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Nightshift 30: M35, Clinic
Oh. Oh dear. Despite knowing little of the man on the radio in a personal sense, the news hit him hard. He wasn't sure if it was true, but... why would the doctor lie? If it weren't true, they'd find out easily enough, so it would be pointless. Right?
Oh, he was a horrible man! A part of Tamaki wished that he could fight, so he could help take down that awful person himself. But he knew it was just a flight of fancy. But what would they do now? Without any clues at all?
Sighing, he hung up the sign for the clinic. He needed to talk to Ed so badly, but he had his duties here. Even if he wasn't the best or the fastest, he could still do things. And he had to. So he sat down and waited, for either arrivals or some contradiction to what the Head Doctor had said.
Just in case.
Oh, he was a horrible man! A part of Tamaki wished that he could fight, so he could help take down that awful person himself. But he knew it was just a flight of fancy. But what would they do now? Without any clues at all?
Sighing, he hung up the sign for the clinic. He needed to talk to Ed so badly, but he had his duties here. Even if he wasn't the best or the fastest, he could still do things. And he had to. So he sat down and waited, for either arrivals or some contradiction to what the Head Doctor had said.
Just in case.
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"Him," he answered passively as he carefully sat Fai down on the bed top. It should have been pretty damn obvious which one of them was injured! Though since he and the other had gotten a little stained by Fai's blood, he could see where there might be some confusion. Having to answer such an obvious question still bothered him a little. Things were getting to him more than they should have for some reason.
Once he'd set Fai down, he gave the one in the door a glance and nodded over, "He knows what the injuries are." Or so he'd claimed earlier. Kurogane didn't leave his eyes on the door for long and set them back on Fai, folding his arms as he took to observing.
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He wanted to apologize to the boy, for troubling him so much, but he knew it would just earn him another reprimand from Kurogane, so he stayed quiet and tried not to concentrate on how much it hurt.
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The first thing was to stop as much of the bleeding as possible. He moved to the other boy's arm first, carefully exposing it to bandage with sterile gauze.
"Please help pile some blankets around him, to keep him warm." That was important, to stave off shock. They couldn't elevate his legs, it looked like, but if the bleeding could be slowed and he was kept warm....
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The other in the doorway was being more passive about the whole thing. Somehow that bothered him more than answering obvious questions. "We're out of the hall, so tell me what happened," he demanded of the other boy. He didn't give the door a second look, opting to focus on Fai in case he tried to protest anything, but still expected that the boy would know just who was being questioned. If he was just going to stand there and be bored, then he could at least be useful and talk.
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"It's nothing," he coughed again as he tried to beat the other boy to answering Kurogane's question. "I just... fell." He bit back a yelp when the blonde started re-dressing his arm, but didn't complain. It didn't hurt quite as much anymore and the boy's hand felt warm on his cool skin. He wasn't sure if that was good or bad, but decided not to try and ask.
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He turned to look at Kurogane, amber eyes cool. "The-fucking-end."
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This looked like it was a serious enough situation to deserve an opiate pain killer. After tying off the bandages, Tamaki retrieved one of the small white pills and offered it to the injured boy.
"This will make you hurt less. I have to look at your legs now, and it's probably going to hurt. Can you swallow?"
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And it seemed the other boy had finally found the right words to deserve another look from Kurogane and one that was much more than a simply passing glance. His full glare turned back to the boy now, red eyes burning with a dangerous kind of anger. Just who the hell was he calling someone's boyfriend, huh?! That was as bad as being called "Father" with Fai being the stupid "Mother"!! If this boy had any kind of intelligence he'd stop acting like Mokona right now, otherwise the next time he'd be treated as if he were that damn manjuu.
Kurogane growled low, but refrained from saying anything this time. Some brat making jabs at him was not important. Damn irritating, but not important.
He drew his attention to the other words instead, finding there to be the important information. Fai had been on the second floor and had apparently fallen from there. No, not fallen, likely thrown or somehow forced over the side by something on the second floor. That made more sense by the story. What had taken Fai up to the second floor was Kurogane's main concern though. He had assumed Fai had come from the Sun Room by how the boy had been leaving with him, but if the magician had fallen in from the floor above, it meant that something else had been of more importance to him than both keeping away from Kurogane or attempting to find the kids.
Looking again to Fai, his glare persisted as his thoughts ran over the possibilities for just what the something could have been.
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It took a couple of tries, but he swallowed the medicine, his vibrant blue eyes beginning to dull with fever. He just wanted it to stop hurting. Almost unconsciously, his free hand reached out and caught the hem of Kurogane's shirt. He gave an apologetic look before he had to wince at the pain and his hold tightened for just a moment. His breathing felt like it was speeding up, bit by bit, but he could do nothing to stop it. It sounded shallow and wet and he tried not to cough again.
Yuuhi gave the blonde medic a short glance before preparing himself for the coming pain. His arm had been somewhat simple, he could see the damage, tell what had been done, but the legs? He hadn't even been able to move them. They'd surely be bruised up and down, not to mention the burns that the boy's blasts had given him. The legs of his pants still had burn marks and fabric stuck to skin in places. It wasn't just the legs either, his shoulder matched as well as his ribs, though Kurogane and the medic were giving him conflicting messages. Don't speak, but tell what's wrong. In the end, he clenched his teeth, waited for the pain to come, and said nothing.
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He moved away from the door and stood in the corner, better to keep out of the way.
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He moved to inspect his patient's legs, wincing some as he carefully peeled away the fabric to get a good look. Oh dear.
"I'm going to put something on your legs that will make them feel better," he said, smiling in what he hoped was a reassuring manner. He was very glad Ritsuka-kun had brought all those supplies - burn creme was coming in handy quite a bit. He wiped down his hands with a sterile cloth and pulled on a pair of the latex gloves that someone had brought, before beginning to gently slather the burn creme onto the wounds.
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After watching things unfold and then hearing Tamaki's request, Kurogane came to the decision that he should move out into the hallway. There was no reason for him to just keep standing there doing nothing. He could just as well wait outside until Tamaki finished, then come back in to take Fai to another room and clear some space in the crowded room. And that's what he would do.
He'd just taken a step towards leaving when he felt something tugging at the base of his shirt. Thinking his shirt had only gotten snagged on something, he looked back to pull it lose, but stopped when he saw the pale fingers grasping at the gray fabric. "Just what do you think you're doing, Magician?" he asked, tone slightly annoyed. Fai was out of luck if he expected Kurogane would stay like the kid might for the Princess. It wasn't until he moved his eyes from Fai's fingers up to his face that Kurogane saw the reason for the other's actions. Pain was written all over his expression, clearly seen even in the sadder expression prior to wincing at it.
The fabric pulled tighter on Kurogane's shirt; Fai's hand wouldn't be easily removed even if Kurogane tried. Expression hard, he gave the door another look, then gave Tamaki one as well to see what he was doing, and finally ended with his eyes again on Fai. After a moment, he let out a near-silent grunt. "Fine."
Moving his hand as he'd intended to earlier, he wrapped his fingers around Fai's thin wrist as though he were about to force the hand away. He didn't do anything past that though. He only kept his hand around Fai's wrist, just holding it there while Fai clung at his shirt, and didn't leave.
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When Kurogane rebuked him for being such a mess that he had reached out hand... it was no more than he'd expected. Of course he'd be annoyed. Yuuhi had only been a hindrance to him since he'd arrived. Just as his fingers began to loosen their grip and let go, he felt a firm hand on his wrist and heard Kuro's consenting grumble.
Kurogane was staying? But... why? A look of confusion crossed his features briefly before the boy began putting ointment on his legs and he drew in a sharp, pained breath. It was slow in coming, but it was beginning to hurt less and less. He glanced back up at Kurogane, a smile that was barely even there appearing at his lips. It was small and it was weak, but perhaps for the first time, it was no facade. Hurt and tired as he was, right now he felt... safe. His breathing was still shallow, but slowing now as he calmed down. He let his eyes close slowly as his body began to relax. There would be time for worry later. Right now he was safe and so very tired.
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Ge really wasn't needed so... He pushed away from the wall. The blond guy, Fai, would be fine. All he had to do was stay alive until the sun rose and then it would be up to the hospital anyway. He wasn't doing anything, he never did anything, leaving his room had been a mistake, helping other people had been a mistake. It was all fucked.
Making certain he didn't bother anyone else with his passing, he stepped out the door and back into the halls.
[going to here (http://community.livejournal.com/damned/303919.html?view=25236783#t25236783)]
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"Ah... if you could help me with getting him to sit up for just a very short time?" He turned to the man who hadn't left. "If he has broken or bruised ribs, I need to wrap them, but we have to be very careful moving him... Oh, I'm so sorry, I don't even know your names!"
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Kurogane tried to keep his attention away from Fai's actual face now that he was stuck there practically holding the idiot's hand. This whole thing was awkward enough, so he didn't need some dazed grin or whiny 'Aw, Kuro-pii cares' sending him storming from the room. Mostly, he watched Tamaki do his work, but he did give Fai a few glances back with the same hard look as always. He'd glanced the earlier confusion as well as the continued pain dominating Fai's expression, but what drew his eyes back the longest was the very faint curving of Fai's lips.
He stared a moment, but found no pretend about it-- Fai was smiling.
Part of him wanted to tell Fai to shut up again. Even though nothing had been spoken, that trace of a smile had said more than anyone else had all evening. It had Kurogane feeling annoyed and gave him a mind to try and leave again. In a way though, he also felt relieved at seeing something so honest from the magician. No mask or lie as a cover for once. About damn time.
Setting Fai's hand back to the bed once he was unconscious, he turned his attention to Tamaki and nodded at the request. So long as he was doing something to help, he had no problem with staying. "He's Fai, and I'm Kurogane," he provided simply, then slowly and carefully lifted Fai into a sitting position. It was easier moving someone when they were unconscious, but with how much pain the magician was likely still in, he might not remain so for long.
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The drug had started taking effect and Yuuhi would have been perfectly happy to sleep the remainder of the night away, but it'd only been a few minutes when he felt a stabbing pain in his chest and opened a pair of groggy eyes. It took a moment to focus them and realize that it hurt so much because he was being moved again. He didn't want to sit up, he just wanted to lay down on his stomach with his face down in a pillow and sleep.
His fingers curled around Kurogane's wrist for support as another coughed wracked his body. He turned his head, but there was still plenty of blood. He spit, trying to rid his mouth of it, but it dribbled down in a thin line from the side of his mouth. The drugs dulled the pain, but addled his system, weakened his defenses. He shouldn't be trying so hard to survive, he ought to be glad to finally be released. He'd put himself in harm's way before, but never like this.
"I'm... scared," he admitted, brows knit together. He was broken in so many ways already. His hold on Kuro's wrist went slack and dropped to his side.
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"We don't have the equipment to treat internal injuries," he explained, quietly. "We usually have healers who can use magic, but I'm afraid something's happened and they aren't here. But I think he should be alright until morning."
And that was the important thing. "There we are," he continued to soothe his patient, nodding to Kurogane to let him know Fai could be set back down. "Now just try and rest," he went on, wiping at the bit of blood on Fai's face. "You're going to be just fine."
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When Fai tried speaking again, he couldn't help but heave another sigh. "How many times do I have to say it..." he muttered, but let the main point go. The magician was clearly too pained to register or care for further scolding - he'd have shut up by now had the case been different. All Fai could grasp onto now was the pain and the fear. And, apparently, Kurogane's wrist as well. First his shirt, now this. At least this kind of clinging wasn't so annoying as the usual. Still, it was just as sad. Had the magician really never been so injured before?
Kurogane didn't attempt to pull away for the moment Fai held on, letting him do as he pleased if it would help somehow. He'd already consented into staying, so there was no point in refusing additional clinging now.
Tamaki was doing all he could but wouldn't be able to do everything with the supplies he had. That was fine so long as it helped. A healer would have been better (probably), but knowing Fai he wouldn't have wanted anything to do with anyone else's magic even if it had meant helping him. He could barely handle dealing with his own, as stood. Or that's how Kurogane saw it.
Slowly, he lowered Fai back to the bed once Tamaki had nodded that it was all right. Fai did need to rest if he really was "going to be just fine". However, judging by how popular the room was becoming, Kurogane had a feeling that resting here would not be the best. If anyone else came, things were bound to get even more hectic. "If someone else comes, I'll take him elsewhere," he said to Tamaki, "to clear the room."
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He said nothing more, but his expression wasn't quite so pained as it had been.
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"He should be alright now. Just let him rest, and if he needs anything, let one of us know." Since now he had Kyon to help him, thank goodness!
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"Fine," he consented to everything spoken, then folded his arms once more and leaned his back against the wall. If he'd been sure he could have taken a seat on the bed without hurting Fai, he'd have done that instead, but for now the wall was fine. It was as out of the way as possible for the room size (and for his own size) without him actually having to leave.
Leaving still remained an option though. Fai had been seen to and wasn't going to go anywhere with the state he was in. Kurogane could easily leave him in the M35 Clinic's care and go finish what he'd originally set out to do - find Fai, then find the others. That's what he should be doing now anyway, finding the others. It wasn't find Fai, then forget about the others and stay with Fai all night because he'd been stupid. And yet, that was exactly what the evening was about to turn into. One more glance down at Fai was all that was needed to know,
Kurogane wasn't about to just leave Fai in someone else's care. Tamaki had helped, and willingly, but the boy was still a stranger. From that fact alone, Kurogane couldn't bring himself to trust that Fai would be fine if he left. That meant he had no choice but to stay. He'd have done the same for any other member of their group, but still... "What a pain," he breathed silently, then closed his eyes and leaned his head back to the wall as well.
At least Fai was all right, for now.
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It was hard to remain reasonable, otherwise he would have kicked himself for even saying half of the things he'd already slipped. He let his gaze fall on Kurogane for a moment, then closed them again, more than ready to let sleep take him.
[[feel free to skip for a few turns, unless someone wakes him up.]]
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Then there were more, like a flood almost, and... green. Roronoa Zoro. Looked like he had his own blond to deal with as well as some others. The one he was
draggingcarrying looked to be in about the same condition as Fai, possibly worse since he was unconscious before being treated. That was never good.He again considered pressing that he should take Fai to another room, but Tamaki was busy elsewhere, and he had a feeling the boy would refuse again.
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