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His father was talking about something or other. He would usually be paying attention, yet there were times when he did get lost in his thoughts, today was one of those days. He was lost in his thoughts looking to Aoko on the other side of the room sleeping in the bed, even if he was as tired as her, Hakuba was fully awake and couldn't sleep at all.

Kenji stopped talking realizing that he wasn’t paying attention. The silence however brought Hakuba back to reality and he was ready to apologize, but his father smiled and stood up. Kenji kissed his bandaged forehead carefully and murmured something about the case. The guards on the door of their room saluted his father as he went out to attend the paperwork as fast as possible.

Hakuba looked at the ceiling, careful not to move his broken arm much, and sighed.

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"Like what?" Alize asked. She had her elbows resting on her knees, now, and her chin in her hands, not looking anything other than curious.

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"A bit of this, a bit of that..you know, life, friends, family..." Hakuba's cheeks were stained red. "I'm glad that you're part of it."

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For a moment Alize was speechless, touched by the confession. She wasn't much of one for blurting out her feelings -- she kept them pretty close to her chest, really -- and it always embarrassed her a bit when other people talked about theirs with her.

But that didn't mean she didn't feel the same way.

"I'm glad... you let me be a part of it," Alize replied, hesitantly, almost shyly. "You and your dad and Baaya have done a lot for me."

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"They love you too, you know.."Hakuba smiled. As a child, he never realized how alone he was because he didn't care, but now that he had friends and a sister he knew what was to be scared of losing them.

"Can you sing something for me?" The boy begged, changing the subject. "I missed your beautiful voice."

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"What kind of song?" Alize asked, smiling, leaning her elbows on her knees again.

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"The one you feel like." He rest his head on the pillow behind him and close his eyes for a moment. "Surprise me."

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That was a dangerous request. Alize briefly considered singing 'Hospital Beds' just to tease him, but Hakuba really did look tired, and she wasn't feeling very mischievious herself. So instead she sat up straight, and ran her voice through some preliminary arpeggios while she decided on a song in her head. She didn't have to warm up every time she sang, but Gramps had taught them all long ago that it was better to have the habit than not.

She didn't have any musical accompaniment, but one advantage to having been in a choir was knowing all the harmonies for any given melody. The song she'd decided on was supposed to be sung with piano, or at the very least a guitar, but she'd tweak it around and manage to make it sound full.

Folding her hands in her lap, she sang.

"Lived a good life, lived a sweet life, oh I've had the sun on my face. I have fallen to my knees and been amazed. I have walked beneath the brilliance of a perfect sky. Oh, I am saved. Saved, I'm saved. I am saved, saved..."

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Hakuba smiled, her eyes closed as he completely forgot his surroundings, only listening as the music produced from the brunette. The melody seemed oddly familiar with him, though, he just couldn't place his finger on where he had heard it.

(ooc: such a beautiful song~)

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"Lived a good life, lived a sweet life, oh I have a beautiful friend. I am breathless from the mercy of a smile. I am standing on the brink of the most perfect love. Oh, I am saved. I'm saved, I am saved.

I am saved, I believe. I am not gonna be like I was, I have changed. I am saved..."

She sang a bit more softly than usual, not wanting to disturb other patients in the hospital (and maybe get herself kicked out in the process). Past that, though, she was removed from her surroundings, concentrating fully on the song and the melody, the notes and words. When she sang a song, Alize made sure she meant it. Otherwise it wasn't worth doing.

Her voice dropped to a gentle canter as she neared the end of the piece.

"I have bitten off the pieces that I did not want, I have torn them into tiny bits of rain. Oh, the sun has dried those memories like I knew it would. Oh I am saved. Saved..."

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As the song ended, Hakuba find let go a breath he didn't know he was holding back. Alizé and him always had problems when it came to show their emotions, but he meaning of the song was clear.

He tried to talk, but the words were stuck to his throat and refused to come out. Instead of that, he just slided his free arms around her, gently pushing their foreheads together and smiled.

"Thanks sister" He said in the end, only audible for her.

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Alize smiled tentatively back. She was still awkward with moments like this, but she was slowly getting used to them, and she could tell Hakuba was just as awkward about them as she was. Plus they were rare enough that she knew to appreciate them when she could.

"Welcome, bro," she replied quietly, using the slang term as she'd picked it up in New York. She slid her arms around him in a gentle hug, mindful of his injuries, and felt a bit of the fear and edginess that had been following her since the kidnapping melt away. They were back and alive. Things were going to be okay.