards Shuichi.

Shuichi in turn took a step back. Whether that concern was real or fake didn’t matter to Shuichi, he was angry and hurt and confused as to why the person he once called his idol had done all this to him.

Seeing Shuichi retreat from him made him worry what Eiri could have done while the others kept him away. “What’s wrong?”

“’What’s wrong?’ Well let me think about that, could it be the fact that all I wanted to do was spend more time with Eiri before he started his book tour? Could it be the fact that before we could enjoy such time together the train went off track and crashed? Or maybe it’s because I was almost killed trying to make sure Eiri was okay, trying to make sure I didn’t lose the only person I have ever truly loved! Maybe seeing all the dead people I had to step over in each car is the problem! Or maybe it’s the fact that just when I thought I was safe our limo decides to drop off a cliff and land in the river almost drowning us! But I think it’s the fact that after everything was finally over with I found out that the person behind this attack was someone that I respected!” Shuichi shouted, fresh tears coursing down his face.

“Shuichi.” Panicked, Ryuichi started towards Shuichi, intending to calm him down but was stopped short when he heard Shuichi’s next statement.

“I hate you,” Shuichi whispered venom in his voice.

“What? But Shuichi I had nothing to do with any of this. I swear!” Ryuichi pleaded.

“Shut up,” Shuichi said quietly.

“But Shuichi-” Ryu started.

“SHUT UP!” Shuichi yelled cutting Ryuichi’s forming argument off.

“I think you should leave Ryu,” Tohma said calmly taking a step towards him.

“Tohma-” Ryuichi tried to start.

“Leave, please,” Shuichi said holding back a sob.

Ryuichi looked at Shuichi with devastated eyes. Lowering his head, his hair covering his expression, Ryu silently walked passed Shuichi and left the hospital without a second glance.


AN: The epilogue is next and that will be called: Never Forgiven Part 3. That is where Eiri and Ryu have it out. Hope you liked this chapter. REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! I’m begging here people. :(