Title: Time Is On My Side
Author:
hikarijournalPairings: Takaki/Yamada
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Angst, Drama, Slice of Life
Type: Chaptered [Three-shots]
Requester:
super_delicate Summary: Just when everything is too late, that’s when Takaki Yuya realizes how much he loves Yamada Ryosuke.
Second Shot
My Time is Running Out
CHAPTER LINKS HERE~“I love you!...” he shouted as he grabs Ryosuke on the hand with his knees trembling terribly on the ground. He can’t understand why of all people he played on, teased with and make believe that he likes them, only Ryosuke turned him into a coward while confessing shamefully in front of everybody. At first he thought, he won’t have a yes for it since Ryosuke is a big catch after all. The boy is the top of everything and a dense one to be dealt with but surprisingly Ryosuke said yes and they had the longest relationship compared to his previous ones only until when he asked for one thing, “Have sex with me…”
“No!...” Of course Ryosuke disagreed with it. He’s a reserved type of a person and he doesn’t like things to be done hastily but Yuya forced him and he ended up on bed but he fought his right to remain untouched and that’s when Yuya got angry.
They had a big fight that day and it ended with Ryosuke crying while running away from his boyfriend. But Ryosuke never meant to end their relationship totally that day. All he wanted was for Yuya to understand him that he’s not ready yet. But Yuya had thought of it as the end of everything so he officially breaks their relationship the next day and that’s when Ryosuke pig out.
“Hey have you heard?...” the hissing whisper that Yuya can hear on the other side of his locker. It’s a voice of a girl talking to her friend secretively about someone that Yuya got interested all of a sudden.
“Heard what?...” the hissing reply of the other girl.
“Ryosuke is quitting school…”
“Eh~”
“Yes…”
“Why?...” the other girl curiously asked. “Was it because of the break up?...”
“No…” she replied. “It’s something else…”
“What something else?...”
“I’m not quite sure but it’s about his health…”
“Health?...” she unbelievably can’t believe it because just like Yuto, everyone sees Ryosuke as the healthiest person on earth. “Is he sick?...”
“Not just sick but seriously ill…”
“How serious?...”
“As serious as dying?...” she’s not that sure but she can only describe Ryosuke’s situation that way and out of nowhere, someone banged the locker to get their attention. “T-T-Takaki-san!...” she jumped off right away to hide on her bestfriend’s back. She and her bestfriend did multiple back steps then to elude Yuya’s threatening approach.
“Is that true?...” Yuya asked the two and they nodded simultaneously even the other girl is not that sure yet if her bestfriend is telling the truth but since they are cornered together, they need to give him the same answer or else the threatening approach will continue. “Why haven’t he told me?...” he asked himself then as he left the two hurriedly. He needs to see Ryosuke now not because he’s worried but because he’s guilty of misunderstanding Yuto a week ago. So after all, it’s true. Ryosuke was hospitalized not because of the pig out he thought but because of something else.
“Wait a minute!...” Ryosuke said as he wiped off his washed hands on his apron while approaching the door in a carefree manner. It must be Yuto, that’s what he thought while moving toward it since his bestfriend had told him about seeing him today in his house. But it surprised him to see Yuya instead with a serious face just like that day when he was forced on bed. “W-W-What are you doing h---”
“Is it true?...” he asked before Ryosuke could finish asking him first. “Is it true that you’re sick?...”
“It’s not that threatening for you to worry…” he turned his back and then he walked his way back to his kitchen. Yuya followed his back and he starts working on the dishes. He can feel Yuya’s worry but he doesn’t want the guy to feel guilty or pity. The break up is not the reason of this. He’s sick because he was born with it. “Would you like to eat something?...” he asked as he showed the pasta covered with sauce and cheese. “It’s freshly baked…”
“I’m not hungry…” he said as he grabs the pasta out of Ryosuke’s hand to place it back on the table in order for him to have the boy on his arms. It surprised him to see himself doing this to someone for the first time. He thought everything ends between him and Ryosuke already but he’s body is moving on its own and he can’t understand why he’s doing this and why is he so scared about Ryosuke’s situation.
“Don’t feel pity about me…” Ryosuke said as he took the hug as Yuya’s way of saying sorry about the break up. “It’s not your fault…”
“But I hurt you…” he said as he tightened the hug as if he doesn’t want Ryosuke to get separated with him anymore. “I’m so sorry…”
“It’s ok…”
“No, it’s not!...” he carefully push the boy to have a face to face conversation. “I forced you without knowing that you’re sick. I even make you cry. And I didn’t even care, even Nakajima had told me about you…”
“It’s not your fault…” Ryosuke said it again and Yuya feels guiltier about it.
“I should have not come here…” Yuya said as he slowly push the boy away from his embrace. “What face do I have to show you after all of what I did? I’m so stupid!...” he turned his back briskly then to walk away but before he could grab the knob of the door to open it, someone opened it first from the outside. “Nakajima…”
“What the fuck are you doing here?!...” he grabbed Yuya straight on the collar then to push the guy on the nearest wall he could reach. But before he could say a thing or do what he had in mind which is to battered Yuya as much as possible, something loud banged on the kitchen way and that grab both of their attention to look and to seek if what it is.
“RYOSUKE!!!...” Both of them panicked as they saw how Ryosuke gasped for air while turning blue all over. Hurriedly, Yuto grabbed the phone to call 911 while Yuya embraced Ryosuke on his arms.
“What?!...” Yuto asked the operator on the phone. “The hell! Why can’t you come right away?!...” he hysterically asked the person on the other line while moving back and forth with his other hand almost ruining his neatly combed hair. “I need an ambulance now! Why can’t you give me one?!...”
“We’re having a rescue operation on the other side of the town sir and they need all of our ambulance but one will come there right away if you cooperate…”
“I’m cooperating so just give us an ambulance now with an oxygen on it!...”
“The ambulance will be there in a minute but before that you have to listen to me…”
“I just need an ambulance! I don’t have to listen to you!...”
“I need your cooperation sir so please listen to me…” the operator raised a voice this time and Yuto realized how bizarre his words and his movements already. It is as if he lost all of his composure and sanity at once and he doesn’t understand anymore what cooperation means.
“I’m sorry…” he calmed down.
“Good, now listen to me sir…” the operator continued. “Put at least three pillows under his head and give good aeration inside the house…”
“Ok…” Yuto did what he was told and Yuya helped him with it. “It’s not working…” he said as he brought back the phone into his ear. “He’s loosing consciousness now…”
“Talk to him but don’t let him talk back more often. Just let him stay awake while the ambulance is on its way…” advised by the operator.
“What should I talk about?...” he turned bizarre again when he got nothing in mind right now but panic, panic and panic.
“Anything…” replied by the operator. “Anything you can think of…”
“Damn!...” he sighed heavily as he watches Ryosuke turning black this time from being blue. “Ryo---”
“Stay with me Ryosuke…” Yuya started the talk in a calm but worried manner. “You have to stay with me…”
“I-I-I c-c-an’t b-b-re----”
“Sssshhhh…” Yuya said while brushing off the forehead of his ex. “Just breath normally like the usual and think of happy things that can make you calm…”
“T-T-There’s n-n-n-othing I c-c-could t-t-think of b-b-ut you…” he replied while trying to stop his hands from curling and numbing like turning paralyze already. “I-I-I w-w-want t-t-to b-b-be w-w-with y-y-ou…”
“Then so be it…” he lifted the boy from the floor to rest on his chest. “I’ll be with you…”
“W-W-Won’t y-y-you l-l-leave m-m-me?...” he asked with his face now turning numb just like his hands and his toes.
“I won’t…”
“P-P-Promise?...” he hissed as he can now feel the numbness about to conquer his tongue too.
“Yes…” he sworn and…
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A/N: The end is on the next chapter. Hope you enjoy crying…
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