Chapter Text
For context, this starts around 2 am.
The machines beeped steadily around him, and for the first time in a while, he felt as though he might be awake. He had no clue what had gotten him there. He couldn’t remember anything. There was someone speaking though, that he was sure of. The voice was rough and deep, quiet. There was scratching of pen against paper. He opened his eyes slowly, it was a monumental effort. He couldn’t place where he was. What had happened? He couldn’t find the source of the talking. Is...is it Hizashi?
“Hi..za...shi?” Oh wow his throat hurt.
“Aizawa-san, hello. Yamada-san isn’t here right now, he was here earlier. He should be here tomorrow. How are you feeling?” Shouta let out a grunt. How could he know? Where the fuck was he?! What happened?! “Do you miss him, Aizawa-san?”
“Hiza...shi!”
“I’m sorry, Aizawa-san, he’s not here. You’re in the hospital, visiting hours have ended. I can call him though, would you like that?” Wha...no Hizashi? Hospital? Shit. Shouta let out another grunt, though this one wasn’t purposeful. “I’ll take that as a yes. Give me one minute to get him on the line…
“Aizawa-san, we couldn’t reach him, I’m sorry. He’ll be here tomorrow. In the meantime, would you like me to read to you? Or play some music?” Wha...don’t get...read? “Yamada-san told me how much you like cats. You have a cat named Aki at home? I bet she loves you a lot. What is she like? Cats can be so loving, but they can also be very aloof. They’re complicated like that. You seem like a cat person…” The nurse carried on like this, trying to stimulate Shouta and keep him calm about the absence of his husband. Shouta slowly drifted off back into a dreamworld while dreaming of cats and Aki, his supposed cat. What would she look like? Hopefully time would tell.