As expected, no bank wants to loan him that much of a money. At most, Takeshi gets 30 millions yen 2-years loan time from a bank with both his house and farm land as guarantee. So he decides to take it. It is better than nothing. Takeshi finally has to give up the idea of loaning from loan sharks, knowing that the interests they offer are breath-taking high. Thus, he has to do plan C, shifting his pride to ask helps from his friends.
It is very shamefully hard to do at first, al though one he asks is Miyu Saeki, one he is very close with. She is happily to help. Al though the amount of money from her is not much, only 2 millions yen, but she also helps him to contact her networks. From Miyu forward it is less hard for Takeshi to ask for help, especially when almost all of his friends are willingly to help. Al though their helps are quite small individually, but as a cumulative they become a significant number. In total with the bank loan, Takeshi now has slightly more that 100 millions of loan. Thank goodness, loans from his friends are soft loan, means no interest and flexible due dates.
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Takeshi frowns to read an article on the news, "Saving Mrs. Hasegawa, Fans of Takeshi Hasegawa around The World is Collecting Money for Hasegawa's Mother's Heart Transplantation" He didn't say a word about his mother's condition to the reporter, even less to his fans. How could they ...?
"Hiroshi, do you know anything about this ?" Takeshi immediately asks to Hiroshi who just entering the room, showing the news to his assistant. Hiroshi glances to the news for a second before his face turns pale. Takeshi raises his eyebrows, demanding his answer. "Are you gonna mad if I said I do ?" Hiroshi asks with a pitiful voice. "Maybe," Takeshi answers with a sigh.
"It was not my idea," Hiroshi adds quickly., waving his hand to ensure. "Then, whose idea was it ?"
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"Are you mad ?" Xiao Ping asks with a little fear. Her boyfriend's mood is unpredictable lately. "No, I'm not," Takeshi answers. Xiao Ping sighs in relieved. "But I'm so shameful.." Takeshi utters. "Why ? They all want to help because they love you. You should be proud to have such a huge good fans," Xiao Ping says. Takeshi nods. She is right. Nothing should be ashamed of. It is one of the way his fans show him how much their affection to him. His heart becomes warm to know so much love and support for him "Yes, I should, shouldn't I ?" He smiles mellowly. "Thank you, Babe," he then says with teary eyes. "This is our fight. We fight this together. I uttered the idea in the forum. Then planned all the technical details with others and executed it. They report the progress everyday. Yesterday the balance was around 12 millions yen. Can you believe it ? It is only the third day since the movement was started," Xiao Ping explains in excitement. Takeshi nods again, trying hard not to cry out of overwhelmed feeling he has right now.
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"Hi, Mom, how are you ?" Takeshi whispers softly while petting his mother's hand gentle. Of course Mrs. Hasegawa doesn't respond because she is sleeping soundly. It's been two weeks since her fell out accident. His mother's weight falls drastically. It is understandable, because she doesn't eat at all. Her food intake is only from the IV. Still, it is hard to not bare a tear to see her condition. Takeshi is hardening his heart. This condition will be over soon. "You hang on a little bit, will you, Mom. Soon, you will have a new heart. Then you will be fine again,"Takeshi whispers again then kisses her hand lovingly.
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With a food tray on his hands, Takeshi sits across Hiroshi who has started eating. They are at the hospital's cafeteria to have their lunches. "Don't forget to take your medicine before eating," Hiroshi reminds Takeshi who nods to respond. After taking a pill with a gulp of water, Takeshi starts to eat his lunch, a simple tonkotsu ramen, pork broth ramen. The warmth of the broth instantly spreads to his tired spine. Despite of his tired body, his spirit is actually high. Right now he has almost 200 millions yen, thanks to his fans' donation. It won't be long to reach the amount he needs to buy a heart for his mother. His cellular suddenly rings. He grabs and answers it.
"こんにちわ (Kon'nichiwa - Hello), Waseda-sama," Takeshi greets the caller..
"Takeshi.." Mr. Waseda's voice sounded reluctant.
"Yes, Sir ?"
"I have a bad news for you.."
"What.. what is it, sir ?" Takeshi reflexively stands up in anxious. Mr. Waseda at across sighs heavily.
"I just being informed that your reserved donor.. is being bought by other."
"What ?! How can that be possible ?!!" Takeshi automatically raises his voice.
"The other party bought it with much higher price than the offer. It is only natural that the black market gives it to them."
"No !! That can't be !!" Takeshi hits the table hard. His face is red due to anger.
"I really am sorry.. That's just how they done the business. There are still couple donors on the list, though."
Takeshi doesn't say a word. There are two donors left but both's prices are beyond his capability.
"Think about it for some times, but don't be too long. It is a very high demand thing, we need to hurry. As a lesson learned, we can't trust a reservation on this. So it is better to directly buy it."
Takeshi weakly says thank you before hangs up the call lifelessly. Hiroshi doesn't have to ask anything to understand the situation.
Once Hiroshi finished his dish, they both go back to the ICU aisle. Takeshi has just totally lost his appetite after the call. If only Takeshi doesn't bury himself into his mind, he would notice that the aisle slightly different. Window to his mother's room is closed. Hiroshi is one who noticed it first. "Why is it closed ?" He asks in wonder. Takeshi looks at him then moving his head to where his friend's sight is. Only after that he understands.
Takeshi's heart immediately becomes chaotic as his steps instinctively run to the ICU door. He just about to enter the door when the doctor comes out of it. There is a surprised in the doctor's eyes but he immediately smiles. "It's okay now," the doctor says. "What do you mean by it's okay now ? Was there something happened to my mom ? What happened ?" Takeshi invades him with questions. "Her heart acted up a little bit few minutes ago. But it's okay now. Don't worry," the doctor says. "What do you mean by 'acted up' ? Please be clear to me," Takeshi insists. The doctor sighs. "To be honest, she had another moment of flat line," the doctor finally says.