Chapter 557 - SHE IS AWAKE

Akira felt like she was drifting in nothingness. 

She did not have sensations of pain or feelings of fear. 

It was like she had become part of the clouds or the air. 

She could not remember how she had ended up in the nothingness. No, she was part of the nothingness. Nothing mattered in the place beyond time and space. She kept drifting and drifting and drifting.

And she was slowly fading into the nothingness. 

Then, her peace was broken by the soft voice of a child. 

"Mommy, wake up!" The squishy voice called out. 

Akira's hazy mind tried to process the sound. Her memories were like scattered flashes without meaning or substance. But still, she tried to remember if she had a child. She tried. She could not remember.

Was she the kind of person who would forget her child?

"Mommy, mommy, wake up!" The sweet child's voice shouted. 

The sound broke through the cloudiness of Akira's mind. The shattered pieces of her memories joined together into a whole image again. 

Suddenly, she could remember. 

The last thing she saw was Kaito being pushed out of the window by Clyde. The two people toppled out of the skyscraper together. Her eyes watered as the image came back to her. Even though Kaito was strong, he would never survive such a fall. 

That time, she wanted to run after him and catch him in her arms. But she was shot in the chest. She could not even breathe or maintain her consciousness. 

Little Precious…

Akira was not a practising doctor, but she had enough knowledge to understand that the injury after Bonnie shot her was serious. Even though she seemed to have survived somehow, the probability of her baby's survival was not good. 

Akira fought the overwhelming pain in her heart and opened her eyes. 

She winced as her eyes were flooded with bright, white light. She closed her eyes for a moment before she opened them again and turned away from the light. She could not make out anything except for a white room. 

"Call Dr Jiang!" She heard someone shout. "The patient is awake." 

Akira seemed to hear the voice from afar. She tried to move her body, but it felt a little foreign to her. However, she did not like sleeping in an unfamiliar place, especially since she did not know what happened after the Bonnie and Clyde incident. 

She shook her head against the pillow to clear the cobwebs and lifted her hand to rub her eyes. But when she lifted her hand, she found there was an IV drip connected. She frowned. It was expected that she was in the hospital after the incident. 

She wanted to sit up, but her body felt a little heavy. 

"Do not try to move, Ms Yamazaki." A cool voice spoke up. 

Akira turned her head and saw a beautiful woman with a tablet in her hand. She looked young, but her face had a strange maturity. Behind her, two people were standing respectfully, waiting for the woman's orders. 

"Dr Jiang?" Akira said uncertainly. 

The woman looked up in surprise. "It looks like your mental capacity is unaffected after your long coma." 

"Where am I?" Akira asked. 

"That question will have to wait. We have to take you into the delivery room right away." Dr Jiang tapped on the device in her hand. 

"Delivery?" Akira was incredulous. 

"Yes. If you did not wake up, I would have conducted an operation on you later tonight. I wanted to wait for a little longer so that we can attempt a natural delivery. Your body cannot handle another operation after the ordeal." Dr Jiang said. 

Akira was confused, but she understood one thing. Her Little Precious was still alright. She had not failed the little one, even though she had lost Kaito. Her heart began aching again, and a few tears fell out of her eyes unbidden. 

Kaito… 

Dr Jiang noticed the distress from the young woman on the bed and pursed her lips. She never liked dealing with patients. She preferred being in the lab conducting research. However, she had made an exception for the woman. 

It would not do if the delivery failed due to her unstable emotions. Her reputation was at stake. She had managed to keep the woman alive and well for two months without any harm coming to her unborn child. She could not fail in the final moment. 

"You should remain calm right now for a safe delivery, Ms Yamazaki. You have been strong, but you need to be stronger for your baby. Everything is going to be fine. I am sure that your boyfriend will be here soon." Dr Jiang said. 

The words were like an explosion in Akira's mind. She wondered if she had heard something wrong. Or if the beautiful doctor was mistaken. 

"Boyfriend?" Akira asked. 

"I thought your mental capacity was unaffected, but I might have to review my assessment if you continue asking single word questions." Dr Jiang said with amusement.

Akira did not dare to be too hopeful. She had seen Kaito plummeting from the Floating Pavilion with her eyes. She did not think it was possible for him to survive in that situation. Perhaps, Dr Jiang had seen someone else and thought it was her boyfriend. 

"Akira!" A shout sounded as the doors to the hospital room burst open. 

The voice was so familiar and beautiful, even though the shout was chaotic and hoarse. Akira felt the tears in her eyes flowing out faster from her eyes. She could not believe her ears. But when a man knelt beside her hospital bed, she felt alive again. 

She lifted a hand and touched Kaito's face. 

He was still as handsome as ever, but he seemed to have lost a lot of weight. Moreover, the circles around his eyes betrayed that he had been having a hard time. The sensation of the warm skin re-energised her. 

"Akira!" Kaito said again while holding the hand against her face. 

"Kaito!" She smiled as she called his name. 

As they looked at each other, no words were necessary.