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Post by Keith Alabaster on Jul 13, 2014 19:03:50 GMT -5
The hospital was usually quiet, and for the most part it still was, except for one room where a VERY unusually angry voice was getting louder and louder.
"You STUPID son of a BITCH!" Don yelled. A nurse had just come in once and told him to either calm down or leave, and when the Italian didn't do either she went off, probably to get security. "You promised you were done with this! You fucking PROMISED!!" He couldn't even get a reaction from Keith, he was just sitting there silently, staring at his lap. He probably didn't have much energy, from what he'd heard getting your stomach pumped wasn't exactly pleasant.
At that time a couple of guys about the same size as Don stepped into the room, judging from their uniforms they were the security guards the nurse had probably sent for. The Ookami caught a glance at them before he could say anything else. Dammit, the last thing he needed was to get thrown out. Still, he wanted to keep yelling at Keith. He couldn't remember the last time he was this mad, but THIS? Keith had gotten cleaned up YEARS ago, and now he was deciding to throw it all away because of some stupid fight? The guy was a dad now, he should fucking KNOW better by now!!
Still, he might as well leave now before things got worse. The Tora wasn't in any danger of dying now, so that was something. He waited a second more to see if he could get anything from Keith, even just a look. Nothing. The older of the two just clenched his fists and stormed out of the room with the guards following, just in case he decided to try something he guessed. Not that he would, but man did he want to.
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Post by Satoru Alabaster on Jul 13, 2014 19:37:46 GMT -5
Satoru had gotten a call from Egil maybe half an hour ago saying that Keith was in the hospital and that Don had been... Upset. Apparently one day after a huge fight was enough time for the New Tokyo veteran to cool off, because he had found a bolt of fear lancing through him and had dropped his phone to catch a cab to the hospital.
And now, after fighting past the visiting restriction and seeing Don being escorted out by security, he couldn't help but wonder how bad it was to get Don pissed. What in the hell had happened? The receptionist had said nothing but-- "Don!" He called out as he spotted him. He wasn't being restrained so he doubted security would prevent them from talking. "Egil didn't mention-" He shook his head, of course Don would be here. He was Keith's best friend. "What the hell happened? Receptionist wouldn't tell me shit." And he wanted to go in prepared.
The fear coiling itself in his stomach was killing him...
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Post by Donato Martelli on Jul 13, 2014 19:55:52 GMT -5
Don stopped when he heard Satoru call out to him. Well, it was about time he got here. He took a breath to calm down and kept his voice low. "I told you he use to be a druggie, right?" He was sure he'd mentioned it once to him. "He got back into it, someone found him out on the street last night and called for an ambulance. They pumped his stomach and everything, so he's not in any danger anymore. Only words they've been able to get out of him though were to call me for the emergency contact." The only reason the doctors knew his name was from his wallet.
He glanced over at the security that were still hovering over him and turned back to Toru. "Maybe you'll get something out of him, I gotta go. Me and Egil have been taking care of Gabe so don't worry about that." He was also gonna talk to them later about keeping Gabe a while longer. Keith was going to have to get his shit together before he could go back to taking care of his son.
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Post by Satoru Alabaster on Jul 13, 2014 20:33:22 GMT -5
Satoru wasn't sure if he should be terrified or pissed off beyond measure at that news. In danger right now or not, getting drugs into and then out of a junkie's system so fast was going to be a hurricane's worth of shit in the aftermath. "Thanks," he said, hoping Don knew it was a catch-all sort of thanks. For the info, for taking care of Gabe...
Jesus, he needed to see for himself. Detox was never pretty, and for fuck's sake Satoru didn't even know what Keith had shot himself up with. If it was heroin then Satoru would just have to leave him here, there wasn't any way for him to help with that. God he hoped it wasn't anything that bad. Cocaine he knew how to deal with, heroin he didn't.
He opened the door to the room, shutting it behind him quietly. He was still trying to figure out if he was pissed or not as he looked over to Keith.
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Post by Keith Alabaster on Jul 13, 2014 20:52:15 GMT -5
Keith glanced to the door when he heard it open. Fuck. Fuck fuck fuck it was Toru, oh this was going to be worse than it was with Don wasn't it? Hell, he thought Satoru would still be mad(it was the whole reason he had to hospital call Don instead of him in the first place). And for god's sake he didn't even want Toru seeing him like this even if they hadn't been fighting. He knew he looked awful, he didn't need a mirror for that. He had a headache and he knew that if he tried eating anything right then he would just throw it up. Hell, he didn't even want to talk it felt like so much work.
He'd just wait for Satoru to say something first.
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Post by Satoru Alabaster on Jul 13, 2014 22:46:08 GMT -5
Satoru just watched Keith, hoping that the younger Tora would say something. He didn't.
Toru didn't know if he was disappointed or relieved that there wasn't an explanation or a defense prepared, and he wasn't really sure how to react to the fear he could see in Keith's eyes. This was just a whole lot of maybes and things he didn't quite know how to process properly. Fellow gang-members were one thing, your... significant other pulling something like this was different.
He dragged over a chair and sat down, not sure what to say... he was relieved and pissed and more than a little terrified and disappointed all at once. "So," he said finally. "What the fuck were you thinking?"
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Post by Keith Alabaster on Jul 13, 2014 23:01:37 GMT -5
Keith didn't respond immediately, mainly because he was trying to think of what to say without making it sound like he was defending himself or justifying what he did. He didn't want to look at Satoru right then, so he kept his eyes down like how they had been when Don was in here.
"…I wasn't." He finally said after what felt like forever. He gave a shrug and pulled at his hair. "Was mad, and remembered this guy in town that could hook me up." He'd known about him for quite some time now, long before Satoru or Gabe, but he just never really thought he'd actually do it. He just remembered being so frustrated and upset and he had needed something to make him forget for a little while.
But none of that was an excuse.
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Post by Satoru Alabaster on Jul 13, 2014 23:34:19 GMT -5
"You managed to think enough to get Gabe out of the house," Satoru pointed out, voice cold. He hated the fact he was so pissed right now. He didn't want to be pissed he wanted to be relieved but goddamn it Keith had been so STUPID-! "Please tell me it wasn't heroin, I've dealt with junkies going through detox before and heroin's the worst." His eyes were narrowed, though the real message was underneath the complaint. He was sticking around to help deal with this.
Gabe was staying with Don and Egil, so this could be managed without too much worry about the baby.
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Post by Keith Alabaster on Jul 13, 2014 23:54:53 GMT -5
Keith winced at that. Yeah he had gotten Gabe out of the way, but…
His train of thought was shifted over at the heroin comment and he shook his head. "Don't mess with dirty needles." He mumbled. "Meth, mostly." There had also been some pills he'd taken too, but it wasn't like he could remember what those were. He was quiet for another moment to think about what exactly Toru had said. "You're… gonna stay?" He asked, finally turning his head to look at him. He was in shock, honestly. He had never been good with relationships, that much was obvious. He had thought that with the fighting and this and…
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Post by Satoru Alabaster on Jul 14, 2014 0:21:35 GMT -5
"Someone has to take care of your sorry ass," Satoru said with a grumble. There was relief and a mild amount of affection buried if one knew how to look for them. Keith wasn't dead, and yeah dealing with this would suck but at least he wasn't dead. "That's cheating by the way," he tagged on. "Landing yourself in the hospital so I can't rightfully get pissed at you." Especially not when Don got there first.
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Post by Keith Alabaster on Jul 14, 2014 0:53:08 GMT -5
Keith's first reaction was to smile, but he shut that down pretty quick. Smiling meant things were okay, and thanks to him they weren't. Man, he'd been so stupid. He wasn't looking forward to the next few days… or however long it took to get over this. It had been what, seven years since he'd gone off the deep end like this? He had blocked most of that time out of his head from sheer embarrassment. He frowned and moved his eyes downward again. "Get pissed, not like I can hold it against you."
He went back to thinking about Gabe and he started to shake. Oh god oh god what HAD he been thinking?! He was gonna lose him he knew he was, no one was gonna let him keep Gabe when he was like this. They were gonna take his little boy away because he'd fucked up so bad oh god…
Keith had never been one to cry in front of people, but at that moment he was just so tired and weak and the thought of losing his son was just too much to take. "I-I'm gonna lose Gabe, aren't I?" He managed to ask through his tears. Please no, please please please no he was gonna get better he swore he would he'd do anything to keep his son just please don't let them take him away.
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Post by Satoru Alabaster on Jul 14, 2014 20:26:53 GMT -5
Satoru had to catch himself, because Keith? Crying? The notion was weird enough to make him laugh, but this wasn't at all funny. This was very bad. Very bad and something Satoru was way out of his league to try dealing with. He had to do something though! "No you won't," Satoru said firmly, moving to wipe away the tears. They looked wrong on Keith's face. "Don and Egil are watching him for right now, and you're going to get clean and back to normal and then we'll get him back." We. He was going to keep using 'we' to make sure Keith knew he wasn't going to lose anyone.
He knew that would have really killed the Tora.
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Post by Keith Alabaster on Jul 14, 2014 20:49:55 GMT -5
Keith was trying to get himself together, he really was because dammit this was just so stupid this was all his fault and he should be taking this like a man. Thankfully though, Satoru actually was helping. As Satoru wiped off his tears he nearly leaned into the touch before deciding that no, he didn't deserve that right now. He moved the other man's hand away and wiped off what was left before giving a nod. "Yeah, okay." He got out quickly before his voice had a chance to crack. He needed to get himself together, he wasn't doing anyone any good if he wasn't at least trying.
He was just glad Toru was staying. He couldn't be anymore grateful for that.
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Post by Satoru Alabaster on Jul 14, 2014 21:44:36 GMT -5
Satoru frowned a bit as Keith pulled away. He understood why he would, sure, but that didn't mean he didn't want things to feel at least a little closer to being alright. "You're going to be going through some rough shit in the next couple of days, don't deprive yourself of some goddamn comfort." It would make it tougher on the both of them if Keith had a mental breakdown from lack of contact while his body was rebelling against him.
And he'd be kidding himself if he honestly thought that beneath his grumbling he hadn't been terrified that something irreversible had happened. If he was being honest, he wanted some sort of selfish contact just to reassure himself that yes, Keith was an idiot, but he was alive.
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Post by Keith Alabaster on Jul 14, 2014 22:02:36 GMT -5
"I've gone through this before." Keith reminded him. "I know Don told you, and I already know what to expect." It was going to be hell, he remembered that much. He also knew that Satoru was right. He'd always relied on touch one way or another, and to just cut it off right now of all times was probably one of the worst ideas ever. It still didn't feel right to him, but Toru did bring it up first…
He moved his hand slowly towards Satoru's. He didn't want to act too quick on it, but he'd be lying if he said he didn't want this.
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