Tuesday, January 16th 199611:23 am at Asahigaoka High School
I was a rather mundane Tuesday right after I had visited Akira in the hospital. Even if yesterday was a Public Holiday and us students had a long weekend, it"s going to be a short week after all. After spending some time in the solitary ward as I sat near her bed as usual; I took her hand and told her some funny things that happened during the holiday yesterday. I made up some stories to tell her that made me even believe it was true and it did happen.
I laughed at my own corny jokes as I told my story to Akira, even if I knew she may not be responsive but at the meantime, she would be able to hear whether I was singing, or strumming the old guitar, talking nonsensical, having physical touches with her forehead, nose and hands.
I would recall the moment where I pinched her pouting lips and mimic some birds pecking her while calling out the "Muak Muak" sounds and yes, I still did that to her almost every time I remembered the moment.
I would hold her cheeks and made her lips curl into a smile and said, "It"s already morning and time for your shower." Akira didn"t actually smile though but I made the cheeks move up and down that curled her lips to smile or to frown. I don"t know, it seems childish and if an adult was around, I would be clobbered on the head with a pair of black school shoes, definitely.
Pinching her nose would also make me sounded an effect like as if I was pressing the horns of a yatai as the seller moved from one neighbourhood to another hollering "Yakimooooi... Shi... Peet pot Peet pot Yakimooooi... Shi... Peet pot Peet pot. Wake up Akira... There"s a hot sweet potato for you... C"mon open your eyes and climb out of bed..."
Sometimes my silly antics ended just as they started and as I sat down at her bed I would talk to her with a low and hushed tone.
"Akira...please forgive me. Its been months you had been here... But I"m not complaining and many times the nurses and doctors told me to move on... Yes, I am moving on and waiting for you to flutter your eyelids even for a second, or to grip my fingers as I held your hand... Or even a sneeze when I pulled your nose or even blushes when I pulled your cheeks... "
"I wanted to be here the moment you opened your eyes... I wanted the first person to call on you and say" let"s jump off bed already... There"s a MacDonalds just beside this hospital and we can go get some burgers"... I wanted to be the first person to hold you in my arms and to embrace you tight... I wanted to... Tell you that I sacrificed somethings just to make you safe here in this hospital. If I have a home, I"d take you with me and let you slowly recuperate and I"d take care of your meals and everything... Just to get away from here, just the two of us... "
Tears splattered on my shirt"s front as it streamed again from my face. I picked the guitar and plucked slowly... Picked the right chords and strum while I sang through my choked voice.
I love how your eyes close,
whenever you kiss me,
And when I"m away from you,
I love how you miss me.
I love the way,
you always treat me tenderly,
But, darling, most of all,
I love how you love me
I love how your heartbeats,
whenever I hold you,
I love how you think of me,
without being told to,
I love the way
your touch is always heavenly,
But, darling, most of all,
I love how you love me...
The nurses on duty never failed to come close to the door and listen me chat, joked, poked fun at Akira and also to sing and play the guitar and when I finished playing the guitar and sing, I was unable to stem the flow of tears again as I held Akira"s hand and kissed it and rubbed it against my face.
This time I heard the nurses softly clapping their hands and wiping away their tears as they bowed slightly to me. My tenacity to stay here from Day one right till now never falter and my show of affection and longing is still very much the same.
I told Akira that, "Hey little girl, SMS me when you wake up later OK? We go Macdonalds but right now I have to rush to school. See ya at 3:30 pm. Btw, Yask.a.w.kun sends its regards to you and asking when you gonna buy ice cream from it again..."
As I placed the guitar at the corner of the bed, I slung my school bag and walked to her side. See you later Akira... I waved and I held her hand and make waving gestures at me.
My actions further made the nurses openly weep because it was so touching to view such a heartbreaking scene in that particular solitary ward.
Sigh... I slumped back at my chair as I was half-listening to the teacher that was delivering her lectures. Suddenly my Docomo phone buzzed silently but since I place it underneath my desk, it vibrates and moves about like a happy little thing.
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I picked the phone up, flipped it open to answer from an "Unknown" number. The teacher was a bit perturbed at my sudden misconduct in cla.s.s. After a few seconds on the phone, I suddenly jumped to my feet and leapt into the air and whooped filled with exuberance.
From my school bag, I produced a small "purse" if I am a girl or a "multipurpose utility bag" if I am a boy... HUAAA...!!! That carries a coin pouch, and whatever knick-knacks that I need if I want to exit in a sticky situation faster than anyone can say, Batman...!!!
I quickly slung it and ran towards the exit at the front of the cla.s.sroom and while leaping in joy I shouted "Akira is awake...!!!" and continued to jump 3 steps at a time before I landed at the ground floor.
The teacher was utterly shocked at my unbecoming behaviour, using a mobile phone in cla.s.s, shouting around, disturbing the peace of the students and other students in other cla.s.s as well, jumping like a monkey and sending shock waves to the cla.s.sroom beneath and lastly showing disrespect by not asking permission to leave the cla.s.sroom.
Just these three little words, "f.u.c.k you, Senpai..."
I ran up to Yask.a.w.kun, did a little jig in front of the Robot Ice Cream Shop and ran towards the direction of Ook.u.ma General Hospital while leaping around and punching the air. I sprinted as fast as I could to the hospital that was around 15 walk or an 8-minute sprint like a mad man...!!
I felt a sudden rush of adrenaline rush as I made through the lunch hour traffic and slid on top of several cars that had stopped along with the red light. Luckily I was wearing school pants and had no protruding metal b.u.t.tons or rivets that may scratch the hood of the cars...!! If not there must be compensation done for the damage of the car hoods.
I was simply cutting through the air like a hot knife through b.u.t.ter as I felt a huge sense of relief and when I was about to reach the solitary ward, several doctors and nurses stopped me from entering.
As I huffed and puffed and tried to blow them away... They relayed the vital information that Akira had finally awaken from her deep sleep of several months... But as they told me, I have to be ready for another shock... Akira could not recall anything from the accident and can only recollect certain pieces of her past memories... AKIRA HAD AMNESIA...!!!
Omagai...!!!