CODE BLUE: Getting under your skin
Title: Getting under your skin
Fandom: Code Blue (Season 2)
Pairing: Aizawa/Shiraishi
Standard Disclaimer’s Apply: They are not mine. Because if they are, Aizawa and Shiraishi will be married already. Just kidding ;)
Chapter 3: Prophecy
It was him who received the emergency call later that afternoon. Since the sun has already set, the patient was taken in by an ambulance. Kousaku nodded to Haruka who was already readying the medical supplies. Megumi who had just returned from her afternoon round, was soon in alert mode again as she tried to contact any of their senior doctors.
“Iie. Tachibana-sensei and Mitsui-sensei are operating on someone and Morimoto-sensei still hasn’t return from his seminar.” Megumi informed Aizawa who just gave her a rather curt nod.
“Fujikawa and Hiyama?” he asked, changing putting on a pair of surgical gloves.
“They’re checking on the patients in the ICU.” Megumi shook her head, grabbing a pair of surgical gloves herself. “What’s the patient’s condition?”
“Stabbed in the stomach.” Kousaku said in a calm voice. Megumi gasped but nodded her head in understanding.
“The ambulance is coming.” Haruka informed and the two doctors rushed to take the patient.
The patient was a middle-aged woman, Kudo Nami, a street fortuneteller. She was stabbed with a knife on her stomach when she gave a rather negative vision about somebody’s employment status. The suspect was immediately taken into custody by the police.
“Scalpel.” Kousaku’s voice was calm as he opened his hand, waiting for the medical tool in question. Haruka quickly handed it to him and with great concentration worked on the stab wound while Megumi kept a close watch on the patient’s condition through the monitor.
By the time Kazuo and Mihoko had returned, Kousaku and Megumi was already stitching up the patient’s wound.
“Man, I missed an operation.” Mihoko pouted as she grabbed a cup of hot coffee from the vending machine.
“Sorry.” Megumi gave her a rather apologetic smile as she too grabbed some coffee. Together the two made their way back to the staff resting room for a short break.
“Takano-san was asking for you.” Kazuo said, slouching back on his chair. “I checked up on him since Hiyama doesn’t want to go anywhere in his room.”
“He’ll try to hit on me again.” Mihoko said, taking a sip of her coffee.
“He’s still awake?” Megumi blinked and frowned when she realized the time, “It’s late.”
“Aa.” Kousaku nodded, leaning on the doorframe and rubbing his thumb and forefinger - a habit of his. “He can sleep on his own.” he added seeing that Megumi was already in the act of leaving the room to check on her patient. She gave him a small frown but nodded and returned to her seat.
A long bout of silence enveloped the room. Kazuo moved a rather hesitant eye around the room and with a rather goofy grin, he suggested.
“How about going out for a drink?”
Everyone stared at him as if he had just grown another head. Haruka was the first one to talk, however with a flat “I’ll pass.” before leaving the room. Mihoko was watching her with amusement before turning back to Kazuo with a slight twinkle on her eyes, mouthing ‘Busted’ before following the sharp-tongued nurse.
“I’m sorry. I’m quite tired.” Megumi gave him an apologetic smile before following the two girls. Kousaku was silently watching her leave when he felt Kazuo’s eyes on him. He was the next one out.
***
“Ohayou.”
Kousaku looked up from the patient’s folder to find that Kudo Nami was already awake. He gave her a small nod before proceeding to check on her folder.
“I heard you’re the one who operated on me.” she said with a grateful smile. He gave a short ‘Aa.’ and she doesn’t seem to mind it.
“Let me listen to your breathing.” Kousaku asked, helping her sit. He listened to her breathing with his stethoscope and noted nothing wrong with it. He helped her lie down on her bed and made some notes on her folder.
“You have a nice hand.” Nami said, taking a hold of Kousaku’s free hand before he could even react. He eyed her with a frown, nobody has ever dared take a hold of his hand like that.
“Is there anything wrong, Kudo-san?” he asked as politely as he could, though the normal the cold tone was still intact.
“In your heart there is a storm.” she spoke with her eyes closed. Kousaku raised an eyebrow and discreetly quickly swept the room with his eyes. Amazingly, nothing was there except for him and the still sleeping patients, he stared back at his patient’s odd behavior. He wondered if she hit her head too aside from getting stabbed. Perhaps he’ll need to consult with Saijou-sensei.
“You are confused, puzzled… at a lost of what to do.” Nami continued with her riddles. Kousaku took a deep breath and decided to let his patient do as she wants... for now.
“You try to deny this feelings (another raise of his brows from the silent Kousaku), try to ignore the little voice in your head (a frown) and try not to acknowledge it (‘What ‘it’?) but deep down you knew.” Nami had opened her eyes once again, noting the puzzled look on the young doctor’s face.
“In no time, you will be falling in a seemingly endless blackhole.” she released his hand and gave him a small smile, “But don’t be troubled. In the end of the tunnel, there is a shining future waiting for you.”
***
“That patient of yours is really strange.” it was Mihoko who commented, that afternoon when they were having their lunch together. Megumi was out assisting on the discharge of her patient Takano while Kazuo was in the act of getting a bite of his sandwich.
“Kudo-san?” Kousaku said and at her nod, he gave a small shrug. Indeed, she was a strange one. He was still a bit confused about what she had said earlier when he checked on her but he decided not to ponder about it.
“She said that I’ll be involved in a triangle.” Mihoko frowned, a puzzled expression on her usually cool façade.
“She said that a little more push is needed before I achieve what my heart desires.” Kazuo said, equally confused. Mihoko turned to Kousaku with a questioning look on her face. He feigned a cough not really intent on sharing to them what was said to her.
“What’s the commotion?” Megumi soon joined them, eyeing her fellow interns with a confused expression on her face. Haruka was beside her, holding her lunch tray.
“Aizawa’s patient.” Mihoko turned to Megumi who took the empty seat beside her.
“Kudo-san?” Megumi nodded, “She’s one interesting character.”
“Did she say strange to you too?” Kazuo asked excitedly. Mihoko shook her head and rolled her eyes but stared as she waited for Megumi’s answer.
Megumi stopped for a moment before shaking her head quickly. “N-Not to me…”
Mihoko and Kazuo turned to the silent nurse. Haruka blinked and soon spoke, “She said and I’ll quote - ‘The wound will heal, if you let somebody in.’ - I don’t understand what she meant though.”
“She said nothing to you?” Mihoko turned her head back to Megumi while Kazuo tried to engage Haruka in a conversation.
“Y-Yes. Nothing.” Megumi said and made a rather embarrassed smile.
“Hmmm...” Mihoko leaned back on her chair, taking a bite of her lunch and completely forgetting about asking for Kudo-san’s vision for Kousaku.
***
By two in the afternoon, he checked on her condition again. Kudo Nami seemed to be recovering perfectly and Kousaku figured she’ll be discharged in no time. He was gestured for the nurse checking on her to let him handle her before moving to check on her IV drip.
“How are you feeling?” he asked, taking her folder and examining it.
“I feel very healthy.” was Nami’s quick reply.
“Aa.”
“I saw your light.” she said with a happy smile. Kousaku gave her a small frown before she continued, “But I can’t tell you where. Or it might affect your fate.”
Okay, perhaps a consultation with Saijou-sensei is really necessary. - he thought watching her grab a book and start to read.
“Konnichiwa, Kudo-san.”
Kousaku turned and was surprised to find Megumi beside him with a happy smile on her face. He quickly tore his eyes on her and settled it back at his patient. He frowned when she found Nami wearing a very cheerful smile - more cheerful than it has been earlier.
“You seem to be doing really well now.” Megumi commented to her, “I think you’ll be discharged in no time, eh?” she said turning to Kousaku for confirmation. The silent doctor gave a short ‘Aa’.
“Saa. Though I’m kinda starting to love it here. The doctors are very nice.” Nami said with another smile. Kousaku threw a discreet look on Megumi’s face but it doesn’t seem that she had noted anything strange on Nami’s smile. Perhaps, it was just him.
“Don’t you have patients?” he asked rather curtly to Megumi. She shook her head and replied, “I just finished doing my rounds. I just thought I’d visit Kudo-san.”
“Aa.” he nodded and excused himself to the two, mentioning an imaginary patient from Room 206.
“Room 206 again?” Megumi wondered aloud and he could’ve sworn he felt his cheeks grow hot. It was a good thing that he had already turned his back on them, he doubted that Megumi caught it.
“Hai. Room 206 again.” he repeated with a nod and he was soon out.
***
“It’s just us again?”
Kousaku’s ears felt hot at the question. He made a small nod as he watch her usual place in the staff resting room, carrying two cups of coffee. Mihoko was out to assist in an operation to be headed by Tachibana-sensei. Kazuo was doing a final round of his patients with Haruka. So basically (and once again), it was just him and Megumi.
Hesitantly, she pushed the other cup in front of him. He blinked, he thought that the cup was supposed to be for Mihoko or even Haruka. He muttered his thanks, taking the offered cup.
“Ahh… it’s a long day.” she sighed, leaning back on her chair.
“Aa.” he nodded, taking a sip of his coffee.
“So… I wonder,” she started, peering at him behind her bangs, “…what Kudo-san told you.”
He almost spilled his coffee. Thankfully, he managed to control himself and keep a poker face - he wasn’t expecting for Megumi to remember their conversation that lunch. He placed his cup on the table and turned to her.
“It’s not true that she said nothing to you, right?” he replied in a calm voice. Her face turned a bit red as she smiled.
“It was embarrassing.” she replied, lowering her cup. He hid a smile, tearing his eyes off her, “Is that so?”
“I won’t ask if you don’t.” he said, his voice laced with a challenge. He watched her consider it out of the corner of his eyes and had to smile.
“I’ll tell you, if you tell me too.” she smiled at him after a few minutes of thinking.
He ended up telling her. He doesn’t understand why, but for some reason he found it hard to argue when she looks at him like that. Just like the plane crash incident…
“She said I’ll find closure for something that has happened in the past.” Megumi answered after listening to the vision for him. “And then when that happens, I’ll be brightest star in the sky.” she turned to him with a confused look on her face, “I don’t understand the last part though.”
‘In the end of the tunnel, there is a shining future waiting for you.’ he couldn’t help but let his mind wander to that part of his supposed prophecy. He turned and stared at the puzzled look on her face - and that’s all that he could do for now, just stare.
Kazuo and Haruka were the first to join them in the room, Mihoko, a short while after. And once again, Kazuo invited everyone for a short ‘bonding session’ on a local bar. Surprising everyone (and even himself), Kousaku was the first to nod. He could feel the others following him with their eyes as he walked out of the room.
In the end of the tunnel, there is a shining future waiting for you.
He looked back and caught Megumi’s eyes on him among the others. He shook his head and was soon out - he feels like drinking a lot today.
To be continued…
Note: Confusion, confusion… I want Aizawa confused. Lol. XD Again, please excuse any OOC-ness. I hope you enjoyed reading. Til then. :)
Fandom: Code Blue (Season 2)
Pairing: Aizawa/Shiraishi
Standard Disclaimer’s Apply: They are not mine. Because if they are, Aizawa and Shiraishi will be married already. Just kidding ;)
Chapter 3: Prophecy
It was him who received the emergency call later that afternoon. Since the sun has already set, the patient was taken in by an ambulance. Kousaku nodded to Haruka who was already readying the medical supplies. Megumi who had just returned from her afternoon round, was soon in alert mode again as she tried to contact any of their senior doctors.
“Iie. Tachibana-sensei and Mitsui-sensei are operating on someone and Morimoto-sensei still hasn’t return from his seminar.” Megumi informed Aizawa who just gave her a rather curt nod.
“Fujikawa and Hiyama?” he asked, changing putting on a pair of surgical gloves.
“They’re checking on the patients in the ICU.” Megumi shook her head, grabbing a pair of surgical gloves herself. “What’s the patient’s condition?”
“Stabbed in the stomach.” Kousaku said in a calm voice. Megumi gasped but nodded her head in understanding.
“The ambulance is coming.” Haruka informed and the two doctors rushed to take the patient.
The patient was a middle-aged woman, Kudo Nami, a street fortuneteller. She was stabbed with a knife on her stomach when she gave a rather negative vision about somebody’s employment status. The suspect was immediately taken into custody by the police.
“Scalpel.” Kousaku’s voice was calm as he opened his hand, waiting for the medical tool in question. Haruka quickly handed it to him and with great concentration worked on the stab wound while Megumi kept a close watch on the patient’s condition through the monitor.
By the time Kazuo and Mihoko had returned, Kousaku and Megumi was already stitching up the patient’s wound.
“Man, I missed an operation.” Mihoko pouted as she grabbed a cup of hot coffee from the vending machine.
“Sorry.” Megumi gave her a rather apologetic smile as she too grabbed some coffee. Together the two made their way back to the staff resting room for a short break.
“Takano-san was asking for you.” Kazuo said, slouching back on his chair. “I checked up on him since Hiyama doesn’t want to go anywhere in his room.”
“He’ll try to hit on me again.” Mihoko said, taking a sip of her coffee.
“He’s still awake?” Megumi blinked and frowned when she realized the time, “It’s late.”
“Aa.” Kousaku nodded, leaning on the doorframe and rubbing his thumb and forefinger - a habit of his. “He can sleep on his own.” he added seeing that Megumi was already in the act of leaving the room to check on her patient. She gave him a small frown but nodded and returned to her seat.
A long bout of silence enveloped the room. Kazuo moved a rather hesitant eye around the room and with a rather goofy grin, he suggested.
“How about going out for a drink?”
Everyone stared at him as if he had just grown another head. Haruka was the first one to talk, however with a flat “I’ll pass.” before leaving the room. Mihoko was watching her with amusement before turning back to Kazuo with a slight twinkle on her eyes, mouthing ‘Busted’ before following the sharp-tongued nurse.
“I’m sorry. I’m quite tired.” Megumi gave him an apologetic smile before following the two girls. Kousaku was silently watching her leave when he felt Kazuo’s eyes on him. He was the next one out.
***
“Ohayou.”
Kousaku looked up from the patient’s folder to find that Kudo Nami was already awake. He gave her a small nod before proceeding to check on her folder.
“I heard you’re the one who operated on me.” she said with a grateful smile. He gave a short ‘Aa.’ and she doesn’t seem to mind it.
“Let me listen to your breathing.” Kousaku asked, helping her sit. He listened to her breathing with his stethoscope and noted nothing wrong with it. He helped her lie down on her bed and made some notes on her folder.
“You have a nice hand.” Nami said, taking a hold of Kousaku’s free hand before he could even react. He eyed her with a frown, nobody has ever dared take a hold of his hand like that.
“Is there anything wrong, Kudo-san?” he asked as politely as he could, though the normal the cold tone was still intact.
“In your heart there is a storm.” she spoke with her eyes closed. Kousaku raised an eyebrow and discreetly quickly swept the room with his eyes. Amazingly, nothing was there except for him and the still sleeping patients, he stared back at his patient’s odd behavior. He wondered if she hit her head too aside from getting stabbed. Perhaps he’ll need to consult with Saijou-sensei.
“You are confused, puzzled… at a lost of what to do.” Nami continued with her riddles. Kousaku took a deep breath and decided to let his patient do as she wants... for now.
“You try to deny this feelings (another raise of his brows from the silent Kousaku), try to ignore the little voice in your head (a frown) and try not to acknowledge it (‘What ‘it’?) but deep down you knew.” Nami had opened her eyes once again, noting the puzzled look on the young doctor’s face.
“In no time, you will be falling in a seemingly endless blackhole.” she released his hand and gave him a small smile, “But don’t be troubled. In the end of the tunnel, there is a shining future waiting for you.”
***
“That patient of yours is really strange.” it was Mihoko who commented, that afternoon when they were having their lunch together. Megumi was out assisting on the discharge of her patient Takano while Kazuo was in the act of getting a bite of his sandwich.
“Kudo-san?” Kousaku said and at her nod, he gave a small shrug. Indeed, she was a strange one. He was still a bit confused about what she had said earlier when he checked on her but he decided not to ponder about it.
“She said that I’ll be involved in a triangle.” Mihoko frowned, a puzzled expression on her usually cool façade.
“She said that a little more push is needed before I achieve what my heart desires.” Kazuo said, equally confused. Mihoko turned to Kousaku with a questioning look on her face. He feigned a cough not really intent on sharing to them what was said to her.
“What’s the commotion?” Megumi soon joined them, eyeing her fellow interns with a confused expression on her face. Haruka was beside her, holding her lunch tray.
“Aizawa’s patient.” Mihoko turned to Megumi who took the empty seat beside her.
“Kudo-san?” Megumi nodded, “She’s one interesting character.”
“Did she say strange to you too?” Kazuo asked excitedly. Mihoko shook her head and rolled her eyes but stared as she waited for Megumi’s answer.
Megumi stopped for a moment before shaking her head quickly. “N-Not to me…”
Mihoko and Kazuo turned to the silent nurse. Haruka blinked and soon spoke, “She said and I’ll quote - ‘The wound will heal, if you let somebody in.’ - I don’t understand what she meant though.”
“She said nothing to you?” Mihoko turned her head back to Megumi while Kazuo tried to engage Haruka in a conversation.
“Y-Yes. Nothing.” Megumi said and made a rather embarrassed smile.
“Hmmm...” Mihoko leaned back on her chair, taking a bite of her lunch and completely forgetting about asking for Kudo-san’s vision for Kousaku.
***
By two in the afternoon, he checked on her condition again. Kudo Nami seemed to be recovering perfectly and Kousaku figured she’ll be discharged in no time. He was gestured for the nurse checking on her to let him handle her before moving to check on her IV drip.
“How are you feeling?” he asked, taking her folder and examining it.
“I feel very healthy.” was Nami’s quick reply.
“Aa.”
“I saw your light.” she said with a happy smile. Kousaku gave her a small frown before she continued, “But I can’t tell you where. Or it might affect your fate.”
Okay, perhaps a consultation with Saijou-sensei is really necessary. - he thought watching her grab a book and start to read.
“Konnichiwa, Kudo-san.”
Kousaku turned and was surprised to find Megumi beside him with a happy smile on her face. He quickly tore his eyes on her and settled it back at his patient. He frowned when she found Nami wearing a very cheerful smile - more cheerful than it has been earlier.
“You seem to be doing really well now.” Megumi commented to her, “I think you’ll be discharged in no time, eh?” she said turning to Kousaku for confirmation. The silent doctor gave a short ‘Aa’.
“Saa. Though I’m kinda starting to love it here. The doctors are very nice.” Nami said with another smile. Kousaku threw a discreet look on Megumi’s face but it doesn’t seem that she had noted anything strange on Nami’s smile. Perhaps, it was just him.
“Don’t you have patients?” he asked rather curtly to Megumi. She shook her head and replied, “I just finished doing my rounds. I just thought I’d visit Kudo-san.”
“Aa.” he nodded and excused himself to the two, mentioning an imaginary patient from Room 206.
“Room 206 again?” Megumi wondered aloud and he could’ve sworn he felt his cheeks grow hot. It was a good thing that he had already turned his back on them, he doubted that Megumi caught it.
“Hai. Room 206 again.” he repeated with a nod and he was soon out.
***
“It’s just us again?”
Kousaku’s ears felt hot at the question. He made a small nod as he watch her usual place in the staff resting room, carrying two cups of coffee. Mihoko was out to assist in an operation to be headed by Tachibana-sensei. Kazuo was doing a final round of his patients with Haruka. So basically (and once again), it was just him and Megumi.
Hesitantly, she pushed the other cup in front of him. He blinked, he thought that the cup was supposed to be for Mihoko or even Haruka. He muttered his thanks, taking the offered cup.
“Ahh… it’s a long day.” she sighed, leaning back on her chair.
“Aa.” he nodded, taking a sip of his coffee.
“So… I wonder,” she started, peering at him behind her bangs, “…what Kudo-san told you.”
He almost spilled his coffee. Thankfully, he managed to control himself and keep a poker face - he wasn’t expecting for Megumi to remember their conversation that lunch. He placed his cup on the table and turned to her.
“It’s not true that she said nothing to you, right?” he replied in a calm voice. Her face turned a bit red as she smiled.
“It was embarrassing.” she replied, lowering her cup. He hid a smile, tearing his eyes off her, “Is that so?”
“I won’t ask if you don’t.” he said, his voice laced with a challenge. He watched her consider it out of the corner of his eyes and had to smile.
“I’ll tell you, if you tell me too.” she smiled at him after a few minutes of thinking.
He ended up telling her. He doesn’t understand why, but for some reason he found it hard to argue when she looks at him like that. Just like the plane crash incident…
“She said I’ll find closure for something that has happened in the past.” Megumi answered after listening to the vision for him. “And then when that happens, I’ll be brightest star in the sky.” she turned to him with a confused look on her face, “I don’t understand the last part though.”
‘In the end of the tunnel, there is a shining future waiting for you.’ he couldn’t help but let his mind wander to that part of his supposed prophecy. He turned and stared at the puzzled look on her face - and that’s all that he could do for now, just stare.
Kazuo and Haruka were the first to join them in the room, Mihoko, a short while after. And once again, Kazuo invited everyone for a short ‘bonding session’ on a local bar. Surprising everyone (and even himself), Kousaku was the first to nod. He could feel the others following him with their eyes as he walked out of the room.
In the end of the tunnel, there is a shining future waiting for you.
He looked back and caught Megumi’s eyes on him among the others. He shook his head and was soon out - he feels like drinking a lot today.
To be continued…
Note: Confusion, confusion… I want Aizawa confused. Lol. XD Again, please excuse any OOC-ness. I hope you enjoyed reading. Til then. :)