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Title: Second Life
Chapter: 14 - Chronus Stopped
Character: Aoi Ryosuke, Ryuzaki Shinji
Fandom: Orthros no Inu
Rating: PG13
Summary: Time. Whether we went back in time, or walked in the flow or run towards the future or stood still unmoving; Time still continued to move forward.
A/N: Sorry for the slow update... the plot point got juggled up with Tsunderella Ryo. You know the silly idiot...
A/N2: The Mercy track always sobered me down...
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Ryosuke sighed as Shinji glanced at him puzzled.
“Ne… Aniki, what were our parents like when they were still alive? I mean… our real parents.”
Shinji looked at him cautiously. Ryosuke’s eyes had been so clear; he honestly wanted to know. Shinji hesitated. Should he tell him the truth or lie about some of the things that might be hurtful if he knew?
Ryosuke raised his eyebrow at him as his brother remained quiet. He sighed.
“It’s okay if you don’t want to tell…”
Shinji hastily shook his head as he started sputtering.
“Nothing like that! What—“ Shinji started to laugh nervously, “—what should I say, they’re not any different than your parents now. I’m not sure what else I should say about them…”
“What about our mother? What she was like? I… I can’t—I didn’t remember anything about her—“
Shinji looked at him with concern.
“You didn’t remember a thing about her?”
Ryosuke shook his head. “Only a bit. I can’t remember her face much… but I remembered hearing her voice.”
Shinji smiled bitterly. Remembering the last conversation he had with Ryo’s foster parents, he wondered if Ryosuke actually unconsciously blocking any memories he had regarding their mother. Could it be… that Ryo actually saw their mother commit suicide? Could Ryo be thinking that his mother did not love him, enough to want to kill herself with him?
Shinji sighed.
“Mother… was a very kind person. That was the very reason why father loved her, why I loved and missed her so much… and why she had loved you so much as well—“ Shinji started to say as he began to retell every precious memories he had about their family to Ryosuke…
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Shinji smiled weakly as Ryosuke soft sighs brushed against his neck. They had been talking so much… he had been wondering when his brother would fall asleep. He sighed. Talking about the past was a nice change. Even if he had only talked about the good things—completely skipping those very painful memories that he… they had gone through—at least he could divert their minds away from their current situation.
Arguing again about Ryo’s decision would not do much—Ryosuke pretty much set his mind firm on that—so rather than talking about it, he’d rather talk about his past. Somehow, Ryosuke preferred to do that as well. He never thought he was such a good storyteller but seeing how much interest Ryo had shown him over his past, made him glad that his life had not been so boring. As if being kidnapped, sent to an orphanage and being thrown into the prison was your version of an interesting story.
It took him having to retell all of the boring stuffs he did in his cell to amuse himself to make Ryosuke sleepy enough that he would fall asleep. Shinji smiled. He had always liked it to watch Ryosuke sleep. Perhaps because he always had that look of innocence on his face when he was sleeping. So cute! Then again, Ryosuke’s flustered or blushing faces were also cute as well. He smiled.
“Excuse me…”
A nurse entered the room apologetically as Shinji lowered his brother head onto the pillow. He bowed politely towards her as he watched the nurse replacing back the wires onto Ryosuke’s body and gave him his injections. He nodded again to her as she walked out. Shinji glanced at his watch.
It was three o’ clock in the morning. No wonder he was feeling a bit sleepy himself. Perhaps he would take some nap first and later get back home for a while. The little pup he had picked up several weeks ago must have missed him a lot by now. He shouldn’t be abandoning the little kid just yet. But yeah… he’ll think about that after this needed nap..., he thought as he drifted to sleep beside Ryosuke.
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Ryo-kun barked happily at him as soon as he entered Aoyama’s apartment. Shinji laughed as soon as the little puppy jumped out into his arms and licked his face vigorously.
“Thanks, Aoyama… you didn’t know how much you’ve helped me—“ he said as said man shrugged it off.
“Don’t worry about it… so how’s your brother?” Aoyama asked as he shrugged.
“Getting better… though I really had to be very patient with him trying to keep his bravado act around me. Kid needs to learn that it’s not that bad to have people looking out for you.”
Aoyama laughed. “No one liked to be feeling helpless, Tatsumi-kun… give your brother some break.”
Shinji laughed.
“I guess so, eh? I know I get overprotective a lot at times…”
Meanwhile at the hospital…
A nurse entered Ryosuke’s room as she noticed him sleeping peacefully. She smiled to herself as she took up the board hung at the edge of the bed. She started writing out her observations of Ryosuke’s conditions before noticing something weird. The nurse blinked, she couldn’t have mistaken what she saw just now… could she? And then it happened again, Ryosuke’s arm jerked suddenly as if he had a sudden muscle spasm. And then another—Ryosuke’s body suddenly went still. The nurse gasped as immediately the monitor nearby started making loud warning beeps. She looked up as her suspicions had been confirmed. Aoi Ryosuke’s heartbeat had started to beat irregularly, as it seemed to take a turn for the worse!
Alarmed, the nurse ran out to seek help.
xxx
Shinji smiled. He had some of the sweetest fruits he managed to get his hand on. This was not just any normal fruits basket anyone can get, Ryosuke had better be grateful for this...
“Give me 200 charges... Clear!”
Shinji turned his head immediately towards the clear glass wall that was Ryosuke’s hospital room as several of the hospital staffs gathered around his brother.
“He’s not responding to it!” cried one nurse as the doctor barked some more orders towards the rest of the staffs.
“Again!” the doctor cried as they repeated the process until finally they regained Ryosuke’s pulse. Shinji let out a long sigh without realising that he had held it in. The doctor attending to Ryosuke started to examine Ryosuke’s conditions as some of the nurses left the room, carrying the defibrillator machine out with them. Shinji entered the room as the doctor finished his examination and looked up towards him.
“Doctor, what—!”
“Don’t worry. Aoi-san had just crashed earlier... but he’s fine now. It was lucky that one of the nurses was around at the time when it happened.”
“So Ryosuke now—“
The doctor patted his shoulders. “Don’t worry. He’s fine now...,” he said before he walked out of the room. Shinji sat beside Ryosuke’s beside as he took his brother’s hand to hold. Alerted to his presence, Ryosuke turned his head towards him as he opened his eyes.
“Sorry... Aniki. I... made you worry...”
Shinji hastily wiped his tears that had suddenly started to fall.
“What kind of silly thing was that? It’s not your fault after all! I’m sorry I hadn’t been around to watch over you,” Shinji cried as he leaned closer to kiss Ryosuke’s cheek. “Yes... I’m really scared, just now... but at least you’re fine now. At least you’re fine...”
Despite not wanting to cry as well, Ryosuke did... as both brothers just leaned close to each other, glad to have each other... both still alive.
Chapter: 14 - Chronus Stopped
Character: Aoi Ryosuke, Ryuzaki Shinji
Fandom: Orthros no Inu
Rating: PG13
Summary: Time. Whether we went back in time, or walked in the flow or run towards the future or stood still unmoving; Time still continued to move forward.
A/N: Sorry for the slow update... the plot point got juggled up with Tsunderella Ryo. You know the silly idiot...
A/N2: The Mercy track always sobered me down...
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Ryosuke sighed as Shinji glanced at him puzzled.
“Ne… Aniki, what were our parents like when they were still alive? I mean… our real parents.”
Shinji looked at him cautiously. Ryosuke’s eyes had been so clear; he honestly wanted to know. Shinji hesitated. Should he tell him the truth or lie about some of the things that might be hurtful if he knew?
Ryosuke raised his eyebrow at him as his brother remained quiet. He sighed.
“It’s okay if you don’t want to tell…”
Shinji hastily shook his head as he started sputtering.
“Nothing like that! What—“ Shinji started to laugh nervously, “—what should I say, they’re not any different than your parents now. I’m not sure what else I should say about them…”
“What about our mother? What she was like? I… I can’t—I didn’t remember anything about her—“
Shinji looked at him with concern.
“You didn’t remember a thing about her?”
Ryosuke shook his head. “Only a bit. I can’t remember her face much… but I remembered hearing her voice.”
Shinji smiled bitterly. Remembering the last conversation he had with Ryo’s foster parents, he wondered if Ryosuke actually unconsciously blocking any memories he had regarding their mother. Could it be… that Ryo actually saw their mother commit suicide? Could Ryo be thinking that his mother did not love him, enough to want to kill herself with him?
Shinji sighed.
“Mother… was a very kind person. That was the very reason why father loved her, why I loved and missed her so much… and why she had loved you so much as well—“ Shinji started to say as he began to retell every precious memories he had about their family to Ryosuke…
xxx
Shinji smiled weakly as Ryosuke soft sighs brushed against his neck. They had been talking so much… he had been wondering when his brother would fall asleep. He sighed. Talking about the past was a nice change. Even if he had only talked about the good things—completely skipping those very painful memories that he… they had gone through—at least he could divert their minds away from their current situation.
Arguing again about Ryo’s decision would not do much—Ryosuke pretty much set his mind firm on that—so rather than talking about it, he’d rather talk about his past. Somehow, Ryosuke preferred to do that as well. He never thought he was such a good storyteller but seeing how much interest Ryo had shown him over his past, made him glad that his life had not been so boring. As if being kidnapped, sent to an orphanage and being thrown into the prison was your version of an interesting story.
It took him having to retell all of the boring stuffs he did in his cell to amuse himself to make Ryosuke sleepy enough that he would fall asleep. Shinji smiled. He had always liked it to watch Ryosuke sleep. Perhaps because he always had that look of innocence on his face when he was sleeping. So cute! Then again, Ryosuke’s flustered or blushing faces were also cute as well. He smiled.
“Excuse me…”
A nurse entered the room apologetically as Shinji lowered his brother head onto the pillow. He bowed politely towards her as he watched the nurse replacing back the wires onto Ryosuke’s body and gave him his injections. He nodded again to her as she walked out. Shinji glanced at his watch.
It was three o’ clock in the morning. No wonder he was feeling a bit sleepy himself. Perhaps he would take some nap first and later get back home for a while. The little pup he had picked up several weeks ago must have missed him a lot by now. He shouldn’t be abandoning the little kid just yet. But yeah… he’ll think about that after this needed nap..., he thought as he drifted to sleep beside Ryosuke.
xxx
Ryo-kun barked happily at him as soon as he entered Aoyama’s apartment. Shinji laughed as soon as the little puppy jumped out into his arms and licked his face vigorously.
“Thanks, Aoyama… you didn’t know how much you’ve helped me—“ he said as said man shrugged it off.
“Don’t worry about it… so how’s your brother?” Aoyama asked as he shrugged.
“Getting better… though I really had to be very patient with him trying to keep his bravado act around me. Kid needs to learn that it’s not that bad to have people looking out for you.”
Aoyama laughed. “No one liked to be feeling helpless, Tatsumi-kun… give your brother some break.”
Shinji laughed.
“I guess so, eh? I know I get overprotective a lot at times…”
Meanwhile at the hospital…
A nurse entered Ryosuke’s room as she noticed him sleeping peacefully. She smiled to herself as she took up the board hung at the edge of the bed. She started writing out her observations of Ryosuke’s conditions before noticing something weird. The nurse blinked, she couldn’t have mistaken what she saw just now… could she? And then it happened again, Ryosuke’s arm jerked suddenly as if he had a sudden muscle spasm. And then another—Ryosuke’s body suddenly went still. The nurse gasped as immediately the monitor nearby started making loud warning beeps. She looked up as her suspicions had been confirmed. Aoi Ryosuke’s heartbeat had started to beat irregularly, as it seemed to take a turn for the worse!
Alarmed, the nurse ran out to seek help.
xxx
Shinji smiled. He had some of the sweetest fruits he managed to get his hand on. This was not just any normal fruits basket anyone can get, Ryosuke had better be grateful for this...
“Give me 200 charges... Clear!”
Shinji turned his head immediately towards the clear glass wall that was Ryosuke’s hospital room as several of the hospital staffs gathered around his brother.
“He’s not responding to it!” cried one nurse as the doctor barked some more orders towards the rest of the staffs.
“Again!” the doctor cried as they repeated the process until finally they regained Ryosuke’s pulse. Shinji let out a long sigh without realising that he had held it in. The doctor attending to Ryosuke started to examine Ryosuke’s conditions as some of the nurses left the room, carrying the defibrillator machine out with them. Shinji entered the room as the doctor finished his examination and looked up towards him.
“Doctor, what—!”
“Don’t worry. Aoi-san had just crashed earlier... but he’s fine now. It was lucky that one of the nurses was around at the time when it happened.”
“So Ryosuke now—“
The doctor patted his shoulders. “Don’t worry. He’s fine now...,” he said before he walked out of the room. Shinji sat beside Ryosuke’s beside as he took his brother’s hand to hold. Alerted to his presence, Ryosuke turned his head towards him as he opened his eyes.
“Sorry... Aniki. I... made you worry...”
Shinji hastily wiped his tears that had suddenly started to fall.
“What kind of silly thing was that? It’s not your fault after all! I’m sorry I hadn’t been around to watch over you,” Shinji cried as he leaned closer to kiss Ryosuke’s cheek. “Yes... I’m really scared, just now... but at least you’re fine now. At least you’re fine...”
Despite not wanting to cry as well, Ryosuke did... as both brothers just leaned close to each other, glad to have each other... both still alive.
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"Shinji let out a long sigh without realising that he had held it in." ->> i didn't realise i was holding one too..
you made me read real fast to know if anything bad will happen to ryosuke when he crashed..and thank god he's fine!
p/s: you're malaysian? same here! XDD
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XDDD
I'm glad that I manage to write this chapter that well to get such an effect. X3333
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