Dont Wanna Try. - Markie J
CHAPTER 24
“Max! Max! You’ve got to see what’s on the news. Hurry,” Micky shouted as he hurriedly opened Max’s room.
Surprised, Max just quickly followed Micky out into the living room.
“This is quite an extraordinary news. Just a few days ago, world famous race car driver Fate Nakamura stunned the whole world when she suddenly announced her retirement from racing. She certainly hit the headlines and made a big commotion not only here in Japan but in other parts of the world as well
And now we have just received a report minutes ago … that Fate Nakamura was again rushed to the hospital. As all of you might recall, she was also brought to the hospital minutes after she won the racing competition held here in Japan. Some say it was because of exhaustion and extreme pressure. But the real cause of her mysterious sickness was never revealed.
Our reporter has already sent us a photo of Fate when she was rushed into the emergency room. But due to the obvious seriousness of her condition, the whole TV management has decided to not show the picture so to avoid creating any unnecessary panic or concern on the part of her followers and fans.
The only detail we can give right now is that Fate was brought to the hospital near the hotel where she is staying about fifteen minutes ago by Michael Smith. The cause of her current condition is still unknown as of the moment. Please stay tune. We will try to give you more details about this story later on…”
Max stared at the TV screen as if stunned.
“Max! Wake up! Fate’s in the hospital. What are you waiting for? Don’t tell me you’re just going to stand there,” Jaejoong shouted with irritation.
Max looked back at Jaejoong. “Hyung … I… I … Help me. I need to go to the hospital quickly,” he uttered with a shaking voice.
“Come on. I’ll drive,” Micky said as he hurriedly took his car keys from his room.
Half an hour later …
Max’s heart was beating very fast as he hurriedly walked into the hospital. Some of the reporters quickly took notice of him and started to take pictures.
“Max, are you here to see Fate?” a reporter asked.
“What can you say about the speculation that she tried to commit suicide because of the pictures that were released on the net?” another reporter asked boldly.
“What can you say about the picture that were posted on the net? What is your real relationship with the girl you were seen kissing?” another man interrogated Max without any hesitation.
Max just shook his head in confusion. He didn’t know what to say or how to answer the questions that were being thrown at him.
U-Know and Micky quickly took hold of Max.
“Come on, this way,” Micky uttered as he pulled Max away from the reporters.
Several men from the hospital staff started to escort the DBSK boys safely into the emergency room.
And as soon as they approached, they quickly saw Michael.
All of them were horrified with what they saw. Michael was walking back and forth in front of the emergency room with his clothes all covered in blood.
Max quickly rushed to where Michael was standing.
“What happened? What happened to Fate?” he asked with a trembling voice.
As soon as Michael saw Max, anger immediately filled his heart. He quickly gave him a hard hit straight on the face. Max fell down on the floor. Blood quickly oozed out of the small wound on his lip. He was suddenly more confused on what was going on.
Xiah and Micky hurriedly helped Max on his feet. While Jaejoong and U-Know just stared at Michael’s angry face.
“What happened to Fate? I should be the one asking you that Max … She was fine when she left just a few hours ago, She went to your apartment to see you. So how come all of a sudden she comes home and she ends up like that. Do you know she was lying in her own blood when I found her. Tell me! What did you do to her?” Michael shouted with rage in his eyes.
“I didn’t do anything to her. I swear… I … I… “ Max was suddenly confused on what to say next.
“Yes, I know… you didn’t do anything to her … because you were so busy partying with another girl,” Michael said with sarcasm. “You’re such a low life. How could you do that to her? She gave up everything for you. And in exchange, this is what she gets? I should have never given her to you. I thought you would take care of her. But I guess I was wrong. You’re a selfish coward. You’re too unworthy to be loved by anyone,” Michael said with so much hate.
Max felt so low and ashamed of himself. He had never felt so degraded in all of his life. And yet he knew everything that Michael said was right.
Now he was suddenly realizing all his mistakes. How he wished he could turn back time.
“Michael… Fate fell down from a chair while she was arranging something in Max’s room. We made her rest afterwards but … she left as soon as….” Jaejoong suddenly stopped talking. He didn’t know if he was supposed to say what happened next.
“She left as soon as … she saw the news on TV,” Max continued with a low voice.
Michael stared at Jaejoong, then at Max. “She saw the news? No wonder she was so upset. The receptionist at the hotel said she was crying when she went up to her room. You’re really indespicable. How can you possibly hurt her like that?”
“I… I …. was angry and jealous,” Max suddenly blurted out.
“Angry? Jealous? Jealous of what?” Michael asked with confusion.
“Of you! I saw you kissing her in the parking lot of the race track. What am I supposed to do? Just pretend that I didn’t saw it?” Max asked with an angry tone.
Michael’s face suddenly dimmed. “You fool! Have you talked to her? Have you asked her? Yes, I kissed her. But I was the one who started it. She never kissed me back. I guess she was so shocked with what I did. So she just stood there frozen like ice. She almost had a serious accident that day because she was so busy thinking about you. Do you know what it feels like to actually see the woman you love go straight into a brick wall? I thought my head was going to explode. Good thing she’s a good driver so she was able to avoid the collision. After that accident, I promised myself that I was going to confess my love for her even if it wasn’t allowed. I wasn’t going to spend the rest of my life regretting that I didn’t even get the chance to tell her how I truly feel about her,” Michael then smiled bitterly. “I knew my confession wouldn’t make any difference. She was madly in love with you. And you were the only man she ever gave her heart to. I thought that after I confessed my feelings for her … it was the end of our friendship. So I kissed her. I kissed her because I wanted to prove to her how much I loved her…. And I wanted to have a special memory of her even if we suddenly drift apart and say goodbye. So you don’t have to blame her. It was all my fault. If you want to be angry with someone, just throw all your anger at me. I’ll gladly accept it,” Michael said with a low and a shaking voice.
Max was totally speechless. Now everything was finally clear. He had been totally blinded by his jealousy and anger. He was suddenly angry at himself. Now he knew he was so unfair with Fate. And somehow he didn’t know how to start to ask for her forgiveness. His heart ached just by thinking about the cruel things he had done to her. And then fear immediately filled his heart… how he wished he wasn’t too late.
“I’m sorry,” Max softly uttered. “I… I loved her too much that it made me blind and weak.”
Michael looked at Max. He was about to say something when a doctor suddenly came out of the emergency room.
“Doctor, how’s Fate? How is she? Is she all right?” he worriedly asked.
The doctor nodded. “Yes, she’s all right. We were able to save her on time. She’s quite lucky, even though she had already lost a lot of blood… she was still able to survive.”
All the DBSK boys sighed with relief after hearing what the doctor said.
Max’s heart was quickly filled with joy after knowing that Fate was safe.
“Doctor… what about … the baby?” Michael asked with fear and hesitation. He had already noticed the incomplete joy on the doctor’s face.
The doctor quickly lowered his eyes. Somehow he couldn’t look straight at Michael’s eyes. Then he shook his head slowly.
“I’m sorry. There was nothing we could do about the child. She must have suffered an extreme shock or accident that might have caused the sudden miscarriage. You should be thankful that the girl is still alive. If you had arrived at the hospital, a few minutes late, she wouldn’t have survived as well. I’m very sorry about the lost of the child. But we did the best we could do…” the doctor uttered as he gently touched Michael’s shoulder.
Michael felt like all his strength suddenly slipped out of his body. He leaned on the wall behind him so to avoid his body from falling down.
“Baby? What baby?” Max asked Michael with confusion in his eyes.
Slowly Michael shook his head. Then he stared straight at Max and smiled bitterly.
“Do you know whose blood this is from Max?” he asked as he slowly showed Max the dried blood on his hands.
“This isn’t just Fate’s blood… But this is your blood as well… This is both your bloods combined… This is… the blood of your child. This is your baby’s blood! The baby you never took care of and never will. The baby was the reason why she trying so hard to come back to you. But you never gave her the chance. Now its too late… What a pity! An innocent child had to pay the price,” Michael uttered as he closed his eyes and wept. How he pitied Fate and her unborn child. He knew that Fate would surely be devastated once she learns that her baby was gone. Somehow he couldn’t bear to see her in despair. How his heart ached. How he wished he could take all the pain away so Fate wouldn’t need to suffer.
Max looked at Michael with his eyes wide with shock. “My child? You mean… she was pregnant with our baby? Why? Why didn’t she tell me?” he asked with a trembling voice while tears were already clouding his eyes.
Michael looked at Max one last time. “It’s over, Max. The only thing that binds the two of you now is already gone. Tell me, if she had told you about the child… would you have believed her that it is your child she’s carrying? You were so consumed by your own emotions that you never cared about what she was feeling or what she was going through. All you cared about was yourself. You don’t deserve her love. You don’t deserve her trust. You don’t deserve to be a father.”
Michael’s words started to echo in Max’s head. Everything was making him mad. He wanted to scream and shout. He wanted to hurt himself continuously for being such a fool.
“My baby’s gone…” he repeated to himself over and over again as he wept so pitifully. He felt like his entire body was becoming very weak. And somehow everything was becoming blurry. Tears continued to flow out from his eyes. He knew it was already too late. A special part of him was already lost… a part of him that he could never take back…
He continued to weep…. While from a distance… somehow he could hear a faint cry of a baby as it slowly faded and faded away…
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