The most important ... never let it go! CHAPTER 6

FINALLY!! ENGLISH VERSION FINISHED!

Thank you so much for waiting m(_ _)m I hope you can still remember what happened in the 5 chapters before. So sorry it took so long. Giving my best to finish the next chapter sooner ne~!

So ok ... here it is. ENJOY.

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CHAPTER 6

Sho hurried along the wide corridor. Actually, he didn’t really know where he had to go, but his feet didn’t want to stop. Just when he turned around a corner and saw Jun, standing some meters away and bowing in front of a man with a white coat, his steps got slower.

After the other man had vanished, the youngest Arashi member turned around and was surprised to find Sho standing in front of him. Fiercely he knit his brows. “Normally I would have lectured you, how you could jump out of your bed without an approval from one of the doctors here.” He approached the older one a bit more and let a small, sympathetic smile appear on his face. “But I cannot blame you. After all it’s about Riida, ne.“ Gently he placed his hand on Sho’s shoulder. „Jun, that guy right now, he was a doctor, right? One that treated Ohno? Where is Riida? How is he? Can I go and see him?“ there was a slight pleading sound in the rappers voice and with a hopeful expression he looked directly in the eyes of the opposite.

“Listen Sho, I settled with the docs that you are allowed to go and see him, cause his family still isn’t here. But about his condition…” his gaze went to the ground between them for a short while and he thought hard how he could tell the other what the doctor had just told him. “What’s up with him, Jun?” Sho grabbed the younger one’s shoulder with both of his hands. Concern and fear could be heard in his trembling voice. “Well, you could say he was more or less lucky. He has some fractures but those will heal without further ado, that’s what the doc told me. His spine escaped unscathed! But…“ Jun’s pause let Sho almost go crazy. His grip around the other one’s shoulder got tighter and he noticed how his throat corded up because of all the fear about the oldest Arashi member and the pause that still continued and that spelt trouble. “I don’t really get all those medical words, but what I understood is that Ohno had a wound at his abdomen which seemed quite deep and that caused a much loss of blood. “Sho, listen … only when Ohno gets through this night the docs can tell us that he’s out of woods! Not until tomorrow morning…” Jun noticed how the older one tensed up, how his gaze went blank and how his hands lost their grip and slipped down along his body. Sho’s heart ached.

He had hoped so much for another message; one that would erase all his worry and fear. But it failed to appear. He would have to fear and hope for several more hours.

He noticed Jun’s warm hand on his shoulder, which squeezed it encouragingly. Slowly he let his gaze wander to the younger one and was surprised about the hopeful look with which the other one looked at him. “Don’t worry. I’m sure, everything will be alright! We know Riida! He is a person that never gives up! He is strong! He will fight and he will win for sure!“

Sho realized how hope slowly came back to him and how his body relaxed bit by bit again. A quick smile appeared on his face. “Thank you Jun!“ But the opposite only shook his head slightly. “I didn’t do anything. But you should do something now! Riida is waiting for you! So hurry up! And take good care of him, but also of yourself! Promise me, that despite everything, you will rest a bit! And a nurse should remove the catheter of the drip on your hand”, with a wink he pointed to Sho’s right hand. 

The latter had cut the connection to the drip in his hurry, but the catheter was still stuck in his hand. “Well, what are you waiting for? 3rd floor! Go!” the youngest Arashi member gave Sho a slight push, so that he finally began to move. He saw how the older took a deep breath once again and after that began to walk resolutely towards the elevator. Jun also took a deep breath  as soon as Sho had vanished.

Up till now he had packed himself with all possible tasks. He had been in constant contact with Ohno’s and his own manager, told them about the situation, tried to work on an emergency plan for the further procedure with them and also to comfort them.

In between he had bought something to drink and eat for Aiba, Nino and himself and finally he had headed off to one of the doctors to ask him about Ohno’s condition and to ask him that at least Shochan would be allowed to go and see the oldest Arashi member. During this time Jun hadn’t had any free minute to ponder over the whole situation. But now all tasks were settled. There was nothing left that he could do and so he noticed that awful depressive feeling came back to him. Even though he had not dissemble anything, but he also was scared; a feeling that tore him apart mentally. Once again he glanced over to the now closed elevator in which Sho had vanished. “Sho-kun, you will take care of him! So that we five can laugh together again”, the most important task was now with Arashi’s rapper and for Jun and the others there was nothing left to do anymore except to go home and find some rest, to wait and to hope.

When the door from the elevator opened at the third floor slowly and Sho saw a sign with the writing „intensive care“ immediately after that, he felt how an oppressive feeling spread within him. With every step he took, his heart began to beat faster, his pulse went up and he got more and more nervous. Actually he wanted to be happy about the fact that he would be able to be at Ohno’s side again in a few minutes, but the constant fear that stuck deep in his soul was working hard to suppress that happy feeling.

His steps slowed down, but finally he arrived at the nurse room where he asked the sisters about Ohno and also to remove the catheter. For a short while he calmed down a bit again. The kindness of the sister, her soft voice, let him settle down.

“You are ok now, the catheter is gone. Then we will take you to your friend finally. He surely awaits you already”, with those words she placed her hand on his shoulder and guided him slowly out of the nurse room.

Again there was this oppressive feeling in him. That feeling that appeared because he didn’t really know what to expect. He was scared, scared of what was awaiting him behind that closed door that was now in front of them. The nurse gave him a friendly smile. “Here we are. I will leave now. If something should happen, you can call me anytime.“ Sho nodded thankfully. When the nurse had vanished out of his sight, he was still standing in front of the closed door hesitantly. He wanted to open it, wanted to finally be on Ohno’s side again, but was he really already prepared for that what was awaiting him? His heart began to beat wildly now, he took a deep breath, closed his eyes and grabbed the cold iron doorknob with his hand. “Now or never!” and with one pull the heavy white door opened and he took a big step inside the room.

His gaze fell immediately on the bed that was situated at the end of the room. There, Ohno was lying, silently and motionless, surrounded by too many machines. A steady beep and a line on a monitor that was going up and down revealed that the heart of the older one was beating as it should be. But in consideration of the many tubes that were connected with the pale Riida and the many bandages and the respiratory mask that was situated on his mouth and nose, this noise couldn’t calm him down at all. His heart ached, so much, that he thought it was pierced by thousands of small needles. Something strangled his chest, breathing became difficult and he noticed that his eyes got teary. That sight was too much for him. It was much worse than the sight right after the accident. To see Ohno helpless connected to machines; something that Arashi’s rapper had never wanted to see.

Sho blamed himself for what had happened. Only because of him, Ohno was now in that situation. But Sho knew, he wasn’t allowed to think like that! The other members had already reprimanded him because of that and he had to be there for Ohno now. Slowly he took one step after the other until he stopped in front of the bed. With teary eyes and aching heart he looked down to his leader. One single tear ran down his cheek, when he noticed that Ohno’s right hand was also bandaged. The hand that had to be the most important for the unconscious Riida, because with this he was able to make all his amazing arts and to hold the fishing rod with a strong grip. Sho remembered Jun’s words ‚ He has some fractures but those will heal without further ado…” but this just didn’t alter the fact! Carefully, he took Ohno’s left hand in his and sat slowly on the chair that was situated beside the bed. Gently he stroke over the pale, but so soft skin. If he could only undo this day, if only he could be in Ohno’s shoes, if he could only do something for his leader!

Sho felt so helpless and lost and just couldn’t hold the tears back. One after the other they ran down his cheeks. “Ohno please forgive me! I’m so sorry. My deepest desire is that you come back to us! Therefore, please hold on! Please!“ his grip around the others hand got stronger. ‘Please god, let him survive this night! Please let him get better again! I still have so much to tell him! And I want to have him back all healthy again, want to see him dancing and singing and laughing again!’ Normally Sho wasn’t a person that would send prayers towards the heaven, but he knows that in this situation there was only one that could help him.

A long time Sho just sat there in silence; still holding Ohno’s hand, his gaze on the peaceful face of the older one and listening to the steady beep of his heartbeat. But slowly tiredness overcame him. He forced himself to stay awake, to not let his eyes turn away from Ohno, but after some time he just couldn’t fight against it anymore.

He couldn’t keep his eyes open anymore and so he slowly fell asleep on the chair besides Ohno’s bed.