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Who: Yu Narukami and everyone that wants to visit him.
Where: Hospital, ICU
When: Starting the morning of the 8th; continuing through out the day.
Summary: Yu finally awakens in the hospital.
Warnings: So many feels and kisses and yeah. There will be one post for the IT to pounce on him, and another for everyone else.

The dream he had of Izanami had long faded off into nothingness, but he was still aware; he could feel the least little twitch of dust that fell on him, feeling like he was trapped in his own uncooperative body. He could hear the feet of nurses walking by him to check his condition, the smell of flowers they were leaving in his room pleasant and something that was appreciated, even though it was something they needed to do. Then there were the doctors, humming and hawing to themselves, and more than once did he hear them mutter about how he should have died.

That really helped his spirits.

They weren't the only words he could hear, though. The doctors, everyone; they were distant, like their voices were coming to him through a thick fog, but they still reached him. Still, being trapped like he was, it was hard to tell who was saying what when, and everything ended up mashing together in his head after awhile.

My fault... all my fault...
Don't sleep too long, okay?
Guy's a lot more responsible than I thought.
I'm sure your big bro is happy you're all right too.
I hope he's all right...
If... we're too sad right now, he'll be sad when he wakes up, too.
Sensei doesn't need to forgive you, because you didn't do anything wrong, Yuki-chan...
...He can hear you, child.

"...forgive me."

He's pretty sure he moved, but he wasn't sure... no, he could move, he was moving... something was in his throat, though; he choked, gagging around... whatever it was, he didn't know. What was going on...?

"Narukami-san?" a dim voice gurgled through the haze of his consciousness. "If you can hear me, please cough as hard as you can."

Was he really hearing this? It sounded like a nurse, but he wasn't sure if it was another dream or not. Still... coughing was a good thing; if he could make his body do that, maybe it would be okay? He tried, but his body was still weak, and the wheeze that came out was rather pitiful, and it did nothing but make the tight feeling in his throat worse. His head swam from the effort and he felt like he was going to throw up despite the thing in his throat. Still, somehow he managed a cough again, a little stronger that time, and the next stronger still, until the pressure in his throat suddenly disappeared as whatever it was was finally removed. His body did not like that though, and despite how much he wanted to open his eyes, he could feel himself drifting off...

...and then he could feel sunlight on his face.

Yu flinched, feeling warm and content and... so weak; that was something that he wasn't used to. He let out a faint noise of protest at that -- the leader wasn't supposed to feel weak like that... though, then again, he did kind of just block a massive blast of magic.

Wait, "just"? That probably wasn't accurate at the moment. He groaned again, shuddering as he forced himself to wake up...

Yu's eyes blinked open slowly, painfully. Every little movement hurt, ached, threatened to send him spiraling back into his prison cell body again, but he stubbornly refused to let that happen. He opened his eyes inch by painful inch until they were finally open, staring up at a sterile white ceiling. He stayed like that for a long moment, before carefully turning his head, seeing the flowers that had been left by the nurse... and some kind of gift basket from Mays? He wondered who left that...

He groaned softly, shifting slowly; his body was stiff and aching, demanding that he stop moving but demanding movement at the same time. Limbs cracked in both protest and relief, and he blew out a pained breath, somehow staying conscious.

It hurt... but he was awake.

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Yu let out a breath, feeling the pain in his throat slowly ebb until it was just a dull, barely noticeable throb. He gave her a nod, grateful.

"...I've been talking all day," he explained, almost sounding a bit sheepish.

Well hopefully it will also speed up the healing process a bit ~~since she'd been doing this every day since she was able to move around more~~ so he could get out of bed sooner and begin working his way back to his usual routine. No doubt it would take a while, considering...

"Mm... It probably takes a lot out of you, huh." Aqua couldn't say she was surprised, considering- "It took my little brother a few days to get used to using his vocal chords again after he was asleep for a while, too."

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"The breathing tube didn't help," Yu admitted, a bit of a smirk coming to his face. "Sorry to hear your brother had to go through this too."

This sort of thing was never easy on family. He's pretty sure Nanako was freaking out just about as much as he was when she was in the hospital back home.

"I guess it didn't," she said with a faint laugh. Not as strong as most of her laughs were, but strong enough as she shook her head. "...It was a long time ago, and he had Terra and I looking out for him."

Thus the reason she is such a protective person was revealed~ gasp!

But no, really, it never was easy to watch someone balance and occasionally teeter on the edge like that. Watching and waiting for a miracle that may not come, yet always seemed to at some point.

"That's right, you did mention having two brothers," he murmured faintly, vaguely recalling that conversation. Forcing his brain to work at the moment was a hit or miss thing, but still… "Sorry to have worried you."

From the sheer amount of tears that had been shed today, it could not have been easy for anyone, wondering if he was ever going to wake up like this.

It's okay, Yu; you're excused this one time. Maybe tomorrow she'll come by earlier and tell him a few stories if no one else was present. Though that last bit made her pause. Oh, Yu. Whatever are they to do with you? "It's alright. I guess I'll consider this just an early birthday present."

He woke up. It was one less friend she'd have lost otherwise. Having been in darkness for so long, literally and metaphorically, she learned to take what she could get for any amount of blessing. This was one of many things she held precious; being able to spend time with her friends at all.

"When's your birthday?"

He didn't know when her birthday was... heck, he never even thought to ask. He should have known better; he needed to be more attentive to his friends from other worlds.

"Hm?" Oh, right. "February 11th."

And she hadn't celebrated in over half a decade. Figures, no? Though really, she was fine not celebrating at all. The fact she still lived was celebration enough in their line of work.

He gave a nod, a determined look on his face. He'd have to plan via proxy, but...

"We should have a party for you then."

Wha-

"Y-You don't have to do that!" Aw, lookit her... getting flustered even over the idea of having one. "Just being able to spend time with my friends is enough, really-"

Oh... yep. She let that one drop. "Besides...it wouldn't be much of a party without everyone there."

So get better faster, mister.

Yu let out an embarrassed noise; he... doubted he'd be well enough to get transferred out of ICU by Monday, that's for sure. He gave a nod, acknowledging that.

"Then I'll have to get you something, even if I can't get it myself."

He'd be forgiven for it, at least. Though she doubts she'd even be that close to most of the others. After all, she needed to finish working on their wayfinders. The only ones she'd finished were for Kairi, Namine, Xion, and...

"...No, you don't have to do that." She smiled faintly, calming down a little bit. "They allow you to have ice cream though, right?"

Yu let out a curious noise, raising an eyebrow. "Yeah, as long as it doesn't have anything solid in it."

No strawberry bits in his ice cream for him.

Well, it was a good thing that the ice cream she had with her lacked anything solid in it. she smiled at that a bit, before producing two bars of a strangely blue colored ice cream.

"Well. Salt's good for the throat, so..." She offered one of them to him. Be warned. It is salty and addictive (thanks a lot, Roxas).

Yu let out a curious noise, accepting it and looking it over. He'd never had blue ice cream before...

"Salt flavored ice cream?" he asked curiously, taking a lick. Wow, that is salty.

"Sea-salt, actually. It's a favorite among my apprentices." Probably the only reason she is used to the salty-yet-sweet flavor. As for her, she actually takes a bite of her own.

Enjoy the Voice saying they'd reached rank 7, Yu.

...seriously voice? He just woke up-- well, okay, he probably should expect that. He smiled again, taking a bite as well and letting the salty sweet flavor flood his mouth.

He's going to have to tell Nanako to pick up a box before he gets back home...

...One of us... one of us.... one of us...

Wait, huh? What was that? ...Oh well, probably not anything important. She simply chuckled at the voice, a little amused by the expression on his face. Aw, he likes it~