Violin + Piano

Chapter 17: Crash; Scream; Taxi

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Harume lay lazily on the beige couch as her eyes never left the screen. Then, a loud smash broke through the room.

"Nee-chan!" Harume groaned as she heard the shatter per minute was getting more and more frequent.

"Shut up!" Fuyume snapped in between sobs.

"Gawd, who stepped on her tail?" Harume shrugged off her sister's remark and continued watching the drama series she was addicted to ignoring the ruckus happening in the room.

Then the doorbell rang breaking the tense atmosphere in the house despite Harume trying her best to relax.

"Coming...” Harume yelled annoyed as the person at the door continued ringing the door shamelessly despite it being late at night. When Harume opened the door, she gasped as the visitor rushed through the door.

"Aoi kun!" Harume gasped surprised at Aoi’s sudden intrusion. It was unknown whether Aoi heard the flabbergasted gasp that came from Harume but Aoi ignored Harume as he continued looking around the house.

"Yume!" Aoi hollered. His face was red probably due to the running he did on the way to the twins’ house. Seeing Aoi’s determination to see her sister, suddenly a though struck Harume which made Harume frown subconsciously.

"Aoi, did you go and look up for nee chan today?" Harume asked softly praying hard that her guess was not true and was utter rubbish.

"Yes. Do you know where she is?" Aoi asked as he gripped Harume shoulders and shook her.

Harume sighed as she broke away from Aoi grasped throwing Aoi into a state of shock. His mind was too desperate to see his beloved that he could no longer determine whether was Harume action positive or not.

"Yes I know where she is... but I don't know if she wants to see u." Harume confessed as she walked to close the door that was left ajar. Aoi stood rooted on the ground for awhile taking his time to digest the info that Harume had just given him.

"Where is she?" Aoi asked after awhile of silence.

"Just gives up. Why do you keep persisting?" Harume raised her voice by a little, rather irritated by Aoi’s stubbornness.

"Because I love her." Aoi replied after a long waited pause. Harume looked at Aoi, she was close to giving up but she knew that Aoi would not give up until he heard it come out from her sister’s mouth. But Fuyume in the state she is in now, it is really impossible for Aoi to go in and exit in one piece.

"Your love is not a reason to continue chasing neechan. Give up before either of you get hurt." Harume frowned. Aoi paused as he thought through Harume's words.

“Haru, is there another man?"

*slap

Aoi looked at Harume shocked at the slap he got.

"How could you... How could you doubt sister's loyalty towards you?" Harume growled in total fury. Aoi whose mind was in a state of shock could no longer hear anything of what Harume said. All he could feel now was the stinging feeling that had yet to leave his cheek. Finally, the ice in Aoi’s mind started to thaw and Aoi began to function properly. He at last opened up his mouth and was about to give a retort when a loud crash was heard and painful gasps could be heard coming fm the closed door.

"Neechan!" Harume immediately raced to the door and tried to open it but the doorknob was jammed

"Neechan!" Harume yelled as she banged the door.

"Get away." Aoi pushed Harume away and slammed his body at the door. The door unable to withstand Aoi's muscular build flung open revealing the ransacked room with splinters lying dangerously on the floor.

"Neechan!" Harume yelled as she was about to dash in when Aoi held her back.

"Are you an idiot?! Stay back" Aoi growled at Harume as he dashed into the room ignoring the piercing pain of the splinters. He searched the room quickly and found Fuyume on the floor gasping for air. He immediately got to her and carried her bridal style out of the room and to the living room and placed her down gently on the wooden floor. Fuyume squirmed as her gasps for air became thinner

"Yume?" Aoi nudged Fuyume to look at him through her teary and squinted eyes.

"A-ao-!" Fuyume whispered an inaudible plea of help before arching her back up as her breathing became more ragged.

“Haru, does your sis have any history of asthma?" Aoi tried to keep calm as he heard strangled screams in between painful gasps.

"No... Neechan never get asthma." Harume stuttered. Aoi immediately ordered Harume to call the hospital as he unbuttoned Fuyume's blouse and unbuckled her bra strap before giving her mouth to mouth. Fuyume felt air rush through her lungs forcing it to expand. Aoi broke for air and he heard Fuyume breathing getting stronger but still ragged as tears spilled from her eyes. Aoi knew that time is running out. He searched and for a paper bag or anything for her to breathe in but he found none.

"Do you hate me?" Aoi asked as he undid his fly and did what was needed

"I'm sorry."

Aoi whispered into her ear as he rammed in. The pain was instant. Fuyume arched back as she threw her head back to let out a scream but instead Aoi brought Fuyume's neck down and kissed her deeply. Fuyume felt her lungs getting stronger as Aoi dug into her deeper forcing her to cry making her lungs expand and allowing her to regain her breathing pattern. Aoi broke away, wiped her tears and dressed her. Then Harume entered the room with the paramedics behind her. Immediately are paramedics placed her under the oxygen mask and placed her on the stretcher and brought her to the ambulance to send her for a check up.

"Come, let’s take the taxi" Aoi told Harume as he led her by her arm and hailed a taxi and left for the hospital

#Hospital

Aoi paced around infront of the checkup room while Harume sat uncomfortably on the plastic chair s they waited for the checkup to be complete. Then the door opened and Fuyume was brought out on a wheelchair by a kind nurse wearing a pale blue uniform

Harume- "neechan!"

Harume cried as she hugged her sister. Fuyume smiled weakly as she patted Harume's head before she looked up and gazed at Aoi.

"Doctor, how's Fuyume?” Aoi inquired

"Well, the patient is okay physically but mentally... She's a little unstable" The clad in a white medical coat and wearing a light pink dress shirt and a pair of black pants under the coat doctor replied.

"What does that mean doctor?" Aoi tried his best to phrase his words and tone in such a way that it did not sound demanding but it failed terribly and caused the nurse who was helping Fuyume to flinch.

"I suspect she's suffering fm pre-natal depression which leads to the panic attacks (A/N: I don't know if this is true...) which she suffered today." The doctor responded