Sorry for disappearing on you readers for so long. I was sick for 6 days. Please forgive me
I hope you enjoy this chapter. This is the 2nd last chapter of GA
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Guardian AngelChapter 11 - Because I Love YouThe sound of rapid typing filled the bedroom as a lone woman’s fingers flew over her keyboard as she worked on the file she was due to submit the very next day. Intermittently looking from the brightly lit monitor to the sheets of paper sitting on the desk in front of her, she appeared to be in deep concentration. Everything was moving along with great success and she was up to her last line of translating the manuscript from Korean into Japanese when she felt a strange sensation in her nose. This was immediately followed by the noise of something hitting the paper. Letting her line of sight fall on the piece of white printed document before her, she stared in shock at the bright red splotch that had colored the previously untainted piece.
Grabbing a few pieces of tissue out of a nearby box, she pressed them against her nose and tried to staunch the flow of blood. The last time she suffered a nose bleed somewhat regularly was way back in middle school, when she was still a preteen. However, in the recent few weeks, she had begun getting them again quite frequently. At first, she didn’t bother herself with them, conveniently attributing their occurrence to her increased workload and hence lack of sleep. Nevertheless, the bleeding had become increasingly severe and it took longer for them to stop with each episode.
Maybe I should see a doctor later to check it out. Deciding to make an appointment with the clinic as soon as possible, she went back to her papers and continued typing. Her flat mate would be home for dinner tonight and she wanted to get home early to prepare the meal.
She wasn’t sure if she was over thinking things but it did seem as though her same aged companion had become rather cold in her attitude towards her. Whenever she tried to strike a conversation, the younger girl by two months would make up an excuse to leave. The flower shop can’t be that busy can it?
Shaking her head slightly to chase away the thoughts that had been weighing on her mind, she told herself to focus on the task at hand. The faster she completed her work, the earlier she could visit the doctor and return home to begin whipping up a good meal for her friend and confidante.
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Do it! Now
Itsumo itsumademo nannen tatte mo
Kesshin shita kono ai ga tsuzuku you ni
Do it!
Anata ga motteru mirai yuki no kippu
Yume wa kanau yo zettai kanau kara
Yukou~Ai sang aloud in her trademark soothing voice as she folded her clothes and packed her bags. It was clear that the star of her performance troop was in a jovial mood. Do it! Now had always been her all time favorite Morning Musume single and the lyrics to the song currently held more meaning than ever. Pausing in her actions to glance at two plane tickets lying on the dresser, she smiled to herself, internally delighted that she had managed to secure the last two seats on the Monday morning flight to New York City.
Picking up the pair of longish labels, she checked them thoroughly through again to ensure that the details printed in small neat fonts were accurate.
Takahashi Ai
Niigaki Risa
Boarding time: 9:00
Departure gate: C54
Airline: JAL
Destination: New York, USAScooping her cellphone up with one hand, she excitedly crafted a short text message and sent it out, all the while not letting go of the travel documents she was tightly clutching.
Meet me in my hotel room at 5pm.Setting the device back down on the bed beside her as she zipped up the final piece of luggage she had been packing, Ai patted the trolley bag twice before dragging it to a corner of the room leaving it to stand. Then resting her hands on her hips, she scanned the room, double checking once more that she hadn’t left anything behind.
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“What do you mean she can never see again? Didn’t you say the surgery was a success?!”
Her voice was so loud and her tone so agitated that everyone who was in the process of passing through that particular corridor stopped in their tracks to look at what the commotion was about.
“Please calm down Tanaka-san. Let’s speak in my office.”
Ignoring the doctor’s attempt to compose her, Reina brushed off the elderly man’s hand which was clamping onto her shoulder and proceeded to glare at him with obvious rage.
“YOU said Sayu would recover if she went through the operation.”
“Yes, that was the initial notion. But Michishige-san’s corneas are inflamed and the infection hasn’t subsided.”
As he revealed the problem hampering Sayumi’s road to recovery, the doctor persisted in clicking continuously on the pen that he held in his hand. The noise irritated Reina a great deal and she was tempted to scream. Nonetheless, she knew at the back of her mind that her frustration stemmed from her helplessness in aiding Sayumi and no amount of yelling would alter that. Willing herself to take deep breaths, Reina demanded.
“Stop telling Reina the problem. Reina wants to know the solution. Can you do anything about it?!”
Pursing his lips into a thin line, the eye specialist paused and contemplated Sayumi’s options. Unfortunately, there was only one way out of this dire situation. She had to undergo a corneal transplant.
“Then do it. Schedule Sayu for a corneal transplant.”
“There is a waiting list… ”
“And?”
Reina didn’t like the way the conversation was headed. The doctor’s grim expression terrified her and what he said next confirmed her fears.
“It would take years before it’s Michishige’s turn. Unless someone specifically donates to her.”
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“Gaki-san!”
“Ai-chan.”
Greeting each other as soon as the door was opened, Ai missed detecting the depressed tone in Risa’s voice. Latching onto the younger’s wrist, Ai pulled her into the room and sat her down on the bed before thrusting something into her hands.
“What’s this?”
“Plane tickets. You’ll be going with me to New York right?”
She stared at them for a few moments before looking up at Ai. Then speaking in the calmest voice that she could muster, Risa replied.
“I’m sorry. I can’t. I can’t leave Kame.”
Her words were like a sledgehammer that pounded against Ai’s heart and she took a step back on wobbly legs in shock, unable to believe what she had just heard.
“Wha-whatt are you talking about Gaki-san?”
“I choose Kame. I love her, not you Ai-chan. I don’t love you.”
Ai kept her eyes transfixed on Risa’s lips, reading them over and over again. What she had just heard couldn’t be real. The one Risa loved was her! It couldn’t be Eri! She had kissed her. Not Eri! NOT ERI!
“But we made love! At the park!”
Rushing up to Risa, Ai clung onto her and refused to let go. She had to clarify things, she had to get an answer out of Risa.
“I’m sorry. That was a mistake. We shouldn’t have done it.”
Unable to look Ai in the eyes and tell her a lie, Risa kept her line of vision lowered, stubbornly staring at the plane tickets which had fallen to the carpet floor when Ai shook her. No matter how Ai took the news, no matter how broken she was going to be, she had to keep the pretense up. It was better to upset Ai now than to let her find out the truth. There would be no future for them together. Not anymore.
“You’re lying! Why are you lying Gaki-san? Why must you hurt me?”
“I’m sorry…I’m sorry…”
By this time, both girls were crying with Ai’s face buried in Risa’s chest. The scent of Risa’s shampoo filled her nose and the familiarity of it all made Ai even more miserable than she already was. Exceedingly engrossed with each other, the pair did not notice the door open and close behind them until the unexpected visitor spoke.
“I’ll never forgive you for snatching her away…”
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