[Fanfic] Code Blue - An Extended Epilogue 15
Title: An Extended Epilogue
Fandom: Code Blue
Pairings: Aizawa x Shiraishi
Disclaimer: Code Blue, characters and setting belong to its creators.
Author's Note: In this chapter our two stubborn mules do not make an appearance, instead the spotlight is on Hiyama and Haruka, and the beginning of the end. Enjoy!
There was no getting through to Kousaku. The man had made him self invisible - literally. Whenever Mihoko paged Neurosurgery, he never came. When she went up to the department, he was never there. When they met up for drinks, he never attended. It was as if he had an anti-Mihoko radar and was using it to steer clear of her. It was driving her ab-so-lutely insane, or at the very least raise her blood pressure to the roof.
Megumi was no better either. She never picked up her calls and rarely replied her texts. All Mihoko knew was that she was settling in well at Toudai, and still keeping mum about Aizawa. By her calculations Megumi’s pregnancy should be a little visible now, which made her wonder how the doctor was fending off inquiries. It’s one thing to be an everyday pregnant girl with no husband, but Shirashi came from a respectable family who still believed in traditional family values.
The girl always did like to bite off more than she can chew, Mihoko thought derisively. Never knowing when to quit or give in. Ironically, so does Kousaku.
“A pair of idiots!” She muttered. It had been a month since Megumi transferred but to her tortured mind, it felt like a year. She couldn’t stand this. There had to be some way of clearing up the misunderstanding without resorting to kidnapping the two idiots and holding them at gunpoint. Not that she had not considered that. She was tempted. Sorely tempted.
“Can I join you?” Haruka’s gentle voice drew her out of her thoughts and Mihoko nodded. “Sure. Seen Kazuo?”
“Surgery,” Haruka replied simply and frowned at her watch. “That operation took too long… I barely have much time for lunch.”
“What else is new?” Mihoko quipped dryly and her eyes drifted to a nurse approaching their table. She wasn’t part of the ERU and for a second Mihoko wondered if she was Haruka’s junior. The nurse stopped between the two and nervously clasped her hands. “Hello, may I have a minute, Dr. Hiyama?”
Mihoko’s eyebrows arched. Her? What does a nurse want to talk to her about? “…Sure.” Mihoko gestured to an empty chair. The nurse sat down and took a nervous breath. “I’m Shibata Ruri, a… friend of Dr. Shiraishi. Well my fiance is her friend actually, I - “
“Get on with it girl, my lunch time is precious,” Mihoko interrupted.
“Um… well… I wonder if any of you are aware that Dr. Shiraishi is… pregnant…” The last word was drawn out, as if Ruri was looking for a reaction.
None. Neither Mihoko nor Haruka’s expression changed. “That’s none of our business, is it?” Haruka asked quietly, spearing a tomato from her salad. “She is not a child, she certainly knows how to take care of herself.”
“But…” Ruri was unhappily clenching and unclenching her hands, clearly not prepared for this outcome; “Yuusuke said she’s always sad. She never smiles anymore. He figured the pregnancy is the reason why she left Shohoku so suddenly, and that the father is someone here. But Dr. Shiraishi won’t say a word, and her parents don’t want Yuusuke to spread this.”
“Wise decision.” Mihoko said and then frowned. “Yuusuke… is that the lawyer senior of hers?”
“Yes.”
“I remember him,” Haruka nodded and recalled a conversation she had awhile back with Megumi.
He’s my senior. His fiancée just started working here as a nurse.
“Can you tell me why Dr. Shiraishi is so miserable?” Ruri asked carefully. “Did the father not want the baby?”
Mihoko and Haruka exchanged looks and they could see the wheels turning in each other’s heads.
It’s a chance.
“Meet us here,” Haruka scribbled something on a memo slip and gave it to Ruri. “Tonight. It’s too delicate to discuss it in the hospital.”
Fandom: Code Blue
Pairings: Aizawa x Shiraishi
Disclaimer: Code Blue, characters and setting belong to its creators.
Author's Note: In this chapter our two stubborn mules do not make an appearance, instead the spotlight is on Hiyama and Haruka, and the beginning of the end. Enjoy!
There was no getting through to Kousaku. The man had made him self invisible - literally. Whenever Mihoko paged Neurosurgery, he never came. When she went up to the department, he was never there. When they met up for drinks, he never attended. It was as if he had an anti-Mihoko radar and was using it to steer clear of her. It was driving her ab-so-lutely insane, or at the very least raise her blood pressure to the roof.
Megumi was no better either. She never picked up her calls and rarely replied her texts. All Mihoko knew was that she was settling in well at Toudai, and still keeping mum about Aizawa. By her calculations Megumi’s pregnancy should be a little visible now, which made her wonder how the doctor was fending off inquiries. It’s one thing to be an everyday pregnant girl with no husband, but Shirashi came from a respectable family who still believed in traditional family values.
The girl always did like to bite off more than she can chew, Mihoko thought derisively. Never knowing when to quit or give in. Ironically, so does Kousaku.
“A pair of idiots!” She muttered. It had been a month since Megumi transferred but to her tortured mind, it felt like a year. She couldn’t stand this. There had to be some way of clearing up the misunderstanding without resorting to kidnapping the two idiots and holding them at gunpoint. Not that she had not considered that. She was tempted. Sorely tempted.
“Can I join you?” Haruka’s gentle voice drew her out of her thoughts and Mihoko nodded. “Sure. Seen Kazuo?”
“Surgery,” Haruka replied simply and frowned at her watch. “That operation took too long… I barely have much time for lunch.”
“What else is new?” Mihoko quipped dryly and her eyes drifted to a nurse approaching their table. She wasn’t part of the ERU and for a second Mihoko wondered if she was Haruka’s junior. The nurse stopped between the two and nervously clasped her hands. “Hello, may I have a minute, Dr. Hiyama?”
Mihoko’s eyebrows arched. Her? What does a nurse want to talk to her about? “…Sure.” Mihoko gestured to an empty chair. The nurse sat down and took a nervous breath. “I’m Shibata Ruri, a… friend of Dr. Shiraishi. Well my fiance is her friend actually, I - “
“Get on with it girl, my lunch time is precious,” Mihoko interrupted.
“Um… well… I wonder if any of you are aware that Dr. Shiraishi is… pregnant…” The last word was drawn out, as if Ruri was looking for a reaction.
None. Neither Mihoko nor Haruka’s expression changed. “That’s none of our business, is it?” Haruka asked quietly, spearing a tomato from her salad. “She is not a child, she certainly knows how to take care of herself.”
“But…” Ruri was unhappily clenching and unclenching her hands, clearly not prepared for this outcome; “Yuusuke said she’s always sad. She never smiles anymore. He figured the pregnancy is the reason why she left Shohoku so suddenly, and that the father is someone here. But Dr. Shiraishi won’t say a word, and her parents don’t want Yuusuke to spread this.”
“Wise decision.” Mihoko said and then frowned. “Yuusuke… is that the lawyer senior of hers?”
“Yes.”
“I remember him,” Haruka nodded and recalled a conversation she had awhile back with Megumi.
He’s my senior. His fiancée just started working here as a nurse.
“Can you tell me why Dr. Shiraishi is so miserable?” Ruri asked carefully. “Did the father not want the baby?”
Mihoko and Haruka exchanged looks and they could see the wheels turning in each other’s heads.
It’s a chance.
“Meet us here,” Haruka scribbled something on a memo slip and gave it to Ruri. “Tonight. It’s too delicate to discuss it in the hospital.”